The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-12-14
Things Look Better.

Ill congress ~ 80 mucn reduced as
some more sanguinc persons do, yc,
the reduction has been sufficient to
make n very great change in the rcla.
tions OF parties to one another, very
much to the cuItailment of the power
of numbers in the Republican party,
/ and greatly more Of their moral force
| The two-thirds majority which they
have welded ever since the war was
nowerful for on oppressive leg.
islation, and all partisan malice and
deviltry. The South has suffered ter
ribly from the license Republicans
thus enjoyed--a license completely
unrestraiued by any respect for the
Constitution aud laws, or any desire
to promote the peace aud harmony of
tho country. That power, unscrupu>
ously and selfishly exercised, has kept
the South PROSTATE, has prolonged the
rancors and dcvastaons of war, and de-
layed the ro 'toration O. contcnutnta d
confidence among the people, and that
equality among the States which is rs
indispensable to the national peace Il $
it is to prosperity.
Now this great power is gone, and
tho dominant party will be compelled
to pay some respect as well to Justice
aud public opinion as tn;:hc propricty
and decorum Of delibcrativo proceed
ings. The Republican majority will
not exceed thirty in the House Of
Representatives. Should fifteen or
sixteen gentlemen, somewhat moro
considerative than the main body of
violent partisans, determine not longer
to follow the path of vindictive legis-
lation, the Republican party will be
paralyzed for the purpose Of all such
legislation. We have little doubt
that the fifteen will be forth conf, q.
Indeed, we question whether, with the
khv"1euA 49,, -. the two-thirds are
wanting to enable thc uiiras III Whip
in tho timid and those halting under
q sense of right, tho rancorous and
pro>criptivo policy will be longer
persisted in. For tho opposition it
would be better that ..-his policy
should be still pushed to tHe extreme
but we imagine that the obstructive
Radicals will also make this discovery
and pause in their career.
Revolutions do not 90 backwards.
So do what the Radicals may, their
power will still continue to cbb and
flow away, until they arc driven from
public places. According to all pre-
cedcnt, this will be their certain fate.
1t is demanded by the best interest Of
tho nation. Tho people find out
such necessity sooner than the poll
ticians These arc bent on holding
their Offices, and cannot muster cour-
age to change front in party policy.
So they stand still while the people
who do not hold Offices, and do not
desire them, discover by their unhias-
ed judgements that change of meas
ures is absolutely necessary for peace
and the quiet pursuit of industry.
This nccossitatcs change Of men,
since the men ia powcr will not
change.
Therefore VIC consider the political
affairs of this country in decidedly
better condition. The poison Of the
Radical corbra remains, but his fangs
arc extracted. He will not be able to
hurt go much when he bites. The
people will not fear him so much and
he being aware of his disability, will
! be far more tractablc than formerly.
One or two good blows will kill him.
The war party is not fit for peace
and peace, through the voice of tho
people will put an end to it. R,ch
mond Dispatch.
A letter has been received by the
Popo from General Trochu, which
was sent from Paris by balloon, and
afterwards forwarded by courier. In
this cpistlo the General expresses his
sympathy for the Holy Father in the
misfortunes which have fallen upon
him, and laments that tho present con.
dition of France prevents her from
coming to his assistance, but he is
persuaded that this disability will
soon cease. As for himself, he had
determined to seek retirement as foon
as he accomplished his mission at
Paris, but tho dethroncmcnt Of the
/ Holy Father by the Italian onnexa-
tion has led him to abandon this reso.
| luton, and he will mako it his next
duty to restore the Pope his triple
crown. Letters and addresses of I'D
heronce pour into tic Vatican { ON
all sides, and keep tho Holy Father
in state of exaltation which renders
him Indifferent to present reverses.
General Edmund Sc'riycr, inspec.
tor of tho United States Military
Academy at West Point, in his last
annual report remarks upon the super
fetal education acquired by the can
didates for admission to that institu-
tion. He says that it is no longer
unusual to find candidates rejected
at West Point for deficiency in the
primary branches ofa common school
education In possession of diplomas