The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-05-20

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lostcd upon us. Nor is !. only to cd,l
cate all Africa in our midst that we arc
taxed, but we are to be mulctcd for tho
establishment Of State Reform Schools
and each District IS forced 10 provide
Tor the aged, inifm and unfortunate
relieving the children of these parties o
their proper responsibility, and throw.
ing the burdcl upoa republic, or which
is the sane thing, upon The whites
Can you conceive, gentlemen OF tie
committee, of system oI taxation more
ruinous and oppressive than this; and
think you that such an imposition wll
be tamrlv borne?
In rrilrc'ing upon the rrSu, that
How from unqualified negro suffrage AMI
white di>lranciiscmcnt, and from the
powers OF taxation, rs contained in the
Constitution under consideration, we
would despair Of our State, # it was
deemed possible for the order of things
established under The rcconstractlon
scheme Of Congress, to last for any con
siderable time. But we tell vou that i,
cannot endure. IL will prove failure.
Under it there can be no enduring set
tlcment-no pcacc--no prosperity in
the South The negro is made domi.
nant. But he cannot hold his own. -
lie needs the nerve necessary TO pre-
serve society and secure the public safe.
ty. The rrins must be taken from his
hands, or the fate of Ph;rton will be his
-Ph@ton-that lahl"d character, who,
contrary to ApolIo's cnlrralics, under.
took to drive for one day the chariot Of
the sun, but who, driving rccllcsSly and
nnSkI!lfully on, left the golden mean Of
his course, cnvclopci Heaven nul earth
in lhmcs and for this otlrnrc was
struck ont OF the chariot Ivy Jupiter
and thrown into the po. The moral Of
the fable is for Linn. for you and Tor lis.
But in saving that the reconstruction
scheme is failure, and makes an ar
rangcmcnt which will be changed or
broken up, the member Of The committee
from Wisconsin, (Gcn. Paine, asks mr
It / mean TO say that the NHiDn will be
dissolved or broken up. | answer. that
as TO whether the Union stand or not,
this Is a speculative question (op the fu.
turc to determine, and one which shall
MOI UnIcrtnl.r- TO scttlr:. But 1 can say
to the gentleman, that did not say
what he attributes to me. BuG | will
explain more fully the thought meant
to be conveyed. [ mean TO say that in
the political and moral world, Just as in
the material world, thcr, are unseen
principles quiet agencies, ever at work
logical and regular processes Of divine
arrangement, which tend always to u
normal state Of thing, TO the order Of
the universe. That, under the recon
struc,ion PLAN there is an abnormal state
of society produced, an irregular, an I'M.
usual arrangement, violation of the
lIcaycn-cs,abliShcd laws for men in so.
ccly, and that his could not be expect
ed long TO last. And, in addition to
this, it may be said that the white pco.
pie will contribute, in every legitimate
way, to setting things Alright. They
will help ON the national workings re.
(erred TO- and relieve themselves us soon
rs possible, Of an unreasonable sway.
But the gentleman has also inquired Of
me, when claimed that the whites Of
the South have inherited certain rights.
if the "rcbcllion" i'll which they engaged
did not work forfeiture Of those rights.
| answer no, AMI will add that, as [
conceive it, their cmhailiing in the late
war did not effect sacrifice Of licir po.