The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-12-09
Secession in Ohio,

I Secession in Ohio.
The Cincinnrti Con,m,oMer, speaking
Of Summers bill to enforce negro suffrage
on all the States SAYS onF0 s7t
| Wlll tho Democracy, (of Ohio) still
continue To talk ofrcferrlug that outrage
to the ballot-box, aud allow the so,callcd
Law which stabs The vi,ais Of consti,u-
tional liberty in this State, against the
will Of The people, to 60 into operation
We had rs well take poison rs to agree
to such wholesale destruction Of the
suffrage by tho dminu,ion Of wlito and
the infusion Of bmc's We would be
tampcring wl,hthe life Of The body poll.
lieas n man wouldtampcr wi,hihis'own
I he he were TO let out milf his hear's
blood aud inject his veins with, wa.
| ter.
We enttca. o,tr readers ,o look to tl,e
immlfieht danger Of l'at great change,
and most decidedly to prepare them.
selves ior bold and wise remedies to put
It aside. We know of nothing else tl,sn
the veto Of the State Of Olio or her, Sc
ccssotI from the tTnion. fhN a9''NF
We seeded because Congress refused
ls The right to carry negroes into alhe
territories. and because The Radicals of
the North stole them from us whenever
they got an opportunity Now Ohio
talks about seeding because Congress-
wants 10 force negro suffrage upols her.
| Wlil she be permitted to depart lin
reapcce? or viii she too be whipped back
into the fold with Tie black sheep OF
Pnrinnical New England ? Look on.
for a storm in the West. Negro snf.
'ragr and paying goI,I rncrrs, on ho,ld.
Will bring !! about before long. / Won't
we have a Jolly time helping New, lug.
land to whip III" Wrs[ bacl; into, he
Union ? ...3 "F3h H""M4"
N IL =. = .. .-.sa..a Iem 'rdi
Presidents MESSAGE --Ihc p. esi.
dents message, We learn, ia nearly com.
pletrd, and is reported ms beng quitc
volamlnous. One OF the Washington
correspondents writes oft as + follows.
We reprint his u,tcrancas, witllott
vomcsiihg for tllcir accuracy ~"
.a President johnson, in his annual
message, will congratulate erhimself upon
Tie fact that 1t, is to be his last. lie says
no man has ever surrendered Official re
aponshiltv with n moi",'y ofihc pleasure
with which he will vacatc The Prcsidch
llal chair. Iismrssnge will vindicntc
at length the past policy Of, ha olmnis
traiion, not FOR convincing those, TO
whom it is ndlresstd, huL to place on
record full v,ndica,ion Of Ills official
action. 81. ss aHleag aWtaJs.h 3 Qi2'
The message reviews lie 3reconstrnc:
ton acts, md compares ,lbn reconstrnc.
ion policy of Congress with the policy
OF his administration rs viewed in tito
light Of the. Constitution, MS we'll as upon
their Intrinsic merltsE as plans for restor~
ing peace and prosperity toa distracted
country President Johnson is better
satisfied than eyer Of. The wisdom oi. atbe
plan OF restoration which lie proposed,
md says HAT time has tended TO e$tabi
isht fallacv OF Congressional rct on.
struc'lon. Referring TO- the genera
shock Which the Constitution, received
at the hands Of Ii:c dominant party, lie
cites cases Of tyranny and on,rag. whici,
were it's necessary results. Tliis portion
OF ,he message closes will M eloquent
appeal TO the American people to stand
by :Iio Union Of The STATES, but nj g,thc
snme time not 70 forget that Tho ,Copsli-
tntion is the sheet anchor Of Their free
dom. tm 4H aGf h1IR8's-at"fe
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