The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-11-11
Murler North and s nth.

| 1co VIC elcCltoH VI 1cn Irant, Otlt IL Is,
| by no means, Il lover Of the Radical sys.
| tenn Of reconstruction. While parlisan
journals like the Times and Tribune,
are levotiiyg the South to destruction,
because of several murders committed,
the HcraM takes an Impartial and Just
Wow of the matter; so just and 50 i'm
partial that it may make men wonder.
Here is Tho article referred to:
"Wc have been made familiar for n
long time past with stories of frequent
murders, violent assaults, displays of
orce to intfrrnpt poRtical professions
Il. the Southern States, negroes assa,l-
ing white men oven unto death aud
whito men assau!ling negroes. This is
fall the natural result Of the Radical avs.
TEN of reconstruction, The reconstruct
ton laws were the basis Of y war Of
races. We cannot, l'creiorr, be sur.
priSed at the fruits, For example,
wkite men in open day murder Ran.
dolph, black member OF the South
Carolina Legislature; black men in
Louisiana hunt down a wh;to man.
chain him to trce, threaten him with
death, and the result IS a general fight
between negroes and white men, end
ing in the death of thirty oil the unfor.
tunate blacks and two white men. So.
also, at Jefferson, II city situated above
New Orleans, the old police force and
the new one appointed by the Louisiana
black and tan Legislature camo into
collision upon the latter attempting to
! assume an authority. Wherefore p
Because the new organization is com.
posed, IN large part, Of negroes, who, it
appears. go heavily armed through the
streets, displaying that cffrontery which
always characterize ignorance invested
with authority. A newspaper Office in
Alexandria, Louisiana, is also sacked
BY mob, whether white or black the
dispatch does not state but that it was
nevertheless the result Of collision be
tween the races we may safely assume.
The latest murder is that OF tour people
in tho streets Of New Orleans on Sa,ur-
day, in fight between white and Il
black political ;. club. From various
quarters in the South we hear OF similar
conflicts, which make good tho prophe-
cy That the reconstruction laws, wheth.
er Unconstitutional, mill and VOID as
they haye been declal5ta h,, .l,@ n..:t-;:'.
provocative Of much mischief anarchy
and bloodshed. So much for the South.
ern record of murder, and we have not
noted the half oft. But what Of the
murder record Of the Norh7 Perhaps
| if we were to strike fair balance there
| would not be,lound so much difference
after all. The apparent difference is
| that homicide at the Southis invariably
p1tto the credit of politics. and in cx.
citing times like these there is much
made oft by partisan newspapers. We
are told that in one single county Of
! NeY Hampshire there ale now await.
ing trial no less than five murdorers. In
our own city homicides are almost as
numerous as the nights in tho year.
New England ,iurpishcs, according to
the record, nearly as many murderers in
proportion to the population as the
Southern States.
"The moral OF, all this is that while
Radical reconstruction cannot check the
progress of, crime in the Sauthern States,
but Father fosters it, so New England
Purtanism cannot elevate the moral
condition .of.its people above tue Gse d
the knife, the pistol ahd. the poison cup
The cause Of the increase of murder in
tile So,ith is to be traced. 10 the wnrt ol
races, the inevitable result Of Radical
| policy. In New England it b,.longs to
| tho waro bad passions. to ..irreligiofi
and intemperaiicp., No plea Of POLITICAL
evaporation can be put in there, fol
everything is serene and pleasant In
| New England; no military goyetnors
| iio Offensive negro .sinremany, Tor. New
| Eaglands takes care that the, negro is
kept in lbs proper place; no disfran
chisement OF white citizens. exists
| there to- provoke ,.coullict and kcfl
mems temper up like quills on fretfu
porcuprno and yet, with allfthe hidcon'
I reports of murder and violence in the
Southern, ,States. sad rs they arc, ii
would appear from recent statement.
| Tint we arc not much better OF at The
North than our neigl:bors in that wretch
edly misgoverned portion Of our coun
try - ~ -
sst. 9 so>--.@-. +" 'sN,T
i THE "CoIuMBus PRlsoNERs.n w,
Fare Informed that tho counsel for OH
citizens, whowere lately on trial befor,
/ a military commission at Atlanta, hav,
made atrediisition45h Gen. .Meadel TO
the return Of tlle witnesses against them
4 The object TO afford The ciyillribunal
an opportunity to try tie case. Gel,
} Meade acpliedtlathe has referred n
Lmatterstos the Judge 4 yAsdyoeatesa.all
!. .bihere the matter rests 80 iaf as we ar
J advised, s
55 Oar readers will rscollcet how. {. th
fEwltnesses and sdeteeliXes ,skbelisRel q T
) li,aye been snborned, aud suborners
Wero Spirited away as soon asthetriii
was stopped, 5r sooiicr! Bnt leiierf
Meade has sofistalitly exEr9psse bisl .d!s ss!s
-Esire TO have A fair and impartial Lila