The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-09-25
What we Fought for, and What we Have
Got

What we Fought for, and What we Have
Got.
No Drawer soldier than Goneral w.
Fl. II. Davis went forth as a volunteer
from Pennsylvania. He was ono of
tho very first to take up arms, and tho
many wounds he received abundantly
attest his bravery. In tho following
article from his paper the Dovlcstown
Dcmocrat, he tells his surviving com.
radcs what they fought for and shows
them what they got Let every soldier
read it,:
| Never, in tho, world was people
more deceived and swindlcd than ours
in the result Of the late unfortunate civil
war. We fought for.one thing and have
got something else. When the war
was begun, the Government made such
solemn assurances that it was only
wagcd to restore the Constitution ANA
preserve the Union, that the country
believed 1t. The strong affection Of tho
people for tho Union Of their fathers
which had conveyed so many blessings
on them and their children, made them
willing to risk everything for It's prcscr.
yation. When the cry was raised
that the South had unjustly takon
up arms, to break up tho Union and
destroy the Constitution, our people
almost to man, rose up TO resist. The
occasion struck deep INTO the great pa
triotic heart Of the North, and the
whole country gave up her men and
means.
The Union and the Constitution was
the great battle cry, which rcsoundcd
from the lakes to the Potomac, and
from the ST. Johns to The Pacific. No
one thought or talked of anything else
land the soldiers had no intention of
lighting for anything else. For the
Union, fathers and mothers gave up
their sons, sisters their brothers, sweet
hearts their lovers. They blessed them
when they went to Tic field, and Of.
Tered thcm-a willing sacrifice on the
altar OF the country. What else could
+ they have done for cause so sacred i?
; For the Union, men OF all degrees
/ submitted TO the most onorous taxes,
and willingly gave Of their abundant
f or scanty store because thoy deemed
, it would advance the great cause and
hasten the return Of peace, prosperity
and united country, 1t is useless for
us to call the attention Of our readers
to the sacrifices made by the North =
We need only point to tho lalrmllion
r of sons and brothers slain IN b,t,lr q,
manned for liGc and the thrcc ,Lons,n,l
millions Of dollars sncnt Of tLo woal,h
ofthe pcoplc, to saw no,l;nn nf ,hn
agony and mourning al over IL, land
Here is the price we paid for q restored
Union.
! Have we got what We fouobt and
, blcd and suffered Cor2 IF ". hnvc
where is the Union that was 10 h, m,I1
whole, and the Constitution ,hot w,s
to be restored? Have we oot thcm :
,, Alas, no The one is honelcsslv sbot
I, tered, and tic other is only known hv
;, the few fragments that "s,ick in the
kidneys of some Senators" For nj
the blood and treasure we cxnended
we have only the negro to show W.
have got him at enormous price, to be
ed out Of the public treasury and voted
f by the Bureau. lie is to be made tb,
= ruler Of the country, and the war has
, resulted in establishing eleven nenrc
, States in the South. In these States
!, there is not a vcstigc of republican GOV.
crnment left. Military despotism pre-.
, walls everywhere, and neither Cons,,,u
F ton nor laws protect the people from,
the tyranny Of the despots that rule
over them. The country conlL MOI
s Confo1oracv hod "I. 1|oo. .''.u,''pm' 4,' " lie
Wl,;ln wo E,,,.h. - ~" es:'o''S''c"',
t;ons of cnns,i,n,;o,,l ill., T1'a 'n' 'ou''"'''
: durin~ wc sce tho "d;G,o 9o'ay more en- en-
: and 1ho cornor Wv, s,oa oa'ne0 i'u'ic" o"w" nN,
mnnro vii. ,ho h,1,nt Lu"; wy up. Inc
only remedv orraroJ - ,,' ,h ''''',''s - NC
, nconle 10 c,ro tLa aa.;oo " tre M A''c'rr''l n,:
ibe bodv noll;c Ta,l, S nr '..s ,n .'."t a'''c' m
rnce,vc tLo usao. n"'S ae =, "': '"Aes: ana We
rooe Comnla;n nr au,;as u'avo'sal SUI
are told "cnnal;,v hofnro po',I'n ,n """ WI, "n
set M tl,inos rioht Al. co." Guy ,"m WI WI