The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-09-02
mo. Il
And Still They Come !
JACoBIN JOURNAL CHANGES PRO
GRAMME.

JAcoBIN JOURNAL CHANGES PRO.
The Ripson (Wis) Representatives
hitherto an influential Jacobin organ
openly, boldly, defantly deserts the
Jacobln party and Identifies itself with
the National Union Democracy. If
hcsc desertlcns from. Jacobln;sm con-
t'nue until November there will no, be
q grease spot left to mark the spo,
whore the ,Jacobin party was buried.
In announcing its change from Jacobin.
ism to Democracy, the Representative
says:
"Eor the past year we have been
failing, slowly and surely failing, and
to-day we give up the ghost. We have
notln these twelve months been falling
in health, nor have, we pecuniarly sui.
Tered much loss. 1t is politically that
we have gone up We fail 10 see
that the black republican partyis what
1t should be, or what many of its friends
III years past supposed it was the inten.
ton OF the leaders to make it, The
ghost winch we have given up is radi.
cal republicansm. From this day
hcncelorth and forever, to the time when
We are planted beneath the sod under
which all Jacobns and Democrats must
sooner or later lie, we Shall advocate, in
our feeble way, the principles, of Demo.
cracy. llcnccforth we arc n Democrat.
Ne want it distinctly understood, as
we wish to receive all the cursina from
Jacobins as soon as convenient There
arc many causes which have led to this
decided change in the politics of tins
paper The primo cause is tho total
dailurc OF the party to do a single thing
toward the reconstruction OF the country.
The leaders appear to us not to care a
continental what happens to State, il
she don't cast black republican vote.
The government supports niggcrs in
ldlcncss, because they vote the black
republican ticket; and starves white
men, because they 90 not. This white
men cannot allow. They will not allow
it.
The leaders Of the black republican
party are political hacks -renegades
from the Democratic ranks-mcn whose
characters arc spotted, and who care no
more for the welfare Of the country than
we do fer the Cannibal Islands, They
| are notorious thieves, aud leave no stone
unturned to accumulate greenbacks, re-
gardlcss Of the people whom they mis-
| represent. We cannot live in the house
with such neighbors, hence wo retire. III
our retirement, I'VE shall doubtless have
something to say hereafter that will no;
suit these political thieves, and what We
say will be plain and to the point.
| The nomination Of Gen. Grantfor
President by the hen convention has
sickcned thousands Of black republicans
throughout tho land. They looked
upon the nomination as an acknowl-
odgemcnt Of the fact that the party
daro not nominate its best men. for fear
Of ignominious defeat, which they will
sustain next November as suro as that
time comes. They want to ride into
power on the Generals military pow
er, not caring whether he knows any.
thing or not.''
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AN EFFIcIENT WEAroN.--T
great advantage of the Winchester rifle
pyerdall othcrs docs not consist solely
| in"being. able to deliver eighteen
Ashots in nine seconds, but in tho moral
effect it has (either upon an army OR
an individually, for if there is a any
thing that will make a party of mon,
or one single man stand up and fight
to the last moment, it is tho knowledge
that he has gun in his hands that
will not fail to do it's duty just at tho
time when it is most wanted.
For those living in country where
there is reason to expect an attack
from Indians (and as it is at times
necessary for all the mon to bo away
ftom .home,' consequently leaving their
wives and children to fight for them
sclves), this gun is what has long boon
wanted; it is so simple in its construc-
tion, that child ten years old car
with half an hours instruction, load
and fire it with perfect safety, it boipg
impossible.to get cartridge into it
otherwise than right
Another great advantage that it
has over all other rifles is, that it can.
be loaded and fired as, q single Breech
loader as fast as any other Buecch
loading gun that is built either in this
country or Europe, at the same time
having in tho magazine in reserve sir-
teen shots that can be used In an .onier-
genay as before stated this last adj
vantage places it far ahead of any 9TH,
or rifle yet made, whether it is repeats
ing or single loading. With regard
! to penetration, it is fully equal to any.
other rifle that is made, having the
same length Of barrel, charge of pow
, der and calibre, or bore.
EARLY IRISH PorAToEs. The early
Goodrich potato has for some year or.
two created quite sensation among tar.
!: mors for. its. early maturahon; but
! new VARIETY called tho "Early Rose ~