The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-03-03
Negroes Initiating Fiddler Grabs.

Another Mobile negro has written
to the mongrel organ at Montgomery
concerning the row over the spoils
among our Jacobins here. OF course
the person he addresses is an "Hon.
orabie." What nigger is not an hon.
orab'c in these latter days? As the
the term "Don" became in Spain
what we see it to-day, SO the prefix
"Honorable" is becoming in this coun-
try.
| There is no surer sign of tho imita-
tive powers of negro than in the
! persistent manner in which he apes
the habits and puts on the worn out
titles OF a superior race.
The Indian clings with death
grip TO the customs Of his ancestors.
s, does the Chinese to those of his.
The negro race is the only ono in cx-
ist'nce that must either borrow or go
naked. The negro boys who assume
the title Of honorable make themselves
far more ridiculous than any white
men Of the present day who would do
by assuming the title of Archon of
Athens or Consul of Rome. We in.
hcrit our civilization from tho Greeks
and Romans. They we're ,ohite poo
pie, and they developed civilization
suitable only to white people. When
the negro attempts to put on and wear
such civilization, he plays ridicu-
Ions part of the fiddler crab that steals
and bears along, the she'll of some
othor species of fish or reptile.
The negro is as incapable of bear
ing forward the civilization of the
white man, or Of taking part in the
white mans government which is the
exponent of the white mans civiliza-
tion, as the rat terrier is of acquir-
ing the habits of the ewfoundland
dog.
Let the negroes who still have any
common senses left bear such truth,
constantly in mind. Mobile Tribune
lie TRIBUNE ON IT'S FRIENDs.-
The New York Tribune devotcs the
following cutting paragraphs to some
of IFS party friends in Congress
"Mr: Senator Yates called uron
southern senator's yesterday to over
come their dcicacy in the matter and
vote themselves two years pay for an
average say six months work. Mr..
Yates may possess his soul in patience.
Men who overcome their dclicacy far
enough to present such Il claim will be
enabled to make the further sacrifice
required to vote for it. For all that,
we hope to sec enough votes register
CT to defeat this unblushing grab {;
and if not, to print in very conspicu-
Gus type, for the contemplation of
their constituents, the names of the
mon who lend themselves to it.
''Ihc effort yesterday to reform
the franking abuse after the only SEN
siblc fashion-that is to say, by cut
ting it up by the roois-failcd in the
Senate 10y only two votes OF course
Mr. james Nyc was ono of the men
who wanted to continue the swndle.
and who had only hard words for
those proposing to abatc it. We
must not bcratc the man for being
true to his nature"
The Washington correspondent of
the Rochester democrat, speaking of
ii party III ashimgton, says: Scene
raj Butler joined in II conversation
ne Id near him on subject not exact
ly harmonious with the festive occs.
sion, but brought to mind by the re-
moVal OF the body of Mrs. Surratt.-
She was an innocent woman the
General said unhesitatingly. In re-
ply to remark made by gentleman
that her case showed the truth of the
saying, military commissions are Or
ganlzcd to convict he said sYes. I
sent persons to military commissions
when | intended them to be convicted.
when wished them acquitted, I did
it myself"
LAND BUYERS IN CLARENDoN.--Th
The Clarendon Press, after noticing
the unusual number of bidders in
Manning, on last sales day, adds:
I'VE no'iced some strangers whom we
had not seen before, and upon inquiry
found that they we're from the North
and their business here was to pur-
chase real estate. Land sold remarka-
bly, we'll. We are told that some of
it brought more than the same land
could have been sold for before the
war. -Four or five large tracts were
sold, and the terms in nearly every
instance were cash."
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IMMIGRANTS ARRIVING IN NEwBER-
Ry.- The Newberry IicroW, of the
21th instant, says:
Since our last issue some twenty or
more immigrants arrived here, the
most Of them being engaged ON farms