The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-05-15

CT, might favor TO appeal to tho tribunal
set apart for deciding when measures have
been passed constitutionally and when not.
Sir, | feel, believe, | knOW that there is
"l ankcc trick" attempted upon US. We
have been deceived enough, let US beware
how we rivct fcttcrs that our conqucrors
themselves cannot fasten. Lc: us as one
man vote, ,"no convention" MS We did On tho
bill first sent us, this will not as some sup
pose, debar us the right to choose between
candidates if II majority decide for con-
yention, aud will DC Il matter Of history that
noble, though down troddcn people, op-
pressed though they be, by moro calamitics
than have heretofore fallen to the lot of any
people from he days Of Adam dowr to the
present day. cou'd even in tho midst Of their
concentrated expressions and calamitics,
rise superior to the Cncaatiou OF doiidr$
and cents and still 90 fori:u;h eternal truth;
saying TO our oRprcSS0rS perpctratO your
own diah0liS;ns, we will have no hand in our
own destruction. 1t is evident that Con-
grCSs incndcl that we should have Il con-
vcntiUn OF not; il is Ridiculous to say other
wise, and it is equally evident that if we
vote no convention we will for a.jc'o days II,
least, Illustrate their hcllsh designs. Let
us put off our utter demolition as people,
though il be for day only. Thv fact that
II
citizen, the Indians are free aud yet are not
citizcns-negrocs are free in &crcrIt Northern
States and yet do not vote women arc free
ana yet arc not citihcns.-collcgc boys Of 20
years Of age arc not citizcns--rnd there arc
several classes in all the States who, al
| though .jrct, are not citizens Several of the
best white men Of the South are ncither free
nor ITO fheY uote. There arc persons amongst
us who say let the negro vote, we cnn CON
troll him, say to such, you Rattcr your
selves, one Republican cmisscry. white or
black. can SOW seed amongst us that lhc
combined intelligence and influence Of the
South cannot eradicate, if n man doubts it,
let him c'rculutc n little, in disguise,
amongst the blacks, and he will find that
ideas Of 40 acre lots, and other even more
! ridiculous notions instllcd by the first SOL
di"rs sent amongst us, are still quite rife, in
fact hugely enjoyed in anticipation from the
fact that "dey is guinc to vote en- all from
lie buckra and vide en- out, )" and that is
| purely what Congress yants. and is II re-
! possibility they dare not take, for lacy have
property ut the North aud u moro UNCOVER
nahlc p0pu!acc than even our negro.
I do not mean to say that ] am uncondi-
tionally opposed to all negroes voting, for
we have II few amongst us who arc iutcll-
gent, have 'cu respected by the whites
! trom time immcmorial, whom | would be
willing 10 see vote, but fora barbarian who
! has has no idea what he is even attempting.
to exercise the priviicslc is fnrcc, rcdi-
culc upon Republics and were it not that
Congress expected TO neutralizc The more
decent vote Of the white man, the matter
would not even now be contemplated.
am happy sir, in conclusion, to be able
to say that the ''jiie others alluded 10 have
| increased dpRG-iHyiy in these pnrts and
think that one more letter from Mr.. Perry,
will swccr Mc b9urd even including yourself
Yours,
| tN w Wnn,r- ,rn