The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-10-30
The Impending Crisis.
II We are on the eve of important

We are on the eve of important
events. A few months will de-
termine whether there can be
such a thing as negro supremacy,
or whether the superior civiliza-
ton Of the white, man will :reas-
sert the grand principles of the
past which have made, US boast
of a national greatness and pro-
gress,in the experiment Of repub.
Hcanism, that monarchical Europe
has Looked on with impatience !;
prophesying those elements Of dis
integration which alas! a few
years have made very apparent,
through a party whose restless
fanatical spirit, has already detu.
ged the land with the, best blood;
and still strive to override all of
those barriers that an enlightened
craftsmanship has created for the
best interests of mankind The
Legislation Of a. ;.:ffraem entary con-
clave" is about to be practically
put to the test, and the signs: Of
an impending conflict OF races. are
visible in the various conventions
that, have already foreshadowed. a
future terrible to. contemplate, a
degradation to ten Southern COM
:monweaiths that will. as surely
'reeoil upon the country at, large
as the work of the yacob bins Of
France now: lives but in the an
nails oftyranpy. -. ,. -. .,...>
:, What effect the recent elections
will have upon a Congress, which
was the result, almost of accident.
growing out. Of those fierce pas.
,sions ,engendered BY war, a very.
short, time will devefope.:-: The re
cent news seems to indicate a: de-
termination on the part of the
Radical leaders still to plunge in.
'ertremls, regardless Of consequen-
ees, and. our unhappy South will
still grean under the yoke until
the people Of the aphde Country
rise to the preservation Of that
liberty which has been perverted
to1the basest purposes. The at.
tempt to affiliate with "a race
whose standard Of civilization has
by no means been promoted by
emancipation, is fast working, out
a fundamental law Of mature to
it's legitimate consequences. What
is tobe. the destiny, what the ma
teeial prosperity Ola nation in part
ruled by an inferior race? Is there:
that mutual dependence between.
the two sections that the degreda-,
ton and ruin Of fthe,one must ulti-s
mately- affect the ether? These.
are !'t'matters- Of great: -pith> and
moment" for the Northern people
to consider-and the late elections
surely indicate not only, a local
triumph, but a mature .considera-
ton Of the Vital question OF: ma
tional honor and dignity which
the extremists in their madness +.
are attempting to prevent: The
sentiments Of the party leaders in
the Congress indicate plainly that
they are revolutionary and: strive I
to subvert the government, and if:
the attemptsis~made to suspend
the President from his high, Office
without the sanction of Jaw, be- |
cause he is simply an impeachment
to their revolutionary schemes for
party purposes they. shoald be
to. a punishment ,hayfng1
much more. the sanction of justice
than the crushing of a; rebellion |
that no judicial decision has prov
ed to be such, and we trust the |
President win resist to. the bitter
end any such interference, -
. A few months will decide whe-,
ther we are to have a-governmet
whether there is. any virtue in
the American people, or whether
we are to be the scorn and deri-
sion Of the. world. In the mean
time let the people of the South
refrain from exerting their voli-
ton in any way to ri7et their own
chains. If we are to be negroised
et our enemies do it; but tho we
may suffer, let US not swerve from
hose principles which we have
sworn to maintain, that the future
historian may at least give us al
bright record when justice emer-
res from the clouds that now en-
Ielope her sanctuary. q
[Georgetovn Times.