The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-03-30
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. We suppose that colored men are
desired ,atosv attendrthe -Anti-Radical
Convention called to meet June 18th.
If 30, those who haveit,ir. band, would
do well to make the invitation clear.
ly understood on this point.
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South Carolina Conventions.
The history Of fconyentions in South
Caroline, fer ten years past, has been
unfortunate, and is certainly suggcs.
tive. lfSouth Carolina had clung to
Calhoun's counsel, and kept out of
National Democratic Conventions in
1860, Stephen A. Douglass would
have been nominated, and secession
probably would not have occurred.
But Governor Orr wanted promotion.
And has he not got I'll Was no not
the Provisional Governor Of South
Carolina !, But. we would like to hear
from him OF his friends, iftthas was
the officc he calculated on in%lS6O., Il,
Let us pass to tho April Convention
of 1868. When that body declared
in favor ofIquallfcd suffrage, when it,
voluntarily gave up what was then,
nota State, but a. national issue !;
namely, whether political power
should belong to white men only ! did
it either unite the State, or strength
en- the Northorn Democratic party
Did its delegates to New York do
either the State or the nation great
good In nominating Simpson and
Reid, too, did the convention that
made those nominations exhibit knowl.
edge of thor state of things (,
we hope that our contemporaries
will not enter into controversy upon
these points. We call attention to
them, however, that they mayapeaect.
1t is now proposed to have Con-
vention on the 10Th juno. For what
purpose : "To nominate State
Ticket" Very we'll. Indeed, good,
if it can be confined to that, Go
ahead, gentlemen. If you think CON-
ventlons create unity and power in
this State, proceed. But there arc
Counties, which, if left alone, can do
very we'll tu'thout dictntion from eth.
er your own or tho Radical Conven.
tion. There are Counties where q
spirit of harmony among NIL classes of
citizens is rapidly growing, and which
desire nothi.g to disturb it. And
here are some ut lcnst in those coun
Tics, who, when there is really no is
sue as to State Government between
different classes when it is evidently
a mere question of honest and Jsensi.
BILE mon for representatives; when it
don't matter what man calls him,
self, or sincerely and thoroughly is, if
only he be honest and sensible, ,---can-
not hut fear that your convention ma :
do harm, especially if called at SO
early q day. Cannot gentlemen at
least postpone it till Augusta We
repeat it Fairfield, We believe, is
opposed to the Convention, as matters
now stand and is a. type OF
more than ono county inlthe State.
If it meets in june, wo decidedly
counsel, that Fairfield at least stay
quietly ut homo. "f'fHH% ,ah@@ ~
A Tanc to have One,sf own
Opinion,
We very much fear that, beyond
the numerous times that Solomon
enumerates,, the time TO have one's
own opinion in South Carolina has
now come. With no rgreat leading
principles universally acknowledged,
and with oil parties and mon yery
much at sea, diversity of sentiment is
not only natural, but necessary to the
the progress Of truth. Men will DIFF.
fer, and must be tolerated, if not ac,
tnelly encouraged to speak out for
the public good. We believe that
the State, as Of old, caa hold but one
political party that that party must
be republican, and, moreover, conser-
vative. But'this is but an opinion as
yet. It is violently rejected ID Ger.
tain quarters. Very we'll. It does
no harm to'express 1t, forit sets peo-
pie TO thinking1o Ifit,aatts auybody,
II is ourselves, aud we are willing 70
stand the consequences of its avowal,
with the confident hope that It may