The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-11-04
[From the Wilmington Journal ]
The Duty of the Hour.

dates. This article finds endorsement
in the National lntclhgencer, but thus
Tar and no farther, has it met with favor
The party throughout, the whole country
disaprrrovrs The suggestion. Our con-
test Is for principles u,ri MT men, and
if these are to be triumphant IN the pres
cnt or III the lulure. it will not be ac-
complished by tmid sn,scrvicncy to
prejudice founded upon falschood II
Horalio Seymour can be denounced as
disloyal, so can Chief Justice Ghasc,
and if Gen. Blair has done nothing to
enttlc HIM to the stipPort oflhe North
ern war men, neither has Generals Ew-
ing, Slocum, or Franklin. If the hatred
Of the Northern people towards the
South is 80 ovcrpowering as TO destroy
the splendid craftsmanship Of Seymour
and pale tho military glory Of Blair, no
candidates whom the South could sup.
port wonld find favor with them. II
the sacrifices we have made and tho
honest fidelity with which we have ac-
cepted the situation do not convince
them Of our sincerity in our renewed
allegiance to the Union, then they will
not believe Trough one should rise from
the Dead.
We do not believe that any good, but
much harm would result from a change
Of candidates. We are not without
hope Of the general result. The De.
mocracy of North Carolina, like that of
New York, "arc not pan,c-strickcn.
They desire no change Of commanders
or the eve of battle. They regard The
fight made by our friends N Pennsylva.
MIA. Ohio and Indiana. against money,
fraud and Govcrrmeht patronage
most glorious one The mnjorl,ies
against them in Pennsylvania aud Indi-
ana are 80 slight, when wo regard the
number of votes cast, as to amount to
insignificant bruises, and will servo to
nerve them to renewed vigor, hopeful Of
Victory.
In the Democratic vocabulary there
is no sucl, word as fail. In defeat. as
III victory the unyiclling defender of
the peoples rights, undismayed by the
one and temperate in the use Of the 9th.
er. Born with the Constitution it will
perish only with that sacred instrument.
So long as it remains as guide for our
people just SO long will the Democratic
party continue its unswcrving defender.
When the Constitution entirely dis
regarded, and the Executive and Judi.
ciary departments follow the Legislature
beyond the holy precincts of that chart,
then with the death of Constitutional
liberty will perish the only party now
left winch revercs it.
let us continue witt, renewed ener-
eies the glorious work we have in hand.
Hesitate not moment Dcspond not
Rise above The darkness Of the present
70 the full importance Of the work be-
fore us. Consider what has already
been accomplished and how much there
IS yet to be done. Perfect our organi.
Hations and let us press onward with
new zeal and new hope.
GEN. BLAIR IN New YoRK.--Ne,o
York. October 81. : An immense mass
meeting was held this evening at Tam
many Hall and Union Square. Four.
tcenth street from Third to Fifth avenue
was Illuminated with calcium lights. The
grand stand. fronting Broadway, was
draped VIII the American flag, and
about it was inscribed, "Wo know no
such word as fail" Tammany Hall
was filed to ovnrAowing. It was
splendidly decorated with flags, trans
parencies, and significant notices.
He said that he bore TO the Dcmoc
racy Of the city Of New York the greet.
ings Of their brother Democrats Of the
West, who would ring from their nc
vcrsaries the victory in November. He
favored generosity and kindness toward
the South. He desired this for The good
Oh the North as we'll as the South. He
then proceeded to discuss the reconstruc
'ion acts with the view Of showing thcil
unconstitmtionalty. He said that the
outcry against himself was contempt,
BILE elec'ioncrring pretcnce. IF elected
lie would have neither the disposition
nor the power to inaugurale a revulu.
tionary policy.
THE YANKEE PimT6dRArnED ny
ONE Of HIS KlND.--Mr. i P. whip.
pie, the popular New England lecture,
thns graphically pantsa people will
Whom, than llimselftio one is more "a
miliar. oasa
"Thc leading defect Of the Yankee
CONSISTS hi the gulf that separates his
moral opinions from his moral principles
His talk about vr,ue in the absirac
wohlH phss ma sound in nation o
saints shut he still contrlves that ms in
teresis shall not suffer by the rigldity o
his emaxlms" a9our, true anker,I Ii.
goes on TO say, has spruce, clean Peck
sniffian way .ofsdoing wrong that is in
imitable. Believing, after a. certain
fashion, int justice and retnbntion, Ii,
st'lthihRs that asly. sbrowd. keen, sup
ple gentleman like himself can dodge. ii
a qniet way, The moral hws Of the u nj
Verse, Without any particular bo,he
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