The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-12-06
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oh. Whatever there was of X,
Kluxism or lynch law organizations
. in South Cavoliun, produccd II pro.
found Impression upon the ,hicring
officials, State and County, in this
State, upon the malicious negroes,
! and upon avil doers in general. Il
sword Of D,moc'es was suspended
above sho heads Of these people. and
the state grew quiet. Good men
felt no fear. Bad men tre,nhied.
They knew not how soon the avenger
would come. But this state Of things
was, OF course, not agreeable to the
corpct.baggc' the renegade and the.
malicious .ncgro. This sword cf
fanoclcs must be removed. Gov.
ernor Scott could not remove it. He
saw and trembled. Then Was formed
the great conspiracy, in which you,
NV. HrcEidcrt, have been drnwA as an
instrument to carry out The programme
ot unscrnpuioIs and alarmed mon.
The plot opens with gross cxaggera-
ton Of the acts Of outrHges in this
StHtc. 1t is foliowcl up with mis-
approximations Of the spirit and pnr.
poses alleged TO be Herewith conM"at~
hnra s,s;r @ r<ia Ma' j. .h."., ,IA',', J., =" s!eI'
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c''?uT in South Carolina. You are
falsely tH!d tnat the ciy,i power,
onar,m,.n, Tha " n,,D,'; ,'oY ',, w 'n 'rt
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wor inh,;n,rr ,,,nt oy w. I ,,..i'.
deemrd ,hc r;aLt-,s !, tn.t ,ha.o
iaurcls must q, C,wnens and near
King. mountain w7tLnr and l;o
A,,a now Mr p,n.,L.nt 10. no
protest no, only ar,in =, tne loss md
damage i, ni,,rd can.,irsS]v unnn nnr
ipdusfri,, Interests nm, ~ q Tst mr
p,vt. ST. ay SOL. m !, 40 ,r,;n.t thn
viola ion Of ,hc eat writ, + nrr,or,l
liberty, Involved N >onr nr,,rnrdimgs
in this State. nrIcr ,Ic *, XIV A.
Of Cnne,c>x. Ua, j. ever orcnrr.d ~
your Excellcucv. ,ha. ,,u nr, I'm,
carr,i.r ON, tn. decrcrs of an unc,n.
stitutionai Ac, or i ,,ort,iy.rI Cnn.
errss H. j. we'll kn,vn .nI oc.
ccp:cd lcral m.x,u. that - d,,.,oted
power cannot hc d, lcp .trd, The Cam.
stituticn of the United States, which
are sworn to oosYryc. nrotrc, ,nd do
fcnd SAYS that Conrrcss r,ov srenond
tn" rrivllcec Of the writ or buLco,
corDus when rebellion or Invasion do
impc,il the public safety. N,w ri.
though this power is dcleratcd to
Congress only by The ,'ons,itn,ion
Of the Republic. yer, the Act Of Con-
,ress approyed Anr;j % lS7l ..ol..
to dcl,yatc this power 10 III. pre,i.
dent, and allows him TO exercis. h;s
discretion in deciding when the ssra-
belion or inyasion." rcferrcd to IN
the Constitution, >liali be considered
as existing. This, Mr.. President, in.
vested YOU with imperial bower, and
YOU might well have tnrncd ,w,v
from the sceptre which the Mark An.
tonys Of Congress- rendered to Won
But your Excrllcn .v-your Maiestv
| might add-scized The tcnicred
mower. You did mora In ynur
proclamation of October II, last Won
proceed To corrv on this dolou.t;oD 6
II delegated BOWER. You dclcratc
your power to the United States Mar.
shal, and he is authorized to dcleratc
to his deputy, and he to \ soldicr End
he to citizen, aud thus il comes to