The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-05-01
Political.
Eytldo.a FROM tbs Sp4ool OF Sonatoc vii
son, Of Massachusetts.

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son, Of Massachusetts.
,DIj""rcd "' fc'er%&HV, FUJ'pi". tm ne Al
HW ?f IprH. 1857, hy n,m atiyn q! so%,s
oJMcpcop'c ot nN ctLy.
YOU ask me t" give yon my opinions, and
Intend TO do so, and will speak ,hom us
freely as ii | were in Massachusetts. |
wunt you TO understand that am a Eu,G.
cal Republican, and have been committed
fniiy TO the same doctrines in the Senate AS
sta!l advance here to-day.
Now ! wish TO say to you that VIC l0yo
Just passed throuth n bloody contest, which
III The course oi events WAS Inevitable. II
cnntcs! Of i'll 1a& which shc1i; the continent
for thirty years 1t had 10 come; il was
unavoidable. Ii cam" and we fought il cut g,
ana now let mo aay 10 YOU that whca tho
last gun was tired | vas in favor OF forget
ting al the hiitcrnrSs cn3rrlGrcl by The
contest, and o! marclliUg with yuu, SAuul.
'!rr 10 shouldcT in support of II united coun-
ry.
What were the caUsca q: the war? In
lay opini0m there wns only orc, and OF that, +,
both We OF the North, rs we'll us YOU Of the
South, wc:c ;uiiiy--ham"nsi siuIcryin az A!acyjca.
learned MY lesson ia regard TO this, nsti.
tuition from the teachings Of your own men
from Washington, Jefferson, Madison,
Monroe and Henry, all of whom in their
day declared against slavery.
On the one hand was ~ system Of slavery,
AMI on tho other of freedom This caused q
conflict which was wngcd for thirty years
before the war broke ont. OF The origin of
this, wo, of Tho North, were not eui.lcss.
We ha'l among It's II class OF men who, tor.
E"tiul OF the teachings OF thcir youth
uttered false promises, which !hr men of The
South believed, and when wG reached the
cum!nating point in lS6O, there were many
OF the ;fic West and Of The North who said
ii this difference came To blows illc battles
waJd be fought in The North, and that
:'sSFiicrs Of the North could not 20 South
without marching over their dead bodies
You believed them and wcro deceived. AS
fair illustration of the manner in which
tho promises wero kept, let us tell you that
these men were carried into the contest and
You met them on many bloody field. Tho
contest closed, pray, forever, in oiir sue
cess, after n loss Of three n,uurc.. .-..i
twenty-five thousand lives Of those who
fought for the old flag. Just here, let me
say that DO not wish 10 rcprooch the men
oi inc S0Nth i"r the manner in which they
fought We met on six hundred and twcn.
ty'hVe battle fields, and your soldiers
fought with heroic yalor. am willing to
concGGe this proudly everywhere, but The
cause for which they struggled was lost.
anu VIII IL thc sJStcm OF human slavery
forever.
): !:
10 not want 70 sec any individual, how.
ever 10 may have acicl, dsfranchiscl,
hum;Ijarra or degraded. In this spirit /
mcnn to ret. have never failed since ihe
close OK IAc wax when called upon, except in
a single instance, to give my name and
influence 10 aid those who stood in need Of
II. And the men Of my State-Aboiiion-
ISIS as you call thcm--arc among the forc-
most in asking pardon and forgiveness, and
in blottnS out the memories Of tho great
struggle.
| SEQ around me everywhere evidences Of
the iln}' tciumph Of the cause. Less than
two months'ago the reconstruction bill was
passed, and from all parts Of The country
inie'ligcncc is coming up that tho poopic
will accept ii, and will form Constitutions in
accordance with its provisions, rs we'll as
10 all oihcr things required Of them, and ]
believe that by the dlh of March next The
ten excluded States will be represented in
Congress,
Persons who, having taken an oath TO
support Che Constitution, afterwards engage