The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-05-08
Presidential 'BayOnetS.

House on the, alleged Kn NlnX INK
t5in Snmfh Carolina is too ma liennn' II
- every feature to merit aught hut tht
Q inflammation If right minded people
His o~h party'in in CHngre>s are res
trained'hy the Violence nf it's spiri
from volunteering it tlieir def-n>e
. Ha heaps these ato>s chnryes on the
people Of South tlmussud
of instances. Of criminal vi"lrnce with
i" II year, il nine cnnnties of III,
4. 8 ate--aLd links them with "grnnc
system of criminal "s. ci .tious pre-
v,iling in mo~t "f the Sou her,
Sates," th"t he may inf .me anew
the old h.t,c''s aud free througn
Comprc the Bill ex' en'ling the pow
er t. suspend the writ Of haboas cor.
pus. The calmneSs Of the magistrate
is,ehtirely wanting in this Ext cu'iv.
: communication; n"thiug y visible ia il
but n slec LESS vindic,iveues~, an ac-
cnmulation Of deliberate exaggera
tion>, and the purpose to pin tn"
S'n'h to his political support with
FEDERAL bayoucts.
1t Is time that those who consent
cd 10 clothe him with snch absulute
! power should pause to review their &C.
: tion and impose POSITIVE restrain
upon their too ambit,ous agent. C.l
! Mcclure, IF Penn>y ylvupia, has ju>,
! stated with perfect truth that the
South was never devastated as it hiss
been since the war. Tho Senate il
abont to debate the propriety uf con.
tinuing this irresp nsible P'wer in the
bands of snch M, Executive. 1T t.
ominouS that it should n>ent to con-
slider the p'op"sal ut I'll. It. is now
to-, obvious that the P,esi lent cnvet
it only Tor the sake uf enforcing hi ;,
re election by the bayonct; aud wheu
Chief Magistrate i, once chosen
after that manner. the precedent will
prove fatal one t" z publican liher-
ty. We wnn'the Senate to pnu. C
h' re r"ceeding in this perilous
path. y party that is iudecl devn.
/ ted to f'eed"m will regard the
; security Of flee government far be.
} ond any PERSONAL victory.
The unprovok Eruption Of body
# United States cavalry, hy the
Presideut'. Sc ret order, into the
peacefni town OF l. ,urensville, pre-.
scnts picture for those " ho arc still
Jealous of public hb<rty to contem.
! piate with all seriou,ue>s. n quiet
town suddrnl Y surrnnnded its unof.
teudins citizens seiz d and carried off
TO prison without warning: marched
thirty mites t' the place of secmitv !;
women aud CHILDREN weeping and dis
tr"c'cd the fields neglected {; work
aud business of all kinds brnusht to a
sudden etand.still town and dis
trict blighred n fisherman murder
Cd this Is the rule Of tho bayonet :;
which the laws permit dictator and
tyrant to impn>c npnn a peaceful
Community, aud for which he puts fnr.
w"'d the p'e'rXt Of thc Ku-Klux
phantom. Grant W uts the Law ex.
tended that he may hold the South
ern States in bonds until utter his
election by The help of their vntcs
thus "htaine'l. Aud the Senate is
! calmly considering whc'hor it will
Lodge such power in his hands any
, l'neer. In f.ct, 1t j. held that thi,
supreme power is his in any event
until the rst M,ndav Of D.cember,
lna>Inuch as the current srs ion ON
not Do strictly terminated before
: ,ha' time. Its limitation was pnr.
posely lett ind"fnite. 1t j, the rx..
e'cise of 70 dangerous a power that
/ has cal'eh nu' tn. regent letter on
G"v. P.l,uer. f lliinnis, he DeI her
WIS the delrg,'ion of it to the
President, nor will he support him
for renonin .tion with such IL weapon
{. J." his grarp. There i not State,
district, township or pr. cinct, into
which he "uy n IVY enter, na he did
iuto the terrified village of Laurcns.
/ vile, and co,t,ol 'he bollot at his
| persoual pleasure. 1t was for this
very purpose bat his party in Con.
gFess originally clio he'd him with this
ubso'ntism. Though they may agree
to proloug its tenure, tho better ele.
meuts 1T the party outside are in re.
volt against it and the gross abuses it
shelters. The reform movement is
not day too early in tho field. II
this powerful weapon cannot bo
wrested from the hands of Grant bes
fore the election, the Liberal, Repub.
licans will find they have got to Il sht
fearful opposition, for whose exis'
ltence they mu't themselves tshare the
nnwelcome responsibility. Boston
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