The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-09-27

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Gghteen cents per pound, waald bos
equal to a full crop oeSFour Milliops,'
at yhfrtesn and a Aalfvs~ts per pound \
sMunchausen Put to Shame.
We had hoped to avoid a controver.
sy with the, Columbia. Union, and iss
correspondent "x,". but since IL has
been, thrast upon ~, wel sagslsy o.
oept IL. :, .'.
! We observe in the Union: Of tho
23d, another letter from 'sXs" its
'fWinn,bofo~ correspondent, Fan~'ems'
b"dimeptl VI ifafstiiovds from begin
ming to end. We Ought not, property
speaking, to notice this eommthfca.
tion on account OF its ehaua,ing from
an anonymous individual, but it is 80
tingrantly false and "cowafdly in its
character that we cannot pass it'by.
| The letter In question opens in this
rise: ..,r.. .,,f.,,.,.. ..,.....,
"7Ae Wmnbo,p Nssos, she organ Of
shc XII Kirr Kmn, In this section Of
the country" etc. ''. -, -. ~,
| Uron this point We have but little
to say, and that little We mean in its
| JuU force. If the @aonynou scores.
pondent makes this statement upon
hio Oson responsibility he afmply ut
ters that which ho himself Knows "
DO false. If he does not comprehend
the meaning Of oNr words, he uan be
enlightened by uulling upon us. .,1..
! We we'll know that the; foul charge
Of connection with tho ku Klux is
made for the purpose Of i,Juring OUT
character. and placing spies over us>
thereby jeopardiz:ng our liberty, aud
probably frightening US from our
course of deuunciution IF the thieves
and pluudere,s who at present hold
the reins of government. If such be
the motive that prompts so false an
accusation, We rcj"ice to know that
the con,emptiblO efforts Of the Union
and its. anonymous correspondent
"X" will be surely baffled.
Tho case Of Nancy Coleman, cited
by "X," is still frest in The minds of
our readers.
Those acquainted with the facts and
circumstances of the affair, both
whito and coIored, believed that the
murder and burning was committed
bJ negroes, on account of some pri.
vate fcud. evtr,heless it better
serves the purposes of Radicalism to
pervcrt the truth and throw the
odium of tho lawless act upon so.call-
cd Ku klux. ..
In this same letter, we find also the
following piece of Information -
"The ku Klux certainly exists in
this County, as all organized baud"
) We pronounce this statement utterly
; false aud without foundation. No
ono can trathJuNy otto single in
stance Of violence or law lessness com.
mittcd by even supposed ku Klux.
If the Union correspondent can prove
what he 70 boldly asserts, why does
he not take steps for tho arrest of
those he accuses of lawlessness
Put ve believe that we have said
snough to show up "X" in his true
Iharacter. At tho close Of his letter
Of the Goth, he says "I am response
bic for tho letter of the 18th instant"
The idea Of responsibility attach
ing to an anonymous communication
is simply absurd. .n b..
Upon the whole, we regard the at.
tack of the anony nous CORES pondent
f upon tho character of this paper aa
co'oardly in the eatreme. We arc
aware that the FREQ use of personali-
. i,ics is contrary to tho true spirit Of
Journalism, but recourse to them in
the present instance has bocn forced
upon us, and upon this ground ouly
we ak for the indulgence of our read.
ers. .. =. 49,. ...... III ~ -
.' Going to Liberia. DID,.
The Washington correspondent of
Boston Advertiser says that Mr.. WIN,