The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-10-06

NIaGERs. After brief pause, NIr.
Grant said, "I don't blame people
much if they are rebels. | am op-
posed to having niggers vote. l al
ways was and always will be. /
wouldn't now, and never will vote for
niggers. If l was an able-bodied
young man, and was elected to the
Legislature, and niggcr was elected
to sit alongside of me, would say,
'Nigger, take both seats.'"
Reporter. The Republicans say they
consider it necessary to adopt negro
suffrage iii tho rebel States, in order
t" control the "disloyal" element.
Ills OPINION OF FANATICS ANpcARpcr-
BAGGERs.
Presidents Father. Well, it was
during tho war that lot uf Il .dical
Abolltiohists and fanatics got them.
selves into the lt'publican party, and
have ruled it ever since. Them and
those carpet-sackcrs, who went down
thero to steal, have foistcd this thing
on the people Of the State. The
States could have been Il great deal
better constructed without it, aud
there will to trouble abvu; it yet,
while Virginia and Tennessee have as
good as voted against it now.
/
TEN YEARS. Fen years M. Ike q
great difference in the affairs Of men.
We are led to tho remark by the
prosperity Of a few whom we will
mention.
| len yoars ago n man named Sicklcs
shot man in Washington for flanking
him in the affections uf his wife. l.
the aforesaid Sicklcs laboring in pris.
ON, as many another man is dung 70:
tho same act? Not much. lie now
represents the "bcst Govcrnment' at
the Court of Spain. Well may he
consider this the best Government,
nnder tho sun.
N.t many years ago Joe rrown,
IT GcosL in, built and managed the
Andcrsonvillc prison for which an
innocent man was hung-in which
thousands uf Northern soldiers per
ishcd. Mr.. Brown has now the "hon-
or'' to lead The r.lical hosts of his
State.
Ten years az, the present owner Of
an enormous stud of bull pups and
other bloodcd AMI mails, was pcunilcss
drunkard, dependent on tho Dents for
livelihood. Now they depend upon
him.
Ton years ago Ben Bu,ler was
thief. Hc is now pOmcrrU's Drwo-
cfat
Some time ago it was shown in this
paper that, according to the apparent
letter of the tax law, tho pay mcnt of
the State taxes foe 1868 could not be
c1io,ced until March, 1870. This
point is we'll put by our contom porary,
the Courier, in a recent article but
We cannot advise tho taxpayers of the
State to endeavor to postpone, by liti.
CATION, the fultilncnt of their tax OBJ
l'g'ticns. The different counties
hAvo paid as promptly as they could
the taxes assessed upon them. Thcrc
is no talk of legal or muscular resis.
tunco to the law construed by the
State officials. Where tho taxes are
unpaid, it is because the taxpayers
have been unable or have had no on
portunity of paying them and at this
late day it would i'll become us to 60
into tho courts for redress that ma,
most surely be obtained in the great
court, whose jury is the people Of the
State. What We have to do is to pay
the State taxes as well as we may, and
to remember, whenever tho shoe pinch
es, that the only remedy for ell ou,
grievances is an anti-Radical victor,
n the elections Of the coming vcar..,
Charleston Nsws.
The compliments of Sorosis to the
Duchess Of Beaufort. One afternoon,
about fortnight ago, Ills Grace the
Duke was settling himself in his dress
COAT preparatory to presiding at the
annual dinner of the Badminton Far
mers's Club, when breathless mes
senger arrived and whispered sum-
mons in his ear. History is silent as
to the exact nature Of the communi-
cation, but it was sufficiently impor-
tant to call the Duke at once ava,
from his dinner and its duties. The
Duchess, however, was equal to the
occasion. She slipped into her spouso's
chair aud gracefully fulfilled his vari-
Gus functions, even to the proposing
OF the regular toasts and responding
to such as were subsequently launched
at her and tho Duke. And What is
more, upon the proposition of the
health of the younger branches of the
Beauforts, Lady Blanche Somerset,
aged seventeen, courugeously took
upon herself the task of returning
thanks. Think of that Snrnsis Two
feminine orators, and prandial orators
at that, in ono noble British family.
The world does move !--Ne,v Y-oyk
1kibuae.
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