The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-12-05
MESSAGE NO. |.

Gentlemen 2f M4 Snttc uni LI,uss o,
Il presc"httjres:
Your annual 4S*cmbl;eg at tic seat
of government has heretofore been the
occasion Of congratulate ion by the Ey.
ccutive, upon the continued happiness
prosperity and Improvement of the
comrhonwcalth. regret that nc
such greeting can be extended to you
on the present occasion. We nc
longer hear the clash OF armies. am ]
onr people have escaped The scourgo
of that terrible disease, which rcvcl,
IN the shocking carnival Of death
Whilst hHgHncral health has not been
good, the virulenco and malignity of
disease have been mitigatcd, and a
comparatively smali fatality has visit
cd tho sick room. For these bless
ings, our thanks arc due the erca
Ruler of the Universe. In the DEPTHS
OF hnmI liatlon and contrition, lt; Us
invoke Him to avert The evils that arc
upon ns--to stay the cllauL Of ourpcr-
Secutors, to turn away he wrath, and
bring to nought the counscls of those
who would orprcss and destroy Us,
and to restore to us the happiness and
prosperity of former wears.
Tho toll of tie Lusbaalman has
brought him Seanty return from his
fclds-tho s,"ain crop is alarningly
small--thc cotton crop il many por.
tlons of The State will not suffice to
furnish the means Of supplying provis-
ioas--our population, white and col
orcd, arc abandoning their old HON cs
and country, and are cmigrating to
Strangn places, where they can find
bread. With thc loss of Labor, our
farms must dilapihatc. our fields re-
main untitled, our granarics continue
empty, and our progress in develop
ing the resources of the State must be
arrested. The failure ofthc earth to
make 4 gcncrou; return to the toll of
the husbandman, causes the goods of
tho merchant to rest uasold on his
shclvcs-and keeps the tool Of the me-
chahic idlc-thc learning of the pro-
fcssional man useless. The political
condition Of tho Countrywide intolcr-
ance OF our conqucrors-the proscrip-
tinn to which we are subjected, by
those who should be our loving broth
crs, and who WELD she dcstinics ofthis
great nation-thesc evils intimilatc
capital, paralyze enterprise, disorgan-
ize labor, and destroy hope and conf
doncc. The enormous tax on cotton
discouragcs production, and agsra-
Yates the financial cmbarrassm ant of
the people.
Never therefore, in the history Of
the State, has a Legislature asscmb led
nuder less favorable auspices, to pro-
vide for the wants of an impoverished
and dishcartcncd constituency.
But these extraordinary cmbatrass-
mcnts must be met wish wisdom, pa
ticncc and courage, with energy and
hope, and manly resolve to subduc
and overcome them. We must keep
our population herc-wc must provide
for their present cccssitics-wvmus
stimulate our white population to go
earnestly to work, and let them sec
that labor is honorable and idlcncss
reprohcnsiblc. Entering It new year
with this fixed dctcrmin9tian, our.
tham,r, "iti l., Du''u' o"',,\'rco, ana
aarnnn n ,i "Ii al 81. ''"iu :,, WI M" o''r
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G,ot ,,i Jn' oho.;'l, H. i" s'oa'iy renewed
| ;nJ,str,. ~ ~ .1n 'nam iopo ",u P'"ct,c" s"oii
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DISTRICT couRTs
The third Article Of ,ho Constitution,