The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-11-25
EEFrom the Now York Heyaid.l
Exitthe Rlair Family y Enter the ! Wash
& & btSfpe Family.

EEFrom the Now York Meyaid.1
Exit che Rlair Family y EnteHth the 8 FASH
bufne Family.
Great families are great facts in all.
hatlona! history, md the family as an
institution is so universally found b and
respectcdin nations having any civil.
zation whatever that we must acteot it
as the natural unit Of social organization.
R0man history is especially NOTED Aas
having grown around the names OF a few
great families and if we would sum IN
tile earlier glories Of the republic we 'sbail
lind that It's wealth was less iii record Of
great achievements ll,anil the, roll of
its illnstrious gens.., The tr,le spleudnrs
ofthat history we're the 'Fnri, (from
whom Camillns camc) tile Corbrlii& ,l,c
Emilii, tho Fabii, tic Jllii, Tie lIoraui,
names that in ill.," great history Of f,,thc
past rank even almost with the name
Of RomeJilsolf. III Such esttrmsdid ihe
Romans themselves laid their great gems
that they have stamped mdclibly up m
the speech we inherit from them that it
is rerroachto be atfrl6w of noile of
the families; 10 BE- nan gcnc,osus is to be
without much of tln better grace, of life,
and the possession of Il fair claim to gen
tility compensates the mass OF men for
even the want VI more substantial pcs
sessions.
Our own history shows growth mol
dissimilar o'thnt ofthe early Hnuan re-
republic, and we see in it also he promi.
nent splc. dor OF some great names We
all know what a N'wer the Adams fam
ilg was IN the story NJ the Revolution,
and we see its high tendency in The rdn.
cation Of its sons to the .irncc Of gov
crnmcrt running through many gene
rations. Another part Of the country
cannot write it's history without tie
namo OF lee on every pae" Our own
State has a richcr roll Of ll,c<c Than any
other, and its story conli be amrly
written in the biographies ofmcnl6crs OF
such ,llnstrious gems as the Sluyvesants.
Van Rcnsselaers, Scnyirr>, nmilons,
Morrisses and Livingstone. In The roll
OF these great names Of American Cnn-
lies tllere i. also, the Blair Emlv. zen
President Fillmore regards old Blair as
'the greatest man That Col Almighty
ever made" This ,illuslrious family
was once held in grcatcr esteem ,hnn H.
is now but a decay Of influence IS q
possible fate OF nil families, an.l is no
di. honorro the family, bn, only to ,l,c
the ago that fails 10 appreciate Men
who know our history will not regard
the Bla'rs the less that Que ,of them gol
lever votes Tor nh insignificant office
!han some body else for thcy well know
hat this single family has carried on
the government Siice The days Of Gen.
jackson. We never had anv earth
quake in San Francisco M those
'lavs. g!i a.h as 81 n~lir.0ia
But it is also pecnliariiv Of This do.
yelopment Of nations, that, every now
and ;hen new families come up. Of.
ten great man a,stnbH. hes n gcps,
as Camillns, who was Fnrius, was
afterwards counted Tic first of The Ca.
mill. In man' caSos foolish people call
hese men parcn"s, upslar,s aud 10.
bodies. bnt wiser people sec tho future
in them. Romans called them uobiHs.
because ofthrir novelty or ncwncss. aud
this Is tile queer r'yin"hgy of nobility;
80 that for u familyr,o be very noble ii
must be vcryncw, wlicll ong ghl to lie n
great comfoSt to those happy people
who c.nnot tell Tho names Of their
grandfathers. IN our history ono Of
the most illuslriorls, Of be ucw gens is
WnShbnrne ldm,ly,iwbicl, w,,lbc known
IN The iutnre better tllane Tgnaii,is Don
nelly knows it now. We expect n
great deal from ills family, becans. it is
90 large Il went first from Down Bast,
which is the bcst section Of he country
to migrate from. and settled on, Vest in
9 soil ,tl.at gives vigorous gtow,l,. There
j. at present sn Elihn Washbnrne. an
Elias Waslibnrnc, in E,jiaha haW,shbi,rRc,
an Elisha Wasi'tnrnp." With h!,iiiahs.
Nehemiahs, lIrzekiahs Obadials ,,,too;
numerous to name. They Are 5ail in
Congress just now except a few HAT are
IN foreign missions; but Congress- il,
alter all, not n place21Iot thrive in, so
That we expect 10 see FIVE or six Of Them
IN the Cabinet in a shnr, time and the
rest in The next best places.