The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-07-01
A Nut for tho 0riSIaai Abolltioniss.

While the old, original abolition.
ists arc bowling out praises Of Sum
ner, Lovejoy, Abe Iinooln, Birney,
Thad Stevens and John Brown; whilo
Mr.. hamar, is oouseorating the 18th,
18th and Is Amendments ,to, tho G
stitution, a mulatto representative
from Mississippi, named Lynch, is
giving a practical ex emplifioation" OF
tie exact blessing negro emanoipa.
tion and franchise have con.
ferred upon. this miserab o
country. In order that there
may be no mistake AZ tp PARTISAN hip
we give the New York Tribuno's re-.
port Of Lynch and his representative
doctrines ... - ....-., ,r. .s...
MIR. Lynch, Of Alissississippi, made
sp. ech in the Republican caucus,
where the faithful were discussing
tho prospects of the party for the
next campaign, and considering what
principles it should profess during
the canvass, or whether it was prudent
to profess any At all. Mr.. Lynch is o
young negro, born In slavery. He was
entirely without education until tho
Union armies Mt Natchez made him q
oontrablnd. Then he picked up a
little schooling, and after tho war
was made justice of the Pehce under
the carpet~bag government Of Gene
raj Ames. From one office to another
ne worked his way along until he got
to Congress. he seems to be tyne of
the ishrewd, glib, active, ambitious
colored men in whom Northern ad.
venturors fnd their aptest. allies and
instruments in the manipulation of
the Southern sa,rapies. We know
nothing discreditabie to him per-
sonalIy, but there can be no question
Of the class to which he belongs.
Mr.. Lynch spoke of the Civil Rights
bill, and he was, of course, not we'll
pleased ut the manner in which the
House had treated it ; but he assured
the caucus of the strict party fidelity
of the colored people. There was
to be no reconciliation between them
and their old masters. They would
not believe that slavery was beyond
revival. They would not trust
Southern white man with their liber-
ties. They cared comparatively
little for honesty in oflce-this ut
least was tho general drift of his ad.
dress-they could pardon fraud, cor
ruption, RIGHTEOUSNESS, anything
mean or 3 diskraceful, to on ORTHODOX
Republican politician ;n1anf nl$hey.
would sooner vote for q thief life
Moses than an upright gentleman
like Lamar. These are the oonclu.
Sions logically to be drawnafrom the
remarks of Mr.. Lynch, as We collate
them from the reports Of the various
papers and it will be seen that they
are equivalent to notice to tn 20 par
ty that it may nominate any rascal
thcy plenee, and the Southern ne.
groes will swallow him.
In foreoasting the Political Situa.
tion, as it will be developed in the
Presidential struggle of 1876, wo are
confronted by few facts which may
as we'll be stated now. The republi.
can party has lost much of it's prestige
because it has permitted the
public Offices to be honeycombed with
corruption, and has shown itself in
capable Of dealing with the great
and important measures of finance
and taxation. The democracy, on
the other hand, has displayed al.
most equal incapacity, and ain the
canvass of 1876 it is likely to present
as feeble platform as that of 1872.
The plank in the Cincinnati.Balti.
more platform, remittiug the tariff
question to the Congress districts,
destroyed one Of the live issues left
to :he dom ocratic party, and now it
seems the Western inHatiunists arc
bent upon the destruction Of the only
remaining onc-that in favor Of
hard money and speoie payments.
1t is a discouraging prospect to find
both partins Without either .prinoipies
or. brains.-- ". Y. Herutd,
The Rhode Island Senatorship
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