The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-05-27
The Dfin Of opinion.
WHAT LEADING N"RTHERN 5oURSALs
SAY ABOUT SOUTH cARoIiNA.
[From The New York World 7

From The New York World ]
If the South Carolihians fail in
their sppeal to the General Govern
ment for relief, it vii barely be from
lack Of Asxibili'y in the appeal. Re.
csutly they aakeA relief because
South Carolina ID in law the equal Of
tho "tbe, States, aud {this petition
not meeting with great sucoes>) Row
comes Mr.. f. lison :. K-itt, who asks
rel'es beoa,ise "South Car3liuh is uvt
n sovereign s; ate 10 either theory or
f'ot." The osso recalls the In.
d'a.'s application For #h'skey at the
. mm,ssaIIat. "Me want drink
whiskey. Me good 1ndia,.h Re.
pied tho commissary "Then you
dou't want whiskey." Promptly re-
sponded L.: me damn rascal"
CASE IN WHICH srATEsMANsHIr
OUGHT TO DE EXHAUSTED.
fff6m he New York Tribune
The minority presented the com.
p'ai"t in foroibIe msuner with ar
knmehts iu fnvor Of the ia mmedi t. in.
tsrf.re"ce Of Congress. Massrs.
Potter nnd Ward tersely rum up the
trightfnl poli'ioAt demuraliz .tion Of
Sou,h Carolina, and recommend
that au investigation be ordered.
AS the Tribune la, slready said, it.
seems cruel to rslegate the whole
question to a v,tin1 ps pulasion, the
preponderating majority of which IS
made up Of lg. orant elements that
are sure to te used Tor corrupt pur.
poses By corrupt men. There is now
no hope III that direction. 1t Is pos.
sibl, that careful inquiry into ull
the facts may, this minority sugg ests,
dlrelose some remedy p.ssiblo to
Congress II may prevent Iepati.
tion of similar anarchy. Of oourse
nobody toriou'ly thinks If changing
tho basis Of suffrage IL South Curo.
lima but statesm hship ou$ht to BE
exhausted before the State be wholly
gwen over to works Of evil.
THE hATioNAt ADMINISTRATORS
LARGELY AT FAULT.
TF:om the New FORK Evening Post
Bad ~ the conditiun ot the tax.
payers ID, there is probably no lneuns
OF relief except by teaching the
voteIs a better way. The FvderaI
Administration, however, has in its
power the means tO PROMOTE q great
refui nj. 1t has teen largely at lault
for affiiistihg with such managers of
the dominant purity as Moses aud
Patterson. Without the apparent
recognition Of the federal Adminis-
tratiou, these mon would have had
little power for good or evil. There
can he no doubt that, if the leaders
Of the Republican party will refuse to
affiliate With theso conspirators, the
Southern States will soon be able to
correct their own errors. 4 neglect
to take this course has given Texus
over to the D D,moorats aud nudoubt
edly has w.nkehed the strength of
tho Administration party in other
States. Political expedienoy, NJ
we'll as justice, therefore, seeMs tu
urge upun the Republicans the2pulicy
Of exo. cisiug these corrupt me,nbefs.
By adopting this oou,se; peaceable
a"d honest uilizeDs will have u fair
ohauce to gain tho Influence to WHOM
their goou ohnravter should entlLle
tteD aud this is how tho Admluis.
tsution ean help tho ,uxpSjers OF
South CaruiiMa.
THE yiaANciAI sihr4s ioY ~TAE nisc.
tFrom the New Yorx rribuae |
This ssne1 way to pay old debto"
by which MIR. Gard, 70 aud his sssoci
stes propose to red uos the bohdeu IN.
deotedutss IF South Cafulin from
sixteen miiliuus to five m,l,ous, ls a
fitting oulu'inativn " the long course
Of 'ascally operations pursued since
1868, wn,oh the South Carolina uffi
oisls call iuansioring.- perntions
whieh. when strpp-d . Vi all dlsgu.oe:,
arc found to cousiAt in plunuefing
tho taxpayers Of tbs State with ono
hand aud deirauding the money lend.
eIs Of New Yurk with tho other. W.
sse aware that Mr.. Cardozo and hi,
follow officials professto have turned
over q new lSSt, and affi, III that the
arc trying to run tho government VIII
honesty aud soouumy. We have secl
no evidence to 0ouhfm their asser.
tions. The taxes oulleotsd last fsl
were ample to have paid. . years. in.
terest ON tho entire bonded dsbt and
Ill reasonable expeuse Of carry inp
on the State Government, but the
Legislature made way wit, tho wi'oi.
smouut. and, ~ usual, stripped the
treasury Of every ava liable dollar
II we are told that that ,he State of
fsers are trying to check tho tide o
y eStravaagance and corruption, "
shail want something more than fl,
words betate We put faith in them
When 20 bear Of the,arrest Of NJ,
Treasures Parker aud Mt. ex,Ei