The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-01-26

column, its comments upon late edi,
torial ofthe 'WINksb no News. Con-
troversial writing is the easiest in the
world, SO wetwill avoid II, fomember,
ing Goldsmith's humorous charaoteri-"
zation of the sschoolinaster as one who
"e'en though refuted, ho could argue
still" Truth, without contl oversy,
will more effcotually prevail. .'
Party Organs. d
The London Times, in CON monting
on the failure of two of the great Lon.
don dailies, cxolaims, 'sthe dayIofs par.
ty organs has past" This is grand
exclamation, the more grand that it is
truo, and speaks volumes for the civil
zation of England. The reading pub,
lic there, it seems, demand of jour
nal many sided image of the times,
and not that distorted aud di.propo-
toned oaracaturo of the age that is
usually presented to the view in ca
party organ" ss'aA5a
In America, we are far behind the
above liberal view. of Journalism, i,
The land is flooded, from ono side to
the other, with papers that studiously
avoid presenting facts or argument
that would tend to create liberal
view of the purposes and policy Of the
opposite party. Tho, press Of South
Carolina, i'll particular,is is hardly even
national in its uttcrances and teaoh-
lings, but, though it is a ,ha,d word to
use, simply provincial
We hailed with pleasure tho appear
ance of the Daily South Carolina Re-
publican as an event calculated, in a
State that had never known but one no.
litical party, to educate our people.
But the vindictive malice and lack of
moderation of that virulent sheet pre-
vents It's having the influence for good
that it could so easily havo cxcrtcd.
If q paper could be started in the
State that would do impartial justice
to all parties and oil opinions, while in
dependently holding its own; if apor-
tion of its columns werc devoted daily
to giving the views Of advcrsaries as
expressed by the sincere men to be
found in every political party, what
an advance it would be upon tho
present journalism Of the Stato!I. 2.
Politics mt sa Disc orlnt.
We. have before, adyerted to the
fact that, the better Glars sin South
Carolina, with few exceptions, are in
different to politics. Tho popular in.
s:!nct is perhaps in this far visor than
would.be political leaders, The Pho.
mtc has sounded its "political tocsin",.
at last, at leust We 50 infer from its
exhortation to the United States gen.
erally,.and to,a hopeless minority in
South Carolina in particdlar;,to "ral-
ytc the rescue j" but it has sounded
its alarm into deaf ears. The people
are trying to make money, and it is
an cxce lent .thipgfor.t them to do, and
except when politics takes tho form of
taxes, care'not a 6g about it. This is
signally tile case South, and is natur-
al to o subjugated section: but we
belieYe it must also be. the case North,
else Congress would not be SO bold
and rapid in developing the political
revolution inadgurated by Linooln's
eleotion., s>,sta asas ~ ~ .s,
Justin Fairfield, lsev eral m merchants
have told us, that, though on some
days as many as fifty or a hundred
m, men would come into their stores, and
TALK freely, about everything, they
have not heard one worduponp politics,
State or Federal, for three months
past. They aeem, to leave politics to
the negroes, and 70 unfortunate edi4
tors 'hardput to'it fora leader. The
Charleston Ne,os rather take their
sympathy, however, because 1t expos
es, in racy and amusing mannor, tho
Eblundera. and Jobs of heseott's, govern.
mant, toa'whioh they, nevertheless,
!propose'to pay,taxes, so long as they
must. The Winnsboro News holds
that something can, be done to give
the black vote abettos,direotion here-
after. Perhaps the wish and the hope
is father TO- the thought, however !;
and really if it be so,, as many Ibolieso,
that the natiye whites can do nothing
to inaaenoe ths black vote, jtl.is. spSs
thy and indifferepce.to oyery thiag po.
litical :, and sealous .conce ntration Of