The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-10-28

sentiment, their substantial interests
are very similar. Their material
wants and products are correlativr
and their popular characteristics are
,counterparts. ], do not mean by
counterpart that they are alike, but
that one is the supplement of the
other. Tho one cold, cautious and
thoughtful ; tho other warm, impulsiyc
aad imrressionablc Combine these
qualities, and you double their power,
by rcgu lating and economizing their
force. Nor need we look tar to fore.
SEQ their political aftiliation in tho
future, ifgocs all well, The policy of
the seal oard States in reference to the
great questions of financial, industrial
and commercial interests which mnst
Inevitably replace the incidents left
by the war as soon as they are disposed
Of can hardly fail lva be nearly related.
Tie ncSt great political dl?isior prom.
lScs to be one of water sheds, rather
than OF, sections. The grra, interior
basin can; and VIII, il she likes, dictate TO
the outer, slopes Of the mountain; and
they will need a good understanding
among themselves, and pretty cordial
co operation OF measures, and gooi
strong Constitution, too, to retain and
uphold their tre sent place in the general
policy
Look too, for moment, at their in
dnstr.v and products. We, of New
Epgland, are naturally, and hope we
shall always be, a ship-building, sea-
going, commercial people, conveying
and fishing, and toiling everywhere
upon, the face Of the waters. You
produce the. cotton, and rice, and tiu,-
Der, and turpentine, which We carry
and consume. We are deeply inter
csted in manufacturers which you de-
sire, while we work up your rrw,. ma
tcrial with our busy spindles. ..s
cannot dwell upon details, but if
am ut all right in lpy ideas, we can
be mutually useful to each other.
But whether this be 50 or not, there
has long been onmity between us.
Let it be SO no Ion ger. We have
cherished our dislike, magni6cd our
causes of COMPLAINT, and broodcd over
our wrongs. Let us forgive ard for.
get. Jtg.f Etl 1. ~,
with slavery, its nausc, let all i'll
feeling cease LetSft be friends and
brothers once moro as our forcfathcrs
in the grand old days Of tho Royolu-
tion were before us. In the name of
that: common. heroic ancestry, : by the
memories of every battlefield of the
war Of Independence, let our disscn-
sions. cease. Let good will and broth.
crly love cast out old bitterness, and
let us all hasten the day when Massa-
chusetts and South Carolina may.
stand once more hand warmly graspcd
in hand under the old ancestral roof
tree, and beneath tho old flag. ,.22r
My fellow citizens Of South Carroll.
ma, ! thank. you for tho attontiye au-
diencc you hayo given.me, although
fear, l>have been tedious and some of
my vicws are dlstateful to you. ligasa
inal have carefully avoided any at
tempt to stir, your feeling orarouse
your, minds. 1t did not seem to mo
an occasion for cloquencc, If I had it,
or hunor, ifIfclt it. afi e 2'e7 'na' :,
y ! am deeply aud seriously Impress
ed With the difficulties under which
you labor and tho changes which
Threaten our system of government,
and Ifhopc T'havo spoken seriously.
Whatever may como Of it | shall am
ply rewarded.if, by any chance, Imay
have turned one heart to calm, pa
tient, earnest, honest effort toforward,
so far as n'it lies, the restoration of
the Constitution and the Union.
! TIE, INDIAN, WAR. Tho Denver.
(Colorado) Tribune of the 4th inst, !
saysvdTap = q s'jrfa@I ~ Aae6#4
An heroic fronticrsman, named
Fickey who was thrice wounded by
indians apnt Plum Creek, came into
town, recently.r.It appears from his
story that he was, drivingalong one of
the highways of that region III lum-
Der wagon accompanied oaby his boy,
some seven or eight years of age, whom
suddenly the indians surrounded him,
cracking awayx with the;rguns and re-
volvers. Having q Spencer riAowith
onlysone cartridge, he q fred dtata the
nearest, knocking him out Of the sad
die, 'thenN springibg frohtt The wagon,
and telling tho boy to lay down fat
and whip tho ,horses intos o. ,sdead run !,
he dubbed his gdn and began whack-
ing tat, them fightiand left With all Ills
might. a. great many shots were
fred at him, three of which 3took of
feet, but. being flesh .woupds failed to
disable him. 7He succeeded in nash
ing in the skull'of one gentle savage,
and otherwise " II q lam aging several 9th.
crs, anda athe cnemy finding him a dan,
gerous fellow to fool with soon drew,
off theisf forecs.sg He Fetreatedpin good
order Keeping his gun CONSTANTLY
pointing at. thu foe, AT. length. they
charged lima second time, whom The
old tactics wero resumed, to the com-
,plete isconiftare the ehtifopsband )!
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