The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-06-03
CON UNICATED.
Mr.. Editor /:
Secretary,


land to the brief card written by me
in sending you his secession address Of
1850. 1t was neither my desire then
nor is it my intention at this moment
to involve myself in so Improbable q
contest as newspaper controversy.
The mares nest" that I discovered,
has, it appears, given much uneasi-
ness to that tcmarkablc man who ur.
dertakcs to prove by his simple dccla-
ration, that the position of secession
list of 1850, and that of ncgro-radi-
cal of 1868 arc identical!
In his letter there is no orgumcnt
which could, by the sevcrest stretch
Of courtesy be so called, consequently
thcrcls nothing to answer. Though
| must confess to the crime Of being
''young man.. even with the qualilica-
tion which Mr.. Rutland has affixed, [
am Older in service and devotion to
my native State than the "Scnator,"
who from his retirement snocrc1 at her
"folly," when bravcly battling for her
rights, and who rushes forward to the
banquet Of abascmcnt and dcgrada-
tion served up for her by tho "rccklcss
majority" which rules tho hour
The Senator might have spared
himself tho task of admitting the in
hucnce Of 'ssolfsl motives" upon his
political course. TO all who have
watched his course and noted his ac-
tion during tho political "rcgenera-
ton" Of South Carolina, the motive
power is patent. cannot acccde to
the Senator's proposition to the show
of "hcarts." The spectacle of sordid
sclishness, ignorant folly, and malig-
nant prejudice afforded by the action
of mon, is sufficiently shocking, with
out penetrating to the secret springs
of tho human heart, especially when
not single ray of that pure patriot
ism at which the Senator SCOTS, ever
dispels tho black darkness with which
tho republicans of tho South have on
vclopcd themselves.
My enthusiastic and manly friend
is very right in supposing that the
wounds inflicted upon the "young
Knight" existed only in the imagina-
tion of this "Eront dc Boeuf.' Had
they been deep and dangerous, the
healing balm Of conscious right would
have effected speedy cure. As for
tho "laurcls" for which our Senator
thinks am uneasy, can only say
that rs they arc the emblem of tri-
umph and arc acceded to me by tho
Senator himself, they must be accept.
ed as my due. The Senator, how
ever, is not sufficiently modest in his
estimate of his own powers. The
laurel wreath was the highest prize
awarded in tho Olympian games and
for victory over the most celebrated
contestants. AS mine is achieved over
one not uery famous, Imust waive tho
proffered prize, contonting myself
with the thought that all have done
was performed with the solo desire of
holding up in his true light this new
model of consistency this lusus nature,
the Secession Black-Ropublioan +!
Mr.. Rutland is not "mistaken in his
man." No human heart is moro ca
pablo lthan mino of enjoying fun,
wholesome, genuine fun, bubbling up
from happy spirits, but oan see no
"tun" in tho wretohod travesty now
being enacted in our beloved State.
Tho farce is lost in tho solemn tragc-
dy of the hour, tho murder of noble
State, tho prostitution of immortal
justice "Fun" over such thoughts
would be as appropriate as bacohana-
lian reyels held over the tombs of our
dead, q deseoration Of holy memories
by tho boistorous mirth Of careless or
oruel hearts. Ono word moro and +
am done. Lot me but ask tho Sena-
tor to call the roll Of tho dead sleep.
ing peacefully in honored graves-the
names of those whom living, he loved
to honor--and as they pass in SOLEMN
procession through tho ample cham.
bers of his mind let him ask "wlat
think ye of your friend"
W. NJ. DWIGHT.