The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-08-07
The President and the Country

1ne i'hS ''raWh Dattte, says the Charles
ION Nc'0s between tho President aud Con-
| grcss, may now fairly he considered closed.
First, hc cndoavorcd by tho exercise of his
Executive power to restore tho Southern
states by II plan Of recoEstruction which,
although not free from difficulty and object
ton, was yet in II great dcgrec both inst
and generous. This was defeated by Con-
Gross, who inauGurated, after two years Of
! controversy, their own plan, which was
neither just nor generous. This plnn the
President opposed by his veto. That was
ovcrrulcd. Then the President undertook
to modify its execution by his mcthod of
construction and administration. Congress
immediately met, and by new law mado
their construction explicit, and took the
administration of the law ont Of his hands.
| And in his last veto, which has been ovor.
| ruled like all the others, he concludes tho
struggle with this emphatic language:
The remedy must come from the people
themselves They know what it is, and
how it isto be applied AZ the present
| time they cannot, according to the Consti-
| tuition, repeal these laws; they cannot re-
| move or control this dispotism. The rene
| dy; nevertheless. ~ in thcir hands, il is TO
be found IN the ballot, and is sure one, if
| not controlled by fraud, ovcrawed by arbi-
trary power, or from apathy on ther part
too long delayed. With abiding confidence
in their patriotism, wisdom and integrity,
| am still hopeful of The future, and that in
| the end tho rod of dcspotism will be broken,
tho armed rule power bo lifted from the
necks of tho people, and The principles of n
violated Constitution preserved.
Nothing can be clcaror; the surrender Of
Gcn. Ice was not moro complete than this
abdication Of Executive power. Like tho
hp III, l. s.
or, and waits for tho returning sense of
justice Of tho 'pcople" e"-mcaning thereby
tho Northern pcoplc---to terminate "lne
dcspotism" which tyrannizes over him as
well rs us. And how, indeed, could it bc
otherwise
NEGRO SUFFRAGE IN New JERsEY.-Wo
must do the Radicals of New jersey the
Justice to say that they have como out fair-
ly and squarely in favor of negro suffrage.
~ State Convention, held in Trenton on
auosday, they passed, among others, tho
following resolution:
Now Jersey, encouraged by past triumphs,
and proud of the high record of its exoou-
tive, its legislature, its senator's and repre-.
sontativcs in Congress-, oheorfully accept
tho issue OF impartial suffrage as one of tho
most important questions to be discussed in
tho approaching campaign. confident that
it will bc sustained by tho calm judgment
and patriotic sentiment Of tho people Of
this. State, md by the grace and approval
Of Almighty God." i;
The Worlds correspondent says;
''Thc leading Radicals givo up tho State
as hopccssly lost, md sny. 'AIl gone up
By Now Jersey law tho amendment they
propose TO the State Constitution must pass
two successive Legislatures Ivy majority
vote and it then becomes part of that in
strumcht." '-ft' e, "9#'j q
PnEsEnytNG OKRA.-Ono Of tho most
healthy and nutritious vegetables is tho
okra, which is raised in such abundance in
our climate. Weare surprised that 80 little
attention is giyon TO preserving it for use
oil through tho winter, whom it can be done
so easily and SO cheaply. Tho following
recipe for doing tits furnished by one Of
our most practical and experienced garden
ers and agrioultuRisis 5las b. a
Takosa oloan barrel, sprinkle salt in tho
bottom, lcoycr the bottomG then lay down
a laycr 81 okTa evenly over the surface Of
| tho salts then, onthis, another layer Of
okra az before, andso on ill tho barrel is
full, or.you hayo put as much as desired
| covering the whole WHOM done with thick
luyer OF salt,