The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-06-21
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Wednesday Morning, June 10, 1871.
A WAR Certain but Aav1lunta.

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ry.
Ger eral Toombs's red hot hatred Of
yankoedom and candid avowal there,
of, now making oehsation in the
yankee papers, brings up very natur.
ally the question, whothcr or nbt he
is right In asserting that we will havo
another war, much sooner than is now
expected, between the North and the
South. We do not believe in any
such mere sectional war. But We do
believe that elements are at work
in our government that will produce
q war Of ideas, hid not Of sections, so
surely as the sun rises and sets.
False principles in government are
like slow poison in food, and ihetlta.
bly, result in war, just as slow poison
inevitably produces death. War is
tho spnsn that strives to fling on
false principles, just rs Lausea brings
on the vomit that strives to eject a
poison. AS the nausea that brings on
tho vomit is totally beyond the control
Of the will Of the individual uufortu-
natoly most cottcerhed, and results
from physical and vital forces lnv5l-
untary in their action, SO war is
equally beyond the cotitrol Of the So
ciety most interested, and results from
tho Irresistible play Of social aspira.
lions and symputhies which act ire
speotive of oonscquehces. There nev.
or was, on tho part Of the people, such
thing as voluntary war. They are
al0ays surprioed, or dragged into it.
They give their consent to impossible
p"li' les, and rouse combative tendens
cics that viii not down without a
trial of foroe. They worship n false
idea, fanatical dotusi0hi OF proud
conceit, and tho bay yonct aloho can
prick the bubble. War is, too, with
flute beings as weak and sinful as we
are, an absolute moral necessity.
There would bo no human progress
without it: 1t is Tho discipline of ma
tious. as necessary for their instruc.
tion as the discipline that all sensible
people believe best for child. War
y political litigation--a rude method
Iof reaching justice-bet the one sure
to be resortcd to, until higher court
of appeal, "the parliament Of ma
tious" of which philanthropic hu.
manitarians dream, and in which rapt
enthusiasts believe, shall have really
met. Now We do hold that thore arc
questions in American politics by no
means settled; and which must be Iiti.
gated. Such a set Of eel6sh partisans
As the majority Of any Congress that
can ever be elected under our present
system of mere majority REPRESENTA-.
tlon, it rs too plain to sober man :,
never will and never can litisato and
adjust them fairly. They are sufe to
make an impolitio, if not q cruel ana
unjust decision, and roly on bayone...
to sustain it. If they do, ard they
arc going to do NOTHING else, unless hu.
man nature has been reconstructed by
the Radical party, war will result, in
voluntary, disastroua,' ortel, bloody,
and yet withal, in many OF its aspects.
magnificent and glorious war. We in
America will repeat the experience Of
the human race elsewhere.
- ~ - ~ev---
"Pnt Money i'm Thy POck ets.',
We ornsidtr it one of the very best
signs of political despair, yet one
that promises ultimate political 70.
demptions when we SEQ our exchanges
swing back from mere party politics
To industrial devefonmnnA r, n.o