The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-11-01
An Inch al n Time.

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, hearted Iri-hnan Who, considering it
exre.. lent 70 dock hi- dogs tail, un.
dar.ooli to mitigate the pain of the
operation by cutting IF an inch ut d
time, instead Of amtuta'ing it at the
stab at ones. With less benevolent
motives, Gen. Grant nppearsto be imi.
tatiug the policy Of this wcll-mcanne
but mistaken Hibernian in his ma,i.
ner Of ad mistcring the Ku-Klux law
While he may deem it highly desira.
bic the provisions Of this law should
be enforced Throughout the United
States previous to tho Presidential
election, yet, as the people might
bccumc rcstive if II general diciatur.
ship should be proclaimed at once, he
is cndcavoriug to accustom them to
the practical workings Of the uncon.
stitutional and Infamous law by de-,
grcrs lie begins with comparative
luildness in North Carolina he is
preparing to execute the llw With
more severity in South Carolina,
while Georgia is promised the nexs
taste Of it's beauties, although only
those who are workiug for his renom
inat'on are able to see any necessity
for the enforcement of ma,tial law iu
either OF thrs. States.
1t really seem, as If Gen. Grant
had been cngasrd in experimenting
with Il purposs upon the furbrararce
ot the people from the very moment
Of his indu;ti iii into the Pre- .idontial
chair. lie has out. aged public senti-
ment by pcnsioning swarm Of worth.
less and incompetent relations upon
the National Treasury, and by bes-
towing lucrative places on those
who have given him valuable presents.
He has openly violated law and GUS
tom in some of his appointments, and
thein far more important act OF making
actual war in weak ncigh1oring
republic, not only without the CONSENT,
but in contempt of the expressed will
Of Congress. He has permitted Uni
ted States troops to be used to break
up 4 Republican Convention because
it refused to be controlled by his own
creatures and gaining confidence
from the impupity which has thus far
attended his gross usurpations, he
daily grows b"lder in his offences
against the rights of the people, Of
whom he npncars to consider himself
the mas cr and not the servant. A
subscrvient Congress has passed nn
unconstitutional law which places it
i'll G runt's power to proclaim himself
a virtual dictator whenever he shall
see fit to dc 50 and in view of the
course he has already pursued, it is
neither unreasonable Dor unfair to
assume that in needlcssly enforcing
extreme provisions of this law in Ger
tain localities at the present time he is
endeavorinh to familiarize the public
mind with the uudi-puted exercise Of
dcspotlc powers, with a view to a
more extended assumption Of such
authority hereafter if he shall find it
"ecrssary to the advancement of his
interests.
There is 10 doubt that in South
Carolina there sill be excuses provid.
ca for b, iu.:irA in'o r"qu s,tion the
- s. -tl.'r.ut irr. isinn> # tne Kl-
X TX i"~ FIR ru,l,ir::i ifrt Ku.
k!"X u'fa@'s arc &c std d. sirable
~ Gra"t lar ,ugh he nc lou Of his
'.i"r'i!"a;a. ,hey wl'l lie provided. l..
n co'tnlu clique i'll the Sac is en-
Ac,vo'ing 10 "ffct the removal of Mr..
John,"n, the United States Marshal,
and tosuhstitnts Mr.. Huge in his
place. Huge has been to Washing
ton to urge his claims personally on
Grant, and Johnston, alarmed at this
movcm=nt, has been endcavo,ing to
ingratia,c himself at headquarters by
NJ king whoscsalc arrests Of alleged
Kn-Klux. The most petty cases cf
assault have been rnagnifcd into Or.
s.nIzcl combinations to overthrow the
Government Of the United States.
In Camden one Goss, a Deputy Col
lcctor of Internal Revenue, Kept a
store in which he sold beer. He be-
came engaged in an alteration with
one of his customers in regard to tax
lug a drink, aud the customer struck
him over tho head with a small cane.
The msu who struck the blow and a
neighb"r who was quietly looking on,
aud who was not even accused of hav.
ing had any hard in the assault, were
both lc|d il $4,000 bail to appear at
Culumtia for trial on charge Of
conspiring ugain,t an officer Of the
United S;stes. Equally frivolous ar.
rests have been made in all directions
and the Jails arc already fill~u to
oVctfowing with wretches arr ted
under the arbitrary provisions of the
Ku Klux law, some OF them probably
guilty, but many more, according to
tho best attainable evidence, entirely
free from any participation in the
crimes of the obnoxious association.
The organization of associations for
purposes Of mob violence is utterly in
defens,ble, and such bodies, wher
proved to exist, should be summaril5