The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-07-08


the law ofna,lons. The military, whic
under Legitimate institutions can only b
used in times OF peace TO conserve q
preserve. The State, have here been nsn
to destroy States. The General of tn
army, who represents the sword an,
only the sword Of the Republic has bee,
exalted by Acts OF Congress above th
constitutional Commander in Chief @
the army and navy. i'll order to execute
those military DEGREES, and us the sure
way To throw out cvcr,' vr$lign left o
constitutional law or liberty. the sam,
General OF the army, in order to prolon.
or pcrpctuatc his military dominion
North and West, as well rs South. ha.
been selected in party Conventions a
Chicago to head the electoral vote !o
the Presidency in ten 0! our S'alcs
which arc as much under his feet Il,
Turkey is under The Sultan, or polan,
under the Gar Of Russia. But, rs !,
only to add insult to The injury Of this
military outrage upon the popular gov.
crnmcnt III these ten States, either by
Act OF Congrcss or hy these Congress
sodlcr-madc State Constitutions, AT lros,
100000 whites have been disfranchiscd
while 10000 negroes, inexperienced
III law making and more ignorant than
our children, have been cMtranchlscd in
their stead, and have thus been created
absolute masters and sovrrcirns ever
the whole white population Of the
South.
Because Of tins, and in opposition to
all this, We, Representatives Of the pco.
pie from the free States, in behalf Of our
constituents, and Of thousands and tens
of thousands Of others who would be
here represented if the popular power
without could now consttutionally act
here, within. earnestly and solcmnly
protest against this violence upon our
Constitution ana upon our people. and
do hereby counsel and advise all friends
of popular government to submit to this
lorce and fraud only until at the ballot.
box, operating through the elections,
THIS great wrong can be. put right
There is no law in the land over the
constitutional law; there is no govern.
ment bnt constitutional government ;
and hence all yonct-madc, all Con.
gress imposed ,ilatons are of no
weight, authority, or sanction, save that
en- lrr"na h, .nr,"" n.-E4ln~,~n. .>r ~, -. :,
unknown to Americans in nmc orpcncc,
and never required but rs it acts in and
under the supreme civil law, the Con-
stitutlon, and the Statutes enacted in
pursuance thereof.
We protest, then, in bahalfof thc,frcc
people of the North and the West,
against the right OF the military oligar-
chy, established in Arkansas or else.
where IN the now rc.cnslavcd States of
the South, to impose upon us, through
Congress, taxes, customs, or other laws,
to maintain this oligaichy or its Freed
mems Bureaus.
We protest against going into tho
proposed copartncrship of military dic~
tatcrs and negroes, in tho administration
of this Government. We demand. in
the name Of The fathers of the Constitu-
tons and for the sake Of posterity, not
ITS reconstruction, but tie restoration Of
that sacred instrument which has been
to us all n pillar of fire from 1887 on to
its present overthrow and in all SOL
emnity before God and man, under n
tnll sense of the responsibility Of all we
utter, we do hereby allix our names to
this protest against the admission of
these three persons claiming 10 be mem
bcrs OF Congress from Arkansas.
JAMES BRooKs. an! 43 others.
THOUGHTFUL WOMAN Tile Greens.
burg (lIa.) Star, Of the 18th, publish
cs tho following remarkable sclf-pos-
sion of u woman. 1t says:
We learn that few nights ago, out
near the plank road, in Baton Rouge
parish, q couple Of negro called in
at house, the owner of which being
absent, they soon became aware of it,
and very boldly ordered tho lady of
the house to give up all tho money she
had in her possession, or they would
kill her. Tho poor woman being
thoutprotection and knowing that
resistance would be useless, yielded
mp the money to the thievish scoun-
drcls. Aftor getting tho money they
very promptly ordc.ed supper; the
lady complying with their order, pre-.
pared it. Keeping herself cool and
not losing presence of mind, she drop
ped a.few grains of strychninc in tho
coffee, which soon stopped them in
their thicvish carcor She then gave
tho alarm, and upon examination tho
supposed negroes wore found to bo
white men and near ncighbors. We
have not been ablo to learn tho names
of either Of the parties.
ARKANSAS AND MILITARY RULE. -.
Gen. Schofcld has officially informed
Gen. Grant Of the passage Of the Arkan.
sas admission bill and the admission ol
Congressman from tnat State. On this
information Gen. Grant will issue an
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