The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-11-01

gress may have been violated in some
eases. No Good citizen would at
empt to justify those. But u+l
crimes are not peculiar to Souti
Carolina. Grimes as bad or moro
h,in"us are committed in all 'h.
States, and it would be easy econ |
to attribute ,hem to ku K;ux if i
should suit tn. federal s:nvcrnne ut t.
d. % for political ends. fnd, ed
there might be II, liwit to fede'ai in
reference in tho lncal atf .irs o
the several States, or even in this city
Of Now York, if the pruclams,i,u o
martial law j. t. f;.,lyw the commits
sion o. Similaf crime, as ,bose pnr-
pc,rstcd IN South Carolina. Sh.,,l.i
,hc cl"mo. "i :, lev partlSa" ttir III
! b. h'e,'"d more han the pri .cil,s al
locnl .r;t.g .vc'nmcn-, upou which
; ':a '"":ic { our i.st.,r,, nx tests,
'l:a W ! he .p r,d t. civil lib~rty.
c4ri','s ',c;, showing the rvck.
le'Sn"ss II L. ADS lu,St,a,i.n III the
htgn "Hhd'& cor'>v II l., pu, uing,
tt'8' orc h nc u,u / Qn;.: c,nutiee
|; III ,hr 5 ,.;t. -: S,p;h ,rni,na, that
-! M,r!ou, i" lac juc: 81 IN cheese PLACED
un:;cf N rtial law, wHple tho so:st
ku klnx coun'y--U i,u---,s ,mit;nd.
ihis Gr:".n"r E:'r.' it. +" s.i,, 4d-
nl'H :h"u;. /" - u =. 'iat:un o.
ibc conrn.' Of the ndmni tratiuu,
II moss h.: e CT rit,l error If l. be
'eec>sarj t" Eut = portion IF South
Carolina TN .cr H.aGiiai Law f"r cri ines
against individuals, what should be
dune in Notth Curuiinn, where a. few
bandits have s~fully dcGcd all
the constituted antho!ltie,2 Nothing
has occurred in South Carolina since
the war comparab!c TO the frightful
dep, cdations and defiant conduct Of
these bandite il the udjoiniug State,
entreuched in the swamps for months
aud committing the most diabohcal
murders and other fearful crimes
SO we might refer to tie hanging of
tho negroes in Tennessee recently by
the populace without law aud in de-
G"ncc of the authorities for outragcs
committed on white women, or to
many uther lawlcss acts both in the
South and North. Where, in fact
would there not be fonnd Il prctext
for the exercise of federal military
authority if the government should
wish to strain the law for that pur-
pose or had political object to ao
complish?
The president believes, perhaps, lie
is doing his duty. We are not will.
ing to think otherwise, but unfortu-
natoly, he is not a civilian, and has
little opportunity to study State af-
fairs in the light of civil and constitu.
tional law. Ills training has been
military aud his mind is imbued with
military ideas. No doubt he is a
patriot and wishes we'll to tho coun-
try, and believes, probably, that he
has intuitively the same capacity to
govern in poAce uS he had to command
in war ; bat if he would have his TIA me
90 Gown 10 tosterity az II statesman
: he must ieavc tne csmp aud drop the
! s@old -. he must in time Of pt ace r..,-
pee: above Ill ihlngs the civil libcrt,
Aud will he not have soma rcsa, d for
tie .n.mtlous aud tryirg situation
of hos" ,""r ,nthcrners, wn", ihpuy'
t. G.v..., ,4r- br,ve md hi h. y
I'd i,r"plr # .ur rwn acr a...i ',,o {, ?
Cn H.. ':nt see he la ilitirE rrsl.
ian they ur~ pla"ch IN, particularly
in Sou :. car''I'n j. beng p"l,,,ca,
slaves % th lr fo,mtr D., me tic SLAVES
-.n Intelligent a01 cuit.va.e po-
pnlatirn pat under tn. ynle Of ignor-
uGt mp sem,.savage nesrues aud cor.
rnpt Strangers, "hu have little or no
interest in the State, except to rob
it Has he no bowels of C mpas,ion
for thes unfortunate people al ,ur o wn
blood n der such trying circnm.
$tanre> 7 We 'hlnk, as we sid 5efrre,
h:; ;' n.e,.,s yeti; 'ut he ha, heer
6. du",t'" =. I" eXue ne iprasu cs,
hic &c fu"! 'ntii p OPT # ) u'h
=" lr III ''' urn1s -, evil
- = r., mar ~.
=. 80: .... .'.'-" -. r''e "u.. fo,
"a ...' er rs i'hr
p. i.''',' >;..",,.. -, hat nc G II
',ra. : ,.oi:'i",.i ,ap' a. nd "lu
liz x.,..i Ill uf th.. u":,tr.,u" Amen.
"a, rcl!r,n, hn.n Nor b ana South
lore by kind AID i.hc al policy tt
:h" >1ou' ncrnc!s ih"n by military Coz
econ Le us u,:<r peace" seems
tn Du h:s typ.ite mott", anH he can
bavt pc.cA 10 the South, as we'll Il,
good will evo' ywuere,- by abandoning
his military idea of government and
making tho civil law supreme 10 every
section Of dur Common cuuutry.-N.
Y. Herald,