The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-01-12
yvIay the South Failed.

delivered BY w. II. Mishaw.
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EViAy the South Failed.
l That those who ngree with them
ae wise1meu, il the opinion of some
People we have either seen or read of.
We have at least that reason Of hold
ing that Edwin NJ. Stanton was n
wise man. According to Don Piatt,
he said nearlya year before General
Lees surrender:
| "Thc rebels have saved us. Tu-
stead ofa a luick. fierce, aggressive
war, they have acted on the defensive,
and putto issue the material resources
of the two sections. They arc failing,
| through exhaustion, and I will now
crowd on men until | smother them
out" Al' f3it@ smd III
How true. After tho battle of
Manassas the Federal Government
had not an army that would have
stood a moment before ours. The
whole North was open to,us. Penn
sylvania, Now York, oven Massachu-
setts.4t Nothing stopped us but igno-
rance of the art Of war. There were
no armies to do it. The only army
Mr.. Lincoln had was about Washin p
ton city, There was not half as much
to prevent Beauregard from marching
from Manassas to New York as four
years later stood in Sherman's way
when he marched from Atlanta to
Savannah. N"' -,
And to think that that grand SOL
dier Stonewali Jackson wanted to
march upon Baltimore and take pos
session of Maryland Gas he could
easily havo done), at tho time of the
Assiat.ef the-i aetsllss psil, and was not
permitted to do it. Jackson was
born soldier. The move would havo
changed the entire aspect of affairs.
But such speculations arc foolish
they arc Of sssuch stuff as dreams are
made Of" Perhaps twas best our
rulers knew not theirbusiness. - Rick
mond Dispatch.
From WASHINGTON The monthly
report from the Agricultural Bureau
states that the cotton crop of 1869
amounts TO two million seven hundred
thousand commercial bales, or three
million bales of four hundred pounds
each. r,,b, sgg YES s.
A larger crop is expected by tho
Commissioners forithe next season, as
labor is becoming more reliable, and
the number Of negro laborcrs will be
, increased by n considerable supply
from Virginia. The use of fertilizers
will be more liberal than over, and
larger extent of land will be under
cultivation in cotton.
Colonel Capron has remarked in
conversation with cotton planters that
the crop of 1868 brought sixty mil
lions Of dollars more than the great
crop of 1859, and that great in
crease Of the quantity of cotton rails
cd will not yield proportionate in
crease of the aggregate value to the
planters. He thinks that the present
price of cotton induces competition in
India and other quarters, and that q
great increase of the crop of the Uni
ted States for the next and y few sub.
sequent years will necessarily much
vedu the price. He, therefore, earn
; esiy advises that the planters devote
mort:of tbcir unpit"l, land and labor
so raising stock and provisions. A
( Glut ii the cotton market may knock
4, down Fthe ptice tn SIX cents pound
again - Cor, Charleston Courier. <lta,
.
We know now what is the political
7 situation IN France. The Emperor
! has abandoned his former position
ia position in which he has done so
smuch for French honor and French
prosperity. IL, is no longer the Gao
sar, the autocrat, the govern mcnt.
/; Between him and F.ancc there is
hcnceforth to be a responsible Minis
try. With so,He slight notifications
| the governments Of France will be
I conducted substantially as is The gov.
erDme6tt of Great Britain. The Min
isfera will 'barssponsiblc TO the Corps
Logislatif twillabeI responsible to the
people. Ifathe new plansworks well
France will have reason to be, proud
for. the government machine will BIZ
one io5f tie fSost perfect in,seSistence
i Nominally al empire, wlth.oa 'trul,
4 ersat man at its head, France, will il
point of fact ,.be q republicaa W.
4 must now honestly admit thst Napo
Leon has come up 10 the higl xpscta
4 ton of his frionds. LESS Would hay,
boon disappointing, more ,gsuld hav
been unwise. He has redeemed hi
i pledge8; sid 'ifshe has prov Sted som
impotence by what seemed selayy W
!: Cannot deny, IN svi6w OF the fsstll
{ that the delay has been full y Justified
: Deeper Than ever Is Napole6a's nan,
! engraved on the page Of hiSor saJ5l u
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