The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-09-08

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Tue New Party.
The white people Of This State are a
unit. Radical'sm, in the form 1t has
taken in South Carolina, tiey bitterly
oppose Towards It's overthrow in 1870,
they will bend all their energies. But
thoy have not to use the arguments Of
last years campaign, nor TO ask the
negro TO oppose suffrage for himself
States Rights an Secession, Slavery,
Congressional Reconstruction and Ne
gro Suffrage have lern irrevocablv fix.
cd. No party will succeed that under
lakes to'revive these dead issues New
issues have 10 be, and swallowing up all
others n"w, is opposition to the radical
corrupllons Of the present State Govern.
ment. In our State canvass, we beg
the Phontr and the Charleston News
to let.alone such barren questions as Free
Trade, Protective Tariffs and Uniform
Currency. Let them alone, until our.
greatest evil is removed. II the new
party will assume a new name. adopt
proper principles and act honestly, let
US, az IN Virginia, try the experiment of
dropping The 10 many) hateful name of
democrat, ami work with orr new allies
for enthralmcnt - Un,oa, Times.
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The election Of Grant made Corsrcs.
s'onal reconstruction IAN accomplished
FACT" in South Carolina. Hence, we
must now remove the question of suf.
irage from the present politics Of the
State. and make The fight with radical.
ism upon more favorable grounds
Those grounds will be found abundant
even after the elimination Of tile suf.
frage question. - Phen,r.
ToLnERT AGAIN.-,A friend writes
us from Greenwood that Tolhert has
again mad" his appearance in lha. Vi
c'nILy, and seems to be more afraid
OF the citizens than Of the Stat,
Constabulary. Our friend thinks he
has been commissioned to "nosc up"
the trail OF Randolph murdorers Some
body has had a talk with Tolbert. and
reports that the outlaw expresses some
surprise that Hubl ard o0trs the reward
Tor his apprehcnsion--wants to know
whether Hubbard can bind the State
thinks That Scott should have offered the
rcward-says he vas offered $1,000 to
convict some Of the leading men of Alb
brvilIc, &C., &c. Tober. is entirely
unworthy OF credit, a Il his testimony
pro or con should not lave feathers
weight. - dWeuiNe Press.
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The Radicals who are anxious to
have workingmcn employed in the
Washington navy yard discharged
'herefrom because they refuse to con
tribute money for political purposes, are
sadly bafllcd by tie following section OF
u" ae, approved March Cd 1907 /.
provides: "That no officer or employee
OF 'he government shall require or re.
quest any workingman in anv navy
yard to- contribute or pay any money
Ior political purposes, nor shall any
workingman be removed or DISCHARGED
Tor political opinions; and anv officer or
employee OF the government who shall
, offend the provisions of tins section,
shall be dismissed the service of thc
United States Will Collector Clark
bear this in mind Charleston Mems
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Gen Il. p. Alexander. Professor of
f Mathematics and Engineering in the
university Of South Carolina. we learn
from the l'h@n'r, has resigned his
chair. Gen, ~. during the late war
was Chief of Artillery of Longstreet's
} Corps, in which position he gave re.
peat"d proofs OF being one Of the brave;t
OF the brave. His services in the Uni
vers'ty during the past three years, al
though in less brilliant arena have
) been equally marked by zeal, ability,
high-toned character, and decided
talent Tor government and organizatian
The institution eau i'll spare him. The
Phenic aces n"s inform Il, O! The rca
sons that prompted the resignation
. Charleston NeWs
Thereimay be nothing in name, but
there certainly is something in a tail.
at least TO Chinaman. II il so per-
petunlly leading him into trouble. that
1t Is extraordinary how the Chinese cub.
mt to 1t so long a people so shrewd
clinglng TO custom simply because
certain Tartars, 200 or 800 wears aao
ordered that it should be so. Yet Ills
ls scarcely to be wondered nj, when we
remember that only few years since
queues were banished from European
navies. BY, ard by, when John has
become Americanized, Ms he doubtless
will ere long, this and other relics Of a
past tyranny will disappear before a
free and enlightened civilization.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, diff.
Guilty having arisen her, between l.. O..
: Washington and w. w. Glenn, of the
Baltimore Gazette, growing ont of let.
ter written by the former to a Virginia
paper. which was construed as contain.
ing offensive illusions, proceede 10 tho
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