The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-11-25
Dosportes Williams g Co.. Props
Thanksgiving.

piVioulSeu! Wy Hioov. peOplo 7! W uUSo
been an cxcollcnt school-master. Ho
fogecd his pupils numerically, and
therefore, Of course, must 'havo taught
them we'll. When Some moro enter
prising urchin violated decorum by
whispering, aloud or gaily whistling,
ichabud would summon him forth be.
toro the assembled school, and clovat-
ing his guant and ungainly figure, and
looking over his projecting nose,
would solcmnly admonish him Of tho
serious consequences to which such
criminal conduct would, II unchecked,
surely load. Collaring tho oulprit
and holding him at arms length, no
would th,n break stout hickory Or
two upon him, and ns ho retired
smarting and blubboring to his seat
Ichabod would inform him. with q
s,lf.satisfied nasal twang, that "ho
would re member this fogging to his
latest day, and thank him for IT,"
1chabod, itinorant psalm-singer,
tinker, shoe-mondcr, music tcachor,
schoolmastor, &c., as hc was, Is very
fair representative of his people, the
carpct-bug yankees, and in imitation.
of this his maternal ancestor, Cover
nor Scott, recalls to mind the severe
walloping that, Providence permitting,
ho, other Yankees and the Dovil, have
inflicted upon us, and calls upon tho
good people of South Carolina, next
Thursday, to commemorate tho event,
and to remember it to the latest day
of their lives, and be thankful for it,"
Wo arc to thank God for FREQ govern
mcnt impartiaUy administered, one
woek in the interests of negroes and
detectives, next week in tho interests
Of tho whites. that is, Of Scott aud Cor.
bin; one week, for lying proclama.
tion libclling FIVE counties Of the State,
aud the next, for nm affeotionate I'D.
dress to 9th, Democrats" Of tour be-
loved State" one wook, for.iive hun
dred dollars to Duo West College"
and the next, for the incarceration Of
Aiken and the ironing of Kelloy /;
now, for gallautry displayed on tho
railroad cars to malatto woman, and
how, for public spirit in accompany
ing Col. Harrison, to introduce him to
some successful public .hief Mt tho
North, to whom he may soil the Bluc
Ridge Ruilrond. Thank God for
Scott! s2Hy 4 iM tnn ~0iaiE
We now, too, NIL have d chance for
office. II is tho intention Of Cor5in to
frame such laws us will make tho peo-
rlc truly sovereign, and give cach ono
of the people an office, with re-
spectacle salary attached thoreto.
But as one star differath from an an
other star inglory, so tho principle of
distributive justice is to be carefully
observed in tho apportionmcnt Of OH
ces. Those Offices which imply
great energy, vigor and persistence in
attacks upon tho State Treasury, arc
reserved for Chamberlain, and he
failing, for Corbin. For those Offices
which require simply largo acquain.
'ancc with history and political econ
omy, minute knowledge of law, and q
practical insight into the wants Of tho
state, but whose porquisites are only
six dollars a dag and mileage, ne
groos are mostly in demand. It
makes no difference IL the nogroe be
oriminnl,a proper subject for a suit
for bigamy, or thief, who should re.
i've his Office IL another pubtio IN.
*'itation Of the State, (for provision Is
olade for oil from tho highest to tho
lowest) to tho Legislature he goaa
notwithstanding. Smaller Offices ARE
reserved for smallos people, who are
disposed to"accopt the sauational-- y J
aad--the salary thereof. We ours
selves arc in great fear ofbeing cut
hy oil respectable people. after a lit
lie, unlless we 50 in on the, millepium
not Of glory, but Of ofice---and SO
hopssto become Superintendent oftho
i'urenu Of Proclamations and Address
scsto tho good people Of tsoar beloved
State." Our fellow.oitizens will then
rcspoot MS for osr Office, and have re..
spect unto,oar of6oe, that thoy may
duly respect us. Thank God for Cor.
bin - 80 ,se3f fh as
Seeing, therefore. how happily Nc
have been politically, reconstructed.
lstns be traly grateful, eand leaving
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