The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-10-13

SpEEcn OF SENATOR MoRroN.-
Senator Morton spoke at Cincinnati on
Tuesday evening. His speech was an
elaborate attempt to overthrow the
doctrines of Mr.. Pendleton and Sena.
tor Hendricks. lie referred to the ap-
plicntion of the fifteenth amendment
to the Chinese, as follows:
We know to what class of persons
the fifteenth amendment applies. We
know for whom it was intended, and
so do you all know. 1t provides that
no oitiSen Of tho United States shall
DO debarred from the right of suffrage
on account of race or color or pro-
vious servitude. The Chinese are not
citizens of the United States, and
tho laws of tho United States do
not permit them to be naturalized,
and, unless naturalizcd and first made
citizens of tho United States, thew
could not possibly come under the
operation Of the fifteenth am endmcn
Every body who has studied the qucs.
tion knows that. But it is now thrown
out that this would give suffrage to
tho Chinese, whereas by the laws of
the United they cannot become citi.
zens of the United States. So much
then, for that question at this timo.
Senator Morton then went on to
show that there was no safety or protec-
tion for negro suffrage or colored suf-
frage in the South, except by putting
it into the constitution of the United
States, and under tho protection Of
the general government. They did
not think so much about that when
they passed tho fifteenth am end ment.
1t was done chiefly with the view of
makinga uniform rule all over the
nation on the subject. But expo.
rience had shown that colored suffrage
in the late rebel States could not be
maintained except by putting it un-
der the protection Of the general gov
ernment. And the fifteenth amend.
mont becomes more important than
over before---important as being the
preserver, and the only preserver, of
tho whole fabric of reconst ruction as
it has been established in tho South.
WIZ DID Loap AND LADY Byron
SErARATE by tho European mail
from London of September % we
learn that Mr.. G. Redding has writ.
ten another letter on this question.
l!e asserts that there is not shadow
of foundation for Mrs. Stoves charge
against Mrs. Leigh, and declares his
belief that Lady Byron herself never
circulated such q statement. The
letter concludes as follows:
"The cause of separation will per.
haps remain mystery. knew il
forty'four years ago, but tho secret
never passed my lips. It was told
to mo bya friend of Lady Byron's.--
1t matters not to O curious and
censorious world, which in reality
cares not jot about the matter ex.
cept to crafty an idle curiosity, which
Mrs. Stoves sensation fiotions and
affected sympathies about black or
white have the effect of stimulating"
DR.. Joseph Jones, secretary OF thu
Southern Historical Society, has pre-.
pafcd an estimate Of the losses of the
Confederate army during the war,
which is as follows: Killed, B3, ,773 /
wounded, l94,O26 prisoners, 2OS 1893.
Ee thinks that if the deaths among
the discharged, for wounds and dis.
GASES, and among the sick end wound,
ed on furlough be added, the grand
total OF deaths in the Southern army
during the entire war did not fall
short Of 400, COO. '''s