The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-10-20

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ring to the University, stigmatizes tn.
students as Governor Scott's pets,'
and basely insinuatcs that they are
not the "sons of South Carolina gen
tlemen." We, the students thu.
scurrilously attacked, ask for place
in your paper for reply.
We have preferred entering and en-
deavoring to sustain the University
with its able Faculty, to leaving our
native State, in order to obtain the
opportunities of liberal cduc.t tion,
which we have had in the past, and
would have in the future, wero it not
for such contemptable articles as that
of the Courier. Afraid to impute dis
honorable motives to the professors,
knowing full we'll that his missiles
would rebound to his own discontinue
he vents his spleen upon the students,
congratulnting himself that he is maxi
ing u bold display, without the posi-
bility of retort. But we are ''sons
of South Carolina gentlemen" iuher-
iting the old Carolina spirit, and VIC
spurn his dasta, dly insiluations with
the utmost contempt, both for the ar
ticle and its author. No negroes
have been presented to tho Faculty
for admission, and the rumors which
have been circulated to that effect are
false. Nor are the statements that
the majority Of the students are bene-
iciaries true; there are only four or
live beneiiciaries in the institution,
and nn attack made upon those gentle
men could only emanate from one too
much their inferior to deserve notice.
The fact that the majority of the for
mer Faculty have remaincd--and GER
tainly they compare favorably with
those who have resigned-is sufficient
assurance that tho high tone of the
University will be maintained. We
entered the University to complete
our education, not to enter the politi-
cal arena. Our purpose here is edu-
cation, and We deeply regret to have
to depart from our duties to vindicate
ourselves from insinuations, Disgrace
full alike to the paper in which they
appeared and the pen from which they
originated. ..s .l
70 such insidious attacks as that
the downfall Of tho University, if it
ever comes, will be attributable; aud
if this. grand old inetituti,'n n.usJ fail
the editor of the Courier may be as
surcd that his influence, if he has any,
has contributed to the result. Nor
need no imagine that the people Of
South Carolina are to be deceived by
his representations the situation of
the University aciU be known, and the
knowledge of it's position will not re-
fleet any credit upon the Courier,
which should have been its friend,
but, perhaps fortunately for our repu-
tation, has become its bitter enemy.
Many of our young friends have been
deferred q from entering with us by the
false and unf0undcd reports which
have beon circulated to tho great in
jury of the University; but wo are
satisfied that in short time our num-
Der will be augmented by the 'ssons
Of South Carolina gentlemen" and
the University will succeed, notwith
standing the miserable articles of the
Charleston Courier. a'.12a
The STUDENTS OF THE UNlvERsIrY. I
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Our esteemed contemporary, the
Yorkville Enquirer, is Of opinion that
neither articles nor speeches will pro.
duce any effect upon the negroes, and
defines its position in these words:
"The Charleston Nc'us says they al
ready feel indirectly tho weight Of
taxation, and desire to throw it of. -
All that is nocessary,i then, is to make
them feel it ,dsrectly, and this can be
done before the next election, if the
people of the State will adopt the
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