The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-05-03
Another Force Bill, and No Amnesty,

! " 'o"'u iIoul W aShlnSlOu tnat
| there is no amnesty this year. The
policy of repression is to kept up.
Instead of amnesty we have tho Ku
klux bill. Six years have passed,
| and the leading and most influential
citizen Of the South are kept under
tho ban of the Government, while
negroes and carpet-baggers are
maintained in the State cap
ltals, to amuse themselves passing tax
bills and illustrating the progress of
American civilization with "mixed"
balls.
What has the South done since the
war to exclude her from amnest At
the beginning Of the war we had the
declaration that it was war for the
preservation of the Union, "with all
he dignity, equality and rights of tho
States unimpaired, and that as soon
as those objects were accomplished
the War ought to cease" How Was
this pledge kept Tho Union was
preserved. The next step was tho
emancipation of tho slaves. So they
had not only tho Union, but emancipa-
patton. 1t was then argued that it
would not do to stop just there SO
they gave them the ballot. It was
then argued that the ballot involved,
of course, tho right to hold Office. So
they were made eligible to Office. 1t
was then argued that if they werc to
be judges, they ought of course to act
as Jurors. So they were made Jurors.
1t was then argued that AS they were
freemen, they ought to have equal
civil rights with their masters. So
they passed the fourteenth amend
ment and the Civil Rights bill. It
was then argued that as they had be-
come such potential element in the
affairsof tho country, they ought to be
enlightened and 80 they introduced
free school articles in the State Con-
stitutions.
The programme has been carried
out more fully in South Carolina than
anywhere else. They have there d
negro Judge on tho bench of the
Supreme Court, who charges $l,25O
for riding in second class cars they
have carnct-bag Governor they
have negro Legislature and negro
Jastibes of Peacs, and negro Consta.
bles, and negro Assessors, and negro
Collectors and negro military balls,
where white ladies are embraced in
Varsovienne by negro majors. But
South Carolina is not quiet. Strange
to say these people arc not satisfied.
Their sensibiities %ere so bluntcd by
slavery that they seom unable to ap-
prehend the magnanimity of the Gov,
ernment. They vince under tho
taxes imposed on them. They get
mad when their sheep and hogs are
stolen, and their barns and dwellings
burned. Admitted to the Governors
mixed balls, and to tho reunions of
tue Second Regiment of the South
Carolina National Guard, (where they
meet the Miss Rollinses,) they pre-
fer to ride Ku Kluxing and play the
outlaw. So Congress comes down on
them again. We have a positive re-
fnsal to pass an amnesty bill, placing
the old South Carolina planters OH
an equal footing with Maj jor Dicker.
son, of the Second and we have, at
the Same time, third force bin,
BY which nearly the entire criminal
jurisdiction of tho State (and it ap-
plies to all the Southern States) is
transferred to the Federal coutts.
The President may Send Federal
troops there at his PLEASURE, and may
suspend the privilege of the writ Of
habcas corpus whenever it strikes his
fancy. Surely this ought to pacify
South Carolina. Has not similar
legislation, hanging over several hun.
cred years, pacifed Ireland Is
there not "order" at last in Warsaw :
Did not Austria make q fast friend of
Huhgafy by this decisive policy J.
Richmond Enoui,.er