The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-11-04
HSMell Cobb on the Future.

inaugurated by, the tho election of
Abraham Lincoln will oyonuate, in
time, in the establishment Of an indc-
pendent Southern Republic. Events
have seemed to US to bo taking that
direction ever since tho rejection By
Andrew johnson, andathrough him by
tho North, of Sherman, and Jolnston's
terms ofcapltulati"n. And the ten
dency can only be checked hy the
election OF Sherman as the next Presi-
dent after Gruut or Seymour upon
those terms as his platform, by an
overwhelming Northern vote. The
cohTdenco of tlIc South has been cru.
ely trffed With, and is now totally
destroyed, and it is no light matter
FOR any government to have pcrma-
nently alienat'Gl tue affections of such
IL people us ours in such II country as
the Southern States. Wc,urc becom-
lug more than'evch a distinct sftro.,lc,
with distinct history, and distinct
feelings. The presence of the ncrroc
amongst us, Bringing with st all the
"nnoyanccs OF everlasting buritanicai
intormoddling with our domestic poli.
cy and private business, first made us
distinct, and now that he has been act
FREQ, still keeps us distinct, md Will
separate as frem THO North in duo
time. Northern pharisaical sclf-right.
cousness cannot sec this, and many
Southern men, looking simply to the
overwhelming blundcrs of Jefferson
Davis's suicidal selfsuflicicncy and be-
sotted obstinancy, and to the ltfeat Of
our arms spriLging therefrom, do not
believe it. Others longing for peace,
and socing the nngry clouds of tho fu-
turc hcfuu With Srathfll lightning,
and big with fearful woe, shut the.r
eyes, and saying vainly to themselves,
theso cannot DO another storm after
what wo have suffered, will not be-
lieve it. But tho North, when. tri-
umphant, has proved itsoIf flithlrss to
liberty and unworthy of tho South
That It both i',jdfes ana hates. and the
day of retribution and ici.eronco
will surely como. We arc now ot
work repairing our fortunes and la
boring for that wealth sure to como to
us, and which Is tho condition Of indo-
pondonce. This is plainly our, pres
ont duty and policy. Let us do it
faithfully. Then no matter whether
Grant or Seymour provo inefficient to
give faithfuliicss to u flithlcss pooplc.
and magnanimity and honor to
moan people, the fatc Of our children
will be in their own hands.
We must make ont remark in clos
ing before letting our impatient read.
ors read Howell Cobb for themselves,
The spirit Of tho Southern people is
truly horoic, and ncscf has it risen
higher than within the last fortnight.
when despite dcocitful auguries of
Grants conservatism and power over
hadicalism for good, drcary years of
Poitlcal Impotence seems their pros
pect, and tho prospect of reliof from
Northern phariscos and hypocritds
hopeless. We have felt ourselves
tonfold determination. never to surren.
dor the grost principles of liberty to
tho foul demands of Radcalism, but
to resist to tho end, and lattle for
right against might forever: We
have carefully read our t&GiiIaHsas Go
know if 86 are any exception, and wo
tell our readers, no. The South
stands glorious in tho hour of anticipo:
ted and almost certain defeat. The
great soathotii heart boats il u Unison.
Like tho waters of ocean lashed bv
the winds, 1t hoaves with grand and he.
roio feeling, which lifts it nm to
heaven as if moved by Inspiration
from on High. If cur enemies wero
not deaf, they might und erstund
What means this quick, this wide.
spread,' this stern resolve Z? What
means this calm and yot fmpassiohca
look, through the thick clouds of the
present, with unfalsering faith, to the
future. IL means--hs rights of Me
States as intended by the Constitution.
aye tho only peace, and wo will have
them the emancipation Of our slaves
shall 3, never DO the slave,y Of the
South 1 C. -
what then,do yo,, propose ns mcana 4,
restoring pence and hcalh,gihe; differences !
between tho two sections fTtsss ,tr,,,'''''S |