The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-04-05
The Restoration OF the States and Peo.
pic OF tho South TO Honest SClf-COy.
ernment the Real Basis Of Peace.

ernmenI Inc Real Basis OF PeaCc.
The real patch to peace is ascortair
and obtain what is needed for concord
There can be No efficient remedy un.
til the true nature of disease is dc.
fined, the causes which produced il
removed, and the remedy applied
Any other courso is merely supe; G.
DIAL. There may be a temporary
quiet, but there cannot b prrma
nent harmony. There may be a
brief peace, but there will not be a
vital and living peace. We must
deal with facts and events as we fnd
thcm. These arc thrust upon us for
solution, and it is but weakness to ap.
ply nthor than the real remedies, or
to cover them over with soit and de-
ceiving words.
The part Of craftsmanship is to
know the situation, ard then with
this full knowledge to have the cour-
age and the wisdom to devise mode
Of dcllverance from tho evils which
imperil the very foundations Of
government and the Freedom and pro-
perty Of those upon whom alone at
last, its vYry existence depends. Tho
way of peace is plain. 1t ia to re-
verse the ac,iun by which the Com
monweal,hs and people of the South
have been denied all vital freedom,
and their destinics and welfare have
been committed to rule which has
ground them to the very dust. 10
produce liberty, there must be a
grant of liberty. TO ensure concord,
there must.be announced the doctrine
Of peace. The people Of the South
are not inimical to the lawful Govern
ment and Constitution of the United
States. To these they have ,ouder.
ed their adhesion. All that they
have ever asked, since hostilities clos
cd, is that they may be recognized as
parts Of the common body polite,
and had not as tho subjects of taxa
tion, but as equally entitled to repre-
sentation.
The real difficulty is that the ma
jority in Congress still bear upon
their brow tho awful form of war.
They will not acknowledge all Of the
States and people of the South as in
tegral parts of tho body polite
They rather dcnounco them, and
hold the States as provinces
of conquest, and these people
as those who ore classed as rebels,
and therefore without, any rights
which the State or Federal Govern
ments are bound to respect. What
eyer of trouble therefore exists is the
material result of this system Of op.
preston, and partisanship and the
want Of craftsmanship. Congress
has proceeded upon the idea.
J.. That all who either sympathized
or acted with the late Confederate
States, are still to be classed as enc
mics of the Republic, and &c &c con-
tinued under pains, penalties, and
disqualifications.
2. That they as forming the larger
portion of the intelligence and wealth
of these Commonwealth, are to he
made to bear all the expenses of their
respective Governments, while they
are to be prescribed and have no voice
in the administration of its affairs.
These are the patent facts which
meet us in the face on every side.
Peace to be supreme must be univer.
sal and complete. There cannot be
concord, on tho one side, while thero
is prescription and the denial OF
rights on the other. TO reach the
remedy. We must 90 back to first eau.
ses. The real evil is that the white raco
of the South have been denied all al.
legiauce or representation, and regard
cd by the dominant party rs rebels,
who, notwithstanding the declaration
of peace, are not to bo entrusted with
the rights Of perfect citizenship,
The result is, that while they have
been excluded from their own self
government, this has been committed
iuto the hands ofignorance aud mis-.
rule, until, at last, there is common
appeal of civilization from one end
Of tho land to the other, for the PEN
dulum Of Time to swing back on its
returning course, aud reverse tho nc.
tion by which all these calamitieS
have been enforced upon q people
solicitous for freedom, aud who have
no other purpose than equality for
their States aud themselves, and th'
promotion of tho general welfare
There is not single wrong in Soutl
Carolina which may not be traced q
the verdict aud necessary results q
bad goverpment. This is 30 noto
rious, a. to be frankly acknowledges
by mon Of all party views OF incllna
tions. The corruption Of tho Legisla
ture, the oppression Of the laws, th
apoliation IF the public treasury, ar
matters Of open observation and at
mitted xistence. lgnorapoe prevail
where intelligence should be suprem,
corruption. and extravaganza, wit
uncovered head, stalk abroad in ii
land ;Yhile honesty and economy OIL
, allowed neither voice or .audieno