The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-03-25
From the Charleston Mercury. I
Emigration.


The miSccgeniA fanatics Of the North
|:wouli be very glad if every intrligcn,
man Of the wEtc race in the South,
would leave it to lapse with the wcalcr
portion OF its population iuto their de-
pravcd monglclsm. The political IA.
lnalics, would also rejoice at the depart
nrc into foreign lands, Of all in the
South, who arc opposed to ;ho'r i.agiti.
,ious tyrannics. They hate the whole
lwhilo race Of the Sou.l, whom they
have subjected by fraud and iorcc,-.
| and more by fraud, than force. They
are very much afraid, that if they put
mp, by the bavonct the negro ever the
I'wlitc man, he cannot stay there. Like
water, he will run to lis level aud that
Is under 'hc white man Bat If the
white race shall go on! Of the country,
the Radical policy OF ruling the United
States, by the negroes in the South, may
have some chance Of success. 1T is best
for the white race Of Tic United
States, that This policy should pre-
vail ?
We know that the necessities OF our
people arc very dire. Never in the
history Of the world, has there been such
4 destruction OF property and capital
amongst any civilized people as exists
in the Southern States, taking together
It's amount with its destruction Nor
do our enemies appear 10 be AT all gnt.
ted with their work Of rum. 1t involves
the destruction Of their own liberties ;
vet, like their prolypcs, the Jacobins of
; France, they sccm TO be Indifferent to
their own liberties, il they can destroy
the liberties Of the South, by lhro,lling
the constitution. Our ruin. therefore,
is 10; without nope, through the excess
c5 II nrccs>lla'cs en the part Of our enc
ml"@. Instead Of fleeing away from our
country, should we not bilc our time,
and be ready for her dclivcrancc2
L IS impossible, to Judge Of the nc.
ccs&ilics g. each other, where necessities
are 50 great. Doubtless, therefore, many
have left the South and gone to the
North, IN perfect consistency with every
duty. The young, The Old, The helpless,
may be right in seeking refuge and sub.
sia,ancc in the North, from the dcpriva.
tions Of the South. Dut, it appears to
H., that the young or capable mon.
ought not to leave the South. I've
mere motive Of bcttering our immediate
present condition, is not sufficient JUS,
tllicalion for us to abandon our country,
undry the pcrilous circumstances which
environ her. If she was worthy, LUs
yesterday, OF the sacrifice of our lives to
defend her-is she not now worthy Of
lesser sacl fees to save her from doom
worse thar death the doom Of dcgrada.
ton under the foul pollution OF Alricani
za,ion? II we will all make up our
minds to accept Of a common doom, and
work out II common dcIiverancc, our
rrdrmpL III cannot be far of.
But there are others in the South who
have sought refuge from tho calnmitics
around us, in foreign lands. No fnircr
lands exist in the world than IN these
Southern States Taking climate, soil
'nd productions together, they arc un-
surpassed by any portion Of the globe.
Stretching from Mason and Dixon's line
10 the Rio Grandc, larger than Great
Britain, France Germany and Italy to-
geIhcr, aMi far exceeding those countries
IN the ru!urai fertility Ct their soil, and
their vast mineral resources. Why
should any one fee from such a country :?
And for what? The fear Of three mil
lions and half negroes rapidly dy-
ing ont and sinking into Congo barba
rism!- or The rule Of political dcspcra.
does, working their certain downfall by
their own tyrannlcAl cXccsscs-w wilh the
whole Northern countries to 60 down
with us. or to rise Shall we for such
causes, abandon the South? Why Mcy
arc as certain to. wanc away and perish,
as clouds and tcmpcsts TO be dispcllcd
before our gorgeous suns.
They arc unnatnral' The negro racO
cannot rule the white race, "a dcspot-
ism over the United States, cannot cx.
ist, il must SIT l!k" lhc King Of Asl'an..
tee, Oh pyramid Of negro skulls TIE
war which has devastated the South,
must pass ovor the North. with dcvas.
lation Of equal fury. But if not, thea
we must havo tho same government
~ltl the people Of tic Norll, aud that
government will not be incompatible
with SECURITY and Prosperity. With
such irosphqtsi- either ]! a'rngglo to
come, or OF success in their issues, why
slo,l airy trhc or brave man in the
South, leave The South
The best field for emigration from The
South, was doubtless Mexico bit Mex
'co, like the govGrnments ~ South
America (excuptlng Bra2iD. has rr!aps-
ed. under tic, auspices Of the Uni:cd
States, into an anarc'ial dcspolism,
where there is no permanent security to
either persons or property. And Brazil,
unless the example Of emancipation in
our Southern Statca shall ,errify into
conservatism, is hound at no distant
day, to 80 through the. same ordeal! Of
revolution wc are, now enduring Many
who have left lhe SouLl, since. tho ,loso
Of the war, have returned TO it.g, With
in ten; porhans five years, the proba.
billy il, that the great tldo. 0. emigra,