The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-08-05
[ From tho Philadelphia Ago.l
All Appeal to the Gowardioe ofthe AmeIi


Fellow.ritizens we know you are y
set of white livered hucksters. We
feel perfectly sure that although you
were aware great crime had been
committed, you would refuse 10 have
anything to do with the rightlns of its
victims if somebody told YOU that there.
by you might lose dollar and, there
fore, We appeal to you, in perfect conf.
dencc, to support us in our crimes. 1t
is quito trde that we have DESTROYED the
fundamental principle Of onr Govern
ment VIZ a government founded on
The consent Of the governed, because
we have imposed, against their consent,
a most hateful government on large
portion Of the country. 1. most true
that we have passed laws coafessedly
against the Constitution; we have done
this openly and unbluslilngly. In
some instances we said lhat,he necessi-
ties OF war required it; sometimes that
The necessities Of peace demanded It, and
more frequently laughed at our oppo-
nents as "fools, clnging to he btoken
spar OF a wreck" Wherever We have
had the power we have thrust a
Brutal ign orant race Into place
and power and put him over your
white brethren, We have made it 80
that in an area of our country compris-
ing 85S,55S square miles, no honorable,
Intelligent, decent white man can assist
you in restoring our cotn!ry to it's for.
mer glory. We have created out of he
virtue, the worth and the educated part
ofthis section of The country disan'ect.
ed class. BY these meals we have,
through the Senate, secured for our par.
ty absolute control of tins Government,
with all of its rich patronage, for at
least tour more years.
Now, we are told that some of YOU
who are thus skinned, dsapprove OF
some Of our proceedings that you are
not in favor of Congress interfering with
the right of suffrage in the States; that
you dislike to have your Presidential
election decided by negro votes, and
that you object to carpet.bag Senators.
This may all very we'll be. But mark
you. These things IRE all done. The
negro will upset or not as we decide
your votes for President, and the car.
pet-baggers and bogus Senators are al
ready warm and voting in their SEATS
They are Senator'S tie facto, even if they
arc not do jure. Now, don't you see
that il you should, by any means, no,
permit these acts of ours to continue in
lorce, that you are creating civil war;
Because with the vast majority Of
Northern votes with you, and ali
Southern white vote, there will be an
immense army (of blacks and carpet
baggers) to oppose to you. Don't you
see that these puppets Of Senators,
whom we have put in place, will brand.
lsh their straw arms at you, and their
immense constituencies, which they
have at their back, will rush to their de.
fence. Don't you see how, since our
crime has been successful, you will be ir,
rebellion against tho powers that be,
and can it be possible you do not see the
civil war you will create. Uont you
see that if you allow the white popula-
tion OF tho South to have government
Of their own choosing, and Senators and
Representatives that are in sympathy
with them, that the same awful condition
OF things will exist rs existed before the
war, and in the dark ages of Washing
ton and Adams, and Jefferson, and their
successors. Would you, for so unim.
por'ant thing as the preservation OF
your form Of government: incur this
danger2 Is not the retarn of the
Southern whites to shnre IN the Gov.
ernment too great price to pay for such
an obsolete and trivial dogma, as that
governments rest on the consent of the
governed? We appeal to you, there.
fore, to sanction our iniquities, rather
than incur the awful dangers of preserv.
ing your Government, dong justice and
fearing God.
REPUBLICAN, PRESSES.
ORATORS.
MEMBERS oR CONGRESS-.
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