The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-03-30

For time long past ..-,
'Tis like cllild's beloved corse
A father watches, TIL at East
Beauty is like remembrance east,
From the timc long past.
The White Race Of the Soil the Friend of
the Oolored Man.
Gov. Walker, of Virginia, saw very
plainly that extreme Radicalism
meant the ruin Of every Industrial
pursuit, and rule inconsistent with
every element Of tho public welfare.
What the South needed was not recon-
struction but restoration, And this
is all that the highest interests of the
country required. Gov. Walker,
therefore, united with the intelligence
and character of Virginia, and with
the epeople of all classes, and irre-
spective either of color or Heretofore
political differences, for tho purposes
of good government and an honest
administration Of affairs. The result
was his triumphant election. And,
to-day, Virginia feels the blessing of
being delivered from sway of igno-
rance, rccklessness, corruption and ex-
travagauce.
If there has been one feature more
prominent than any other, among our
people, eince. the close Of the war, it
has been tho desire to assist in tho
elevation Of the colored race, in at
tainment, civilization and progress.
Slavery, not the original institution
of the South, but of the North, hav-
ing disappeared amid the commissions
Of war, the penple Of the South we're
ready and prepared to recognize it's
abolition, and to ask alone, (all rights
being securely that good government
should ensue. But Radicalism inter-
vened, tore away tho olive branch of
peace, and fendeavored to create q
hostility of race. - a
This, in a measure, succeeded. But
there are signs that this delusion is
near at an end. We have ever as
serted, that the colored race in South
Carolina have at heart, in truth, no
better friends than the white race of
our own soil. They hive but to make
trial, to verify and confirm our dsola-
ration. Tho unity and cooperation
of all, for the common good, should
be- the mutual aim: Gov. Walker.
and the natives of Virginia, who sup.
ported him, have shewn their faith by
their works. y 4
So far as the can't and delusive
phrasai Of the day of"re-enslavenentn
goes; their desire is, the education and
development of the colored. race, to
tho degree Of its capacity. Thus
Goyornsr w alkers fsssessasHdss that
the lands donated BY the Fcderaal
Government to the State Of Virgins,
amounting TO over 100000 acres, be
disposed Of, and devoted to the eda.
cation of the freedmen. He says
"I' am an earnest advocate Of univer.
sal and free education. If the death
knen rto American liberty is ever
sounded, ignorance willpnll the, bell
cord.a Tho ;cotoredf people Of our
State are,t equally with the white,
clothed with the elective franchise.
In order that They tihay inteIligetXly
exsroise that right, the cppossanssy
for education should, and 1DdaE Dur
CoastitutfoD, must be affqyae6r them.
This cannot. however, be- accomplish
ed by, any system of nfixea sohools.
Each race must eTpf6yided ferlsspa-
rately.s - 'hayahs years past, and
rtnder tho Ysbst favorable eifGumA
stances, witnessed d fair and impartial
trial o., tag experiment, andit proved
an utter failure. The true interests
Of tbs colored people themsalses de-
faand that they should be, provided
with ssepafaso schools. y While tthey
are entitled, under tho Constitution,
to an equal participation in the bend
fits of u free common school system,
would extend to them Inducements
and inceHtiwes to advanoement in
mental and moral developments by the
establishments Of o college, or r'univefsi-
ty, as above suggested, wherein shall
.be taught oil the higher bfanchss Of
useful knowledges'ns,5. tsw ~ lss., ia 81
Aud this is not what tile X Radical
party propose, but that which those
who defeated The Radical psTty have!
aotnally ,u1dertaken to- ,aeco npijsh.I
Radicalism is nob the real friend of
the colored man. 1t NJ ersly uses him
for it's Own purposes. It'is profase ia
promises, but when its ends ere en-
awered it will spurn him from it's ptos4