The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-11-03

who cannot, th 'refore, be terrified
from a smanlyscarryingt ont sef their
convictions into action by the fatter.l
ingin their faces of these gSntle-
mell's once elegantNbptS now Temp.
'IFty clothes. They know how ia in
dulge in a good.tcmpercd laugh,
when ali editor gets up on stump
and makes himself ridiculous, ,sby
sswingiog round a, pair of these old
#pantaloohsby one of its legs, or by
elevating it, by the crotch, upon a
lofty pole. = EsEF$#8
Neither the One nor the Other.
'f@' The I'hGniD proposes that its pro.
gramme 'ofaaotive sympathy with the
natiotal Democratic partyhl its grop-
ing after q policy, and the programme
Of the ,Wiuhsboro NEws of passive
support of tho Administration, until
the Democrats finds q polioy, or until
there arises a national party with
which we eau better act than with
anything now existing, be left to tho
people to decide upon, without .furth.
or argument. A remark of this sort
indicates belief that The people wil
consider the too policies. But We are
not so sangnino.- Politicians aside;
the people willselcct neither the one
nor the other. % Could Solomon,
Bacon, or Calhoun, come to life,
neither of the, three could now rouse
our ,subjugated iptelligent class to
any earnest political action under our
State government Of mixed races.
Anti-negroo that class is, and anti
nogroc the present generation of that
class will die. ltis, indeed, q painful
sight to us, to sec how deep the iron his
entered into their sous. Capable Of
great influence to modify and I'M
prove, their disgust ~ is so thorough, !,
and their apathy is so invincible, that
they will do little or nothing until
1874, when the prosperity from five
more crops, and the other changes
that five years will bring, shall have
oblitcratod, to some cxtont, the disap-
pointmcnts Of tho present time.
| We have stated this conviction
onoc before. People are governed in
conduct moro by fcoling than by rea-
son, and it is against tho present feel
ing otthe educated class Of South
Carolina to moddlo with that obnox.
ious thing, our reconstructed State
government, Mt NIL. just sec how
thoy have permitted the elections last
week to 60, and so, one half Of them
arc not going to tho polls next yoar.
Now if this be true, how illadviscd
is it for leaders of public sentiment to
hoot a'0ay decent men from The radical
tickets ne,rt gear Is it not the policy
of those who look to 1874 with
with that faith and hopo and work SO
admirably recommended by the Phe:
nic, to permit those who wo know are
at heart with us, to accept the radical
nominations next scar in many coun.
ties of the State, if offered to ticm I?
The white vote, most likely, is going
to be flung away. How, then, is it
best to have tho black vote cast Z
Permit n good leavcn of good men to
60 ovor to the radicals, say we. They
will not harmonizc with them very
long. The Presidential excitement
of II will partially hide the effects of
this policy. But 1874 will bring q
political revival not less universal, nor
less fruitful, than tho late glorious tri.
triumph in Virginian, and once
again Carolinians will govern Caro-
lima. This tolerant and liberal
branch Of our policy may bo rejected.
It probably will bo. But we know
enough Of human nature and of party
history, to be convinced, that hooting
and Kissing is not going to prevent
some few brave and true mon from
stepping firmly forward on tho road
ofreason. They will accept the name
Republican, but thoir Southern heart
will beat truo to tho Southern poo.
pie, and they will contribute, in duo
season, to work out their redemption.
There is such aqthing as separation
from friends for purposes of charity,
nor will the charity be less genuine,
because twill begin at home, by So
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