The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-11-04
For Vice.Prcsident.
lion. FRANK ?, BLAIR,
OF MISSOURI.
Five Thousand Dollar Rewards

late partisan proclamation n libel aud
slandcr upon the State, just as We
considered it. We confess to have
felt indignant at first, but now VIC
havo cooled down to our normal condi-
tiop of calm contempt. Knowing the
extent of SCOTS power for mischief,
wo had hoped that lie might rise to an
effort to gain the goodwill of gentle
mon by restraining tho oxccssos of his
confederatcs in the crime of booming
free people to political Impotence.
We entertain that hope no longer,
lie is as unscrnpu!ous, as falso, and
as malicious rs the rest of carpct-bsg.
gers-thaps ALL We Should not have
hoped otherwise.
alis Offering twenty hundred
dollars reward for the detection of the
murdcrcrs of two negroes, and five
thousand dollars for the detection Of
the murdcrers Of thrco members OF tho
Negroe Legislature, deserves, how
evor, additional notice. Whom young
Smith was murdered, and most lilolv
ny member Of the Ncgroe 1.cgislu-
turo, Gov. Scott did not offer tho
two hundred and fifty dollars that has
boon customary IN this State, nor the
five hundred dollars that has boon oc-
casionally offered, for tho detection of
tho criminal. Wo think that two
hundred and fifty or five hundred dol.
lars ID enough to stimulate tho
diligence and acu,Nnrss tof the
class of men that not as detectives,
1t will answer MS woll MS larger
amount, md whom paid, is not 50
llenvy a burden upon tho treasury OF
tho State. The white people would
have boon content with tho offer OF
two hundred and fifty dollars. Now
that negroes have boon murdered
thoy think that tho same two hundred
and fifty would have done, but would
have had no objection to paying five
hundred dollars, considering tho po-
ht'cal excitement attending tho deaths
OF Martin and Randolph and Nance
They cannot but regard the rewards
offered by Scott as both partisan and
injudicious.
Whom We road that Brownlow has
just been proved Copartncr with
the head detective Of Tennessee @, he
agreeing to offer large rewards, provi.
dod no got one half of thcm, wo begin
TO suspect Scott of having taken les.
sons in tho art of Government from
his brother Governor of Tennessee
Randolph's murder was not only m
occasion Of jubilco in Charleston
oVcr"tcn thousand votes" added ia
tho Radical party thereby, but the
sympathy of his fellow-laborors in tho
work of establishing "impartial gov
ernmcnt" in South Carolina must
needs also toko the shape of "busi-
noss," (sce Charleston Radical Orpan)
shat is, of making five thousand dol
lars out Of IT,. if possible !
Tho tendency Of such rewards as
Scott has offered, is to encourage por-
jury, and to bring innocent mon to in
convenience, if not to doath, by tho
false witness Of men who will fubricate
o case so rs to draw the reward and at
tho samo time, glut their malice.
An unscrupulous scoundrol, such q,
Whittemoro, for example, liz known
70 be, could easily so manipulate no.
groes, as to prove murder uron in.
n'eonce itself, crafty his revongc ond
draw his pay. The killing of Ncgroe
Legislators might thus become n yerv
profitable business almost as good as
going to Congress, The shooting Of
. Scott himself, even more SO for if a
Legislator is worth FIVE thousand dol
Iara Governor ought to bring fifty
thousand. The Mackeys ought to got
hold Of this idea, for Scott broke tho
ring and they are not too good, unless
grossly slandered, for revenge and
ptundor. If they, or Hubbard, 0, some
oAe'' speoulatipg Yankee wishes to 90
into this business, now is thoir chance.
For the first time in tho history of
South Carolina there is money in it.
This ~ what the Charleston Radical
organ implies, when it lauds Scott,s
Ming libel. publisbe, bis offers cf
s-yensy.fye hundred and Ave thousands
dollar rewards, and says, s'we mean
business. OF course you do, and you