The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-02-25

oognize it's laws and obey its man.
dates only at tho point Of tho bayo
net. Tho first has often been stated
BY politicians, and for tho past eight
yssrs has been SO fruitful of political
capital to the dominant party, that
We can very we'll understand their
reluctance to relinquish it. Had tho
testimony aboyasited beon given by
= Scott or a Wilson, a Colfax or a
WEittemore, it would have called
forth on our part neither surprise nor
indignation, tho l:ko assertions of
such men being too common to cause
tho one feeling, and too contomptible
to excite the other. But from an
old ARMY officer, taught as We pre-
sumo him to have been, to bury tho
feelings Of tho PARTISAN in tho impar-
sial sense Of duty Of tho soldier, and
to regard all sections Of the country
as but parts of q common union. We
had expected something different and
something better. AS II question Of
simple fact, We deem it noedless to
advance arguments to provo tho
fidelity Of the South to the n.tional
government; to the people Of our
own section, such arguments would
be but u repetition Of what they ala
ready know; and to that class of
whom Gen. Irwin Mcdowell is wor-
thy sample, no statemoDt Of the truth
by Southern journal can carry con.
siction. The Generals idea is pue-
rilc, unsoldierly a"d absurd.
AS to tho other proposition advanc.
ed by this ready wi,noss, the Difficult
ty OF enforcing Federal laws without
the bayonet's aid, the question Of
its justice is simply ono of fact
Where Gen. McDoaell obtains his in-
formation, we are OF course unable
to say, but come it whence it may, it
ID without foundation in fac. Tho
laws Of the United States, many Of
shcm edious aud oppressive, are
daily enforced in tho South with no
aid from the military and in oa.es
where tho marShals bced assistauc G.
al ordinary posse i, quite sufficient.
We very much fear that Gen. Mo-
Dowell is prompted by some other
'han n puro sense Of duty. It may
DO tb at he, in common with maby
officers stationed in tho South, feels Il
Iittlc chagrin at his exclusion from
Southern society, and that ho
sakssta.t. ~exelysion as one evidence
short tiue previous to the Gcne,al's
resent tour Of inspection through his
department, a gentleman inquired OF
an officer stationed ia tho upper pvr-
tion Of this State his views us to the
probability Of an early removal of tie
troops. The officer in reply, stated,
among ether things, that much would
DEF eud upon the reception met with
by Gen. Mcdowell during his trip,
that if the people received him SO.
oially, his Impression Of tho state of
affairs might bo such as to cause him
to recommend a Withdrawal of the
military, and that otherwise, they
would probably remain. How much
Gen. Mcdowell has been prompted
by personal feeling We leave it to his
conscience and sense of honor to de.
termiuc. We are at n los. to per.
oeiVe how any Unitod States off Ger
can expect full social privileges IN the
the South, when he remembeIs the
many cowardly and oppressive acts
done under tho guise Of military au
thoritJ. Such men as Scho6eld, or
Terry, or Siukles, or the martyr
Canby. or the au.oorat Merrill, to Say
nothing Of nunberless underliugs,
oan scarcely expect to BIO received
into full fellowship with true South.
ON people. Nor should Con. llvin
McDowoll forget that be wears the
same emblems Ct power, and is intent
upon exercising tho same authority
as those of bis eonfrs,es who have
rendered themselves odious by their
needless interference with matters
strictly local in their nature and re-.
suits.
The presence Of troops is not hate
fu! to the Southern people, and they
have become quite used TO their dc.
monstrations Of mimicry Of war.
When, however, it is attempted to
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