The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-03-29
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Observation-Disclosures 49,
hetter from Judge Conway on Southern
! pangers7-lle Defends Ills Proposal for
'thc Recognition OF the Southern Con-
s's'federacy. r'~a~-
HbYthe, Editor efMeoNew York. 1ri1-
Is NNe..g,cl 4hi hna A. .il nNi
SIR: And now comes Wendell
Phillips, and suggests the killing Of
every white man in tho South as tho
final and only satisfactory solution Of
tho vexcd question orRcconstruction
Ten years ugo when the South had
won hor independence in the field,
and for all purposes Of war was a
SEPARATE Power, / offered in Congress
a;proposition to recognize her as a
political Power also; the effect of
which would have been TO open n
clear road for us and for her in all
subsequent times and transactions
in peace rs well us in war. She wanted
nothing better, and was ready to &C
coptait, conscious Of its full import.
1t would have secured the nationality
Of the North from the moment
ofiits achievmcnt, and the brave
South @ould have been left to stand
or fall upon her own exclusive ca.
paoitics forever thereafter lobarrod
from asserting status in the Fcdcr.
alUnion. Then, if the war had gone
on, it would have been not to rest orc
totho South its Federal rowor, bu
as ~ war between my other two indc
peMdent States. Or, fpcacc had bee,
proclaimed (as much fayorcd) thcwa,
would have been open for negotiation
and reconstruction upon satisfactory
terma.
But instead of this obvious ant
honorable method of dealing with tn,
subject, policy was pursued tho OBJ
jeot Of which was to subordinate tn
South indirectly to tho authority 0
tho North, under the form of tn
Union-to treat her as conuucre,
province, while pretending to rccog
nize her rs an integral part, accord
ing to the principles of tie Fedora
system.
The insufficicncy of this trick-t,
say nothing of its dishonosty-to SC
cure tho end aimed Mt, was apparen
to us from the outset. Given tn,
ELECTORAL power belonging to tn,
several States Of tho South-powc
ncccssairally conceded in acknowlcdg g
ing the existence as Federal States
and nothing could DO conceived, con
trived, or invented, which would b
competent to permanently subordi
nate them in the Government of tn
Union. You might force them t
assent to amendments of tho Fedora
Constitution you might disfranchis
tho white populations and give sui
fragc to tho blacks; but such meas
ures would have only a tcmporar
effect. In tho end tho whito me-
would control tho electoral powor O
thc'StateR, that would be sure to 4,
its work ip tho government Of the ma
tion. '''
For expressing such views I was SC
upon as an ally Of tho Rebels, an
pursued by my generous Repub
llcan brethren as pariah might b
by the all-wisc, all-holy and all-rc
spectacle Brahmins Of India.
Wcarc now beginning to see tn
end. limo sets all things evon
Con. Butler doclincs to serve on tn
Committee to spy out tho IEu~Klu.
-.-perhaps for fear they may roas
and serve him up somo fins mornin.
for breakfast. Further Congresso ona
legislation on the SUBJECTS dropped
Reconstruction is finished. The South
crn States arc all back in tho Union
Yetnobody in the North feels com
Portable, except Vallandieham anG
the Democracy. Wendell Phillip.
hastens to tho rescue with the oni,
remaining remedy, viz: to kill ever,
white man in tho South, which, Will
all duo respect, think might b,
found, after all, quite as Impractical.
Bile rs any Of tho other expedicnt,
which have been tried.
In the late war, the South tough
against brute force--not brains Sh,
was overborne in the field by tn,
strength of her onomies. Sbo vii. rea,
tho fruits Of greht victory from theiI
stupidity. Let tho South move tc
the front The future is hers
hm.' MARTIN Il. CONWAY.
oWAsn'NeToN, March 20, 1871.