The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-05-13
White Vote "For Constitution

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following estimate, which, no doubt, is
correct:
'Thc exact number of white men
who did vote for the Constitution can
never be known, for no tally was kept
OF the votes for and against Constitu
tion in q manner to distinouish be.
tween white and colorcd voters but
the table below, complied from official
returns, when taken in connection
with wcllknown facts, will prove to
any unprcjudiccd mind that 1000
would be liberal estimate for such
voters. An official table Of registered
voters was published in connection
with the election returns. placing the
aggregate number of registered voters
ut !33,507, but no distinction was
made between the white and negro
voters, This aggregate is 6,0I7 great.
or than the aggregate registered vote
us given i'll the table below, whivh is
taken f:om an Official re port published
April9, 1868. Dividing this number
equally between whites and blacks, we
have the following totals rs Il result of
the election Registered whites, So
III registered negroes, S3, ,lO3. For
Constitution, 0,758; against Consti-
Wnm ',I' no' 'o'lh%' 1922
a :" H." - - '''r''' 'ofea ihai the
;nHI ''tr, r,,, .".o oec'' ,horo"Shiy organ
nI" inI,n" ~, a1 yI"' t''s' M py lnc"ns OF secret
Tor and against Convention and The
90 n~, 'D"a ,os l".oti'sS h"uc been drilled
rL;,n. 40 ,"l;Ia l;;I"fa', po"y "GalnSt the
,.,;;toS ".,n' "n,'u' y" '"c o'''cr hand, the
nrt;ltwo "a'"I ~ o'San'zation
amL | ,"u ,av, ""oMa ',''' ''r''G IN" c'eGt'"n
ano;rst @ % ,;n "" On, 81 ''e" pr'hc'pled
,""' , 'hI oo"y "' thc nloil-votcyS should
&c GtE"',cH 10 the Whites. 1t is es-
''ol'Sn'" mat 2I26S votes were east
agalnSt the Constitution, and that
"'''' registered voters remained
nM"S rom NC l"iiS--making in ali
"I'o"' registered voters who did not
sustain, INC CONSTITUTION, or l2,Gl5
''otc 'han the cntiro white registered
vote. 1t Is acknowledged that a few
negroes voted with the whites, but we
can put that number as high as 2.G45,
ana yct must allow more than 10000
negroes to have abscntcd themselves
from inc polls, before We can acknowl.
eogc !hat any white men voted for the
Constitution. The fact is, and we
,hink IL established by the tables,
poth considering the result in the ag.
S''S"'c 'ho III each separate County.
Cnat only Il few OF the lowest class Of
mh',Ss' not IN all over 1000, voted for
inc 1n ~" N"nS''eut'on and that moro than
l''ooo negroes save thcir Influence
"S' inst It, either by direct voting or
'oS S'"ee rom inc polls"
1,
ru,, ' n w., ,r>,' NDh"" owp" ~, C"VNr AND
cam, I,1aa 49," I'N"'in 1I,,I- ne ''ilc" states
mnrr;,o, =, ""e' "oo"' met saturday
was = Inl,GI I,,.I!;. o'1o"' o''' me room
sounra,;no w. u,,,ro,,s n,s ''"oe, IS even the
So"l'r"''"S SH Vagranls seemed to avoid it.
,b.ro Da";a ";" ,, s'','', V C"h"r wasn't
nobody thnt am,.Lni,. iu'' any, III 'ac''
mcn,,nnoI wo. - W. v''eS nearing
Irum nnI cr' go .,'v''' we wanted a
ancc sake 10 drnm ~, WV - J %. @ ,o' Al 'l'G"'-
I,cc onI C,n, In, w., ~, w. " crowd. Zen
-, i'e,c,'e' ~ arc III 'Hc ci'Y
through with roo,;r;,,n m io'l' h"n was gone
ucaroncc ofNIr Dam;5' ''I, ~ 'n' APP
not cyncctrd '' '0'''!' o"' nc Is
The recosnizsocc ofArr D,r;. u.oo
NS ''''.''"IC VI MI. laws was
renewed and the Judge stated from The
othc" lnat as soon rs TIC Impeachment,
n'"' |,ml 10 " aSh'naton closes Chief Justice
onase' a'eer jainns recess Of a day,
wl' come TO if'cnmondan'l proceed with
u, ,mc trIal OF the Confederate Executive.
"o = Goge 'nrthcr gave it as the opin-
ION ION OF o""gc ChaSe that Mr.. Johnson's
'rla' w',' close tins week. What an
ccGn'i" Jnu'c'ai experience will be that
ot t, I''''3e un"se u he rr"sidcs at 'ha,r:al
" oo'" Andrew johnson and Jefferson
D"''s1ohc a prosecuted ui,nist and
;ne o'ncf a badly treated dis.union
'S',
nc recngnIzanccs of number Of