The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-04-29
mo. 45

| WHITE MEN AND NEaRoEs.
well claim equality Of powers among .ho
beasts Of the field and The fowls of the
air, rs to assert that the negro has pow.
ers and capacity equal to those of tho
white man. One day an eagle came
down from his lofty eyre into a dark
and shadowy wool There no saw an
owl sitting on n hollow tree, blinking at
tho rays Of sunlight which llckcrcd
through The branches. Says tho eagle
to the owl: "Brotlcr. why do you 81,
here al day, IN this gloomy and lone.
somc wood You arc noblc bird,
with wings and rca,hcrs-vou look Ike
me; come fly with ne ont into the light.
upward and onward, and together wo
Will gaze upon tho sun, where tho mir
Is pure ana bracing; soar out into the
crrul"an dome Of Heaven, and be nv
companion in all my fights" :Ah!"
says the owl, ! can't nv thus; and tho
sunlight will blind 4me." WhatIa SAYS
the eagle arc You not q biirl antl u broth.
cr? Shouts OF laughtcr.1 l will
cFuc"ta you to il. lsoars OF applause.
Bong strcnuously urged, tho owl ut last
consents, and together they mount up
wards; bn. til, owl blinded and falling,
calls ior help, and the eagle taking him
on his back, converts himself into sort
n' rrocdmrn's Burcau TN hold him up.
Shouts OF langhlcr.1 But the owl be.
comes heavy load, and tho eagle seeks
m YAM to grt him oh his back The.
owl Is content to have tho caglo bear
him up. SO he sticks to him like a broth.
cr, until botl, fall to tho earth end arc
dashed in pieces.
80 it will be with The eagle race OF
men IN It's experiment OF carrying the
negro above the sphere Tor which he
was made. The negro finds that he
was not designed to movo in tho sphere
OF government But the Radicals con.
vert tie country into Frccdmon's Bu-
rcau, and seek to elevate him by ypuL,ine
him on the backs OF Tho Northern tax.
payers. Tho attempt, however, vii.
ial, and iEpcrslstcd in will destroy the,
usefulness and prosperity Of both
races.
| PorAccs' speech IN Maryord.
BENNEr IN TROUBLE. The swim.
dlcrs 10y the means Of the gilt CONCERTS
and lotteries under various disguiscs
fhnvc been quiteSeager to ovnil / Them
selves OF the patriotic or charitable i'm
pulses OF tho public 20 undertake their
schemes to raise iunds--now for rclicv.
'ng the South, a;nl now widows and or-
nhans OF tho soldiers, and now for en-.
closing national cemeteries The latest
OF these highly pious undertakings was
the scheme to ornament ana enclose tho
Ge'tysbnrg Cemetery. When it was
projected, so discrcltable bad been tho
history OF that sort Of dcvlcc TO raiso
money that every means was employed
to give it responsibility and credit.
Prominent Generals were induced to
commend it. Tho HcraM Of New York
came energotically to It's support and
testified to its reliability and honesty
Thus it got u wide fame and much mon
cy was gotten from the public, when
Just ms II was TO have pacn concluded, it
blow up as another added to tho hun.
drc1s OF swindlcs Of the kind that nave
deceived the public.
The press Of Now York, in spirit of
mlschlevonsnrss, have all fallen upon
the HcrdM as the hacker Of tho schemc,
and with admirable an;cclalon indulged
in congratulations Of the public upon tho.
determination OF Mr.. Bennett to redeem
all the tickets which had been sold so
much through his influence. This came
ut W Wcdncsday morning On Thurs.
day archly announced that Mr.. Bennett
was not exacLly ready to 60 on with
tho redemption the day before; but on
that day ho would proceed with COM
spirit and promplness to mike
all right with the deluded people. Itis
said that Mr.. Bennett was much annoy.
cd-,hat quite u mnllitudo bcslcged tho
UcroM Office. This was carrying tho
joke right far. But !, is inferred that
Mr.. B. will not again certify to tho hon.
est intentions OF any such scheme, how.
ever po,is its profossod sobjeois. J, s..
81. RlcAmoad Diputch.
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