The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-10-16

with them to keep them from running
us" Such arc The arguments We heal
, every day in favor OF The military bills
have heard Of many reasons why
different parties should be supported
but the Radical party can mnnopoizc
this one: urged by lis own supporters
1t disrcgards the Constitution. lramplcs
on oaths, robs the people, and will d.
worse things, if 1t is not kept in pow
cr!
q. Policy mcn.--Thcsc arc Of vari-
ous kinds. Some say it is policy to
give suffrage to the negroes, because the
Southcrn whites can control .h"ir votes
and dlsappoint the Radicals. Some say
they can seem to go with the Radicals
ut'l we get into the Union, then we
can do as we please. Others cav, by
accepting the military bills, we can
get contro! Of the Convention with the
ngh, kind Of men, and form Consllu-
ton 10 sni! ns. or if wc must form one
to suit the Radicals, we can afterwards
change it again. All these policy men
feel nsullcd ifyou call them Radicals.
They cXcitcdly swear they are not
Radlcals-;h"y arc only going to trick
the Radicals They are going to beat
the Radicals at their own game of de
ceptlon They also insist that thc"Con-
sti'u,ion is a ghos,"- the government
gone the Radical party is the only cx.
lsting government, aud we can do no
more to destroy it by feeding it than by
fighting it.
They frequently whisper in conf
dcncc, "ThcSc military men, from Grant
down. know nothing about law or con.
slilution AS for Pope. everybody
knows hc j.? II fool, and !, is no trouble
at all To malagr him, and &, for the
radical party, they care nolilino for the
negro. All they want is 10 elect lh"ir
President IN 1865, and hold Offices. Imt
MS help them TO do that, and they will
remove our disabilities aud lei us fix
our state govrmmcnla aSt as we please. :"
Mark YOU, General, this is not my
language. 1t ID the language of Gen.
l'ope's 'rlcnds-'hcse loyal men, who,
after six months Of good conduct" like
quiet boys, he is goinglo recommend to
Congress as true patriots, worthy to be
trusted with any office. | confess many
OF these policy men are intelligent, even
learned. and of high social position.--
They are disciples oi III" doctrine that
cal IS fair in war" "ir is hes, Ia iight
the drvil with fire. &c | thiuk rhrv
are wrong III principle, and Will be fatal
~ delni"d IN fact The devil cannot
be whipped with fire, because i, is his
element. So The radicals cannot be
defeated by deception because deccp-
ton IS the whole life of radicaliSrn /,
would be as reasonable To play scratch
with the lion The devil must be
fought with truth, and the radicals with
the constitution. Then victory. sooner
or later, vii be sure, permanent and
glorious. "Get thee behind me, Satan" )"
must be the language of every true pa
Lrlot to this modern Gcnd-radicalism
Now, General, the catalogue is com
plctc. Every whi,c man in the South
who accepts the military bills belongs to
one or he other OF the above classes.
Gen. Pope thinks lltay will be largely
in the majority in northern Alabama,
and will have some majority in Georgia.
| do not think so. The first two classes
arc stationary and upinnuen,al. The
last two were, at one time, seemingly
very numerous and embraced many
Of our best citizens. They were dcspe,
rate. But the number has greatly Ill.
minishcd, and Is daily and rapidly de.
crcasing.
But suppose every white man in the
South were to accept and should vote
with such convictions and purposes (or
the military bill, what good results
would follow? ! tell you frankly, | 10
not know IA respectable white man in
The whole South who approves the
military bills MS constitutional or right,
or just, or desirable. Not one 7 do 1t
believe Gen. Pope knows Of one do
not believe there is q single one who
will, even for the removal Of his disa-
biities, put himself on record as support.
ing or defending these bills as, wcre in
his opinion, constitutional or righteous.
We all know that very many Of those
who accept tho bills openly declare
them constitutional, unjust and oppres.
sivc. The uncandid aeccpt--the cam
did rejcct-nono approve, and all des
pise. How long can government last
which is established over n people who
universally feel thatit is oppre: sive,
know it is illegal. and accept 1t only as
a hard temporary policy? How much
good will or can it breed. and how much
devotion can it inspire Can such n
reconstruction furnish guarantee of
futnre union and peace? Will it restore
confidence, or happiness or prosperity ?
Will it pay the national debt, or pre-.
serve the national honor, or build again
tho waste places |? You may, with
the help Of tho deceived. negro, force
this plan. But force alone can do the
work, for it has no mans approval. II
force alone can establish this plan oil
reconstruction, how long will it last
when that forceis withdrawn? 1fforce
alone gives its origin, must not force
alone secure its continuance And
does this make military desDotism nor