The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-09-14
WINNSBORO S. c., WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPT

boVerhWcnt was difec'ca ma'niS ="
Strengthening his own power, and the
revival of Napoleonlc ideas. Chan
GARNER, a staunch teI uhllcan, VII"
commanded the army or fari'' was
dismissed from his command III 1881.
aud the legislative assembly, which
showed some consistency IN refusing to
yield to his personal wishes, were
startled on the 2d OF December, IN
that year, by the promulgatlon OF an
order by the Prince Prc>ldcut, as be
had come to be designated, declaring
Paris III state of sci sc, dissolv'ng
the assembly and placing lSo OF the
most conspicuous OF IT'S members un-
der arrest - 'h" samo time n de-
cree was published, cStab bllshing uni
vcrsal suffrage, and ordering an elec :
tlon Tor rIe'ldeht tor ten years. y!
course the "Ncphe"" was elected,
and he immediately set to work pre-
parlng tor the Empire. In lSo2
national guard was established, and
new orders OF no1'('fY issued. Later
in tho year the people were required
to vote on pl"biseltum, recognizing
the imperial dyn>sty in the ,pcrson of
Louis. The majority was largely in
ms 1"vor, and thus was founded the
new Empire, whloh, on the "a OF Sep
tcmber, 1870, went out amld the
smoke OF battle, the boom CT artillery
and the red glare OF lrns~ian needle
guns on the bloody heights ot Sedan.
i The Empire is cndcd-tho< nephew
OF ms uncle IS disgraccd, dIshonnred
and dcthrontd. The victorious host
"t l!i'am turn their laceS towards
PariS--the long coveted metropolis
and TIC rich valleys OF the Mo,elle,
tue Meuse, the AIte, and tho Seine
Will, ere long, wake t" the ech"cs OF
'r'"mp"a"6 tread OF "lllam's SOL
sha' ow OF NO re Dame Will tai upon
Il se'ried lines OF armed l"vaders ana
lhe Suhdned tones OF cathedral bells
greet TIE ears OF the rndc North men
IN thc'r temporary b'vouac on the
heights around the apparently DOOM
cd ety.,
The Emperor dcthroned-lrochu
Dictator These be strange words.
Unc snort mo"th ago, NHpolcon the
~ grand hnperor of her"ic France,
was see tai'smanlc word which waked
to life the siumberlng ifes OF the
frehcll So'oiery., h"S one snort
moh'h p'ck' ana tho mnh VINO now ny
t"e voice OF 'hn people, taxes the ao'
So'n'e comm'hd OF Il" 0r"c f''!"c"'
was noS h"o"n ocS "mo '"c ''"''S o,
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A>,oTua''n .e.rL - u ,,.o g .,,
'"e i,s",'s 90 "' 'he ,aSI 'hree years
present evils OF which they complain
. might nave pee" avertcd ny showing
, TO the c"!"rea voters int they in'cnd
to MAINTAIN their new rights. Large
, numbers OF tue best men IN South
: Carolina arc even now willing to es.
. pons, Republican principles, and
! would donbtlcss DO so but for tho dis
trust which, as gentlemen Of character
and intelligence, they naturally en-
tertaln towards those who, ny accl'
dental circumstances, have hecn
placed IN the lead OF the Republican
enjoy public confidence men who arc
ignorant, corrupt, dishonest and unit,
J by reason of their early associations