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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-09-16
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A distinguished lawyer has sent us,
without comment, the following extracts
from he present so.callcd Constitution
Of South Carolina by which it will be
seen, TINT negroes can -hold any Office
under it.
CSC. 81 Art. |. All elections shall
be free and open, and every inha6itant
OF this commonwealth possessing the
qualifications provided for in this Con.
stltullon, shall have an equal right to
elect officers and Je elected to fill pu6iic
c0ices.
SEC. 10. Art. H. No person shall be
eligible to seat in the Senate or House
ol Representatives who at tho time Of
llls election is not Il citizen OF the United
States; one year resident, rs aud 80
years of age, &c
SEC. 7. Art. VIII. Every person en-
titled to vote at any election shall be eli.
glble to any Office which now is or here
after shall be elective by The people in
the Comfy where he resides unless 9th.
crwisc provided in tins Constitution or
in the Constitution of the United States.
Sec. 2. Arr. VIII. Every male cLi.
zen OF the United States 2l wears old,
without distinction Of race, color or for-
mcr condition, &C., shall be entitled to-
v'tc Tor all officers that are now or here.
after may be elected by the people, and
upon all the questions submitted to tho
electors at any elections"
Wcdo MT retract: however, the suggcs.
ton We flung out in our last issue and
sustained by quotations from North
Carolina and Virginia. that possibly tho
Republicans should Grant be elected
may accept the practical solution suggest.
by the course Of Georgia. This question
will probably be settled by compromise.
Impartial suffrage, says Mississippi.
Qualified suffrage, says South Carolina.
Suffrage, but no office, says Gcor ia.
And so seems to say Virginia and North
Carolina. What will Democratic
House, radical Senate with Grant, tho
re'icent. or Seymour, the "bom com.
promiScr," say? What will National
Convention say7
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-09-16
j. w. RonINsoN, Secretary.
The Elective franchise.
70 Mg Pconll of .NyuM Cunlll.a.

10 lie PrnrI Of S1"M Cuoiino.
II was referred to the state Con-
trail Executive Committee, by the
late Democratic Convention, to in
quirc into the disabilities imposed, by
reason Of thc war, upon a portion Of
our people, restraining them from the
exercise Of the elective franchise in
South Carolina ; and to publish the
conclusion attained, for the informa-
ton Of the people of the State. Tho
committee, in the discharge Of that
duty, announce that they have exam
incd the subject, and beg to state
|, That 10 such disabilities now
exist by or under The Ant& of Con
gross, known rs no Reconstruction
Act, tho State having hccn officially
declared TO hc ia thc Union.
=. That no such disabilities exist
under the ao-calod amendment
known rs the fourteenth amendment
to the Constitution ct the Intcd
states, the disabilities therein cX-
pressed having reference to Office
holding, and not to voting
3. That no such disabilities exist By
the so.cailcd state Constitution OF
1868, under which it is claimed that
the state has been reconstructed and
restored to the UninN.
The undersigned, therefore an
nouncc that no such disabilities exist
by fore" of any law, or supposed law,
"r authority whatever; and they urge
their hitherto DISTINGUISHED fellow
citizens, in every part of the State, to
exercise their right to vote at the
coming election for President and
Vico-Prcsidcnt, of which right the y
have been 50 long deprived by mill
tary power. BY order Of the
EXECUTIVE COMMI ITTEE.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-09-16
For Vice-Prcsi1cnt.
HON. FRANK 7. DLiIn,
or MISSOURI.
District Central Associate IN.
OF MISSOURI


The meeting was called to order at
one o'clock on Monday by the Prcsi.
dent w. r.. Robertson.
The Chair then announced that the
object of tho meeting was the sclcc,
tion Of Delegates to Convention to
be held in Columbia to nominate
candidate for Congress from this Con-
grossional District and also to respond
to u scheme Of organization of Con-
trail State Club, and Central District
Clubs as proposed at the late Convcn-
in Colu nbia.
On motion Of Baylis Il. Eilkin, the
Ch:ir 'ppointcd the following com
mit;cc 20 roninato delegates to the
Convention in Columbia, viz Bay
lis Elkin, j. II. Rion, n G. Robert
son, David Province and j II. Cros-
by.
Tho following gentlemen were
nominated by tho above committee
and confirmed by The meeting: T'hos.
Mckinsi"v, Esq, DR.. Sam'I W. Book
-, : ' :" "' ,'''''' ~" J a. "'''',"
In response 60 TIC plan OF organiza.
ton Of u Central State Club, on mo-
ton Of Cc(. II. g. Davis. it was re-
solved, that one delegate be appointed
from "ai.fc'l 90 the sai, CcDirol
State Club and tLot thc prc.;lo,t oc
the District Central Association Ln
the delegate cxonic;o. and IN c,s, hc
cannot attend that one Of tho y;cc.
Presidents to be dcsien, led bv the
President do act as such dclcno,c
Instcad of thc orcm;z,tio, of
"Ccnt,al District CluLn rs nrono.cJ
by iho said Convention. an mo.;,n ,r
j. II. Rion,
Il ,cos Rcso1cc1, That the Fondc,1
District Democratic C)ub Ss now con-
stitutod, be tho "Ccptral District
Club"
On motion of TT. 4, Goil]ord Tho
pro cccdincs of the nicotine wcr, ,,,,cr-
cd to bo published in the District no-
pcrs and tho moctinq thon od;onrncd
w. r. ROBERTSON
President
II. A. GAuL,rp, Actin, S,crctorv
.,
'0'"i' u '''o "liloiu ''olo'cfS holiol
s'''"''0"'
'''.' ~ :" ''"''o'' OF ''e sur
:" w i''o confederate
"'"'y "e'o NJ " 'hhSnoro, on tho lllh OF
9'l''omoer' lor the purpose organizing
society lov The education Of Tho Or
nhon,, or ,h, lo,o C,,c>ao o,,
- W.. w. N'o''''oe'"'e oo'olefs,
on mot!on OF C&l. j. II. Rion, General
John Brn,ion woe collol 10 H., Clo:.
-, Wv o'"''
ana on taxing The Chair, opened tho
meeting with few fccGno ,nl o,,r,
"fP'o
FlRttc rcmarks' Mr.. y. w. Robinson
was appointed Secretary.
Al, H.; II,
80 'e"J' ~ STUART snbmlttsd the
draft OF a constitution, which ColsDavis
novc,)ho roC,rro, -
~ 'e'o',eu " y co'i'tn'ttco OF llVe
" oc appointed by tho Chair, to report
business for the mcciino Mo
"'o''oH
was aooP'ct', ana the Chair appointed
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-09-16
Barbecue at Monticello.

Our Democratic friends at Monticello
inform us, through their committee Of in.
vilaton, Me<srs. a. NJ. CarLlclgn, j. II
Daw kms and j. x. Davis, that they
have postponed the day for having a
barbecue, but will be prepared to give
one on the 23d inst, to which the citi-
zens Of the surrounding country are cor
daily invited.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-09-16
Example.

The strongest tendency Of human
nature is tho love Of imitation. Tt
can be observed, at tho earliest period
of childhood, in tho little boy who
mimics tho gestures of his father, or
inthc little girl who dcvotcs her ma
tcrnal cares to her waxcn doll; and it
can bo sccn in tho old man now bent
with years, who modols his actions or
conversation upon somo favorite OK.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-09-16

RADICAL lNsoLENCE -Forney says
"Bclicving the government Of Mary.
land to he republican in form, and n
mere revolutionary organization, result.
ing from corrupt bargain between
Swami AMI the disfranchised rebels, we
shall nnhcsi'atingl Y call, not only for his
rejection, but for the rejection Of every
body that claims to represent the us, T.
patton called the Slate government of
Maryland"
Such language from snch villains
needs no comment. Forney is a repre-
sentative man Of his party. AS he is, so
1t ls-insolcnt, mprincipled, truculent
and cowardIy.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-09-16
Now Advertis ements.

Those who have done paying bu-
ness this year can purchase a planta.
tlon or two at Shcriff's sale, shortly,
If they sec fit, and then call III at Dir.
hadd's aud cool off with Soda-water.
We call tho attention Of our readers
to the advertisement Of Mcssrs. w. c..
Courtney & Co., Of Charleston.
Also to VIM. Gurney, Factor and
Commission Merchant, of Charleston.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-09-16

VINO ARE TO BE OUR MECHANICS 2
IL ls noticeable fact, thatln the Cargo
workshops, manufactures and foundries
in orr cities, at least three-fourths of the
workmen, and almost all Of the Younger
journeymen and apprentices, arc foreign
born, or the sons of foreign parents.-
Many American parent, bring up their
children to feel that manual and me-
chanlcal arts are not rs genteel rs other
professions, so that they are falling into
the hands Of foreigners.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-09-16

lhe Last stage.
Mrs. Mary Campbell has scnt US a
rich caricaturo entitled "Thc Present
Stage Price five cents.
The Crops,
Many farmers express the opinion
that the cotton crop of this District
has been cut short at least one third
by the August ruins.
do for Chester.
An extra train will lcayc Columbia
for Chester this morning. Those
wishing to attend the Democratic Bar
bccuc at Chester, can go and return
for one fare.
New Goods
Where ? cxclaims the reader, anx-
ious for new sensation. AS thclo is
no secret about it we may rs we'll
state that the fortunate men are
Nlessrs. Kctchin, McNtastcr & Bricc.
1t is they who arc in receipt of new
goods of all kinds for tao ladies and
every body else. Call early before
their assortment is J.. b.okcn.
United States District Court, Greenville,
Sc.
We find the following in the Courie,'s 5
report of the proceedings OF this Court
IN BANKRUPTCY.
TUESDAY, September.
In Re. Robert Beatty, Bankrupt
Adjudgcd an Involuntary Bankrupt.
VIM. Munro, pro. pet, Perry and, Nc.
Can's against motion. On motion OF
Mr.. Munro, the Judge sgucd The order
and warran, Of seizure of property OF
Bankrupt.
In Re. Mathew Pc,igru Bankrupt
Petition for final discharge. j. II.
leion, pro pet.
III Re Pierre Bacot, Bankrupt Peti-
ton for final discharge. j. II. Rion,
pro. pet
In Re. n. G. Robertson, Bankrupt
Petition for final discharge. j. IT, Ron,
pro. pet.
IN Re-. Isaac X James, Bankrupt
Petition for final discharge j. II, Rion,
pro pet.
In each Of the above cases the reports
Of w. j. Clawson, Register of the
Fourth Congressional District, South
Carolina, were read in favor Of The dis
charge OF each petitioner, and the Judge
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-09-16
New Cotton.

New Cotton.
One bale of new cotton was brought
to this market yesterday, the first of
the season. 1t was raised by Mr..
Ihos' Bricc, and purchased by Mr..
John II, Cathcart, at "a cents.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-09-16

The State Republican Convention
assembled in this city, yesterday after,
noon. Delegates from all the Districts
III The StHte being prcsent. A tempo
rary organization was effected by calling
IL. b. Elliott (ncgro)to the chair, and
requesting fl. i. Shrewsbury (negro)
to act as secretary Contesting delcga-
tlons appeared from Charleston, intlie in-
tercsts OF 9. G. Bowen and J. r. SJehks,
candidates for Congress from that Dis.
trlct, but The former were seated. At
the time Of going to press no permanent
organization had been made nor business
transacted - Phenin. ''pNF
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-09-16
A Twin Corn Stalk,

Our friends can see at our Office A.
curious specimen of a twin corn-stalk,
with good oar of corn oneach brancb
from the plantation of w. j. Da-
Wis, Esq.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-09-16

WAR TO TnE KNIFE. we who
write this htsh Citizen havo always
maintained and published in books and
in journals that tenants in .Irclaaa4
are not oEly justified but ever VII sfssss
rlous IN slanghterng their landlords,
when occasion serves: There need be
no dclIcacy about enunciating the plain
doctrine there is war IN Ireland; and it
IS war to the knilcj and there is no law
IN Ireland for the tenant, all tho laws
being made against liim.--John 1fitclieL
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-09-16

Resigaed,
His Honor James NJ. Rutland, has
resigned his scat in the (not RomaW
African Senate, and retired to tho
"Cottagc on the Cliff"
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-09-16

A COOP DEFINlTioN.-- a social
party one evening this question was put
Nv hat IS religon2" "Religion," re.
pied one Of tho party, religion is nm
insurance against fire in the next world
Tor which honesty is The best policy"
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-09-16

How TO MAKE Coop YEAsr.-Makc
a dceoction of hops, by taking two
handsfulls of hops and pouring on
them three pints of boiling water :
boil this down to quart and then
strain. TO the liquor add one table.
spoonful of ground ginger, one of COM
mon salt, and two of molasscs or
brown sugar !; then stir in wheat flour
enough to make it Tho consistency of
bread rising. Lot this stand until
cool, then add teacup full of yeast !;
keep it in warm place until it rises.
then set it in a cool place, as a vault
or in cellar.
In the hottest weather of summer T
have often kept yeast mado as above
perfectly sweet for three weeks.
Those who are bothered with sour
yeast, or who make it every week
would save much time and trouble bv
trying the above. Do not forget tho
conslstcncc, as tho great fault with
many is, they have it too thin and
watcry.- Observer.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-09-16

"My daughtcr" said fond and af-
fectionato mother, MS sho gave the
parting kiss to her child, who was
leaving tho homo Of her childhood to
60 among strangers as teacher, J.ct
ylrtac be thy priceless jewel truth.
thy firm friend; pioty, thy daily ooun-
ssoIlor; modcsty, thy bosom compan-
ion; kindness, Welcome visitor ; and
neatncss, an every day associate.
With such fri ionds to advise and guide,
thy path through life will be strewcd
with no regret"
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-09-16

10 for, Chester.
An extra train will loayc Columbia
for Chester this morning. Those
wishing to attend the Democratic Bar
bccuo at Chester, can go and return
for one fare.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-09-16

ho SloP"'
Many farmers express tho opinion
that the cotton crop of this District
has been cut short at least one third
by the August ruins.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-09-16

Eagle Eye and his entire band Of III.
/, dhlalnls mans forty one in nsnnmber, twcnty-one
horses, and a large quantity of proyis.
IONS nave been captured in Idaho.
Tho game oflifc" is very like a game
o. oi.alf; card;sI-ilmc Inn! deals, death cuts, and
everybody IS waiting for TIC last
trump.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-09-16
Local ItenS.
The Last Stage.

The Last Stage.
Mrs. Mary Campbell has sont US a
rich caricaturo entitled "Thc Present
Stage Price five cents.
New-York tribune., 1868-07-06
MR.. SBERMANS GOLD BILL.

Mr.. Hawkins Taylor writes us expressing the
fear that if Senator Sherman's bill authorizing
contracts hereafter made TO be payable in gold
should pass it will be used by money-lenders
as a means of collecting principal aud interest
in gold upon loans made in greenbacks, thus
evading the usury laws altogether and subject
GUS oppression at the hands of the money
lenders. We have never believed that the rate
of interest obtainable on loans of money Is
affected by the usury laws in any other way
than to increase it. The price chargeabe for
the use of money depends, like the price of
any other commodity, upon the ratio of
demand to supply. 1t would do so if
all usury laws were abolished and
the legal tender law wholly repealed. In
deed, usury laws, by increasing the risk at
which the lender loans his money, cause him to
charge higher price when the market rates
are above the rates allowed by the law. We
do not suppose it is the intent or effect of Mr..
Sherman's bill to repeal or collide with the
usury laws in any manner. If it would author
ize principal loaned in greenbacks to be col
lected in gold, even by agreement, it should be
so amended as to prevent such perversion of
its object. All that is needed is law whereby
loans of gold may be payable in gold Such a
law will gradually restore gold to circulation,
add both to the volume and security OF our
currency and effect unqualified good. Are
there any sticklers for greenback currency so
infatuated as to object to the passage of a law
that loans made in gold may be collected in
gold, leaving all greenback loans to be collected
in greenbacksf
New-York tribune., 1868-07-06
THE BRITISH TARIFF.

The American advocates of free trade con-
stantly assume that since the Corn laws were
repealed the policy of Great Britain relative to
imports has been one of free trade. The
statistical abstract of the United Kingdom, just
published, shows that the entire revenue OF
Great Britain during the past year amounted
to f69600,218, of which f22,650O0O were
derived from tariff on imports. 1t thus appears
that about one-third of the British revenue Is
derived from tariffs on imports, which Is ABOUT
as large as the proportion OF our own revenue
derived from the same source. The portion Of
the revenue required to pay the interest on
the British debt was G26,57l, ,75O, or only about
$4,000, 900 more than the amount of her customs
from imports. 1t will thus be seen that the
British Government levies nearly a sufficient
tariff on imports to pay the interest on her
National Debt, and we do no more. Whether
the tariff of Great Britain is adjusted with view
to Revenue or Protection, it is certainly no
nearer to free trade than our own.
But though British industry, with its vast ac-
emulation of capital, machinery, and pauper
labor, needs as little protection against compe-
titiOn with other nations as the stronger can
ever need against the weaker, yet the British
tariff is sufficiently protective to British indus
try in special instances to sanction the primer
pie of protection. For instance, the present
Golden -Chevalier treaty with France orlgl-
nally provided that French brandies and spir-
its should pay on entering English ports
" duty exactly equal to the excise duties levied
con homemade spirits, with the addition OF a
sur-tax of two pence gallon, which will
90 tIn Iuf, hranHIpa
"and spirits eight shillings and two pence per
gallon" But shortly afterward it was gravely
set forth that "having ascertained that the sur
I" tax of two pence per gallon is not sufficient
:" to countervail the charges with which home
made British spirits have now to contend,
"and that sur-tax limited to the rate of two
"pence per gallon would still leave
homemade British spirits subject to a
"differential duty in favor of foreign
"brandies and spirits" and therefore 1T was
stipulated that the sur-tax on imported spirits
should be raised to five pence per gallon. And
to make the principle of protection to British
industry apply, so far as might be necessary,
to all articles mentioned in the treaty, and TO
all exigences that might arise, it was further
stipulated that " if either of the parties thinks
L" it necessary at any time to establish an
"excise tax or inland duty on any article of
home production or manufacture comprised
" in the treaty. the foreign imported article
" shall be Immediately liable to an equivalent
I" duty on Importation" The difference in rates
of wages taxation, aud other costs of produc-
ton in France and England being slight very
little protection is needed on this score. Yet
that England intended to leave open to COM
petition no branch of industry which could be
injuriously affected thereby, is shown by these
provisions.
New-York tribune., 1868-07-06

loan its bonds Is it does to the Pacific Rail-
road Companies, in certain quantity per mile,
to any Incorporated Railroad, Levee and Land
Company which would build the leyee, run the
road, and buy and distribute the land among
actual settlers, we doubt not it would find re-
sponsible parties willing 10 accept such char
ter. and that all the objects for which the aid
of Government is sought would be more fully
obtained in this way than in any other. 1t is
certain that the private pockets of somebody
will reap pecuniary benefit from the re-
building Of the levees to far more than the
amount it will cost to rebuild them. If not,
they had better never be rebuilt at all. But If
so. then the Government should loan its credit,
not give its cash, for the purpose, in such way
that the parties receiving the benefit will pay
the interest on the loan out of the profits they
derive therefrOm, and the principal when due.
New-York tribune., 1868-07-06
QUE NORTH WESTERN BOUNDARY CUES


Among the questions which our new Minister
at the Court of st. James will have the oppor-
tunty of adjusting, will be that of the title to
the Island of San JUAN in Puget Sound, the
papers bearing on which have recently been
sent by the President to Congress. This mat
ter is so plain ana clear that it seems absurd
it should have been suffered to remain q ques-
ton to the present time. Our own troops and
those of Great Britain now hold the island in
Joint occupation to preserve order, while a
brief examination into the merits of the case
must satisfy any intelligent Englishman, as
we'll as American, that the territory is clearly
ours. The treaty of 1916, under which this
question arises, is compromise between
the previous claim of Great Britain that the
boundary should be run from the Rocky
Mountains to the Pacific on the line of 42o w.
and that of the United States that it should be
run on the line of 54o 40. This compromise was
made by continuing the line of 400, which had
previously been settled upon as the line east
of the Rocky Mountains; and since this would
have severed the Island of Vancouver, the line
was run south of that island, so as to yield tho
whole of it to Great Britain. The principal
strait which separates Vancouver's Island
from the continent is the De Haro Chan
mel. Beyond this, however, are various
straits, one of them known as Rosario
Strait, running through the archipelagoes that
lie between the De Haro Channel and the
main land. De Haro, however, is the prin-
cipal channel in width and depth. The treaty
of 1916 declares that the line &" shall be con-
"tinued westward along the said 49th parallel
"of north latitude to the middle of the
channel which separates the continent from
"Vancouvers Island, and thence southerly
Through the middle of said channel and of
:" Fuca Strait to the Pacific Ocean," BY refer
ence to a map it will be seen that, if the
main channel of De Haro be regarded
as the channel which separates the con-
tinent from Vancouver's Island, then the
Island of San Juan belongs to the United
States. But if Rosario Strait be taken as the
channel it would belong to Great Britain. Be-
side the fact that De HarO is the main channel,
and that the only object of departing from the
10Th parallel before reaching the Pacific was to
give Great Britain the Island of Vancouver,
which is accomplished by running the line
through the main channel, it is cited that our
Minister who negotiated the treaty, Mr.. Nc
Lane, in his letters to the Secretary of State
describing the offer of Lord Aberdeen
on which the treaty was based, states
that the line is TO run through tho
Dc Haro Channel and in none of tho cotempo.