The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-03-04


FiEIp' Tho Meridian Mercury, after quot
ing an article from the Picayune, adds:
That is n good saying, Mr.. Pi,: "NIen
who arc ruined unless The negro works will
never save this country" nor can this
country savc thcm. They aro nobodys,
cumbcrers, drones, dcad-woods, stand
stills for cnergetio, driving, working men
TO take glance at to sec how fast they arc
speeding in the race of reconstruction and
prosperity.
The men who are going to make plenty
and to spare, are the men who care very
little about tic negro whether he works or
don't. They recognize the fact that they
who labor are reasonably sure Of the re
wards of labor, aud that they don't labor,
but arc waiting and schcming TO get the
free negro to labor for them, neither dc,
serves it's rewards nor often get lhom-with
clear conscience. They are men of proud
spirit and scorn to be dependent upon the
whms and coprices of a lazy negro dcn:
at any priC6to work or not to wot!, for n
support. They are proud of the muscle,
the will. the energy God has given them, be-
cause they sustain their own household,
and nothamks to anybody but Iim who
gave them
If the negro does the most work, he ought
to, ana will, amass the property aud capital
Of the country, unless the white man chca, $
him out Of the fruits OF his labor, ahd' tlht
would be unworthy Of him.
.taii who don't try to avert it, by out
working the negro, have no right TO de.
claim against negro supremacy. The light
way for the white, man 10 assert the white
mans right to govern and rule the country,
is to quit trying to persuade or hire the he
gro 10 work for him, and go right into the
fields and workshops, and there work for
the salvation Of the county from the fate
Of Africanization, and lSAycthe negro alone
TO hasten his way, if it is his inclination lo
90 to the devil
White men, to the icll to the corn field
Fall in, men!'
The GAME OF Major James
l. Colt, Of Connecticut, hitherto Rcpuh
lican aud soldier Of tho Union says tho
Augusta ConStituiionniiSt, has written
scorching letter to the Norwich Gran
Club declining membership and office. III
scorns association with club 'callcd ty
and affirmed by, and for the most; part
addressed by those who sympathiae will
the Radical party in its war on the Exccu
tive, the Supreme Court, the people of tn,
! No tn and the treasury Of the nation"
Major Colt is evidently one of many VII,
fought for the Uniti. md the Constitution
honestly and enthusiastically He per
ccivcs that the success Of RadicaliSm is tn,
failure Of his record, and. rather than dis,
relentng warfare upon those who hs,rayct
fiia and thousands Of others into H.oodN
sham and blunlcr. lie bluntly inform III,
members oflhc Grant Club that he is dis.
The concluding sentences Of his letter state
pithiy and scnsibly the position he is fore
OIL, as an honest man, to assume w
quote:
"rhc game of 'aurrah, hoysn will no
blind the people to the issue now before
!hcm. They propose to hold The Radica
party shortly accountable for the prescn
condition Of our country and the disgrac,
their Legislation has brought upon it a
home and abroad. With The record Of that
party before me, | must prefer 90 will
those who were wrong and are now right
than those who were right and now wrong.
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PRoposED ABOLITION OF THE PRESIDENT
memorial presented BY Senator Sumner
from citizens of Roxbury and Boston, Mass
asking for the abolition o: the Presidency
The Presidency is n cOpy of rovultv II