The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-06-01
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A Letter from D. Wyatt Aiken.
CoKEsBURY, May II.
10 The Editor Of the Charleston


10 the Editor Of the Charleston n
Ne,us:
1t appears that the remarks I made
before the recent convention in your
city have excited the ire, disgust and
contempt of bath friends and foe. and
curses hot and heavy have been heaped
upon me from every hole and corner of
the city Of Charleston. What are tho
facts in the casc2
On the morning of the last day of the
convention, after free discussion upon
subjects generally pertinent to the ob.
ject of .he convention, I ventured to-
obtrude upon that body my opinions,
and, in reply to a member who had
argued that III importing immigrants to
THIS country we must receive them as
| our equals socially, | entered my protest
against any such nducement being
presented. A promicuous recognition
OF social equality with strangers from
any quarter would not subscribe to.
Neither would you, Mr.. Eltor, nor
would 1t be asked for or expected by any
intelligent immigrant.
This was the idea I intended ad-
vanclng. III was unfortunate IN ex.
pressing different idea, can but
regret it. I feel that no man IN the
State, according TO his means, has done.
can do, or will do more than to en-.
courage immigration. elevate labor and
re)uvena'e our old worn out lands. IF
to the effect this end policy lorbids the
truth should be told, then my consola.
ton is l am too honest to bo even
polite.
A word, if YOU please, to the Charles
ton press. Your German paper says l
have learned but little during the past
six years. plead guilty to the charge
and | confess the Correspondent has bv
no means increased my learning. 1t
calls me "a slaveocrat." Wherefore ?
Because, lorsooth, l did not extrol the
far haired German, and waste volumes
OF gas in declarin, tho generous
welcome that awaited the Immigrant.
1 narrated simply what l had seen
OF the Chinese, and expressed myself
pleased with their labor that where
working with negroes they had allowed
spectators to pass unobscrvcd, while tho
negroes stop their work TO take q sur.
vey OF lhe visitor; that they arc frugal
and economical, while their colored co.
laoorers were exLravagant, and oGener
than otherwise would spend on Satur-
day the next earning Of the week that
the Chinese would answer for our tide.
water lands, but not Tor the upper
country, and that I did not advocate
their introduction into the latter section.
For this and this alone the Suedlicher
correspondent accuses me of seeking for
Southern redemption through Chinese
labor, and uses other truthless and in.
consistent remarks that have fallen
harmlessly at my feet. For its edfica.
ton | may say, I have in my employ
ment German and native whites, and
colored laborers, who are perfectly con.
tent and satisfied with the treatment
they receive, and would not exchange
homes with any of my traducers. Only
to day l have received from Charleston
a family of English immigrants, who
seem neither to fear the "Slave Pascla."
nor to anticipate his extending to them
onght else than kind treatment, and
prompt payment for labor performed,
both OF which they will surely get. But
enough Of this ireful German.
A fl!end has handed me two comics Of
Radical sheet published IN Charleston,
one of which contains an extract from
an article in the Ne,os that I had not
seen. This article enum,ratcs host of
great men who in the past kave risen
from humble origin. Shakespeare was n
wool.comber, he says. Shall I, there.
fore, anticipate poetic ideas from the
Englishman who Is this day shearng my
sheep? Because the father OF Gregory
VII was a carpenter, does it follow that
every carpenters son must be Pope ?
Ridiculous nonsense. Such instances
prove that genins cannot be hid under
q bushel, and nothing more. Merit
should be rewarded, and conscience tells
me | have never rejected its claims.
This same sheet has dotted all over
its columns CARRIED extracts from what I
said, and paragraph or two of what I
have written. TO this I have no obac-
t'on. AS target have been shot at
so often by Radical marksmen that shelr
assaults are received rather as healthfnl
tonlcs. | take them as dyspeptio
would "Solomon's Buffers"
Mr.. Editor, cherish individual re.
spect, ut have never stopped to court
1t. have not 'crooked the pregnant
hinges Of tic knee that ,hrin might fol.
low fawnng." ! esteem the regard Of
a community, and have never willfully
given offence. If ( have done so in
this instance, it is because ] have been
misunderstood, and therefore I feel no.
modification for what ! have sald.
.What speaker before the convention,
claimed that "all The sense and ali the
cultivation of the universe was confined
to South Carolina ?" Who said we