The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-03-22
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Wednesday Morning, March 20, 1871,
Amend the Constitution.

Congress will be obliged to recon-
struct this State again, and require at
least an educational test of suffrage,
and no representation without holding
properly. There can be no govern.
ment of opinion, that is no rcpubli-
can government, no truo representa-
tive government, where sixty.onc out
OF every hundred voters cannot read.
1t is perfect farce upon free govern
ment. 1t is the most unjust tyranny
upon the records of history. The
whites are not going to submit to it,
and it is q certain failure. 1t is in
vain to talk to them of the folly of
resisting the army of the United
States. Revolution is sometimes the
only remedy for political blunders.
And as We said on Tuesday, men are
driven to revolution by tie love of
justice, by the love of political power,
by the pride of race, and by other
principles that arc irrcpressible and
blind to consequences. They will not
bubble over consequences. They Of
ten prefer anarchy to misrulo, and
loss of life and property to submission
to degradation and wrong. In this
State, the whites will never calmly
consent to the rule of African ig-
IL race rov.r J aud brutality, united
By ;ndiscriminatc distrust Of all but
low.mindcd demagogues, and by ma
tnre itself, through their 'srace. color
and previous condition" Atemporary
remedy could be obtained, chad the
blacks any craftsmanship, and if they
did not prefer to lean on that FEEDER
al bayonct, which, in time, is so sure
to DO used against thcm,) by cngraft
ing tho principle of minority-repre-
scntation on the State constitution.
But who cares to reason with such
fools as the negroes? The public
thieves and advcnturcrs that manage
the negro voting machine, then, are
the only ones to be addressed, and
they can be reached only through
their fears. And these people un-
fortunately, arc NeT YET AFRAID of
pcrtorations through thoir hides.
They still believe that tho Federal
bayonct is an over.match for the
S1uthcrner's vengeance. They still
believe that the patient manhood of
the State will forever submit to
wrong, in the absurd hope that, with
time, wrong will right itself. Let
them, then, alone. We ourselves arc
but an humble student of the times.
These people may DO right. But, in
our Judgment, they arc mistaken.
Especially do they deceive themselves
by fancying, that masses of men ever
enter into an elaborate consideration
OF the consequences Of their actions
whom the innor springs of their being
suoh as tho love Of Justice, tho scorn
of degradation, tho pride Of race,
and tho like, arc deeply moved,
Men need, on such occasions, but the
leader, and the shadow of an opportu.
nifty, (such as perhaps the next
Presidential election, with bayo.
nets stationed at Northorn polls,
may present to thcm) tho trumpet
voice of Henry, the Handicapped of
Demosthcnes, or the patriot arm of
Brutns to strike tho blow. This, we
tell them, is human nature, and there
is great deal of human nature, wo
can assure them, in the white men of
Sonth Carolina.
These Cassandra notes, we know,
nre likely to pass unheeded, or per-
haps ridiculed. But wo are persuad.
ed, they aro truo. The inn,ost co,o
of tho heart of the South, and of
South Carolina in particular, rejects
negro-rule. Cancellation of tho negro
vote will not be again attempted. In
some way or other TO ovERcoME II, is