The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-09-18
'outh arc not only unjust but mean.

Declaration Of independence. 1t taxes tb,
south without representation, imposes th,
stamp Act, intcr(ercs with our Courts, i'm
prisons our citizens at distant places
makes the civil authority subscrvicnt TO til,
ht',"ry, &C., &C., almost through tho Who'll,
catalogue of that eloquent Declaration.
'ln. while styling itself tho champion O
freedom IT. has destroyed the legality Of
emancipation. The intelligent black Re.
publicans admit that cmaucination ic1ni.
EXISTS because Of the emancipation Acts Of
me Southcrn States, and The ratification bv
'neir legislatures Of Art NlII. of the Con
s.tu'lon. ct this party has enacted that
,heSe states and those Legislatures had No
legal existence. With what danger doce
th!s not invest the f@turc for tho present
! ircedldon and their posterity. Their frcc-
,,1 mom has no icyGi stairs, says this narty.
ihe freedmen may well oxclaim, "Savc us
! from our friends -
! to'h. ihe party is composed OF mct,;llcrs
ana mischief makers. II sends cmissarics
mere 10 SIR up strife and contention be
'"een black and white, while 1t well knows
'ha' tho prosperity of the South dcpends
upon the harmony of The races: on,I ,bat
inc very existence Of tho blacl; race dc
penis on the good will of The whites. The
PAGES whore these cmissarics have !hcr
headquarters are marked by riot and muir
'cr Ii all the Northern men who come
nero would speak and act like the Rev. b
T. randolph, we would have ore harmony
anu less violence; but the greater part arc
Heht mere to create strife and discorl for
party purposes.
'itl. IL carries on war after The war has
ceased cannot trust my pen on this sub
lcct hut cannot restrain rnvscl: from
suy'h& thai have great contcmnt for the
Il,
'','n norm or SoutiI, who never conmenc.
GU ms ii%htinG until The war was over.
In For party purposes this party is
~ W4HiIS 10 sacrifice the black race at the
south. This party is composed of shrcwd
'ca'cNiatnS men, vino have acrcss to the U.
.. census; understand tho rules for calcu-
L""''S INC ''incrcasc OF population - have
access 10 actuamcs' tables Of vitality and
mortality; and 0lc knowing to the rcrorts
maze ny Gen Howard, Chief Of the Freed,
man S lnrcau. These Sources Of ipforma.
tion ana rules Of calculation give the follow
ing results TO which any actuary will arrive.
IN The year 1866 there wcrc in the ten un-
represented States 2io,2S0 young white men
oe'wccn the ages Of lG and 20 years, The
ia"' inclusive. In 1871 (rour years hcncc)
,ncSe Wi! all DC Of aFc. They are now po
}" "icai 0@'f%. and in 1871 will be cniiuacAisca
UonS' nc'pfdlng to any present or practi !
,.I, .i""' 1ho ohly preventive
would be distinction against them on oc. |
co"H Of color: but tho civil rights bin and !
TIC proposed amendment Act XIV. forbid |
Liir pew 80 "Imhcr. hnw"rcr G 22o will !
in this same year the ioi1 male blacks over 7
u Il. Q. vo:crs) will be 6il.8t7. Thc new !
white vote added TO the present cntranchis- !
cd Votclcss mortuary numbers, will leave tho |
black vote in minoyuY III every State, cx- t
ccpt South Carolina, in 1871 So that every ,
year vii! add near $4,000 to the white vote, !
while No"hcrW men think The black vote |
will not increase but decrease. lluL after
1871 tho whites have majority which will !
be "rcr 'ncrCasin2 Common sense can anti
cipato this result from considering the fact |
HAT in these ten States tho white propaga.
tors of population far exceed tho black.
Gen. Howard in his report states that since .
emancipntion the negroes have decreased !
|, 3oS,U0O. This is male and female of all |
ages. From this it follows that im the |
South the whites out number The blacks 8 ,
Iol.
The yea, 1871 then will find tho white |
vote III the supremacy in every State in the !
United states except one. The party i'll |
power AT the North will certainly court this |
vote, and will, if necessary, to win this !
vote, pass nee reconstruction acts disrUHchis- |
iNY 0N MoSa ac&o ;roro not noieyS 0cc0rdiRy 10 |
Sto'a L0@s on loM OccgmLlr, 1860.
! the colorcd race during The period Of ,
their temporary supremacy, act with inius- |
tcc and tyranny towards thcir brother |
Souiherncrs, who arc white; then Of course |
tho whites will, rs they como in power, act |
from motives Of retaliation and hostility to
wards the colorcd race.
Now we'll knowing these facts but in order |
to have possession Of The spoils of party for |
another ioW gears, the Black Republican,
party ls.cndoayoring TO cmbiltcr the two
races here and thereby cnsuring for tho nc !!
gro tho fate Of the Indian, or worse.
AS a friend Of the South, of the colorcd !
race and OF humanity, want nothing to do
with party that will act with such cool cal
culating cruelty.
18Th. Dy its agents and party machinery, !
1t enlcavors 10 create a breach between tho !
respectable whites and the negro. Tho |
platform adopted nj the late Convention ut !
Columbia by The dictaton Of o party ngent !
from Washington, is cvidently intended 10
elbow decent men out Of The party.
,Scc6a1.
| nm 10 friend Of tho reconstruction Acts
$50 called, for reasons Of which tho follow
ing orc the moro Important:
lst. The Preamble is q lie.
I'd. The last Act says that tho first two
mean, what 1t is impossible tho words can
mean. ~
3l. They create amilltary despotism, and
violate all the principles of the Declaration
of independence.
dth Tho rules for disfranchising arc ar
bitraly, uncertain, unjust and unreasonable
9th. No Legislative Acts of any civilized
government Of ~ penal nature hayo ever
heretofore enacted that they must be con-
strued "liJc|WtIy,;" or hat ,hoso having in
charge their execution arc not to be advis-
ed by tho legal advisors of tia government.
9th. These Acts nulliiy tho pardoning
power given thc President by tho Constilu-
tion.
IN. These Acts destroy the legality of
emancipation, leaving the future freedom
of q largo class among US, one Of the qucs.
tions for parties TO bny votes with
9Th. These Acts rcnder tho U. S. oycrn-
mcnt liable i'll law for tho Confederate debt,
This will breed trouble with foreign powers
in tho future:
r 9th. These Acts have endangered tho per-
nidnent elevation Of tho black race.
Z 10Th. They arc unconstitutional, and
hence any day all that we do under their au-
thority may by competent Court be dc. /
olarod null and void, and binding OF, no one.
This fcould abundautly show, but tho i'd
mission of Thaddeus Stevens in his letter