The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-08-11


myself, and told US that they. were at
his house, and would como and give
themselves up as soon as the ooroper's
inquest was over, which was then be-
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Seizure Of the Spanish Gunboats : Gene
raj Grant Comes Out with Vigorous
American Policy.
Thirty gnnboa,s the property Of the
Spanish government, were seized YES.
terday by tho United States authorities
Fifteen Of these vessels were Il. Mystic.
Conn, and ff,"en here They wsre in
different stages Of construction, but some
were nearly complete. aud at least one
was to sail from this port ,n a bpllicose
errand OIL Thursday. II is evident.
therefore. that if our gnvrrimrnt holds
neutrality to be NOR. than nanc, and
does not conccde TO Spain the right TO
use our territory MS base Of operations
against her en- mics, its a,l,on in regard
to these vessels conld not have been
longer delayed with safety. For 1t
would have been impossible in the fu
tnre to plead ignorance in regard to
these crafts, since from the laying their
keels to the present lime it has been
notorious that they were war vessels,
and it has been repeatedly published
that they were fof Spain, though exact.
~ what use she intended to make of
them was not so clear. Nations, indeod,
seldom explain themselves on such sub
Jects, the more especially when popular
fancy is conveniently ready to cover up
u real'purposo by assigning one more
obvious to the general thought. It is
noteworthy that this seizure was made
by the direct order of the President TO
he United States District Attorney
here, and we understand that the gov
ernment is SO suro Of The ground upon
which 1t moves that there is no proba.
bihty whatever that tho ships ,>will be
bonded, or that by any means or con.
trivanccs they will slip through the
meshes of The law and get away at last.
Thus, thanks to tho positive attitude of
the President, we shall not stand before
tho world as lending our great naval
capabilities to crush our neighbors in
the interest Of contrmptible Tyranny
beyond the Atlantic. Here certainly
wo see the President looming up as the
representative Of prime aud grand
American idea for sympathy with the
peoples near us in their struggles is de-
clhred in al! oar platforms, and even our
metropolitan democrats are clamorous on
this themc.-N. Y. Herald
THE VIRGINIA MUDDLE.-John w.
Jenkins, Chairman of The State Central
Committee Of the Wells Republican
party, having written to Dr.. Gilmer,
Chairman Of the Central Committee Of
the Walker Republican party, urging
that the two parties now re-unite, for
carrying out Republican principles in
the State, the latter gentleman writes
letter in reply, saying that tho Walker
Republicans left The Wells party, be-
cause they were either forced TO do so
or to oppose tho policy Of the President.
After alluding to the almost unanimous
endorsallon Of Republican prlnciples by
the white men Of the State, and assert
Ing that the colored people, who wero
mlsled by the Wells leaders, are now
Hooking by hundreds to tho Grant
Walker standard he concludes as fol-
lows: lyon ask for coalition OF the
two wings of the Republican party. /
cannot admit that the Republican party
ls divided on the contrary, I claim that
the Grant~ Walker party ls the Natlon.
al Republican party of Virginia, repre-
sentng the policy Of the President and
OF Congress. and as such has no divis.
ions to heal. TO the late Wells party I
have only to say, we shall gladly vel.
come them to our ranks for ws arc. un.
willing 70 deprive any class Of citizens
OF the innnmerable blessings that must
flow to. Virginia from an unequivocal
enforcement of,lhose national principles,
OF which Precedent Grant and Congress
are the head and front.
His ExPREssEL Escy,-Tha New
York World saws that Bullock, Of All.
bion, New York, and Governor Of
Georgia, a man who has sunk 80 low
Il as e. 70 heye the, p.siso Of tForney slons
OF all editors ofthe country, is such on
utter coward as to keep a military
guard round his house. Bullock il II,
no danger, but If he was. any dentist
could find In his mouth the same sort
of weapon with which Sampson smash. srr
cd the Philistines. tgs sa u,r q
Eight hundrsd chinamsm are ems