The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-03-29

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ought teSs thsI relations Of tho races
and tho9 figbssfaOs humanity, which
.riqy threatens, blythe premature OK
aHstiop sof qoyel ignorance" before
it.was educatsd,to degrade and ruin
a. continent Yes, this Southern
white people are q, power on this side
of the Atlantic that oannotI and will
not be ignored, and they have ever.
shown such practical sagaoity, espe7
cially in politics, That their earnest
and passionate convictions may be
rouhded off andgmodi6ed, but cannot
be extermi6ated or thwartcd by any
other power tito world. We calmly
wait for results, with iunahaken conf
dence in the future. Above tho
cloud of anarchy and crime that
threatens, the alba siella,' the fair
bright star Of Southern Statesman
ship, will yet rise, 10 tho ascendant,
and shed its beams Of prosperity and
peace. We admit that the whites,
too, need, cdtcation most deplorably.
We know that these rotten State Cow
ernments will not attond to it, but will
continue to make stealing the first
thing, and stealing The last thing to be
considered, aid tho national govern
ment alone, if even that, can educate
this generation. But this Charleston
paper is so hide.bound in cold yankee
prejudice, that its obtrusive advice to-
"a people whose genius it cannot un--
derstand, Is little Ices than radical,
impudence. ,aHl.
Unterrlned by Consequences.
! The mercenary adventurers who
have lent themselves as tools for fas.
tcning upon the South the most rot.
ten and corrupt governments tho sun
ever shone upon, aro now prating Of
"law and order," asif Meirrule is the
government of laW, and heir contin-
uation in Office is agreeable to correct
notions of order What people more
devoted to claw and order" than the
white. people Of the South : Who
but they Carried through tho first
revolution, as Washington's letters,
m utilated by JARED Spprks, could
prove Did thoy not, too, eight four
years upon q constitutional question,
though many of thom, like Gen eral
Loe, were earnest advocates of eman
cipation I And will this consoien.
tious people submit forever to be the
mere tributaries Of unprincipled ad-
vcnturcrs and Of ignorant aud brutal
semi.barbarians, with no sense of hon
or or virtue, or justice, with prejudi-
COS, caste hatreds and jealousies,
springing from their trace, color or
previous condition." for their whole
stock of opinions, and led by the vii.
est and the mcancst of whitc men, for
many ofwhom the gallows is far too
good fate ? Never. They love
claw and orders' they love "a WE'LL
regulated liberty" too we'll they are
determined to have it; and thore is
manhood in the South quito enough to
accomplish their sostled purpose.
The organs of this hideous and vile
Disagreement will fail, by conjar
ing up pictures Of distress, to check
the rising indignation and the spread.
ing resentment Of an outraged people
trampled upon, undor the bypocriti-
cal pretence of extending liberty,
and degraded and pillaged md plum.
dered, under the pious garb Of phil
anthropy and humanity. They arc
q patient, a law-abiding, an earnest, a
religious people, this white people of
the South. But they begin to fcel
that continued submission to such
degradation and wrong is the last
method Of providing o remedy
They SEE, roo, WITH REoRxr, THAT
THEY CANNOT EDUCATE oUr or THEIR
DIFFICULTIES, for these vile govern.
ments care nothing for education,
lavish millions on extrsvagant and
corrupt jobs, and steal tho poll-tax
and other funds that they pretend to
appropriate for education. What,
then, must they do g. 1T cis a solemn
and serious question. We use plain
language, and We s!#sys moan what
wo say. Tho people Of the South iu-
tend some way to FIGHT OUT. Or ru,s