The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-09-30

turo. We reason from history
Ideas die hard" Wars sp.iny up
from ideas asserting themselves and
forcing themselves into the laws and |
institutions Of nations. And the IN
dcstructibility of the States is an idea,
which cannot, ay, which shall not die,
except it sink beneath another, and
still another sea of blood
The second point, then, which we
make to-day is this, that between the
ten commandments and every free
constitution there is an analogD which
amounts to an adcmtiW Of principle.
Our radical friends must excuse us for
referring to tho ten commandments.
We know that they and their leaders,
Spoon Butler, Whittcmorc, Ncogle,
Parker, Bowen, Clawson, ct ii omnc
gcnus, consider them altogether i'm
practicable, and have actually forgot
ten them, except as an absurd memo.
ry of chilllood's fancy dreams. =
"Givc us, say they, (and then lie and
stcal,) something practical" And so
we would, for they all deserve it,
could wo get them to tho whipping.
post. They should never then cem-
plain that we dealt in fmpracticablo
theory. We would use such wcighty
$tr,Ecs oI w't as they could fully m-
dcrstand. We would preach, Chou
shalt not steal, thou shalt not bear
false witness, thou shalt not commit
adultery, iii so .fccfing manner, as to-
draw tears from their eyes. But it is
J. useless to write argnmcm for Mem.
$ Others, however, should note, that the
5, ten commandments arc n series Of pro-
II hibitions and restraints and just so
It arc the most valuable provisions Of
II every FREQ const nstttution-.rcstraint
It curbs, adamantinc chains, upon, "tho
c will Of the majority in national af-
Z fairs" What lover Of libcrty, thcn,
a can vote for Grant, who in his letter to
d President Johnson, prot testing against
&c Stanton's removal, said, "rhc will Of
g the majority should Lc the law of the
i land -
: This article is already too long.
d We shall illustrate our argument in
IL our next issue.
is M mr.
f" Fhc point of resemblance and
:, agreement between every free Consti-
!" tution and tho Bible, and between
- their legitimate results, wholesome
liberty and true religion, are both nu~
:, morous and striking. +. " 0 have al.
- ready called attention to the broad
9 statement, that rs the Bible describes
man to be, 50 Statesmen and Legisla-
} sciously that he is, by their institu
- tions and their laws. 2. The objection,
: too, made against both, is tho same,
= namely, that constitutional govern
= ment, by its requirements, implies,
;, just as tho Bible standard of holiness,
= degree of intelligence and virtue al
' together impracticablc, and some
, would go so far as to say wholly i'm
: possible. ;. The code of liberty, rak o
the ten commandments, consists of a
y series of checks and curbs, of rcstric.
y tions and restraints. The ten COM
= mandmcnts have fallen into such COM
plctc dcsnctude with largo part of
" the people Of tho once United States,
that they ought ~ be published, for
the information Of tho public, in
every paper in tho land 1t may be
:, cnongh FOR tho rroscnt, however, to
' call attention to the fact, that the first
table iorl ids the worship of tho ne
gFoc, however hypocritical that wor-
ship may be and the second table is
a sort of prophetic protest against the
: principles, habits and practices of
: Bowen, Whittcmorc, Ncaglc, A. G.
: Wallace, Judas Moses, and numerous
other leaders and members of the Ro
publican party in South Carolina.
We confess somo misgivings, when VIC
SEQ tho present Chief Justice at tho
head of tho Judicial. and "Nis only
bcgottcn son" at tho head Of the Lcg-
'sIativo Department of tho State.
Should our printer forget, therefore,
to follow our direction, aud publish
tho ten commandments in our first
column, as Just about the best Demo
cratic campaign document that we can
think of at present, our republican