The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-05-22
WINNSB0R0, s. G.
Wednesday Morning. May 90, 1867.
d. B. McCREIGIlT, EpIron.
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IsS. We wish Il distinctly understood that our
.rrinS Tor subscription, advertising and job work
Major T. w. Woodward and the News.
The recent letter from Major ~.
W. Woodward to the Editor Of the
News is quite characteristic. An im-
pulsivc nature that throws its whole
soul into u contest involving more of
prejudice or prediction than reason,
is apt to overloap The bounds of sober
Judgment.
We arc charged with setting <sout
"upon criticism Of Mr.. Pcrry's let
"ter in advance Of the appearance of
"thc letter itsclf"-and this is STYLED
Ga rather unusual procedure"
1t is only necessary to say in reply
that 1T is a custom practiccti almost
Tcvcry day by tho Press.
But VIC arc further charged with
drcading the effects of the letter, and
wanted to forcstall them. We can
completely rofuto this.
On Saturday morning, the 5;h in
slant, before writing the article upon
Mr.. Pcrry's letter, VIC Grst consulted
the compositors to know fit would
be possible to "gct up Mr.. perry's
letter for the next Tuesdays issnc.
LIZ was thought hy them that it could
hardly be done. We rather insisted
that the effort should be made. 1t was
acccdcd to, and The editorial writ
ten.
! Well, all was propitiovs Saturday.
Button Sunday the dcplorablc fire
that swept away Mount Zion College
occurred. On this acc cunt twas mu-
tually agreed that fgo,,ing up" Mr.
lerry's letter would have to be de-
fcrrcd for the Thursdays issue in or
der to give place TO somc account or
that destructive fire. Furthermore.
one of the principal compositors was
SrhpGncd to attend Tho District
Court or The 9th as q Juror
Bat it is asked, why not then
omit TIC editorial? ? Because the
force i'll the Office isnot strong enough
to throw away the work, or any mate
rial part oft, done one day, and make
up for it the next.
1t is plain therefore that Major W's
imru's,yc nature caused him to over
look the last short paragraph Of that
editorial announcing that E.unauoiAilly
"wc arc prevented" &c. "Unavoida-
bly," with us means neither "drcad-
ed" nor "wishing to forcstall :" it sim
ply means dcbarrcd by circumstances
not under our, control.
We have dwclt somewhat at length
upon this point merely because it is
characteristic of our correspondent.
Those who do not know Major Wood
ward might think that his whole sober
second thought endorsed all that his
warm impulsivc nature asserted in his
letter. No who know Inn, know 9TH
crwisc. We speak adviscdly uron
this point, and haycc q masked bate
ry bearing upon the Major which may
some day suhscrvc a very good pur-
pose.
-Wo hope the Major will never
again talk about his f'sorc gastronomi-
cal proportions" This allusion of his
made us smile.
But tho Major is stamazcd, dis
"gustcd, at the trucking cowardcc Of
"orr people ut the bare mention of
"confscation."
The charge of trucking cowardicc
falls with perfect impunity when hurl-
cd at a people who followed LIFE,
LoNGsTEET and BEAREGAno to what
they called defeat, and who now advise
those people to acknowledge the lc-
gitimatc consequence of defeat, viz:
the loss of political dictation.
1t is an inevitable law in physiology
that man after chewing awhile must
swallow And to use fgurativc
phrase, tho people of the South have
been chewing defeat 50 long that they
arc obliged to swallow it. The swal-
lowing is inevitable. And this all
that our great men can do, We mean
t1,ano IL