The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-12-06

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have been swiftly realized Look
hisday at our Executive, our legis-
latire hiatory, our ruined fnauccs,
our disordcrcd State stricken in its
| liberties and its industries 4! let
your Excellcncy contemplate the
Ispectacle which yon yourself present
to-day seeking to hold up With
| your bnyoucts the rotten falling pyra.
mih OF reconstructed South Carolina
the pyramid which pigmy states
men have sought to make rest upon
its sharp apex instead Of its broad
base.
But the scheme Of Radical recon
a;ruction was placed in operation.
The demands Of party required the
experiment to be made. Need we
poiut your Esccl!cncy TO thc history
Of South Carolina for the last three
years 1t is the history of plum
dcrcd and outraged people. 1t is the
history Of misrule, proAigacy, fraud
and corruption. No sooner had tho
doors Of the State bceu opened, prior
to the beginning of the reconstruction
era, when horde Of hungry thicviug
! political adventures came to uur
State. These flsttcrcd the hopes and
fostcred the the prejudices Of tho
chfraI chisch freedmen, and struck
! hand, ana united fortunes with the
native roEegadcY. Thus was formed
d combination, wheucc proceeded al!
the eviIs that have comc upon this
! State. loyal lIcagues secret. oath
, bound ~ccic,ius, political, military,
religious aud industrial in character
we're established all over the State
The autagonism between the two races
! that inhabit South Uaroliua was art
fully kept up. Then followed those
events which have made the history
Of Radioa'i,m a iIsgr &" to civ'l,zn.
tia. G"r. : OF; "rEn ze> lis uvgru
q. "A, .ud 49, hcm ~ \ V, rhr,.
'cr uilae >". bill c::.I' 4c>. st t.
Officials St.al and C"n~y oGiria.,
, Qu,,kIy i"lIow their cxampl". The
! hands # legislators close nlon open
bribes. Gov. Scott opens the doors
Of Che pcnit"n'iary to his convict pets
! and sends them back TO tho cDmmu-
mites whence they had been taken
by the hands Of justice. The Land
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lima becomes weak, nyrvciess and
pn)selcSs from corruption. Under
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Enc ncr,ct.nfc1so,La Lco,nIi,m,
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L,y. oiI, Ioon s;rrna .,.;ns, anl
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trv 6,os NOT GOT wnnd.r.t,bs ,rndar.
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10, ,arr EvcoIl.ncv no,r ifr' irnIfnr'
v,,n. 49,. t,ll, ~ th;a s,l,;n".
nos,. and have cvor onnoxod .ecret
assnciat;ons nro.n;yoI fnr noi;,;aai
or d;sc;nl;n,rv nrrnoso. r ha,;ors
th,t ,hn ar;,' .tho.rlm;,h o.sna;a,os
counterb,l,ncos, ,ho nnod Thnro.rn
IN odd;,;on etb;cOI cor.;dnro,;ors
wb;rh n,rtrol n,r ;',lo,nm. ana ~
tcrmipn NV ac,;on vron H.. omos,;on
Wbilst. tborrforo ( c,rnot dorenJ
,h,, thoro - ~ NV L.v" hoan 'f
. In klux;sm IN Sou,I Carol;na ! IN.
tend n.yo,,h.Ioos 70 o;yo ,nv ;r,nro.
sions rs - ;,s true ,,b;Insonhy and it,
corrnct ;ntsrnrot,t;nn Unwavor m
diy,rtcd NV h,d onI ;rr,.nons;hIc