The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-05-26
4 HE RA1AFxEAL her Adm.
Wantsto Meet Expectations,

Abbott the oarpet-bag senator from
North Carolina. is Quite embarrassed
ny the3expectationsfof of North Caroli-
mans 'as to his demieanor in his per.
sonal issue with Senator Sprague, who
has just put upon him ''puppy."
Senator Sprague, in con, ersation,
thus explains show of fight made by
Abbott Thursday night
MIR. Senator, what do YOU think of
Abbott z"
"Oh, WE'LL" ho said, "ho> don't
amount to much. He is,ono of those
lawyers who have a great estimation
of their own abilities, You SEQ Alb.
bott is Yankee, and he is sharp
enough to know that it would not do
for him to 60 back to North Carolina
after having been called aispuppy dog
mere IN the Senate without some show
at what they call ch,valry in tho
South. Why, the very negroes down
there would not speak to him. This
is the way I account for his speech
last night. | don't think ho means
mischief at least, l have no fears or
apprehensions1on tho subject" j
The redoubtablo North Carolina
senator, in a conversation with the re.
porter for the New York Herald, con-
fesscd all that sprsgue had suggested
in the paragraph above quoted =. - /,
Senator Abbott We'll, there
need be no foll-loll about it. 1t has
SIMPLY come to this, that Mr.. ;Spra-
que must either retract or do worse.
II | was: from New England, perhaps
would put up with such insults
moe&ly =; but not being from that
peaceful region, I shall take the liber-
ty Of settling the affair in another
method"
Thus the matter rested at last ac-
counts. 1t is hard that the carpot-
baggor should feel obliged, by the
convcntionalisms of the State he rep
rcsents, to violate his own, moral
training and perceptions. A man
who has not strength of character
enough to follow the dictates of his
own sense of honor and morality in
such case would hardly make. a very
dangerous adversary. The ass in the
hons skin will probably illustrate the
height of his attanmcnts in tho field
of honor. While he could not be
justly taken as sample of northern
men, he will never be a ftguardian of
southern honor. He is only carpet
baeger.-Richmond Dispatch.
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But where is all this mutiny and
uproar among the powers that be TO
end "Wo shall be broken nm. -
says Senator Trumbull, sunless some
administration will set the example,
or some legislation will compel it, of
making the price of Office good beha-
vlor only" He says, moreover, that
"the scenes and the scramble of the
last month have been disgraceful %
that Congress is becoming demoralized
and pafalyzed, and that unless We
nave great reform in this business of
the spoils "the political atnto ef tha
country will he degraded beyond re-
oovery." Our opinion is that q terri
bic recoil will come upon the corrupt
and demoralized party in power, and
that . wholesome political revolution
will follow,in bringing new party in
to the foreground. Thus, while the
signs Of the times indicate that the
present administration will be dis
astrous one to the republican party,
W; think it will bo good for the ooun-
try. In the policy which General
Grant is pursuing of faithfully and
r'gidly carrying ont tho laws and the
orders and the wishes of Congress the
consequences are becoming apparent
to the people, and thus the dominant
party, through its own devices, is rap
idly hurried on the road to ruin.-
Andy johnson, from his policy of
opposition to Congress, kept this par
ty alive and furnished its political
capital for every, election General
Grant, in giving to Congress and the
party. programme full sway, and in
CARRYING out the party law of rotation
In office with an unsparing hand, is in
fair way to the inauguration of a
new and more startling and more pro.
gressive revolution than that which
eliminated in his election. We say,
thon, let him 60 on, and let it come.
A sweeping revolution is the only
remedy for universal corruption 80,
Ne,o York Herald. .,