The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-11-11
The Press on Radicals.

The Press on Radicals.
The Radical press has nothing to
|say in the way cfconoiliatioh. It
cannot afford to be rational yet. It's
bittor passions must not subside more
rapidly than those it has inspired in
the hearts of the people. So, in hail.
ing the election of General Grant
they generally speak of itas the end
Of tho ToE iiiion--as giving the assur.
ance that tho reconstruction laws Arc
to be enforced, &c.
Besides that they do not know
enough of General Grants views to
Speculate upon his policy and cannot
undortako TO throw any light on the
future. Their outpourings of jnbila.
tion aud malignity arc therefore, Just
now, the signs of nothing. They
arc nothing more than tho ldlo wind.
When General Grant and those WHO
have, with him, to do the work, come
to tho business of bringing order ont
of chaos, they must approach it with
very different feelings from tltse en-.
tertancd by the writer's orthcsc crazy
editorials.
The New York 1fmcs, edited by
the author Of the address of tho Phili-
dclphia Convention OF 1866, which
address saw some rights for southern
whites, some wrong in snbordinating
theni to tho negro, writes now as
though those whites were in open re.
bellion--had no rights, aud were to
be put down by General Grant and
brought huinbly to TIC dust. How
ever, "Ninor Topics" in that paper
lets down slightly. SEQ article on
tho Prophecies.
The New York Tribune is lost in
admiration of tho pr9pitious day Of
The clSction aid lets off theso hilari-
Gus and praycrful sentiments:
"Not cloud was visible through
out its golden hours, which closed
with q glorious evening for telegraph
ing and rejoicing. Hoavcn grant that
the happS auSuries of the day may
be fully Justified by the prosperity
and happiness of tho now era SO Gtly
ushored in Live tho Republic p
So far so good. But nobody wants
| inc If2OHne TO Tx matters.
Tho Now York HcrdM (indcpon.
dent), after romarkiug that the Demo
Gratis threw their chances overheard
by nominating Seymour and thus in
surcd tho election of Grant, says:
"'Let It's have pcacc' is his TGenc-
raj Gthht'sJ iiiotto: We look now to
see these words converted into acts
to sec tho olive branch substituted for
the sword in the Southern States,
negro supremacy quietly superseded,
and such measures adopted as will
create harmony out of discord in that
genial aud fruitful portion Of our
country c6tGbriscd in the States now
suffering from mistaken and vindic-
tive policy. We look also, and hope
fully to this, that aftor the 4th of
March next there will be a check put
upon the monstrous corruptions
which prevail III all tho departments
OF The Government that cconomy shall
succeed extravaganza in the disLurse.
mcnts Of the public funds; that the pub,
lie debt shall he reduced rs rapidly as
possible, and that the taxes which press
upon inc people shaii 10 made more
easy to bear.
"The people expect tliat General
Grant will accomplish all this, and If he
fails to do o he will not have completed
the purpose for which he is clcclcd.--
But we have great confidence in Gene,
Eral Grant. j,
The Herald has been very consistent
N its course during the whole campaign.
The views here expresscdit it has steadily
enterLained.
The New York WorlW, in a long
cditofiaf eLFogi2es the Democracy for
The. ight they have made, and, urges
them to remain well banded and for.i-
fled for future struggles. 1t has nothing
to cay of what it expects from the Presi-
dent elect. - Richmond Dispatch.