The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-08-03
The Republican Convention.

loan Convention now in session is
composed entirely of those who were
members Of the last Legislature, and
in appearance there is great similarity
in the two bodies. But q careful OBJ
server will note that there is not only
a much larger proportion Of the col.
ored elemen in the convention, b1t
that vast stride forward in the asser-
ton of their claims to tho share of
representation which their numerical
power reasonably demands has been
made since tho last election. The
bold stand Of DeLarge, Cain, Della.
Dey, and others, has str aok terror into
the hearts of even the boldest Of the
white SCUM that has hitherto managed
60 float on top ind control the action
of the negro votes of the State. The
greed of Office aud the opportunity for
public plunder alone impel the alien
md renegade whites who claim to be
Radicals to side with that party in
South Carolina. The colored people
nre influenced by motives of personal
gratitude They think, very proper
y think, that the Republican party
was the special Instrument Of their
emancipation, and on that account are
blinded to the injuries Of the true in.
forests Of the South, and to constitu.
tional liberty, which has always
sprung from the advocates Of Rcpub-
licanism north of Mason and Dixon's
line This sentiment of gratitude will
probably continue to secure tho allie.
glance of the bulk of the negroes to
the National Republican party for
several years to come, till political ex-
perience teaches them the higher duty
they owe their State. :
But the adeceitful and designing
white men are destined to rapid de-
clension. Their gross batteries and
sycophantic fawning already begin to
pail upon the ear Of their more hon
est and manly oolored associates, and
having no numerical strength, intel.
lectual power, nor moral force, their
despicable political career is drawing
to speedy close. Let this healthy
reaction continue, and the colored
element slough off these putrid sores
that have rendered them disagreeable
to tho old citizens Of South Carolina,
and q spirit Of mutual compromise
will soon be epgendered, and q fsir
adjustment of opposing interests re-
suit in a genuine advancement Of tho
prosperity and happiness of our COM
mon county.-Guardian.
.o,,. Will
count of the brutal outrages inflicted
by Kirk, the tool of Holden, on
portion of the people Of North Caro-
liza, causes every manly bosom to
swell with indignation, it is frsught
with q lesson that comes home to every
community in the South.
This is the lesson: Under God, we
are dependent wholly on ourselves for
protection from the ruffians who may
bo turned loose upon us whenever q
Congressional. Governor takes It into
his bead that we are not 'sloil'
enough, for every party division Of our
Northern conquerors agrees that mat
ters like that under consideration do
not come within the sphere of nation-
al politics, but must be settled by the
people of a State. -
But we find small politicians in our
midst loudly believing that our first
duty is d Northern national party, to
to he performed even at the expense
of baring our throa,s to the murder
GUS knives Of rufians like Kirk.
We feel safe in saying that there is
no one in Caswell county, North Caro-
lima, looking to any Northern party
for rescue 10 the present emergency
yet the people Of, that locality have
the same excuse to do so that We have.
What they are suffering wc arc liable
to suffer, and yet We arc told by small
politicians to leave the matter TO take
care of itself, and give our whole at.
tention to national politics, Are they
crazy themselves. or do they take the
people to be madmen? " p''
Wan iii NORTH CARoL,Na.@Tkke
"rnmors OF war" in North Carolina,
reporting two hundred citizens arrest.
ed by Colonel Kirk without process OF
law, ladies insulted and flying with
their children to virginla for protec.
tion, TO-, must, We hope, be exaggera.
ted. . Those who are familiar with the
record Of Colonel Kirk as an alleged
bsuhwhaoker in East Tennessee under
both the federal and Confederate fag
during the war are mystiaed at his
having received high appointments
in the State militia, But hit may be
pres1 med. that the administration at
Washington has been Kept accurately
posted as to the reported "outrages"
In North Carolina. Certainly, If as-
sured that the State militia had made
war upon individuals not implicated
ia Ku Klux conspiracies and murders,
President Grant, in the interest of law
and order and peace, would : quickly
call Colonel Kirk to acoount. t.--sN! n
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