The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-11-06
Letter from FIX GDy, Perry.

F"tcr$ Of h@ fo"|Th Congressman
NiS!1ct&J S."nA ru'oi,a". co,orr.x.
1"r Ii" Fo"nti,s Of To,h, Chester
FahF'c'd, tmiou, 'Tro,tnMb",y Lru
rcms, Grec"rWr, PicAcms aud Oconr
FELL@w.ClTIzENs I desire to H.:
dress few wolds to y"n on thc lc
salt Of the late congressional election
80 far Is an personally concerted.
l navc lao regrets to express. When
l acc"mcd your nnmiaatiun, which
was unsolici,cl and urexpcctcl, |
had no SlionG hopes of success, know
ing, IS | did, that the Radical PATTY
Wa III the a,ocn1ancv, and would not
scrn!c !c at amy f:aud and corruption
necessary to maintain thci: power in
the Congressional District. NV
health, age and diSinclina,ion to cn
ter pnbtic litc ayai' would have been
reasonable Justification in refusing
the uonor YEA conferred OH me. But
Thought is Il duty every good
cltizrn Owed his country, under the
present alarming condition Of pub
lie affairs 70 accept any position Mhich
m'"ht De assigned him b. the people.
IHa canvass throu%h which I have
lnst passed Was = ve,y short Que, and
| entered il actively aDd zaalously
| may ruf'hcr say, that it WAS both
pleasant al.d agreeable, AMI | cnj,y-
ed 1t exceedingly. la passing through
the n&rcs,ipnal D.stricf, | met
many of ny old and valued friends,
VII IA had "ut seen for years, and
Wtic " ;rcat many Ec~ friends,
wac a .NHll ever remember and
J"N"' Geese to value whist life lasts.
liver, where, ny reception was mo t
kind aud cordial, and fully compcn-
sAtcs me for all the tine and trouhle
- IT." CANVAS. BIT a!thon4h | do
rot regret pcr>unally,a as have said =,
Our Disappointment, yet as n citizen Of
South Carolina, [ do regret, lament
and dellorc the success Of the Radical
party tin oughrut til. State, in the re.
can't vlGcti.u for Congress ami State
oth;crS. 1t seems to Indicate that
there is TO be ~ change in the pres.
eat currHpi, oppressive and infA-
muuS.y rrt.ca State Government, or
hop" Of 'cn c$ci.tntinn for the white
people II i5pu'h Carolina in the Con.
gre 5 Of TIC U"itcd States. Go. 200
votcrS, rcp~nS ,nting nttrly 3D) O)l
pcrS 'n@, owning, in great mcasu, g. all
the property % thu Safe, agricul
tural. c,mncrri,l unl manufacturing,
and comprising in the same ,atio al
the lntclilgoncc, education, virtue and
patriotism OF the State, arc without
the scmbiancc Of representation in :,
government rurporting to be republi,
can
The State GDvcrumc cnt has, confess.
clly. fallen into the hands Of royu,S
swindlcrs anl corrupt men, who have
openly llnndcrcd the public Trcasu
~, robbed the people: forged State
bonds, Increased she Indebtedness OF
the State $27,0OO,O0O in four
years, levied and collected intolora
bic taxes, and enriched them elves by
the most barc-faccd bribery and cor
rnption as we'll as by arrant roguory
and plundcr. And yet the result oi
the roccnt election shows that these
r"guc', sw:ndl2rs and rnhbcrs are tc
be rcinstatod in authority for twc
years to comc, with co,tc h"nche tc
rob, steal and llund"r aG l,J.t'un
1t is sad m2Iancho!y to thir.k thai
the honest, patriotic and yirtnon,
white people OF South Caraiina ;rG il
sonc measure responsible for thj.
horrible aud appalling cond'tiou
OF public affairs. In many Cow.
ties, they did not tUrn on: to vote oI
the day of election! Can huma,
weakness and human apathy exceed
this ! The nnE'ocs, carpet. ba4ger:
aud scalawags turned OUT, almost 10 4
man Is it not passing strange that
the stupid negroes should fol more
Interest anl manifest moro zoa. in sus
tanning a corrupt, rotten government
and e'cc.ing to Office ro,ncs AM
ScuuudrclS, who DO not benefit him il
the least than an educated, intclli
gent an! patriotic gentleman docs il
tryin-, to oVcr-turn such Il government
and put honest men IN office, as leg.
sIat,rS, G,vcrn,r&, S.n,tors, Judges,
Nc. ! Tie sees the corruption, feel
thc hand of the opprcssor, and bear
the crushing burden of his taxes, ant
yet will not 60 from his house to vot
for a change in rulers or government
1t may be we'll said there is no &C
counting for human conduct.
In Grcenville, ono Of tho Countie
composing the Fourth Copgressiona
District, there arc $500 white voters
and only $500 Of them went out t.
vote 23O Of them were soalawags
who voted with tho negroes to con
tlnuc our prcSout corrupt regime
800 staid at home and did not vote q
all In Chester County, thero wcr
3e0 White voters who did not feel in
tsrcst enough in being represented II
Congress TO turn out at tho election
IN Fairfield, a County distinguishc'