The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-07-29

the presiding officer Of one Of tn
Leagues, in Horny District, s. c., an
contains some sensible views
coAv%sI., July, Is, 1893.
Nix DEAR AMI HoSoRED SIR
nroniscd to write you few lines, {
give you my views of things in thi
city, the seat of Government Of this olo
rlons State. 1pray that these lines ma
lind you in the cnjo oyment of The bes
health, as they leave me at present TIL
dele CATION arrived here in full health -
We had our place in the car with III,
white peope-the white people is grun
on the cars, except the white men Of tn,
h Legislature; and especially candidate
/tor Senate, for Judge octhe Courts, an,
I'nc. The candidates and the whit,
members treat us like brothers. The,
SIT on the same seats in the cars; they
! call us m'stcr,-nono Of your uncle o,
ooy, or such things which belong to the
time when we had the hoe in our hand
The candidates and our whiLo bro,hc,
members, have treated us we'll; they is
Iso friendly, that feel some how as il
TINS thing wont last. see white people
here VINO was once right rough who
treat us real kind. They invite us to
take drlnks--this is the greatest place
Tor drinking ] ever was in--to tell vcu
the truth, honorcd sir, | have not laid
down to sleep a single night since ar.
hved, without feeling just rs il | had as
much to drink as | want-,-rlain or with
snsar-cost al TIC same. lis worth
while coming to the Legislature. Just for
the Tree drinking, They have drink
here, they call cocktails t tumhlcr half
lul OF whiskcy, ice, sugar and q b,,tor
sln'i--l find this is a good drink;
think it will keep on fever and aguc the
sugar makes the liquor too sweet, SO
they put in The bitter stull'--lha bitter
stuff makes the whisl1cy too bitter, so
they put in tho sugar.
The election for one Senator has come
ol--thc Hon. Tom Robertson is elect.
ed. Mr.. McKinlay nominated Mr..
Robertson. He spoke OF him as one
who had imncrilcd his life for the Con-
s'itntion. voted for Mr.. Robertson,
because the party required me to do so
yet, | must say, [ don't rcco,lrct Mr..
Robertson pcriling life for or against the
Constitution; because he was II wood
contractor on the South Carolina Rail.
"4or'' M" NV Ennnino OIL ir,cl, h;r
serve Regiment, in tho Confederate
scrvice--anl not being called into action
his life was IN no danger. Mr.. r.. keeps
nice carriage one grey and one bay
horse, and plenty of good wh,skey. On
the whole, Mr.. r. is a good man; ho
has money, and don'tgo on bonds Of tho
public officers.
The great election for Senator has
come of. Hon, Mr.. MacEcy, Mr. Saw.
yer and Parson French were candidates.
| voted for Mr.. Mackoy, first; then |
voted for Parscn French, and to-day for
Mr.. Sawyer, French kept quiet
Mackcy and Sawyer quarrclcd power.
lul; Mac[cy's people got up a nowspa.
per called the Record, in which he ,curs-
ed Sawyer ircadfully. These white
people quarrel 50, that I commence TO-
think there must be something wrong
The colorcd ,pcorlc.arn The best in The
Legislature by long odds. Mr.. Whip
per is giant; so IS Mr.. DcIIargc. They
arc both lar ahead Of any Write people
in the Legislature. These gentlemen
would be respectable anywhere; but
especially in this Legislature, there are
more mean whites here than | eyer saw
before. Honorcd sir, / feel tic blush
Of shame when look at The white Re.
publcans in this body. The Democrat
ic members are only few, but in can.
dor, must say, can find no fault with
them; they may be misguided men, but
they arc. straightforward Sir, tears
came to my eyes when saw them vote
Tor Sawyer, to-day; not that they loved
Sawyer more, but because they loved
Mackcy less. :.
Honorod sir, must close. Three
white men have asked me to ride out
with them in ono Of Hon. Mr.. Frazco' 8
carriages, and go. l think thcy want
to talk to me about voting for Judges.
This meeting in New. York don't look
right. They have nominated men nam.
ed Horace Seymour and Franklin Blair
and, to tell yoi, the truth, our party
don't feel right. There is something W
in the country,and / don't think Grant
can carry the day. In that case, what
is TO be dcne ? These moan whito men
are going to leave, snre, if tho party
goes down. The Democrats say they
will be just to us; and to tell yon the
Gods truth, from what ! can see, we
had better accept Of their PROMISES. -,
We all know these people, and they
always have spoken truth. am pu
out with the white men in the Legisla
turc; they quarrel so, and accuse on,
another OF bad things. and prove it OF
ono another. / am not satisfied.
wc cannot find honest men like ,Whippe
and Cardoza, and such like, wo ha'
better 60 back to the old white people
| cannot trust these new whites. The.
't,n loo sx1n .