The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-02-21

per action thereon, their record
would show higher appreciation Of
tho necessities of their constituency,
than has been apparent heretofore.
But We fear s'Ephraim is ioihsd to
tis idols,'- hnd every sense Of public
duty departed from the majority Of
our lawmakers.
! OongressionaI slices.
Mr.. Herndon Of Texas. on tho
Education Fund Bill, thus descants on
tho purposos Of tie Il .dioal patty,
under show Of libcrAliIy tu the
South
81 look upon the bill os one OF tho
important steps in the general plan of
consolidation of all the lowers re-
served to the States aud p"ople l., the
General Governmcnt, and ~ olosely
connected with tina, o;her LII brought
forward at this Session TO authorize
tho General Governmsn, to purchase
nil the telegraph lines in the c.uu:ry
and operate Them under and az part
of the post olics system at cost of at
least one hundred millions of money
md an increase Of about sixty thous.
and more officials in the Guvern,ncnt,
Thus step by step Are We as nation
marching forward,. hrcaking over all
guarantees, che~ks.
restrain,s, and ancient lan.!:marky,
aud moving to central point doubt
les fixed and determined upon hy the
domlnant party, who are not acting at
random, but with wise foresight to
accomplish given purpose. When
tho great Fundamental principles of
this Government aro tul.verted aud
changc' to n consolidated 20 ser, what
u'c presented as staggering difficulties
now, will vani>h like mists before tie
rising aun them States will then
complain In vain of violated rights:
coordihate departments of G ,vern:
ment will demand without redress
freedom in their respective spbercs ,
the civil tribunals of the land will
bow with reverence to military tlic,n.
tior, md tho smothefed voice of the
people at elections will no longer dis
turb the reposc Of those in power.
A few regiments with a park of ar.
tillery will be sufficient to quiet the
restless aud turbulent, and teach
them that power has A.:d from the
people and tho States and fonnd' a
res'ing-rlaco In the General Govern.
mcut. We are a great nation, pros.
porous beyond any earthly power our
resources are almost without limit
and while in this favored condition
ought we not to pause, and trace tho
steps to our greatness We have al.
ready violated some of the fundamen.
tai principles upoti Which this miubtv
structure is built how many moro
can VIC disregard without checking
our prosperity The wisdom of the
past ought to remind us that the
greatest nationalities Of for,t,f ages
did not begin to crumble to ruins un-
til they became wealthy, wise in their
bwn conceit, and had achieved n
wo, ld-wids renown. While We marvh
Inside of the principles of the Consti.
t'tion and regard it as the sacred
en- 'rter of cur libertics, we will have
union, vigor, patriotism, ahd ever
inc casing wealth, power and wisdom.
But in the day that VIC conduer all our
enemies without, and crush all politi.
o'l parties oppostd to the one domi.
haat party within, that day will wit:
moss the Constitution no louger re-
spected, and the hand writius on the
wall will remind US that the day of
OF: prosperity IS gono, aud that VIC
too havo boon weighed in the bal
ances."
There was quite fight over the
Syndicate in Congress:
Mr.. Cox asks the Secretary of tho
Treasury:
cate T.
"Mr. BourwEbL. I hean jaw
C"oko & Co., aud others connected
with them in this county aid in Eu.
rope. [ do not know who they arc.i'
Thus it appears that the syndicate
:" '"co ""o tHo uees WlIuouC lntereStI
of Sl0Q,0O0,000 of Government mon.
les for an average period Of about
three months aud twelve days, and of
S2o;oO0,otO more for an average pc.
rod of over six months and Il half.
and of the residue for nearly seven
mouths. Making the most liberal al
lo%anco for expenses the profit to the
syndicate must reach So $4,000.
Rc.dtstricting the Slate.
We extract tho following from
Thursdays Journal Of the House:
The unfinished business of yestcr-
day ut the hour Of adjournment, being
the consideration of g bill to div;1e
the state into five congressional dis.
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