The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-11-04
From the Charleston Mercury.
The Course of the South.

1t may be asl;cdwhy do the maiori-
ty Of the North desire to mon
grel,zc The South? The answer spla:n
to uproo.. dlaplace and snpplant It's
'rhiic populatio".
The white population Of the South,
has been the only people in the United
States, who have faithfully and persis.
tentlv administered The Constitution OF
tho United States. They alone have
comprchendcd the vital necessity of the
partition Of powers it contains, between
the States and the General Govern.
mcnt. On this partition Of powers,
depends its whole character as a free
government Unite them into ono con-
sol'datcd government, and they form a
dcsputisn,. Liberty LIZ n government,
is precisely like virLno in the individual.
Of tho ten commandments given us by
God, from Mount Sinai, all but one are
prohibitions. Religion as well rs vir-
tue, consists in restraint. When there
fore the Constitution Of tho United
States, providing free government for
a people nhabiIng SO vast II territory,
with s'lch variety Of climates and pro-
dnc;lons, imposed prohibitions upon the
government it established, il but car
rIed ont The ways OF God, in enforcing
purity and inspiring holiness amongst
men The Southcrn people appreciated
its wisdom and supported it. The
Northern people, from the very first
manifested impnticncc at the barriers it
IErnnonN ~ r,,0,,l IL,
grew up a fixed hatred TO the form OF
government established. They wanted
power, to promote their interests by
the legislation c' the General Govern.
mcn', at The cxnenso OF the rest OF the
people OF tho United States. They
never wcaried p, aposlng one exredienL
OF usurpation attor another to change its
character. The course OF DR.. Frank
Ln. is fair, excmplfca,ion, Of ,he light
in which they regarded the Constitution
Of the United States Flo was mem
Der o! tho Convention which framed the
Constitution. He witnessed all the dis
cussions upon tho ms,itl alton Of SLAYER; !;
and saw tha. not only was no power
given to tho Government Of the United
States to interfere with or abolish slave.
r.y, but that tho Constitution itself rest
ed upon slavery in tho representation it
rrecrnocGs and provided distinctly for
ITS protection. Yet the very year after
the Constitution wasput into operation,
he placed himself Mt Tic head Ola pe,i-
ton praying Congress to abolish slavery
throughout tho United States. This
act OF gross pcrGdy, fairly rcpresontotl
the spirit with which the majority of
Northern people begun their relations
towards the general government. It
was an instrumon,ality to be used to
crafty their fanatoism or subscrve
their interest, without the least respect
10 the limitations which tho Constitution
prcscribes. Year after year, for seven.
ty years, the struggle went on between
the North aud South, tho one seeking
to overthrow, tho other to preserve
the limitations ,ofLhe Constitution. Ri
valry-jcalousy, hatred naturally sprung
up between these two sections of the
Union. The South prevailed, with but
short intervals, in enforcing her policy
III the Government ofthc United States
and made the United States the grand
est success recorded in tho history of
nations. Their policy was nothing no.
v 'H sectional. 1t was symply an
enforcement Of the Constitution, which
faith and honor alike required, should
be the duty and policy Of ALL Yet,
many Northern men affirmed ,liat they
were ruled by the Southern people and
sought by one sectional interest after
another, TO unite the North agains, tho
South, and grasp. the power Of The gov
ornmant. They succeeded, at last, in
the Presidential eleo,ion Of 1860. They
Bssaf their policy Of Capitalization and
des,s sism, by the war. The heroic
endurance md courage evincsd by the
people Of the Sontl,. by no means com.
mended tlsenr 10 their folbeararco or
favor On tho contrary, the noble