The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-07-18


"AddrosS Of che Democratic Senators
and Representatives to the people"
Yes, the prime movers in this Com
vention do want representatives in
Congress from South Carolina. But
we candidly warn our people that
Messrs. PERRy and MANNING, KENNE-
DY, AIKEN, McGowAN and FARRow
will never get into Congress through
the mediation Of that Convention.
If any one thinks this view and infer
eAsce are incorrect, let him read all
thx official announce ments of the oriai.
nat6rs of the move for a National Con.
vcntion.
a. bes2rc Sit, wc hol?s the Conyen-
ton will met il PHILADELPHIA. No
lnteranre cab be drawn that We are dis
loyal (thc abominablc word because
we cannot Join it. Let il mcct, and
then if it goes beyond the principles
it has declared will govern it, that will
be the time for us to aid them. The
fact is, that Convention will not admit
the men we would send, unless il
means to say one thing and 10 anoth-
cr. NC.
The Amer lean Patriot and Our Position
! The PuirtDt Of the 18Th aninadverts
upon Il brief editorial copied from the
News, and basis it's presumption of
what our position is, upon that arti-
Gle.
We have advocated in the column
/ of tho P"triot tho representation of th3
South, Wy delegates, in tho National
| Convention on the lIth OF August
proH., relieving it to be tho duty, to
say nothing Of the interest, Of the pco-
| pic OF the South to seize upon every
! oppor"mity - recover, at least, same
of tEa liberties they cujoyci before
the war; Sonsc Of tho irnntl0m OF
r" !, that characterized ,ha Ameri.
can w,~!o, and .. th Lbrty Of III.
n.> Nat or Winn.beru' fricn,l
wanys nooo o' ,uaao "A il yo5 ity
siuGma n!ooi resting u0au Ms di4-
ni'E l",r lo+ .r.ry overture fol lis
wcli'ry a"| ,h2roly aaungine p?rson-
al rs we'll as p@b'ir interests. l. hi,
polite {!
The above extract we clip from TIE
Patriot. Unfortunately, the Patriot,
like every ot!"r paper that has come to
MS advocating our representation i'll the
Convention, advances its idea of the
natU-G Of the call for the Convention,
based upon It's Imagination, and then
goes in" u homiiy upon that idea.
The iutriot may soc ii "duty" and
an "mtorcst' ii our accepting the i'll
vitation TO go 10 PHILADELPHIA, but for
the oflIfe us we cannot. and as for t'rc-
fusing every overture for his (our)
wcliare," We assure the Iutriot that
we dcmur to 50 broad al application
of its idea of the invitation to attend
that Convention. AS to "somc' of
that freedom and liberty of Which the
Patriot speaks, we assure our contcm-
porary that wo desire all of it wo can
get.
We will submit to the candid con-
sidcration Of the Patriot our reasons
for opposing, not the Convention, but
our sending any delegates there, and
VIC ask that papcr to give those rea-
sons calm consideration before charg-
ing us with "rcjccting every over
turc."
!. The first fact is that Convcn
tion has bcou called to meet in Phila-
delphia on the ! lth Of August
2. The second il that we have had
! promulgated to Us, Of South Carolina,
fow ofhcisl papers i" reference to said
Convention. (l.) %hc Ois"ial Call.
(2.) The Address of tho Democratic
Congressman. (3.) The Platform o.
tho National Union Club. (4,) The
Address Of Vicc-P President ORR to the
People of South Carolina.
After the announcement of these
facts, the first thing to notice is, who
are invited We confess when wo be-
gan to read the Official Call, and had
finished tho second paragraph, wo did
feel rejoiced that steps were about to
be taken to unite the masses Of the
North and South in sober dclibcra-
tion. Here is the second paragraph
of that Call
"Such delegates will be chosen by
"the electors Of the several States who
"sustain the Administrative in main
Staining unbrokcn tho Union of the
estates under tho Constitution which
"our fathers established"
Whata broad magnanimous ground
upon which to extend an invitation
That is what madc Us fool cl, rod