The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-07-21

laws ~" o'i they OCatute D0ok, would.
begin to be restrained. Bids for the
powerful influence and solid vote of a
fifty thousand minority destined to
increase, would become q striking
feature Of the session. For if few
will accuse the present rulers of tho
State of conscientious patriotism, all
will unite in giving them credit for
inordinate and sclf.interested ambi-
tion, which is just rs good a principle
to bear down upon.
observed, Mr.. Editor, that YOU
printed not long since, an extract from
the Mobile Tribune, upon the evils of
"Mongrelism." This is as it ought to
be. 1t is wcll to have both sides heard.
Yet be careful, Mr.. Editor, that you
havcnot mistaken the sides nf this uucs.
zion, and introduced third considera-
ton that has nothing to do with the
facts OF the case. agroe, sir,
with every word written by the Mo-
bile Tribune, but I assert that it has
no tearing whatever on tho subject.
1t is useless to argue for or against
government by mixed races. That is
dead issue for the present. The
simple fact is, that our government is
already such a government, and the i'm
mediate question is, can we do any
thing to moderate it's evils 7 Can wo
oxeroiso any influence upon it for
good True craftsmanship, while it
casts its glance to the future, ever
deals with the present, and urges each
man, not to be "likc dumb, driven
cattle,' but to "act in the kptng prcs,
ent be a hero in the s'rife." We
may, with reason, hope for blessed
changes in the future, (anl strong
mind is ever hopefully but can VIC do
nothing to hasten those changes now +?
The policy Of "mastcrly inactivity is
the other policy urged upon us, and
certainly it were good policy, if it
only were possible. It would surely
and always succeed, were it not ever
altogether and exactly contrary to
the constitution Of human nature,
This thorough contrarieiy to nature
is the only weak point about it. In
consequence, il inrarialiy miis for
while men sleep an enemy sows tarcs
in their field, and reduces them to the
necessity wo arc at present under, of
letting both the wheat and the tarcs
grow together until harvest. God, in
other words, Mr.. Editor, never in
tended individuals and communities,
at any time, to do noihiny, but to do
,ohat they could, and trust to Him for
future opportunities to do more. lie
commends.t to our init, ton an humble
penitent in the words, "shc hath done
what she could )" because, though un-
ablo to shield her Savior from the
sacrifice of the great atoncmcnt, she
yet "anointed him for his burial :"
because, though unable to prevent his
cross and passion, his agony and
bloody sweat, shis betrayal and death,
she yet "washed his fcct with her
toars, and wiped them with the hairs
of her head" Sclf-rightco"~ dsci-
plcs scoffod ; but God commended, and
that was enough for the unprctcnding
Magdalcn. Let us now address our
selves, therefore, to tho present press
ing reality, and do what We can. We
cannot overthrow, bnt we can restrain
and moderate, if VIC do not thereafter
cast away ourvotcs. 1t is because wo
have porsistcntly refused to do any
thing, SO distastcful and odions to us
have been tho demands of our con-
quorors, and very naturally so, which
has given cxtromo radicalism its spc.
cious pretext, and secured its oxocs-
sive triumph. Downward, downward,
downward have We sunk, until it is
now full time to use our remaining
power and rcvcrso tho direction of our
progress. Extromo hostility but
drives republican conservatism into
the arms of triumphant and extreme
radicalism, so that those arc tho most
blatant, wbo arc really the most fear.
full. The olive branch of compromise
and concession, on tho contrary, will
bring it over to us, and secure us the
success Of THE POLICY OF
COMMON SENSE.
Mr.. Editor:
For q sot Of young men to be