The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-03-06
The Political Situation,

press can' cnlighten them, We shall continue
10 publish tho comments OF different leads
ing journals OF tho country on the Sherman
AiiIitary Bill, and in doing SO wo design
giving both sides, aud therefore we publish
The following from the New York 1fmes:
DARK CLOUDS IN THE SOUTHERN
SKY.
One reason which led many persons to
tolerate the passage Of the Reconstruction
Bill, who di=upproYo wholly of its princi-
pies, was the apprehension that the longer
The subject is lett open the more severe and
lntoicrent will be Tho terms imposed upon
the o0uh. TiiiS was urged last year as Il
reason why The South should accept tho
Constitutional Amendment, but it was scout
cd 10y tie Southern States, under the advice
OF thoir pretended political friends 1T the
} Norih. They were advised by the Eor,d
amt other Democratic journals not to au
| ccpt the Amendment, AND were assured that
+, neithor negro suffrage nor ANY other tcru5
scYcrcr than tho Constitutional Amendment
cou.d or would be proposed.
We have sccn the result OF that expert.
incn. The Southern States with very great
"nnnim,t.;, rejected the Ancuument, and
now they iiayc got that, with umivct sal ne
gro suffrage and partial white diSirailci!isc-
ment, ana military government TO back them
up, as II substitute for it. .Aud RGvcrdy
johnson II >tauntA Democrat and n South
nrn man, yoIcI for this b,ll under the ap-
prchcnSion that. il; some rnnl action is not
now taken, snmuihing %Hi ic0,tc will DC
forced upon The country and the South.
J, may be we'll enough TO state that these
approximations are not wholly without foun-
latiou. il is very well understood that bills
,'tc in course OF preparation for carly intro
"a ~ i,,tN II n
for a sweeping cou!isIation Of rebel property
in the Souhorn states, nnl for its diS;ribu.
!ion among Uc cnfranchiscd slaves, for
paying claims oEloyal men Cor property de-
s'r0ycd duriag the war. and tor giving 'arinS
TO Northcrn soldiers who will settle in the
South. Mr. Stevens has declared his p,lr-
pose, "Hod willing and hu living" to press
SWch measure a this upon Congress, and
General BANKS, in debate declared himself
in favor Of sch distribution of Southern
farms among Northern soldiers rs the only
ciIect"Hl mods o; rccon2rucriug Southern
so1irty. 1t may safely ho n.sI;nvd ;hn,
the whole Hohy o! Radicals il Congress will
60 iQr %urh y measure: anl i, is confidently
expected that the rejection hy the South of
the new terms now proposed will create
fresh feeling Of resentment winch will give
!, popularity AMI strength throughouf the
North. The measure tscI" has elements or
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