The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-11-20

Northern man must bc decided by tho sam,
Ignorant tribunal. Nor is this YET ALL The
highest rrcroCntivc If government is the
taxing power. ahi the efforts of ihr wiScsi
statesmen have been expanded 10 this mrcat
p0wc" against abuse. M power has been
.;raicusly watcl:-ti more than this. No power
has given rise TO 50 mach strife and bloc ishud
i'll the history Of the world The contest
between The mother country and the colo
MES nri siiricl in her nsSunption Of the
( right TO tax without repre- .entation. BY
the Reconstruction Acts OF Congress, INC
| inTimg power is placed IN the hands Of those
who own lao property, and is taken away
| from those who hold the property and must
| pay the taxes. The ar,hat has always rx
| listed between capital and labor is decided
III favor of the latter, and the wealth Of the
| country is proHra;cl at the feet 90 !l"sc
WHO have nothingn at stake hu. thcr daily
wages and their daily bread, How will
this power exist? Can il he supposed for Il
moment that it will be exercised in any
ether way than to impose such burdens anon
The taxpayers as will amount, in the end.
TO practical contiscation of tho snail re-
maining substance OF our people? But wc
must iorbcar. Such are Scu!o 81 the i;amc-
diatc consequences OF the Reconstruction
Nets upon the people Of tho South and upon
thS hiiViS country.
We have said, and We repeat, that We d.
sire peace; hu; the policy now proposed can
not t'vc us peace. 1t is contrary to the
voice Of reason and the law OF nature.
Instead Of peace, under the Reconstruction
Acts, We shall havo strife and bitterness.
tnstcad CT the South recovering from her
poverty, and contributing her share TO the
common wealth and prosperity Of the coun-
Try, she will become more aud more upov-
cr!shcd, Tho blight Of misruic will cut
short her harvcsts and dry mp her resources.
The law of violence which has prevailed for
moro than two years III Reconstructed Tonnes.
SEQ, will extend its sway throughout the en-
lire South. and VIC shall reap, like her the
harvest Of crime and blood multiplied two,
fold
We have shown that free negro labor,
under the sudden emancipation policy of
the Governments, is q disaster from which.
under the most favorable circumstances, il
VIII require years to recover. Add 10 this
the policy which the Reconstruction Acts
propose TO enforce, and yo@ place the South,
politically and socially, under the heels Of
thc.ncgro these influences combincd would
drag to hopeless ruin the most prospcrons
community in the world. What do these
Reconstruction Acts propose? Not negro
eq"a'jty merely, hut negro Supremacy. la
.hc name. thcn,' OF humanity 10 both cases.
in the name Of cui1enshp under the Consti-
tution--in the name of II conlu! rn history in
the past-in the name Of our Anglo. Saxon
race and blood--in the name OF the civilizn.
tion of the ninciccnh ccntury--in the
name of magnanimiiy anil the noble in
stincts Of manhood-in tho name Of God
and nature, We protest against these Acts,
ms destructive to The peace Of society, the
prosperity oil tho CounSvy and She greatness
ami grandeur of our common future
The people Of the South arc powrrlcss TO
avert the impt ding ruin. We have been
ovcrhorne; and The responsibility to pos
tcrity and to the world has passed into other
hands.