The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-10-07
EFroins the ghnrleston Mercury. +
The Adjou.nmentof tho Negro Legisla-

Il ture. 3 -@ -
j ,Carpot-bpggers 8and scalawags an
i poar to have tuskesl their inventions
to portray the achievements Of the ne
| gro Legislatures. gorbin and Ills as
/ sociate whites, diarall tho legislation
| Of course, Iii putliug the negroes, the,
| puffed themselves We agree thai
| they will be immortal just as Turpiu
| and Jack Shophorl. We look upor
| all- they have done, as done by tho
military of the United States and Of
course, thcro is but one possible cxpc
dient of making their doings of any
avail in South Carolina, and that is by
tho bayonets Of thc United States
Carpct-baggers, scalawags and nc
| groes,$will have no rule in the South
crn States, but by The standing army
| of. the United States. Obedience to
them in these States, will be only
obedience to the military despotisln
put upon us by tho Radicals in bo-
half of the United States; and as soon
as this despotism is withdrawn, this
also will withdraw those. who have
presumed to put their heel on tho
white race Of tho South. Tho rcas-
onablc hopo of their rule being term.
natod by the peaceful operation of the
ballot-box, in tho approaching cleo
tion in the North and the Supreme
Court Of the United States, keeps the
white population q,;iot for the pres,
cnt. But should these hopes fail,
which VIC believe viii be sufficient for
, our protection, the negro . govern
mcnts in the South will be stricken
with paralysis. Tax collectors WON'T
collect taxcs-s -shoriifs will not gather
! together jurics and organize courts.
No lawyers and no clients will appear
before their judges. The ballot box
will be as valuable as a wildcat shin
! plaster I; and if exercised, will be sim :
| ply tho voice of tile bayonct. OF
course, all who are Identified, with a
tyranny more cruel and disgusting,
j than ever was attempted over free
pcoplc, will hold office and position,
exactly as long as the tyranny LASTS
butnot one day lmgcr. The day
which breaks the chains Of the white
/ man, will he the las; of this rule.
We mon Of the South will neyersub
nit voluntarily to IT,, rule of the bru-
tai African and tie l..,scr and mcancr
carpet -bagser and ssaluwag. Trhtir
rcign is like the smallpox, or cholera,
or yellow fcvcr-vcry gricvous for
the present but sure to terminate
with the malaria which produced
fbnnh fNhny, ~
cr, but with tho downfall of free
government throughout the United
States. The longer this domination
lasts, the moro will burning hate he
: intensified and expanded At this
day, from the Ohio and NIason's and
Dixon's line to tho Gulf and Rio
Grandc, tho Southern people were
/ never as united before us theynow are,
in opposition to this Internal recon.
struction policy. How can a free gov
crnment in the United States endure,
with ten States to be held down by
THE sword2 Ifmot ovcrthrown bytho
elections of the North or by theSUni-
i tod States Courts,-the reconstruc-
tion policy will not merely achieve a
/ n fIc ctynr IA ~,
Inf tha IownsliIiof go ~ oo oou,a
over Tia Ifn;tod S,o.as M kGaia'.n. iTx; -, nv
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