The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-12-01
Gov. Soott's Message.

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The news from Columbia is, upon
the whole, SO much better than we OK
pected to hear, that we confess to
feeling cheercd by it. The State gov
ornment, through both executive and
Legislature departments, has taken de-
cided ground against joepardizing the
credit of the State and dopreoiating
its present securities by ill.considorcd
aid to railroads. Gov. Scott oven
suggests return to specie pay.
ments as o means of still further
strengthening the credit of the State.
1t may be said, that ho has doubtless
purchased up State.bonds. DO it SO !;
it is good security for his good be-
havior, aud bis financial recommends
tions commend themselves to our
Judgment as both prudent and, saga.
cious. They constitute, together with
his recommendation of ON agricultural
and polytechnic college, the best part
of the message. But Governor Scott's
thorough yankeeism and inability to
comprehend tho Southernor, oven
with his private Secretary Heart to
assist him, shows itself again in this
message,whilo treating the wrongs of la.
Dor, as it did in his last message, which
was simply q libel on tho State.
All intelligent Southerners already
know the advantages of fair dealing
and justice, but the laborers of the
South unfortunately do not under
stand that days wages are worth
days work, though oven louder than
Gov. Scott on days work boing
worth days wages. Nor have they
tho faintost conception that it is their
own untoachablencss md unstcadiness
in performing what they do, which
renders thoir work less productive,
and hence less remunerative to all
concerned. Gov. SCOTT, aiming his
filings Mt an entire class, tho employ
crs, because some few of that GLASS,
Flower perhaps than in any other com
munity in the world) violate the rules
of fAir-dealing, supposes that n change
en- that class, can or will elevate labor.
This is mistake. Elevation must
come from ,oithin the laJoring class IL
NeLG thio"sh odaoas;on, Lno"l.l,, y,
skill and virtue, bursting forth i.tu
fruits of increased production and as
sured comfort and prosperity.
This puerile abuse of one GLASS Of
tho poor (for we are all poor in Soutl,
Carolina now, and fvo millions OF
State and Federal taxes to como out
of this years short crop, will not cure
US of povorty) may seem to Governor
Scotia fine way of pleasing tho GLASS
that casts majority of tho votes.
But wo believe in truth as always bet
tor than trickery, and in liberal
view as always visor and stronger than
narrow one. And verify, Cardoza
sets Governor SCOT good example in
this very matter. Except in his Bos-
ton speech, in which tho colorod score
tary INDUCED in stupid spout on the
subject of "the largo landed proprie-
tors' (for our present regime are no
Solomons on most subjects Of political
economy Cardoza has, in ovory othor
notice we have seen of his addresses,
boon moderate and oonciliatory, and
has struck the true keynote to this
great social question of the elevation
and improvement of labor, by oxhort-
ing his race to look to education,
science, true religion and virtue as
the safo and certain means of pro-
gress, and not simply to legislation or
to antagonism with the whites.
We will notice the land.oommission
and homestead exemption recommon.
dations Of the message, at another
time.
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