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

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cratic Presidential nomination, by al
bold advocacy of asrsturn at onco to'|
speeie payments, and trenohant on-
slaught upon Mr.. Boutwell's financial
policy. It,is pleasing to discover one
outside of the Radical ring, in posi-
tion to gain the eur Of the foreign peo-
pie who rule u.s. .l,,,,r
Not 81 Mere Foley but "a Ma
ttire. "''"' L @~"'
+ We are enthusiastic in one thing,
our. belief in the power and sbenifi-
cence, Of truth, and hence we will al
ways state what We believe to be the
fact, oven whom we can see no good
connected with it. If we believe that
emigration exceeds Immigration, in
South Carolina, as We do, and as fig
ures, 80 far as we oan reach them,
seem to prove, wc say so. TO find a
cure for q malady, must be preceded
by knowledge tf its existence and ex.
tent. If we think that wages arc too
low, we say SO, and suggest steadinoss,
skill and scientific knowledge in the
labor as the source Of increased
production, and as a consequence, of
increased wages, Just SO, when we
DO not believe that tho usurpations of
Congress arc simply eridenccs o Radi-
cat policy. but believe the cause of
these usurpations is very much deeper
and far nearer the vitals, and consists
of the verJ nature itself of the govern.
n,ent developed for the United States
by the war, and that this nature will
exhibit itself in the self-same conduct,
no matter'what party be in possession
of the Offices Of the government that
this root of ;tterness will of necessity y
boar bitter fruit that, in short, ire.
sponsible power will display itself in
deeds of arbitrary authority and un.
restricted will we say SO. We be-
lieve it, and we say it. The loss o.
the doctrine of State Sovereignty, the
killing of that fruitful principle Of al
extensive system Of regulated liberty
has completely changed the very na
ture of our government into gopern
ment cfhe Congressional my;prity, md
whether that majority be of one par
ty or anothes, tis bound to assert, in
its conduct, ito absolute auihoriiy
This is no fanciful question, to which
citizens of the Union eau be indiffe, elt
a knowledge Of tie nature of one's
government, is Of far moro impor
tant character than knowledge o.
tho selfish aims and partisan schemes
of the men who happen, for hriet
season, to administer it. We deny
the charge of peculiar selGshuess, Of
unusual depravity, against tho Radi
Gals. They are simply mon working
a machine that has lost its balance.
wheel, and which is working normally
according to its exact nature, and any
other set of men, tho Democrats, for
instance, might apply the machine
somewhat differently, but they mus
and they wiN ,Oorh title same way.
Our contemporaries seem surprised
that Congress keeps tinkering at Re.
construction. They lift up their
hands over tho Georgia and Supreme
Court bills. They SEQ in such M cas-.
ures the ui"dtctipe policy Ct a party
But we see in them evidences of the
essential nature Of oar government if.
respective of all accidents of party as
tendency. The question, to our mind
is not, can this party be overthrown I
but can the nature of our government
be changed And we answer no it
is impossible. We cannot 90 back,
as Alexander Stephens advises, to
State Sovereignty. any more than we
can raise dead man to life again.
What then ? Submit completely and
thoroughly, and make the best we can,
for there is but one possible method
of changing tho character of our gov
ernment-armed revolution, for which
this generation is unprepared. Set it
down as fact, that Congress is SUI.
prenae, and then do whatever wisdo m
and prudence dictate Us proper infer
ences from it. IN this State, just at
present, run black and white ad-
ministration candidates for Congress,
and black and whito tickets for the
next General Assembly.