The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-01-24
WINNT&RORO,
Wednesday Morning, Jan. "a, 1879.
Political Outlook I'm the State
"A 1eyv SuggesttOns.

OhAsAS"A UueAOOA IN tnG STATE
"A IeSv suggestiOns.
Pro6ting by past experience, it
we'll behooves the honest, well-mean-
ing people Of this State to decide ut
an early day upon the means that will
most effectively put down the present
corrupt Ring of thieves and robbers
that infest the capital, and thero per-
petrato frauds and outrages under the
name of a Republican govornmen
that will remain forever a stain upon
tho civilization of this country.
Delay is dangerous, and the issues
nt stake demand curly action. Plans
tor the future must he maturod, and
our banners flung to the breeze, be-
fore our enemies realize our mode of
warfare.
In the next political contest in our
State, tho only issue will bo between
Honesty and Justice on the one side,
and Fraud and Oppression on the
other. Questions of suffrage have
been settled by the highest law in tho
land. The rights of the colored race
have beon determined and defined by
an arbitrament from which tLcre is
no appeal. No issue then in State
politics can arise except as to tho in
tegrity and competency of thoeo striv-
ing after the reins If governm cnt.
Old party lines have virtually disap
peared, and We behold now divisions
only between those who lovo the State
and guard closely hor interests, and
those who feel no devotion to their
adopted mother, and are every day
feaSting on ha. vi'a!s, persocuting her
native so~e, aud huuiliating her in
tho dust. Of the latter, tho proof of
their misdeeds, oftheir guilt Of cam.
nable acts and proceedings, is alread =
established, and the world at large
looks on in horror, and pronounocs
upon them deserved condemnation.
l, Now is tho timo for every honest
man in South Carolina, of every par
ty and color, to come forward and
prove his foalty to the commonwealth
Pirates nre aboard the old shin of
State, and unless driven from their
position, will ere long souttle her, and
she will sink to rise no moro.
The character of the times demands
'mperatively an uprising of the good
people, throughout the entire length
and breadth of the State, to hurl from
tho high places they have disgraced,
the miserable villains and vampires
now sucking our very life.blood.
Riso in your might, honest yeoman-
ry OF the country, and come forward
to the rescue of your State, and all
you hold dear, from the hands of
those who, unless soon checked, will
sink it and you to the lowest depths
OF misery, and, 10 their uubridled
oarecr, will procipitate you to q state
OF existenoe to which death would bo
preferable. We call, and we hone
not in vain, upon all wcll.disposed
and patriotic citizens, Democrats and
Republicans, white and oalored, to bu.
~ all past issues, and unite henccfor-
ward in common cause looking only
to the preservation of our State from
those who seek her ruin. The cues.
tion at stake is whether public thieves
and soouudrels shall rule the State. or
honest and upright mon shape her
destiny.
Upon this broad platfrom We trust
we will meet every honest man in
South Carolina at our next election.
and working together in noble cause,
succeed in redeoming THE stricken
State from the clutches Of tho greedy
valtures who now hold her 80 tightly
in their grasp.
May God defend the right.