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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-06-05
Mr. Stanbcrry's Opinion.

We publish elsewhere full synop-
sis of the opinion Of Attorncy-Gcnc-
raj Stanbcrry on The Reconstruction
Acts
This synopsis we copy from the Char
lesion 1Icrcn'y, and it is = very Just one
we think. As to the opinion itself, it
is Zoo long for our short space. 1t, VIC
OF serve, strikes oar exchanges in dir
rcrcnt lights. Some Of them regard
it as very clear, white others show
some surprising Inconsistencies in the
document. Stanberry gives his opin-
ion; every reader must form hi, own
opinion Of that opinion.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-06-05
ImmigrANts Encouraccl.

We find III the report Of the Bureau
of lmmigration,a copy of which has
reached us. a letter from Mr.. JAS. Il.
A,ken, of this town, to Mr.. Waacncr,
ia which Mr.. Ai.icn makes very hbc-
raj offer of five hundred acres of
'"".l. Cor ua 1,o"nGt nf ;mmiuronts. on
the most libcra! tcrms.
If every landowner will make such
an offer for thc same purpose, in pro-
portion to his means to do it, there
might be the beginning soon Of an IN
lux of population to aid in building
up thc District.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-06-05

have boon voluntarily to surrender
sclf-govcrnmont so far as it is indicat-
ed by that feature Of State Rights
which gives to each State the power
to say who shall and who shall not
vote.
Here thcn was q direct issue be-
tween Congress and South Carolina as
to whether such right did still be-
long to South Carolina, as defeated
Confederate State, or, in other words,
whether South Carolina of 1866 was
the same in its relations to the Union
as the South Carolina of 1859.
Then (lS66), this State had Il
choice of formal abandonment of
the claimed right and of taking in its
stead limited suffrage.
Now, however, that choice has been
denied her, and unlimited suffrage
forced at the point Of the bayonct up
on her, and yet there arc men of Mr..
Pcrry's notion that VIC can cfTcctually
resist, or at least neutralizc, the pow.
or of Congress over US.
If Congress has the power to
establish military civil Govern
mont, can it not establish a ropub-
lican government
10 resist tho progress of that ''cstab-
fishing" now is doing just what those
few hot-headcd but earnest followers
of ice did, when they broke away
from the inevitable progress of that
old veterans surrender to GRANT.
They, like LEE, could never have
chosen to surrender, but like him they
ought to have done it gracefully, and
thus kept solil plalanx in defeat as
they had done in victory.
From that defeat let us learn les
son now, and as we have with solid
front resisted choosing what Congress
offered, let us ut least keep together
in defeat, and bend to what will
break us if We do not bend.
Those who resist now arc preparing
far worse for uS
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-06-05
From tho New York lines.
The Wheat Crop.

It seems to be hard struggle with
| those who are interested in Keeping the
price Of brcadStnn$ up to the figure ol
/ the past eighteen months, to give prac.
|, tical ciIrct to their views. They have
given the utmost prominence to rcpo, Is
Of exceptional shipments Of -four and
wheat from San Francisco to Atlantic
ports. They made lbc most oftke re.
shipment Of ohc or moro carSoes OF
American grain from Liverpool to this
side. They have counted largely on
| The severity Of the winter which is pas1,
and on the backwardncss OF the spring
whrch is present. They have had
their touLcrS abroad in nearly every
grain, growing district from the Gencssee
Valley to Central Virginia, all inspired
with the Same spirit Of soo,hsayng, anil
all more or less prepared 10 advance
opinions forrtulsening u failure for The
year IN our greatest staple.
No ono who cares to sift agricultural
reports, whether Of an official or casual
character, need be led astray by that
sort Of speculative testimony for which
Il stipminlcd prccis pad. The really
reliable reports from all The great grain
growing districts, North ard South, are
as G,vorahe rs the average (Gor the
scasol) Of the last ten years. Thc pros.
pcct along what may DC called the great
whcat.bclt OF the Northwest, including
the larger portions of Central and South.
rrn Michigan, Northern Ohio, Northern
Illinois, and Wisconsin has nsvc. been
better than it is tins year. Not only do
the truS'y accounts agree that the seas.
on, backward. rs it seems, has bccm cs.
pcclally favorable to The fall wheat
but they agree, as well, that far great.
cr breadth Of ground has Iccn sown
than for several years back.
1t is too soon, Of course, speaking Of
these higher lan'nlcs, to form amy
positive conclusions as to what tie ac-
tual harvesting may be. But it is well
5incc the grain spectators arc busiIy at
work deserving tie prospects ior the
coming crop, that we should carefully
sift every item Of evidence ana see bow
far they are likely to swmlle us.
Travel, il you please. even into the
middle and higher Districts Of South
Carolina; the concurrng statement of
The planters is that their wheat CROP
has given no such promise for the last
six years as 1t does ,his season There,
too ii must DC remembered, much
closer estimate may now be formed OF
the prospective returns than in the
Y art harm ,r Mart hu.nci.r,, C,,,os frbo
crop is nearer maturity. Those who
are specializing on famine prices for the
coming year may try, lor the time, to
conceal these facts from themselves and
from the public if they choose. Three
or four weeks OF even moderately fair
weather will sci them sadly aslray III
their calculations. The multitude Of
consumers meanwhile nave lalr reason
to take courage.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-06-05
The Congressional Plan of Poconstruc-


The ground Of Reconstruction has
been thus far briefly covered. The
third section Of the "Military Bill"
as it is called, has been entirely quot
ed, and the thirteen conditions uron
which restoration to the Union
is practicable, given. These condi-
tions can be reduced TO Il very short
space
l. The People must ordain their
Government.
2. Congress must endorse or ap-
prove that government, before it is
acceptable, or in other words, before
it places South Carolina in the Union.
BY the "Pcoplc" is meant the voice
of tho majority.
Hence the majority, By its Repre-
scntation, must say who shall organize
its government. 1t is madness to con-
tend that tho majority now, means
what what majority did before tho
war. And yet Mr.. Perry AMI his fol.
lowers would have us believe so.
We have alluded to the "prcscnt,
promised and possible" situation.
The present situation is too palpa.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-06-05
Tho Northern Press and tho Davis
Case,

InO N0rCllCrn froSS ana tho Davis
Case.
The outcrics Of lamcntation and Vi
tuperation says the New York Round
Tab(c, with which part of the press
has accompanied the release of Mr..
Davis and his journey northward are
contcmtplably womanish aud weak :;
and tho apprehension of his peculiar
opponents that Mr.. Greeley would
gain too much political capital by
placing his ..amc on the captivo's
bail-bond is equally SO. It as one of
the worst features of our political fife
that no possible action, however pure,
chivalrous and noble, can be perform
cd by amy individual of tho least
prominence but thatit is straightway
bcspattcrcd with the foulest of abuse
and attributed to the most dcspicablc
of motives. 1t is small wonder that
the Influence of newspapers should
wanc when their writer's suffer party
feeling so completely to ovcrshadow
all sense Of truth, Iccrncy anl Suuui-
osity.
The criticisms upon the course of
Mr.. Greeley arc Of piece with the
slurs directed at those who have dared
to show Mr.. Davis attention or com
passion. Even his counsel, Mr.. Chas.
O'Connor, than whom q purcr and
more elevated character.doos not exist
in the community, has not entirely cs-
capod assaults whici, arc disgraccful to
those. who have mado them. Why
such demonstrations should have been
made VIC arc at loss to conceive.
Their certainly has been nothing
to justify chem. 1t would have
been impossible for Mr.. Davis
and his slender party to have
travelled towards Canada
or he goes to sec his children
moro quietly, more unobstrusiycly, o,
in manner better calculated tc
cvince his earnest desire to avoid oh.
Servation, than he has done. But it
would really seem as if some of tho
newspapers wished it otherwise, Will
the hope that the populacc might
thoroby be melted to insult or mob
him. All this is so small, so frivolou.
ano 50 .spitoful, as to be anything bu
crcditablc to the community.
1t is natural that those who have
lost fricuds in tho war should have ne
love for Jefferson Davis, but that i,
no good reason why they should bt
instigatcd to insult him. There arc
empty hearths at the South rs we'll n.
the North, and tho offcors who direct.
cd tho Federal armies travel through
it in every direction without mcoting
so far rs We have heard, an snllind
word or look and Southcrncrs arc moi
persons to restrain their feelings sole.
ly through fear of consequences
Undoubtedly there wero dreadful
dccds-dccds Of barbarism, of spolia
ton, Of wanton cruclty-porpetratcd
during the war; but does any dispas.
sionato man really believe that they
were entirely confined to ono side
and, in any case, if we arc to live III
fraternnl relations hereafter, and il
the memory of these things is ever to
be buried at all, is it not really time
to set about it? We profoundly
dcprccatc the agitation Of these sub
joots, and sincerely wish that all
among us could havo exhibited under
recent circumstances q littlc moro
generosity and good deal moro dig
nifty.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-06-05
Sensible and Proper.

The following advice from colored
man to the tolorcd people is applca-
blc to all parts of the South.
In this section, it is gratifying 10
state, the most influential colorcI pco-
plo arc doing their best to encourage
feelings of harmony between the two
races.
There oremo disturbances hcrc-but
without garrison everything is going
on smoothly, and not one white man
that VIC know Of is disposed to deny
any right possessed now by the color
cd 'DeOnl"
The advice alludcdto is this
Henry Gwinn, an Intelligent freed
man of Savannah, con The eve of
leaving America for q short stay III
Europc," communicates an address
"to the Freedmen of Georgia." in tho
DAILY Ncrs ond Hr"hl Of the 30th.
lie hns lived, he says, il both sec
tions of the United Stntcs speaks
"thc words of tnuth and sobcrncss."
though he knows, he is calling down
on his head ''thc wrath of the Radical
Party" He first asks the question,
''arc wo prepared by education oroth-
crwisc, to select the best 1mcn Tor Of
iicc and if not,to whom are we to
look for advice and guidance On this
question, which deeply involves the
fate Of our people p lie thinks the
colorcd people arc not prepared to
! Judge for themselves, and should loot,
to the friends whom they have known
from their infancy, rather than to the
stranger who breaches bcncvolcncc.
Ho concludes with the following invo-
cation "'ro those, then, my people,
with whom you have been raised and
among you were born ; to those accus-
toned to your habits and manners
to those among whom you live and
whose interests arc clearly your inter
csts (; to those who arc the only parties
to whom you must look for work and
subsistence to those who sympathizc
with you and yours to those among
whom you Give and move and have
your being ; and finally to those who,
rs l believe before God, arc the only
friends and prcservers of the colorcd
mon, | enjoin you to turn---to take OK
ample, advice and precedent from
those whom you know, and while you
treat tho stranger kindly, trust, above
adj, to old and we'll tried friends.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-06-05
Gov Patton OF the Prospect for Recon
Struction.

"Mack," the corrcspcn lent OF the
rrpcr as oo"Mnam fGm WIiES @ tn",
under date Of May IS:
called on Gov Patton yesterday and
had long Conversation with him on
the condition Of Alabama, political and
material lIo takes very hopeful
view OF the reconstruction question, AMI
thinks there Will be no difficulty what
ever IN organizing The State under the
military law He believes convcn.
tinn will hc called by ~ very large ma
iori,y vote Of all the people that the
constitution of the State will be made
to conform to the requirements Of the
law Of Congress, and that men who
could take the test oath will be elected
and sent to Washington. There is no
disposition among the people, he says.
to deny full rights to the negroes. He
does not approve OF The movements OF
S;lch men as Kelly and Wilson, or any
efforts to orgauize parties throughout
the south al the present time !; but
thinks it bc,crto unite the people in
favor of reconstruction first, and let
them choose party sides afterwards.
He docc no! propose To join or identity
himself xirh the radical or HE conscrva
tive party until the work Of rcconstrnc'
ton is complete, and he will then con-
slider himself at liberty to make choice
according to the issues presented.
The governor is a very amiablc gen
llcn,an Of nearly sixty years old.
should say he has the interest OF lhr peo
pie Of Alabama at heart, and is SINCERE
y trying to do tIc best lie can to he'll
them repair what they suffered hy The
war. lie believes the Sherman bill 4
step in The right direction and, accept
ing in good faith the issues Of the war
advocates compliance with The require
mcnts. When, few months ago, q
movement was made TO unite all tho
Southern governors in opposing thr:
measure, before the supreme court, be
refused 20 oiu in it, and wrote srnsi
bic letter giving his reasons for SO do
ing. For the course he has taken ht
! has beer rrvilcd and denounced by mos
.. the old nr wSpaprrs Of the state, bn
he is confident thar he will he cordially
endorsed by the people when tue issue
is made at the polls.
TME SOUTHERN NEGRO DURING THU
WAR.-Gcncral IIalpinc, in The New
York Citizen, makes the following state
mcnt;
If Judge Kelley bad been South du
ring the war, he could not have the
hmrdihood not even he could-to spcal
OF The negroes, OF the South as if they
had all been loyal 10 the United States
during the rebellion. The fact is tha
ninc'y-Gvc per cent. Of them were a:
faithful to the Conlclcracy as any aver
age equal number Of Southern whites
They formed the piartcrmaser, commits
sary, ordinance and pay departments o
the rebel armies working faithfully ant
pcrscvcringly at their allotted tasks, al
though not five per cent. Of tho able bod
led whites were lcf at homo to compe
them to this work, had they been other
wise minded. It is simply bald, bold,
black lalSchood to speak OF the Southern
negroes as having been faithful 10 The
Cnjon, or faithful TO anything but the
rebellion, during the recent civil war.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-06-05
All in q Nutshell.

When Congress asked South Caro-
Una to accept impartial suffrage, she
refused to do il, at least by adopting
the constitutional Amendment.
Why Because ia do il woull
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-06-05
COMMERCIAL.

CHAnLoTrE. .func l.--Salcs light, At 0GG
2Oi for mddling.
CHARLESTON, June l.-Thcrc was an I'M
prov cd inquiry, in which the better qualities
OF the staple advanced about half cent.
We quote MddNng Uplands 2jiGG26
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-06-05
JUST or ENED.
SPRING AND SUMMER
G Q Q D s!
KETCHIN, McMASTER & CO.
NO. ] HOTEL RANGE.

TlIE subscribers have received their NEW
l. STOCK Of DRY GOODS, consisting Of
LADIES DRESS GOODS in considerable
variety, viz:
Chalics. Mozambioucs,
French Prints, Camb.ics,
Checked and Swiss
NIuslins, &c., also,
Domcstics, Linens,
l"''' Diaper, &c.
Cassimeres, c,tton,dcs
and Clothing for AI>,,
and Boys. Misses
Trimmed Hats, Hoods.
Mems Fur, Wool and
Straw Hats, very cheap,
Ladies' and Misses Fine
Shoes, Mems Boots and
Shoes. Umbrellas and
Fine Parasols. Also q
large stock of Crockcry.
Mt reduced prices.
april 20
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-06-05

, Nor OrrosED TO ASKING FOR
PARDON. - IiIG ~ asnmgton cUiIu..
pondcnt OF the New York Hyuhl
writes:
1t is now said that Jefferson Davis is
not adverse to prtlioning President
johnson for pardon. The statement
published before to the effect that the,
rN.rehol President was too proud to
acknowledge the error of his WAYS, and
too lofty TO stoop to the humiliation Of
a petition, would, therefore, seem to be
erroneous. | am Informed that Mr. Da.
us lately told prominent LouiSmnan
,ha, he would gladly sue for u pardon.
if he could only think his effort would
prove Il success. President johnson,
it is believed, would willingly grant a
full pardon to the fallen Chief on The
presentation ola proper petition.
have today seen copy Of petition
signed by several Southern men OF the
Sharlicy Monroe stamp, praying Execu
tive clemcncy in behalf of Mr. Davis
NO radicat names are al'achcdt u the
paper, all tho leading Senators and
Representatives having refused to lave
anything to do with the movement. =
President johnson, it is said, cares moth.
ing for this omission, expressing the
opinion that he alone has the power to
decide the matter, and that he intends
to do Just as his own convictions of jus.
ticc and propricty dictate. Pua Bag
ley, tho enthusiastic pardon manager,
WHO has Travelled all over the country
Tor The purpose Of agitating the question
OF Mr.. Davis pardon, has charge Of The
petition referred to, aud has forwarded
it to Canada, with the hope of obtaining
a special petition from the chief party
interested.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-06-05

= EnuCATioN or5 SOUTHERN GIpLs--A So
ciety has becn foro,cd in Baltimore npon
the following hasis:
/, The society shall lc collcd 'Tho So.
cieiy for tho Liberal Education OF Southern
Female Children" and shall have for It's
members all ladies' who will contribute SIS
per nnnum toward its support. y, ,s..
3. The object of the society shall DO the
education md support Of female children
from the South, whom the calami.ics Of war
have deprived Of other rhchns Of education
md whose families an'i friends shall be vii
ling 20 cntrnst them TO 'hc society TO be
cared for, and educated inthc religious faith
app oTel by their parents o. IcarcSt
rirMlt
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-06-05
Death Of, Wm~ Claxton.

- 0''0'" "" >" 0h''1h00 ~" = ~ y
On Monday last Mr.. William CiaN"
ton, member of the Palmetto Rrgi-
mcnt in the Mexican war, and late
Confederate soldier, died very sud-
denly at his home in this District.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-06-05

IHU OIUPS"
SO far as we learn the wheat crop is.
still promising a large yield Corn is
growing well, and cotton not rs mucGr
damaged as we feared it would be ir,
consequence of the continued cold
weather.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-06-05
Local Itens.
Great Big Turnip.

Great Big Turnip.
Hello ! Mr.. Murray, where are you?
"Whar's" your biggest turnip?
Mr.. Mahon has laid on our table q
Spring turnip which measures (lacl-
ing small fraction) eighteen inches
in circumference.
Mr.. Mahon has beat Mr.. Murray.
Who'll beat Mr.. Mahon
Come up, turnip growcrs-comc up
and d0 your hand$omcst.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-06-05

JUDGE KELLEY on FINALITY AND
CoNFIscATIoN.-Inh his speech, at Sails.
bury, N. O., the other day, Judge Kel-
ley said he has been asked whether the
Sherman bill was final measure. To
this he would answer, that the South
itself should decide that. lie then pro-
cccGcd
".As to confscation =, Of which they
seemed to be afraid he protested thai,
no matter for all Mr.. Stevens said in
his speech, there was not Republican
III Congress who wanted confscation
bill +; but il the military bill was rejected,
as the constitutional amendment was,
he would not say that restricted fran
chisc might not follow. or that Congress
mightnot further, even to taking from
the men Of large wealth who oppressed
the masses portion Of their vast cs.
tatcs. In conclusion, he asked them
to bchevc that it is the language he
would have'spokcn IN Mobile had the
people listened to him, and to assure
;hcm that all they read in the papers
about using exaspcrating or offensive
words were merely creations of the
imagination.
Col. Briscoc G. Baldwin formerly
OF Gen. Loc's staff, attempted suicide
III Richmond several days ago, by
taking chloroform. cuniary mis-
fortunes were the cause. lie was dis.
covered in his bed apparently dying.
Measures were taken which will in
sure his recovery. lFc is a brother Of
Speaker Baldwin Of the honsc ofdclc,
gates.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-06-05

We had here on Sunday last (2n'f
instantly what some call u ''trcmcn->
iOus rain'
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-06-05

Sale Day.
Yesterday was salc-day Gin course"
The fact was, according to General
Sicklcs, there vas no sale. Several
people III = good reports of all crops
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-07-04
Sensible Platform.

The Democracy of Pennsylva-
mia, at their late State Convention,
adopted a very sensible platform.
The resolutions declare for stead.
fast adherence to the principles Of
civil government established by
the founders of the Union; the Fed
eral Union Of the States a perpet'
ual one; that representation in
Congress and the Electoral Col
.lege is the right Of every State, land
its denial, the destruction of the
Government; that each State has
the exclusive right to prescribe the
qualifications of its own electors,
and that the establishment Of Ne
gro Suffrage in any of the States,
by the coercive power of Federal
authority,iS usurpation and law!ess,
ness; that the Democracy should
literally support their papers, on
which the future success of the
party so much depends. These
resolutions will not meet the ap-
probation of some of our hutspurs
IN the Democratic party, who 60 in
for declaring the right of the States
to secede, and for reputation OF
the National debt, &c. 1t is a
great pity that ignorance and dis
honesty, in State affairs, appears 10
have such hold on the minds of
some of our leading statesmen and
Journalists. We received one ex.
change this week that says the
"Natlonai debt must and shall be
repudiated." What nexi2
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-07-04
For the Vinton Record
Worthy of Consideration,

Maj. Bratton: Would it not be
as we'll for some of the leading and
prominent Democrats of Vinton, to
take conciliatory course of con-
duct, and do justice to those who
honestly differ in opinion from
them, instead of going over the
county and telling what they know
to be false9 Every vote driven off
from the ticket, is one vote for the
opposition. Men cannot be driven
cut of the Democratic ranks with
out injury to the party, and office
holders and seekers are not the
men that should spit their spite out
on others who do not see every
thing through their "spec's." One
set of politicians should not at
tempt to control the party in Vim
ton for the purpose of reading 9TH
ers out of the party; and l, for one,
do not believe the party will en-
dorse any such proceedings. The
late County Convention failed in
it's duty to the Record. This no
good Democrat will deny; and that
the introduction of the Enquirer
press was disorganizing move, no
one can, for moment, dispute
The men who have done these
things will reap their reward. But
this should not be considered cause
for the Record to abandon its prin.
ciples. If have been correctly
informed, the Record has hoisted
the Republican ticket. Is this so9
RIoHLAND TP.
ALLrNsvILtE, July /, 1857.