The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-07-08

the mcrcst hypocricisc "manbood
Suffrage" &C., for example.
Now we admit, that States Rights
is about as impracticablo rs plough
ing in parallel straight-lincs, but the
ideal is just rs true mud just as full of
common sense for just as tho effort to
plough in parallel lines results in
good ploughing aud u well laid Off
fold, SO the effort to respect the rights
of tho States and the theory Of State
Sovereignty, has ever produced, and
ever will produce peace, prosperity
and union, under loved and bcniG-
cent Federal Government.
We have never known whether or
not to agree with valued friend.
"that the world must have bccn in o
very uncivilizcd condition, when God
chose the Jews; but VIC feel very sure,
that the Jews regarded their great
leader as "impracticablo" when he
lingorod OH The Mount, whence he
brought the ton commandments writ
ten by the finger Of God. And so
they made them golden calf, as
something tangible, something suited
to mankind, something that proc icai
men can understand, &C., &c.' Now
We confess, that we regard the ten
commandments (and We beg pardon Of
all infidcls, murdcrcrs, adultcrcrs,
thieves, backDitcrs and miscrs) as
about the best thug that we have
seen on the subject but we also con
fess, that they arc can impracticablc
theory" For certainly no single
man now alive has ever conformed to
the ten commandments, his duty
though they be; and to expect man.
kind generally, either North or South
and moro especially South, to do SO,
while tho Radical party is ilorcsccnt,
strikes us as most prcpostcrous, Il
most visionary, most "impracticablc
theory" The Radicals arc opposed
to States Rights. 1t need not sur
prise us they object to the ten com
mandmcnts.
Proposal to the Citizons of Fairfield Dis
trict of al Immigration, Agricultural
Manufac uring and Banking COM my
(Continuod.)
have been requested to give {;
crude draft of a Charter for such /;
company, and shall do so, after an.
swcring two objections. First "Whcrt
will you get ready money (for read,
money is the key to your plan) in the
present impoverished state of the Dis.
'ricC "na"oi, W yv,y u.,,~..
sivo combination, and by numcrou,
small contributions, payable in annual
instruments, extending over series
OF five or six years. Sec section be.
low. ltis because owe arc poor and
unable to raise money! that conJina.
hon IS necessity to effect anything
really important in rcsnlt,n and because
"wc arc rc'y poor" that the combina.
ton should be rcry crtcnSitc, and the
shares OF the company rcry small, but
$50 each, SO that the amount solicited d
rs contribution from each stockhold,,
will be smaller than what he could
afford to give and far more to lend at
interest on the most available sccuri.
ty. The objcctor admits, that 'rcady
money will do it, lie admits, that
moro labor is needed, for its own sake.
and because it will stimulate what we
have to greater efficiency. But "wc
are almost starving" r so, reply,
something must bc done, and no single
man being able to do much, mc &AouAl
combine II is timc for us to learn
the efficiency Of an extensive combina-
nation. The emperor of the French
within. our own times and but the 9th
or day, 50 to speak, astonishcd the
civilized world, rescued his govern
mcnt from bankruptcy, and proppcd
Ills tottcring throne, by proposing and
affecting loan of millions of dollars
from the poorer classes of his people
in very small amounts, thus ap-
pcaling to their individual interests,
public spirit, patriotism and national
pride. Is not tho question of labor a
far more vital question with us 2 Is
chill penury so gracious sovereign
that We should hug it's numbing
chains? Should we not rather unite
Qor union is strength to fling impoy-
erishment off, Tho rich might afford
to 'slet things settle themselves" )"