The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-11-20
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| Let no man accuse tho able and
'hrewd politicians, who, as the Re.
publican National Committee, direct
ed the canvass for Gen. Grants re-.
election, with squandering tho unpro-
oedentod sums raised aud disbursed
oy them in this contcst-with having
played whole park Of artillery to
kill fly. The Liberal movement
was at one timo formidable, aud had
4 prospect of success. Had not mil
lions been expended to arrest its pro-
gress in tho State elections of the last
three months, it might even have
swept tho country, though all the
money ralscd in its behalf would at
eest have been pOuco to balance
Aud, while thcre are dangerous ten.
denotes developed by this canvass,
which forcshadow government by
tho rich and ablo few, subsidizing and
controlling such portion as they may
require Of the ignorant, pcnniless,
venal many, let US never despair of
tho American Republic ~. Y.
| Tribune.
Not only did large body of Dem
ocrats refrain from voting for Mr..
| Greeley, but another large body Of
them voted for Gen. Grapt and to
| these two classes, rather than to the
Republican party, he is Indebted for
his election for second term.
These faots illustrate In 4 very
striking manner the instability of par
ties and the inconsistency of poilti-
ciaus.-N. Y. Sun.
For MIR. Greeley and his partisans
in this hour of triumph there should
be nothing but kindness. Ilc ell
tered into its spirit and became its
leader, not because, like too many of
its adhcrents, he desired an occasion
to revenge personal hate, but be-
cause he saw an opportunity to en-.
grail: certain reforms upon the adj
ministration of affairs. By his
great services to humanity he has
won the love and admiration of his
people, and the ''.memory of the good
that he has done will survive long
after tho hates and passions Of this
campaign shall have been forgottcn.-
Philadelphia Press, (Formey RadicaD.
Let us say, however, that wo have
no idea that Gen. Grant will assume
imperial authority at tho end Of his
second term IIo is not the man for
that. Nor do We believe the country
has reached tho period in its his. ory
when the zone man" cn usurp the
power to rule. Therefore We look for
happy, contcnted, and, we hope,
prolonged period for the Rcpabi'c'
But though Greeley is defeated,
the cause of Liberalism is not defeat
cd, and 1t is great satisfaction to
teel that Grants election is due, Us
~e slid above, to other causes than
those of scctiohalism and the passions
engendcrcd by the lato war. The
bloody chasm has been steadily clos
ing even during tho campaign. Men
have listened to the arguments and
symtathized with the continents of
tho Libernlists who have voted for
Grant. Tho seed sown will ger.
inmate and produce rich har-
vest. The next campaign far tho
Presidency will be freed from tile
war feeling. Parties Will be thor.
oughly intcrluced, binding nll sections
together, and men will seek populari.
ty by propitiating the popular in
terests everywhere. Greeley himself,
looking to the future, said that he
might be beaten, but that the cause
Of Liberalism would ultimately
triumph and it will.-Richmond
Dispatch.
Poor South CarOlind.
Tho editor of the Caucasian pic.
tures our unfortunate State In the fol.
lowing paragraph
"We battle against the hcll-botn
policy which hus tramplod the faircyt
aud noblest States of our great sister
hood beneath the unholy hoofs of
African savages and shouldcr-strap.
ped brigands-tho policy which has
given u2 millions Of our frce.born,
high-souled brethren and sisters,
conntrymcn and countrywomcn Of
Washington, Rutledge, Marion and
Lee, to tho rule Of gibbering, louso
eaten, devil worshipping ba, bariuns,
from the junglcs Of Dahomcy, and
peripatetic Buccaneers from Cape Cod,
Mcmpbromagog, He'll and Boston,"
! The New York Tribune Of tho 9Th
among its conclusions as to the causes
and the general result of the late
! Presidential election, indicutes as one
of the reasons of the large majority OF
General Grant:
"The great mass Of orr people feel
no sympathy for those they still 70.
gard as rebels. Oh the contrary they
hold that these lave heen trcntnI