The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-12-04
Important Letter from Montgomery Blair.
The Washington correspondent of the
Boston Post publishes the following let

SLIGO, moNTGoMmnY
COUNTY, MARYLAND,
~ r.-.- L -. lN u n =.
n ovelnber y, 1867.


County,, MARYLAND,
November ~ 1867.
Gent}emen i: Your invitation has lust
/ como 10 hand. regret thai cannol
be with you at your grand sloriica,on
meeting OH Saturday. Mover had the
friends of popular government Radical
caucus, despite of the cons,lmmate art
with which they continued to load the
friends Of the constitution with lie odum
"f the rebellion, have been defeated, a,an6
thanks to their eagerncss to make sure
ofIheir games they are SO ted to the
sclome OF usurpation which has lust
been cmphatIcaily con iemneo by the
people, that there is no possihla escapc
Tor them. They must be annihilated
next year. have apprehended, with
their doom thus clearly loresladowcd,
they would bring on war and use force
both North and South to hold power
The riots ms,igatrd by them at New
Orleans last year showed thciy unscc,,.
pN.ous dextcriiy i'll contriyinS prctcxts
Tor usurpalion.
Let the Democracy, which now en-.
bodies the great mass of the conscrva.
tive men Of the country, invite co-opcra-
ton from all loves Of the constitution to
arrest the plots against the peace Of the
country cngendcrcd by tho usurpation
faction and they will not dare to proceed
with their scheme OF forcing ten militia.
ry and negro-govcmcd commonitics into
the fellowship of States, TO dominate
over all the States, and subycrt the
government OF the white race in both
sections of the country. Nothing but
the heats Of partisan controversy can
blind any portion Of the white race 10
The deadly blow at their power which
the introduction Of this controlling negro
element would give. Now is Tic time,
therefore, for the truly great and patr-
ot'c men OF the Democracy to open The
way to cooperation and conciia;ion
between the conservative men of all
parties, for the sake Of preserving 10
all the free institutions OF our fathers,
and to prevent our land from that fur
thcr baptism Of blood by war Of races
which Senator Wade seems, by his con.
vcrsation with the correspondent of the
Commorcia!, so anxious TO oriis about.
"Let them fight it out, )" he says.
l am sure the honest masses of our
conntrymcn, Of all parties abhor this
sentiment, and it can only result from
the blundcring Of the political chiefs of
the Conser> a;ivc men of The country il!
they do not harmonize in action and
arrest the bloody orgies which the
Radical oligarchs are preparing to ccle-
bratcs on the conSnmmaticn OF their
negro military governments. I have
been hoping ana yet hope, that General
Grant will, by declaring openly for the
constitution, put an end to these dan
gcrons usurpations. The attempt Of
the us,rpers to take refuge under his
skirts enables him to deter them from a
further prosecution Of their rcvolutiona.
ry designs by such declaration, and he
owes it to the country and to his own
fame to give this assurance Of peacc.--
|! he fails, it only imposes the greater
obligation upon other less distinguished
men to cndcavor to mass the people for
the preservation Of their government
and the prevention of still more horn-
BILE strife than that through which we
have passed
| am, gentlemen,
very truly yours,
NJ. BLAIR.
To Mcssrs. II. A. Rotterdam and
others, Cincinnati.