The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-05-31
How The South is to be Delivered.

Ia rcceut discussions of the issues
Of 1872 We have mtihated that tho
next presidential contest would lie
one Tor the delivcrance Of the South,
and that such deliverauce, if achieved
at all, would have to come from the
Democracy Of the North. The south,
ern people are the full equals of their
northern brethren, in all respects !;
southern ItatebmGhahiP, clofucnve
and patriotism are Illustrated Oh every
page IF the notional history aud it
is not surprising that pe"ple con-
*cipus OF their capacity to take an
eminent and honorable part in u great
national controversy, should be reluc-
tant to octlfy . mi-or attitude i'll
the impoltaut and decisive coutrover.
sy of 1872. But it is in precisely
this way that the South can do itself
the greatest service and render its
i'r,cuds the greatest aid. The south
cru states are not free they have not
posseasion Of their full powers ; their
Action is feltered aud even. their
;nunsels are warped by ah mAamed
,ense of their wrongs. Their limbs
Ire hampcred with manacles, and to
Expose themselves in the front line
If the contest is only to invite their
massacre. The southern states are
he special objects and victims Of all
that violent and vindictive legislation
they ask to be delivered from aud
the terrible lessons of six years have
taught them that their helpless out
cries for relief only provoke fresh
measures Of opprc ssion. For them
to deliver themselves has, again aud
again, beSn proved to be an inpossi.
bility. Their indignant remonstran.
ces are not listened TO and the local
outbreaks which their wrongs excite
are sure to provoke aggravations of
those wrongs. The ruling party does
at the South what it would not dare to
do at the North. In fact, it assumes to
do anything it wishes to in the south
ern states, and thus far its usurpa"
tious have scarcely elicited remon-
STRANGE from the country.
The South then must rely upon
the Democracy IF the North to fight
its battle. aud to secure its deliver
ance. The northern states are still
compa, ativcly free, though they
clearly discern that the dread shadow
which envelopes the South is steadily
moving northward. The struggle for
the deliv erance Of the South is at the
same time Il struggle for tho mainte-
nance OF their own freedom, and a
consciousness Of this fact will, if it
oan, lend fervor to the efforts Of the
northern delivering hosts. The South
cru States need 10 recognize the in-
exorable fact that they may not be
arie tv do anything whatever, for
themselF,s in the approaching con-
test. They a'e in the grip of the
new enforcement act. Southern
Democrats believe they can carry
GG6rg,a, Norta Carolina, Alabama,
Tennessee ard Tex,s; but we tel
them hat Georgia, North Carolina,
Tennessee, Alab"mp and Texas will
vote just as the Radical candidate
for The presidency shall permit them
to: II is not improbable that all tho
Sui bern stales may be made to vote
ap appreciation Of their .owh cppres:
sions, by givi G majnrities to Graut
Is it wise for people thus helpless
to do ahy'hiug tor themselves to In.
sist on planning the ou side c..mpaigil
for their del,vcrancc ? The battle
for the rights Of all the states and
the supremacy IF the cohs tuition l.
to bo fought gu northern soil, and as
northern Democrats must fight it.
they must be allowed to plan it, and
chuose the ground for the contest.
Southern Deniuctats, and Conserva-
tivcs will need to afford whatever aid
they Can briny but we tell them in
all candor, that they will most cffectu'
ally strengthen tho arms Of theil
friends, aud contribute most largely
to successful rosult, by ,abstaining
from ull acts und counscls that can be
snatchcd up by their cnemios aud
turned against, their frieuds. The
+ condition Of public sentiment at Tie
North Is one Of sensitive expectation.
1t is ready to side with the Demoo
raoy upon all grounds Of dispute ;e5
cept an unsettishicnt 1T tie cons,i,u
tionsl amend mcnts ]; it is ready to &C
against it, if It plants itself 90 tha,
ground. Ifthe Democracy Shall be
SO foolish as to placc itself on The
platfort &hich Senator Morton ha,
lhade fur 1t, 1t may, as we'll yield tht
coHtest, at once but if it sllall re-
jectthat platforri and 60 before the
people on basis of individual and
State rights Under the constitution
with on assuratoe Of liberties to those
Who now possess them, atid restota
ti6n Of franchises to those who have
been divested of theny its cause vii
be invulnerable, and its triumph
certain. ;v sa1 &
The Macon (Ga. Telegraph ant
Messenger is one Of many intelligen
journals at the South that perceive tn.