The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-09-02
The Prospects Of the Campaign.

We have already given our readers some
specimens OF the admirable style in which
the Round Table reviews tho progress and
events of the Presidential campaign; wo
aro sure they will thank us for transferring
to our columns the following leader from
the last number ef That sterling and spirit,
cd paper:
The Presidential campaign SO far has
consisted in preparation rather than con-
Hict. I he combatants have boon sharpen
. ing their arms, measuring their distances
.hnd accumulating their resources but
pcithcr has yet actually taken the field -
Trumpcts Of defiance and fish horns Of
virtuperatior have been sounded on both
sides in manner sufficiently disc cditable,
and tlp respective candidates have. been so
satisfactorily proved to bH The basost of
any moral advantage over the other. The
mouth pieces Of caoh fairly contcs Shc palm
for -emincnce in blackguardism and
Mr.. Greeley's La Crosse Republican is neck
and mock with MIR. Pomeroy's La Crosse
Democrat.
Superfcially speaking the chances of tho
two parties may Appear TO- be. relatively un.
changed, and the probability therefore,
would seem to be vastly in favor Of the cleo.
tion Of General Grhnt. Our conviction was
freely expressed ut tho time Of the New
York nomination, that. in selecting Cover
nor Seymour for their standard bearer, tho
Democrats had SOY q seal, to their own de-
feat. Did We judge merely from indications
on the surface, this conviotion might re-
main unchanged. we have, however be-
come persuaded that there is powerful
under. current of popular dissatisfaction
with Radical rule and Radical measures
which is gaining rather than losing strength
with the passage of time, and that. conse.
quently, the chances, which at present We
estimate as nearly even, may incline, in
November, in n victorious degree, 10 the
Democratic sdo.
II is plain hat---notwithstanding the af.
eistance Of somc of, their old time allies.
the fire eating zealpts Of the South the cs,
forts Of the Radicals to alfx to tho DEMO;
cratic cause the stigma of disloyalty, or, in
general, Of attachment to dead. and gone
unpopular issues, mSets no sympathetic re-
sponse from the great body of the people.
,Thehisklsyar Is not to be fought over again,
;ness9r igelavery to be revived. 1here are
rSpaSiators among Republicans as wqll as
'amoffE Democrats. and the respective adyo.
Gates Of free-trade and protection, ,pre ,alEc
TO DO found in tho ranks Of both parties
In word. there is no distinctive principle
or measure on either sido which is likely 10
outweigh with the BULK Of votors their con-
victibns on the subject of reconstruction.
gGbBtholially speaking, those who believe
i'll ana would pcrpStuate universal negro
suffrage will vote solidly on one. side, and
those who disbelieYe in universal negro suf-
fragc, or would leaye il to tho regulation Of
hto States themselves, will vote on the 9th
er. e..
Assuredly, no intelligent man can credit
that there would DO less danger to the na-
tional honor, 80 far as the public debt is
concerned, in tho success Of party WHICH
counts General Butler among its most influ-
ential leaders, than would arise from the
victory Of It's rival, But in point Of fact,
no Immediate question Of finance will be
determined either ono way or tho other by
the Presidential election. PTospeG.ively,
there may be looked for that mitigation Of
public burdens, or that aggravation Of lhom
which becomes respectively natural when y
man trained in public affairs or a man igno.
rant Of them--both being admitted to
be equally patriotio--aocedes to a command.
ing aud influential position. In the at
sence of specific pledges, or, indeed, of any
definite or unchecked control bearing upon
matters Of exohequer, 80 far as preference
attaches, to either, The Democratic candi-