The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-04-06

fairs, andlas entertaining independent
and earnest convictions, and it is for
the purpose of having some CONVEX
sation with you upon tho subject of q
New NATIONAL CoNsrIrurioNALP Pan
Tr, which you SO ably advocate as the
true Federal policy of the South,
that have taken the liberty of CALL
ing on you this morning. 8.
% 1t was evident that / had now struck
the right key. The quiet school
master, SO unprep"ssessing in appear
ance, and whose manner has ouly
sort of sober sincerity to commend it,
seemed to overlook entirely the com.
pliment had paid him, through ab-
sorbing interest in the theme | had
suggested. He rose and pac, d the
room, as he talked. Ihad hardly sus.
pected such fire and enthusiasm as now
beamed from his face. His whole
manner was that of man of deep
convictions, and earnestly impressed
with the dignity aud Importance of his
subject. With humorous sarcasm be
described the rush of the secessionists,
with Governor Pickcns in the van, to
tile Convention of 1865. to ratify the
thirteenth amendlDent, and insert in
the constitution afterwards SO cou.
temptuously rejected by Congress,
that Call political power Especially
that, said he, oxerted in South Caro-
lima in 1869 springs from the free
consent Of the people" He deso,ib-
cd Governor Orr in tho Philadelphia
Convention, and made needed fun of
Judge Wardlaw's pocket being picked
upon that memorable occasion, 50 aying,
he had much better have stayed at
homo. Corr" said he, els political
distinctive conjuction, always to be
found IN a comfortable position
between two political contradi dictory ex-
tremes; and he may be parsed as be.
longing to and connecting both the
tho party that has office to give and
the party that is going to have
1t. But Orr is, at present, de-
scrvedly the most popular and inaucn:
tial politician in South Carolina" The
Negro Code oame in for it's share of
denunciatiou as so unsuited to the
times. "Thc Convention of 1863"
said he, "perhaps showed moro wook-
ness than any political body Of the
nineteenth century, by yielding the
question of colored suffrage, while it
was still n national issue extremely
distasteful to thousands of white
men ut the North, and which had been
finally adopted, under the leadership
Of Morton, of Indiana, for whose great
speech he expressed admiration, rs
the best means of neutralising the
influence Of the South in Federal af-
fairs for decade at least. And he
bitterly inveighed against the short
sightedness of tho Democrats in de.
string to identify the white people of
tho South with an unsuccessful oreani
cation which was carrying load Of
prejudice sufficient to sink navy,
proclaiming himself in favor Of tack
ing on to tho tail of no national party
as at present constituted, but of hav.
ing tho South under the lead of the
Conservative republicans Of Virginia,
whose victory had given them the
prestige Of authority, dictate to the
Union new NATIONAL CONSTI-
TUTIONAL PARTY.
The time for my departure to Al.
ken now approaching, | was obliged
to interrupt MIR. Stuart in an argu-
mont as to the policy of conquered
section with reference to the fears
jealousies and suspicious Of the tri-
umPhant sectlon. lie apologized for
forgetting himself and usurping so
much of the conversation, and prom
ising to call on me in New York,
shook me cordially by the hand and
bid mo goodbye. AS I was on my
way to.the oars, l. was informed by
Mr.. Brown. of the bote1 tbottharo q
some talk in Fairfield of nominating
Mr.. Stuart for the next Congress,
@hsrs his moderate coupssls, combin.
ed with his devotion to the South,
would doubtless make favorable i'm,
preston.
[Ne,o York Tibune, 4M Aprn I
A Principle worth Remem-