The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-08-26

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versation occurred tho other day quite inci-
dentally between Mr.. Seward aud q Herald
correspondent, which sets forth satisfactori-
~ the present views of the Secretary ON
national politics. AS to tho possibility Of
great excitement in the campaign, Mr.. Sc
yard said: "That is something can say
| nothing about" He hazarded an opinion
however, that ''time would develop" the
fact, yea or nay. AS to @what tho futare
policy of the administration will be, that is
something ''for him to know and thers to
find out;" and in answer to tho suggestion
that man of his experience and position
would bo heard with great attention by tho
people, lie gives this lucid thought: "Then
the people will have to wait, and when l
say anything, if | hayo anything to say
they will have chance to know what il is"
There you have him. When ho has any
thing to say ho will say it, and when he
says it. il will be his saying, and will be
said. Here is profound political philosophy
ani this no doubt reflects tho precise state
OF the Prcmer's mhnd He has no political
convictions just now and no opinions shat
he dare venture. His vacuity is tho conse-
quchce of the fact that he actually does not
know where he is IN the political tide. This
Tammany Convention sent the administra-
'A'' az ~, 't"" oowaro AZ Win IL, covering
Il careful silence with o hint of diplomatic
gai,c. How different Mom tho past when
Seward, Mt tho close of every Congress and
Ia the opening of every struggle, Mas not u
happy man till ho could get up to Auburn,
get tho people together and mako clean
breast OF his own part of the case! Iiow
Instructive ID fact that q man Of fifty years.
active political life and study of parties
has at the last got no other wisdom from his
experience than such as teaches him to hold
his tongue.-N. Y. Herald.
The Southern correspondents Of tho N CIV
York Herald don't keep track of its vari-
o0s trimmings, and arc now writing oonslae
rablo truth. One III Georgia says, there
is altogether too much good feeling between
the whites and blacks to suit the Radicals,
and hence tho terrible stories that are
trumpcd up Of ''rcbcl atrocities" He con-
tnucs: "Thc fact is, that ifthc people of the
Southern States now represented in Con
grcss, white and black, were allowed to
vote, Seymour and Blair would receive the
| electoral votes Of every one ofthcm by such
enormous majoritics that even the most fu.
natic Radical negro worshipper would begin
to doubt tho policy of negro suffrage. Said
Radical carpet bagger from Alabama to
your correspondent, only yesterday, and
his Ian gnagc is given almost verbatim: You
see, my dcar SIT, it amt aquestun of right
or wrong, it is Il question of necessity. Do
You suppose that we are going to be such
ID fools as TO let q vote be taken when
we know that the rebels will carry the State
by twenty-five thousand majority? No. sir.
'Wc have control of things now, and We in
tend TO keep il as long as possible. Wn
don't intend to let the State of Alabama help
to elect the coppcrhcad ticket. The speak
cr, believe, Is member of the Alabama
Legislature, at least so undersloo him to
say. lie is from somewhere North, and is a
genuine carpet -baggcr."
THE COLoRED DEMOCRAT IN THE LrGIs-
LaTuRE.-R. NJ, Valentine of Abboville, the
only co!orcd Democrat in the so-called LIE,
gislaturc Of this State, deserves the com
mcndation md substantial support of every
man in SouthCarolina, who ia opposed to
the Radical party. His course has been
carefully scrutinzed by us since he fret
took his scat do h mcthbcr of tho House
and on all occasiohs he has proven himself
not only worthy of confidence, but eminent
ly deserving Of consideration for the moral
herolsm he has displayed Every argument
which the radicals could command has
been whispered in his car, TO convince him
that he was antagonizing himself to tho in
tercsts of his race; and when these failed,
threats, SCOTS and iccrs have been unaval-
ingy employed to dragoon him into their
ranks Amidst all these tcmptations bc
has remained firm and true to his first love;
and to the people vino appreciate his consis
tency, and who, when the day of their re i.
storation to power returns, will reward HIM
for his noble services in the catse OF Justice
and truth.-Pheni1.
The Radical New York Time. bees s.no
necessity whatever for the session Of Con-
gress next month, which number of pro.
nincnt southern Radicals are working for. ."
Nor, VIC suppose, docs anybody eIse The
"scalawag" and 'carpctobag" crew only
imagine the necessity Of force for their de.
fcnce as logical sequence to their own
acts, which being violent, should naturally
be9ct violence. But their demands are n
little more than the Radicals are prepared.
just in the middle Of the Presidential cam.
paign, with so much odium resting upon
thcm already, TO concode. The party will
most probably concur with the Times that q
'fair election and the liberty of voting to
the freedmen" "are matter that must he
provided for by the State authorities" The
Times sees "nothing but harm to the public
interests '(i.e., Radical interests1 from
September session of Congress-.
CARPET BAaaER COMES TO GRIEp.-Wm.
l.. Webb. of Rocky Hill, Connecticut, a
trother of Henry w. Webb, Who figured as q
member of the Charleston Negro Convene
tion' and is now amcmbcr Of tho Legisla-
turc, so'called, from this District was ar.
rested yesterday by Sheriff Carr, for bita-
my, on q complaint made BY his wife in
Connecticut. Mr.. Webb, tho accused, is q
carpet .baggcr. who came to these parts
soon after the close of the %ar, to seek his
fortune. he was made Register Of voters,
and acted in that capacity as long as there
was anything to do in that line. In do.
fault of sufficient bail, no now occupies
apartments i'll the Georgetown Jail.
'"' [Qsorgetopn Tines.
Taken altogether, we rather like tho
plan Of taking tho election away from n
Democratic people and giving It to Dis
union bogus Legislature. Il will ensure
quiet in the South, and will arouse the