The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-04-22
r 'le, is fast tending to anarchy aud to
worse condition than 81. Domingo was
ever in.
NcW York MruM.
Another Gard,

Another Gard,
In the Card published on Saturday
confined myself to the action of the
meeting in Columbia In taking
leave, however, of the public, as At
torncy-Gcncral, after service of near
twenty years, desire to say a word
as to the office, and tho more so be-
cause | consider myself tho last of tho
Attorney Generals of South Carolina.
| moan of tho old White Mans South
| Carolina one of the original "Thir-
tcen"-thc South Carolina which gave
to the "Rovolution, ,"hcr Rutlcdgcs and
Pmckncys, and the crisis preceding
1.-THE .<scccna War Of Independence" !"
her Lowndos, Chevcs and Calhoun
which has contributed to the counscls
of the country since, her McDu(ic,
/ iayne, Preston and ,Lcgarc-of that
ESorth Carolina [ ar the last Attor-
kncy-G opcral!
Heretofore the Office has bcon, in
this State, as in England, one of the
prizes Of the profession, to be attained
ronly after long and arduous service.
The Acknowledgement is the ocknow.
lodged head ofthc Bar, and the Bar
have jcalonsly guarded tho position.
+. Tho office, since the Revolutions,
has been iillod-Grs', by John Julius
Prlnglc, II learned lawyer, of large
experience, with very lucrative and
multiiariops private practice second,
l!angdon Chevos, c1,trum Ct rcac,ubYc
''ome", giant among giants, with the
very largest private practice ever
known in this State; third John S.
Richardson, omineptly eloquent and
successful as n, barristor, FOR very man,
years Judge in our highest Court -:
fourth, Robert Y. I[ayno, who, be-
tween tho agos Of twonty-ono and
thlrty"two, began and finished a bril-
liant professional career, which gave
him fortune enough to enable him to
devote twelve years to politics; fifth,
James L.. Pctigru, his very name Il
synonym fer learning, clo1ucncc and
force as a lawyer; sixth, Hugh Swim
ton lcgare, n a"polishcd corner of the
to nplc,' as profound as he was bril-
liant, and equally the scholar, and the
lawyer; seventh, r. Barnwell Rhott.
who, after very brief term. of on;c !,
was translated 10 tho Hall OF Con-
gross, and who has run career since,
which has made his namo familiar
from Canada to the gulf; eighth Hem
ry Bailey, who, rs n lawyer, was fit
compccr Of his distinguished prcdc-
! cessors. For myself, [ will only say
that, when elected Attorncy-G cneral,
had been sixteen years u practicing
lawyer, and have since been elected
by five different Legislatures to this
high office. SO ends the roll of the
Attorney-Generals of old South Caro-
lima.
How begins the new? Who is Mr..
Chamberlain : 1t may be ho is a gen.
tlcman, scholar, and for aught L
know, learned in tho law. But is lie a
member of her Bar? Is he a member
of any Bar at all How long has he
practised the profession of the law?
mean nothing personal towards
Mr.. Chamberlain. But so far as is
known to tho voters ofSouth Carolina,
he is citizen Of Massachusetts, who
has como into South Carolina since
the war; and settled down as q Plan
ter on Wadmalaw Island. Whether
nc is a lawyer at all, " not, is not
known to tho voters
But to this too, We must submit as
subjugatod people, and,'so far as the
Bar is concerned, it is not the least of
our humiliations, in thc passage of
powcr from the white man to The ne
gro. Taici
Isaac W. HAYNE,
Attorncy.Gcncral Of South Carolina.