The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-02-19

make in regard to this oil, and tho use
of it in families.
In the first place, select that oil
which requires the most coaxing to be
set a-ilamc when burning match is
! placed above it.
/ In the second place, do not allow
tho females Of the family either to
Light tho lamps or move them after
they are lighted. Better, by far, to
have candles for portable illumina-
tion.
The danger is this, viz There is
no telling when the lamp may explode,
and when it docs, the oil flows out
on the floor, and the skirts of the
wife or daughter are "sct fro to- and
then there is mournful catastrophe.
A Move to Abolish tho Dis .riot Courts.
The Convention ii Charleston,
which prcsumcs to represent the econ
stitutional" Intelligence of South
Carolina, has adopted tho following
resolution introduced by Parker, and
endorsed and urged by n. j. Robert
son, native Of Fairfield District, and
Il white delegate from Richland to
the Convention, viz
Nlr. N. e. Parker offered rcsolu-
ton requesting Gen. Candy to abolish
tho District Courts Of the State, and to
declare vacant all Offices connected
herewith
Mr.. i. j. Robertson said he held in
his hand Il petition signed by nearly
every member of tho Convention, ask
ing General Candy to abolish the Dis
trict Courts, and to dismiss from thoir
Offices tho Judges and all tho officers
connected with that Court.
These District Courts he regarded
as the Offspring Of the Internal code
adopted by the Legislature in 1865, n
code only intended to punish the col
orcd people. These Courts also dis
criminatcl against tho poor. No per-
son could bring suit in thcm against
another unless u deposit in advance to
meet costs. A person unable to make
this advance is dcbarrcd tho privi.
lcgcs Of the Court and the rights ho
should enjoy in common with the
more fortunate and wealthy. He al
so knew that most Of tho Judges of
the District Courts elected by the
Legislature Of 1868, are unfricndly'to
tho colored people and opposed in toto
TO the Reconstruction Acts of Con-
grcss. Their rrcindiccs are so bitter
that it is impossible for the colorcd
man to obtain Justice.
These Courts are now in session in
the different country districts every
week, and colorcd persons arc being
tried, convicted and sont to the peni-
tcntiary on tho most trivial offences
1t was upon these grounds, and in tho
performance of what he felt to be his
duty, that he had drawn petition
requesting General Candy to abolish
the District Courts of tho State.
Now it will be observed that Park
CT proposes to abolish District Courts,
and Robertson says these Courts are
tho offspring of the "infcrnal codo"
adopted by the Legislature in 1865.
Mr.. Robertson ought to be ashamed
of himself as public man, in cx-
pressing himself thus on this matter of
80 great Importance to the State.
Mr.. Robertson says tho code was In
tended as II punishment only for tho
colorcd people. llc should have at
tended all the Courts Of the District
held in Fairfield. Ho would have
discovered something which would
have boon strange thing to him.
Justice was administered In our
Court House by ~ partial Judge.
White men have boen dealt with for
assault md battery upon black mon,
without any regard to color or prcvi-
ous condition. The law has been OK
pounded and enforced with tho same
impartiulity.
Mr.. y. j. Robertson forgcts that
since the four millions of slaves wcro
set free in tho South, that larger
sphere of legal administration is laid
upon the State.
During Slavery, the adjustment OF
thousands of cases of burglary, larcc.
ny and other crimes, were adjudicated
by Courts where only tho master pre-
sided. But now, all such cases arc
thrown upon the Country, and to
their Country, must the litigants ap-
peal.
But tho Convention has not sense
enough to understand that tho cman-
cipation of millions leads to tho in,
crease of Courts. 1t is merciful
provision to allow tho District Courts
to sit, because, if tho powor of arrcs,
is to be continued, it will always be