The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-06-05

| ICi WAS peihupS lnC WOISG uOP lOT,--
barking that you ever saw, he could beat Bill
Arps stumped tailed yalcr dog and give
him two in the gaue. 1t was his peculiar
delight to bark furiously, through cacl, i'll
dividal pailing, in front of the house, up
and down, frequently two or threo times,
every time any one passed along; and you
doubtless rccolleot, for VIC were boys, too,
at the time, that the school boys from old
| Mount Zion noticing Portcr's pcculiaritics,
and that there was good pailing between
them, frequently camo by for the pur.
pose Of raking u stick along the fence,
which always caused Porter TO cut up some
Of his choicest shines and do some of his
loudcst bow wowng-in fact any once
would have supposed that he would
have torn in piece Is or 20 boys if he could
only get out; well sir, this state Of things
went on some time, until at last, concluI,
cd to make common cause with Porter, (you
have already noted my fondncss for dogs)
especially as we Inhabited the same place
SO one evening just as some Of the bad boys
Of The town (and there were some in those
days) had commenced raking at the lower
end Of the pailing, intending to pass along
by the gate, | slipped out of the house,
well provided with pocket full of rocks.
and opened the gate slyly, intending to
rush cut with Porter, and at lcust break the
stop them from raking the palings On
they came, uncomcious OF any prcmcditatcd
malice. Old Porter ripping and shining to
his best. We'll Just rs they got up to tho
gate and saw that it was opcn-thcrc was
perh lps some Of the hest skcdaddling on
record, il would have been crcditablc at
"Bull Run" Thinks | now's your time
Porter, pitch in, I'll sec you through, but
sir, imagine my chagrln, when Porter
plIngcs pnst tho open gate, and up to tho
other end Of the pailing, and back past the
open yatc to the other end, and up and
down time or two more, passing the open
gate each time, seeming to have no disposi-
ton TO go out and lay hold Of the material
matter.
Let not your temper be rullcd when l
say,k6yo,t'lhnt your Thursdays comments
s8pSNlrc Pcrry's letter reminded me so much
'ot old Porter OH this PARTICULAR occasion,
that could not suppress my thoughts.
You have rushed up and down, round and
round, bow wrwing through the pailings in
the ncghbourhood of Mr. pcrrys letter,
but you have not laid hold upon the real
substance of it. You have studiously
Stunned close quarters with him, whilst you
have coUercd everybody else from "Moscs,"
through "llcnry Clay even down to the
old "guinca fowl himself.
TO be k nkcrn rsrHEy Hy iheS ;nc as convnce s US by
cool, dispassionotc argumcnis-not by maxi
ing side issues and assertions which arc
certainly not entitled to more consideration
than his assertions TO the contrary. But
rs you "trus the Major will bear with you
in making few running comments on his
letter." | trust you will bear with me
whilst make n few ne'y running remarks
on your editorial You argue that Mr..
Perry is in ''dilliculies'' because he writes
,hrce letters in brief period. 1t is more
reasonable to imagine that Mr.. Perry is hon
cstly impressed with the magnituda of the
issues at stake, and that he is really at
tempting to avert what seems to him to be
calamitics.
You say That "IIcnry Clay destroyed his
chances for the Presidency by letter writing
H. wrote himself down" Mr.. Perry
need apprehend no such thing for he pro.
bahly is aware that he is not eligible Just
now. But the idea advanced here by you
| commend TO your own nsidcrntion-pcr-
haps you had better not write too many
letters, for the same rehson--for thero is a
rumor amongst us, the clod hoppers Of the
country that there is m aspirant in The
District for seat Of Congrcss-pcrhaps
pou are The man--if so, one or two more
attempts will unqucstionally "wrtc you
down. nm not very orthodox on Biblical
history and will tho Major and yourself to
settle "antediluyiah" matters for yourselves
tho Present, at present engages all my
spare time. We now come to q more im-
portant issue between tho Major and your
self-whioh is his assertion that Congress
has given no guarantee that We will be ad-
mitt cd &c. If wc havca convention, &C.-and
your assertion that Congress has given such
guarantee Il don't suppose that Mr. Perry
intends TO convey the idea That Congress
intends to keep us out ad inGniium, whilst
you admit your doubt "as TO ,chen we will
be received by saying it is true that Con-
gross has not said lin so many words
The Union shall be restored before the next
Presidential election, but it," &C., say to
both of you that Congress may or may no.
receive us. If We have convention q nj
negro-radioalize ourselves sufficiently to be
of service to the radicals, so as to insurcth
overthrow Of tho Democrats by clccting n
radical president, feel sure that We will
be admitted rs soon rs possible, and they
might even with show Of mngnanimi!y re-
move the iron clad onth and allow us to send
whom we please, for with q radical Prcsi-
dent, the presence Of our nomhcrs will be
Of no really vital advantage as the radicals
would still have majority, and there would
bu no democratic President to veto Infamous
make Law. But on the other hand if we
should succeed in inducing our coorcd
brethren to harmonic with u.s. aud vote for
real Southern men Of Southern principles,
and there was n probability of our leaning
to the Democratic side, they could and
would keep us out until after the election
after which it matters little to them and in
my opinion little to us too when We get in.
And sir, say that the contingency involved,
is not only, whether or not wo have con-
vcntion, but also whether or not wo ore
rad'catzed bya convention. They can
easily keep us out for years oven if we have
done all that is required. For instance by re-
ferring il to tho Judiciary Committee, as
to whether or not our members were Quali-
fled to tnke the oath Of Office, and they
might take year to report, for they cer-
| tainiy do business lcisurcly. 1hcn it
might be referred to the Committee on clcc-
| tons to say whether or not they had been
! elected MS per requirements of the Supple
mentary bill, they might take another year
to report and so on. Thereis no use in try
! ing to deceive ourselves, as individuals, we
fcol, as people VIC know, thatw we are TO have
on hand in this government, unless wo con
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