The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-04-13
Cur Own Policy,

Of the opinion that It is impossible tc
keep Federal politics out of the t'al
canvass or the June Convention, de.
clarcs itself in favor Of a new national
party and calls Upon the Charleston
| Ne'os to show its hand.
| Upon the first point, it is sufficient
to say that Federal politics will be
| kept out of the canvass by the out
spoken determination Of the people to
select and sstain for State and
county Office tho best man whom
they can get, wh ether these men
voted FOR Graut or for Seymour in the
election Of 1868. There is no Federal
issue, direct or indirect, to be decided
in the State canvass. All that we
have TO do, and desire to do, is to
pull down the bad and set up the
good, to remove corrupt 'and in
capable officials and replace them BY
men who vii serve The public faith
fully and we'll. Whites and blacks,
Democrats and Republicans think
md will work, together. fbe com
mon danger has caused diSiutoro>tcd
differences Of thought and habit to be
Get aside. Our one great want j., an
able and honest State Government.
To obtain this is tho aim ana object
OF the citizens Of the State. The con.
vcntion to be held in June next can
not touch Federal politics. 1t is n
convention, not Of Democrats or Re-
publicans, but Of the people Of TIE
State who are "in favor of good
and honest government" This is
all. And the conventou, in our
judgement, can do no more than noml-
, nate State ticket, which shall promise
some degree of security and prosperi-
ty, and which shuU stand good
chance Of election. No thought of Re-
publicanism or Democracy can govorn
| the deliberations Of convention
! whose wise action is Of the first impor-
tanso TO every good citizen, whatever
! his politics or race.
| Oar Winnsboro' contemporary wish
/ cz tic Nc;9s 10 show its hand. This
ia easily done. The policy Of the
Aers is the prosperity of South Caro-
lima. This can best be secured at
this time by avoiding both Democracy
and Rcpublicanism - Char. Ne,cs.
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The colored people in some of the
moro western counties are forming
themselves into clubs in dead opposi-
tiun to Fadicaiism. They arc be-
coming tired of the cajolery of thoir
pretended friends and would-bc mas
tcrs. They see through it oil now,
and have slipped the traces. 4 few
days since they held meeting in
Rutherford county, which was i'd
dressed by orators Of their own color.
The Radical lcadc were denounced,
and the colored men were urged 70
stand shoulder to shoulder with the
whites in grand effort to regcne crate
the State. Speed the cause. = Salem
nv. C.) Press.
a FAMILY Frozen TO DEATH AND
Consumed BY FIRE.- Chicogo, March
81. The Bluo Earth City (Minu:)
Post of the Goth gives the details of
the freezing to death, in the town Of
Soly, Blue Earth county, of the wife
and three children of A. l.. Bates.
Mr.. Bates lived on the prairie, some
distance from any other hobitation.
During tho prevalence Of fierce
Storm his hon.c took fire and was de-
stroyed before assistance could bo
obtained to remove the family.
SCENE At ruE WmIrE HOUSE,
There was quite gathering In Tho
ante-room Of tho White House when
the message and proclamation were
! signed, half the nnmbcr, however,
being newspaper men. An attache
of Washington newspaper begged
the President for the pen which the
documents were signed, and IT was
handed him. a venerable old gen.
tlcman who was in the crowd cried
ont when the uhhoGnceinent Was ma &c
that the negroes could now vot every
where, "Wcll, gentlemen, yon'll all
be damn sorry for this % Tho
speaker was Dent, Srj tho father. in
law Of the President.
THN PopuLAn VorE.-The Charles.
ton News states that in eleven Coun-
ties of this State, there aro white
majorities ranging from 20 in Lam
castor, to 1877 in Spartanburg, and
that in twenty ranging from 2 in
Marlboro, to 5000 in Charleston.
The total vote Of the State, according
to the last returns, is l48,7l6, viz:
White 59,30l, and colored 89,4l5.
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SENAToR REvELs --Mr. Thornton,
the 3 fish minister, bias called upon
Mr.. Royols, and the latter il the ro-
cipient Of numerous invitations to
dinners and private partios.' Ho ia
invited to dino with Mr.. md Mrs.
Fish, Report says Mr.. Sumner has
lpreyailed on Mrs. Reycis to spend the
lsummer in Boston.
III The family cat taking a smalr bite
i ont nf, n nrnupntnl tNrGo,, saoJ lu;.n