The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-04-02

'ong 'i'c I'D thlS State N the year
of our Lord 1879. Brand the build.
80. "a. Instead of the whites place
black, with a sp,inkfing Of whites in
term'xed, upon the brows of some
OF the latter brand rcnsya'Ics, over the
shoulder Of tho rest OF the whites sus-
pend a acarpet-bsg: In the foreground
place white, with arms piuinned. on
his head scat darkcy, singing the
song Of the bahoon, ia the renr let u
regiment Of Uuclc Sans min ions ~p ,
! pear, aud, tho picture is o"mplctc.
Such, sir, am sorry to say, in the IN.
sltlon cf the white race in this unhap-
py S'atc.
Again has our Anglo Saxon re.
proved untrue to their professions.
They raVcd and grew cr.zra over Mo
ensluvcment ct tho "iu-k,y soris Of
Ham" which, by the way, they them.
selves were the first to place in btnd..
age, and no% calmly shut their cyc,
TO The fdct, that meh of similar
race as themsclvca, arc politically
cnslaved, while tho beings go n{a,iy
Thousands of white mcH 'pcrisbed to
tree, are i'll political. slavery, bound
body Ind soul to think n, their dicta-
tors think, and do us their diclator4
do, without daring to utter u word Of
complaint or murinur in tho slightest
degree.
But the candid and Intelligent
Canadian public may say, that the
SonthcrncrS Have none but themselves
to find fault for all tho evils which
have bcfallen them. I admit to a
superficial enquirer, this view may
seem to be correct, bit to one who
studies the history Of this republic,
the above will be found an ERRONEOUS
statement. Iict ts l6ok Back to the
beginniug. Previous to thc drclnra-
tion OF Independence, We have slavery
firmly cstahl>hHd in tho tbi.t tcon
colonies. Necessity compelled their
employment else tho carly aud I'D.
ventnr"u' co!"fi~;s, must haze abans
d"ned The iica ct i.',utinE so largely
{" supply III" crrr craving demands
at the Huropuan ruo.a g.: cUmmcli-
ties wh!nh ~ thHi ti;nG were produced
in America u:tl ..".>:iGan .,lone
Sufficient :rducenlarts cpL,, n"t be
offered to tnrop@:u i:,brrcr>, to cause
them - crN%sata ~ iUcri.a, nul
Kiss IL. la; t.!":c "tn ,~!lup," ',y tn;
willy aa>"s,* "ho lurE,l IL :Nn Iupths
OF Aurs."i,n itrc*ts. A,as;cG rie
dominating over 'nna't tin.r Feelings,
caused him I" rlninr" the ONLY pur-
tion of humani!y whi'h has evct Yot
Dccn succ, ss!uil, enthralled.
Alter the colonies had increased
IN population they struck, and struak
snccessfu l;y; for Independence. 4
limo Of their CtlGbratth hctla alton
being aimee nsod as chiof tument
by the party known MS abo!i;ionists.
Gall men are born free and .qual,"-
this Is truth which | in common
with NIL other British subjects firm
y believe, aud chccrfully endorse ;
but, let It's glance Mt It as an anti-sla-
very argument. In doing so, we are
placed between The horns Of die III.
ma, and We can sit upon which we
please. It the above truth in l776,
embraced the negro, then the great
statesmen Of the Revelation, camo be-
fore tho word striking for treedon,
with lie upon their lips. If it did
not embrace tho negro then cotistitu-
tionaily, he was not man but slave
with no privileges but such as we're
accorded to him as such being, then
evidently the right Of tho late strug-
gle must be conceded to the South,
since thcy and they alone wore up.
holding tho Constitution in its orisic
nal purity.
Again, after tho establishment of
the Rspublic-cmigraton poured in
rapidly, and the north and east being
grain countries where slavery i. not
profitable, tho question Of FREQ anA
slave States soon became agitated
With tho, commencement of tho nci
tation, shrewd Yankees, who arc
never found on tho losing side of O
speculation, if shrcwdness will bring
them out o. *. quietly shipped thci,
negroes South sold them to the high.
eet bidder, and thon furiously joine ID
With the cry for freedom. Ia a few
years almost all the "niss" were
South of Mason and Dixon's line,
But IN few years new Southern ter.
titories, demanded admission into the
Union. Then commenced a series of
as stormy sessions of Congress, as the
Capitol ever witnessed. Clay. the
great Compromiscr, hnving p,sscd his
"Omnibus B.li" and somo others,
all apparently was dead calm yet
any impartial reader must admit tia
tho north had she best cnd of tho ar.
rangemcnt.
Lincoln's election was the signal for
revolt. Here the South was to blame,
How much botter would it have been
TO have fought on the Congress floor
their rights, than on tho tented field.
lhe advantage gained by tho anita.
gon'St VAS only temporary, and time
Al Id