The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-02-03
mo. 81
The Wreoka

| LUZ s"NP 10 wrecked, ana they whom
we see conspicuous on her deck, are no
portion Of her crew, but wreckcrs. By
their false lightl they have lured her
among the breakers and they are now
receiving the price Of their perfdy.
In such state of things, what
course ought we, Southern men, to
adopt?
Since all is lost, ought wc not III self.
defence to join the wreckers2
Many Southern politician, we know
perfectly well, has asked himself u
question similar to the above, and some,
we grieve to say, have answered it III
the affirmative.
Let us see what is meant by ,oiDiuy
| the wreckers-- that is the Radical.mo,,o
grel party.
Let ua Imagine. a Southern man en-
ternS the party as q politician seeking
his personal ad vancement; the onlV
possible motive that can take any sane
man into such party. ~
Our new convert will find it neces-
sary to out-Herod Herod,, or he will
soon be dis,anced in the race for the
spoils.
lie Will nc once become a loud.
mouthed glori6er Of the.early abolition
lists, the Garrisons Phillipscs and Sum,
ners endorsing their lifelong abuse
and yllliication of Southern men aud
women.
With the spirit Of devo,ee he will
worship the memory Of the infamous
John Brown, and exul, over the inno--
cent Southern blood split by that fena
and his fellow criminals.
Hc will CORY in Shermans march to
the sea, and cap his hands for joytat. the
thought Of blazing Southern homes, Of
ravishcd women and starving children.
Ile will apit with contempt upon the
tombstone Of Stoncwall Jackson, and
curse him as rebel while he extols
Beast Butler rs a patriot. ,.rt.
he will speak npprovingly of the
c,o"ardiy treatment inflicted upon Mr..
Davis.
Above all, he vii! novsr losc an op,
por'nnlty Of arguing in favor Of the JUS.
tlce,, craftsmanship and magnanlnitv
displayed hy Congress in demonstrating
the South at the point of the bayouet,
swallowing with nvi6i'y all the words
he ever uttered, as a white man, against
tho coward y and brutal outrage. 1854
lie will place himself on terms Of so.
cial equality with the negro members of
his party, making no distinction, socially
or politically, between men on account
Of race 'u'a ar
All those things he must DO, or he
will find that he has sold his birthright
for counterfeit money; that his efforts to
rise to leadership in the party he his
joined will prove unavallng.
No Southern man can do such things
and retain his sclf-rcspect, or that Of his
neighbors. ,-.
What then shall We do? Nothing.
Have nothing more to do with poktics
under a government that rules us by the
bayonet and corrupt ballot box III the
hands of a hostile majority, u
Let lis devote our whole time and
energies to the development Of our coun.
try making use for that end of what
facilities the horde Of robbers that have
swooped down upon us, have thought
proper to leave ns. te.ll
Cline at length scts all things even."H
Time Will bring a period to the state
of things that exists to-day. The an.
archy that we see around US ls not per-
man>nt, for anarchy never is. Out Of it
will be born despotisln, or it will sever
the so'called Union into various frag-
ments. aTa .,r, HILL
In The mean time let us develop our
natural resources so that when tho op-
portnnity arrives, and 1t will, we may
have the strengthto crush to death tho
shiny reptiles that have coiled about
our social and political systoms. Mobile
Tribune.