The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-04-02
TER.ES-IN ADFANCE.
South Carolina Correspondence.


rambling account Of my journey
houthwards. In it intimatcd my
intention Of dealing at large on south
crn subjects in no spirit Of partislity,
but as u stranger whose sole object
is to write of this State as found it,
not as | expected to find it.
1t is almost needless to inform your
readers, that this portion Of the
Union has been misrcprcsoutcd in
the past. American writer's, know
ing full we'll the worlds ideas iu re-
gard to slavery, and remembering
chat none of tho highly civilized ma:
lions Of the Ola World tolerated that
institution, and that the free people Of
both hemisphere eagerly drank down.
tho r'volting tales, which were pure
ly fictitious, Of Southern cruelty;
savAyeism and lawlcssncss, took care
to supply tho demand for snoh litcra-
ture. Some of these writings have
obtained world wido celebrity, and
in 10 small dogrec contributed to tho
success Of the abolitionists in tho lato
deadly struggle.
We all remember tho welI.known
song, "Lillebulero," which, as boast
ed by its author, sang James II, of
England, out Of three Kingdoms. You
and in vain look through its stanzas
for poctical beauties. Did not By-
ron's stirring "Address to the
Greeks" contribute to tho fall of the
Musselm in the once proud centre
Of tho arts and sciences 2 And in
the SHINE manner, what powerful in.
tlucncc did tho NIaIsciilcs' II ymn rem.
der tho Ganl in lis struggle against
tho last Of French Kings I
1t is not the cxcoIIenccs Of these
pieces l have quoted (Aithuugh the
last two mentioned ore master.
piecos) that have rendered them 80
popular. No, they were simply the
sentiments, which acluated tho people
for whom they we're intended, freely
and beautifully Expressed.
In the samo manner, t,les and ro-
mnnces, whose heroes wcro slaves,
aud whose tyrants were southern geh-
tlcmen, spoke tho sentiments chtcr.
tanned by the great mass Of the forth.
ern people, and tho Anglo Saxon
ra"o, and in consequence were eagerly
red and long remembered. When
all had become fully charged, then
camo tho struggle.
We find population Of six millions,
nrraycd against twenty millions of
ellow.citizcns, the latter having their
own and Il G %orkshops of tho world
at their control. Civilization stood
agha>t. Tie western hemisphere
rocked and swaycd with tho tramp
of armed men. For years the bloody
and unequal struggle ragged. The
AnHlo Saxon people stood with arms
folded looking silently on. Untrue
to their past professions f"sympathy
with the strugsl"g,' they heard un-
needed calls for hundreds Of thousands
Of armed men to crush struggling
nationality. Money was apparently
dead. Assistance to Eutopcah ma
lions whilst lighting against the gonins
of Napolcon-thc guarantees to tho
lonian lSlcs-thc treasure expended
to make Grccian independence u real
ty- tho blood shed to maintain the
Turkish dcspotlsm, and the influence
OF tho Koran against the Greek
church, were all conveniently for.
gotten.
Never in all history did literature
exert such an Influence iii such q
struggle. Tho suifcrings of the poor
negro brother had boon dolofully
written /; tho cruelty and cowardice
Of his harsh task-mastcr, widely cir
culatcd and in fact tho boasting
assertion of Yankccdom, that the re-
bcl'ion would be crushed in three
months, fully believed.
But four long years sped on, and
the oowardly slave owner Of tho South
proved to be the gallant and high.
spirited cavalier, manfally struggling
for independence against frightful
odds. We sec him barefootcd, ragged,
half starved, but still Sighting on.
We admired him in prosperity and
surely can feel for him in adversity
Leo fought many gallant fights, gain.
ed many bloody battles, yet l love
him more than all when see him sur.
rounded Mt Arpomattox. My imagi-
nation pictures to mo tho old hoaty
headed General, clad in tho worn and
faded grey, surrounded by his "lois-
crablcs," who have followed him in
many weary march and baltic.
Can fancy tear lingering in his eye,
as he looks at the sitaation, and at the
twenty thousand gallant men that ~
defiance of fhungcr aud nakcdncss, are
still ready to obey him. llo sur.
renders to almost miliion Of men, bv
whom be is surrounded. | imagine |
hear tho weeping ard wailing thas
then ensues; but Leo has done lis
last and his best. Yankeedom now
ye!ls as if mad She worlds radicals
cncore-the negro is frcc-tho great
rebellion ended.
The struggle. however, fully demon.