The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-10-21
Speech of John Quincy Adams in Phila.
delphia.

| We have read with sincere almira
ton and qualification Tho speech Of Mr.
Adams, lately delivered in PHILADELPHIA
and would be glad to iay 1t before ON
readers If our very Limited sheet would
allow it. 1t 10 ali earnest and cloTucn,
arraignment OF tho Radical party, lol
their ntrocious msruie and lylannics.
| That portion Of the speech bearing upon
the South, Is peculiarly lorciblr. Com.
mcndlng tho whole speech, rs ono Of the
ablest delivered on either sido during
the present canvass, 10 the pcrusal OF
our readers. We have only space for a
brief extract:
These carpet.baggels represent nolL-
ing but the Radical party 9th North
Then Why is this army kept in these
Republican States? CANT be to pre-
vent tho people by force from ovcrturn.
ing their beloved governments to rule
lfnot, why not remove the so!Gicrs p
Why not allow those who arc the best
able to rule to rule ? That is RcpubH-
canism. The truth is, that not one of
these governments could stand mo-
mcnt without an army or the fear Of
an army, and yet this IS Tho last new
thing in republics.
Why, gentlemen, look at Tennessee.
That is II model modern Republic Ono.
half OF the people dislranchisc,l, and yet
the Governor arming onc-lird Of The
people to keep down the other two
thirds, and the Legislature praying Tie
President for moro regular troops, the
people loyo their rulers so.
Look at Alabama, her Legislature
afraid to let Ecr people vote for Prcsi.
dent lest they should vote right.
Listen to Louisiana plaintivcly plead.
ing for more soldiers To maintain her
Constitution, and more muskets to arm
the majority Of her people, lest The mi.
nority. should overturn the rotten
fabric.
Shudder as you contemplate Georgia,
which has as good as lunrcconstruclcd,
in fact undonc herself, l,y rejecting the
fundamental dogma OF thc last discovery
IN republican government, that the negro
has an malienable right to hold Office
South Of Mason's and Diron's linc.
Hear now the W whole chorus keep up
the constant doleful song "steaming up
n lamcntation and an ancient tale OF
wrong" the burden OF which is 'lor
God's sake, don't take away ,ae troops
--lor the love OF Heaven send US rifles
and bayonots-do try and let ns have
IlJtle more army-our foes compass us
aoout-help us or we perish" Oh, my
friends, this reconstruction, foolish as it
Is, illegal as it is, void as it is, is a sham,
a preLencc, and humbug, and ought 10
Be done away, and that right speedily.
II is not even what it protesscd to be,
reconstruction. 1t is no now Union
it has not The remolest relationship to
tie Constitution it is simply Conquest
i'll new dress. The whole affair is as
our friend Mr.. Carlyle would say, Moth
ilg but a matter Of clothes. And this
is a successi We'll, gentlemen, ii it is
so, shen since l779 up to 1865 the
American people lavo been satisfied
and delighted with the most arocious
failure in government which the world
has ever seen.
But will tell you, my friends; what
Reconstruction does succeed in, and that
is i'll forging together into one homoge
nous whlte.liot mass the southern whites,
in inspiring them with hate which the
war never stirred, in driving them to
a desperation which is as yet, tempered
with hope, and in spurr.g 6 them with
that terrible incentive tJ mad deeds.
"there can be nothing less tolcrable than
this" You may Suppress them to-day,
you may hold them down by, force TO-
morrow, you may shoot this man and
hang that, tramplc out the insurrectioh
here and stiae n riot there; but sooner
later, if the Southern people are convinc
ed that they havo tho last word from
the North, SEQ to II that your watch be
vigilant, and your guard strong.
'Lost when their latest hope is fed, yo
taste Of their despair;
And learn by proof in somo wild hour how
much the wrecbed dare - tf. aI..t
Some, sucheffect this policy must have
on the Sonth,or history has taught us
in vain and all the signs decelve us, but
let us try TO foresee It's probable reaction
at The North. e. 8 ,eas
%'f'&! .--.c.A.e. u ~ y il.tg
DlsAsfR0Us ERRORS or the LATE
RAMS AND FLOODS UroN THE ROE
,CRoP. .z-The Savannah Ncps &t HpaM,
Of Monday, says: "WelearnS that The
recent raina, and the foods in The rivers
and creeks consequent lhereupon, have
had avery disastrous effect t,mon the