The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-09-23

master. Intemperate speeches of the
whitos, and tho insidious toaohiugs
OF the dolnagoguc caused the freed
man to foar that his rights would be
ourtatled if he shared his power with
his former master. Hi. :oreed was,
and still iS, "Equality first. and homes.
ty afterwards" The honest oolored
man would vote for honest candi
dates were he assured that thoy would
do him no injury. But fearing them
he prefors to cling to thieves and
vagabonds who, he kuows, will protcc,
his rights.
Tho white man, when he receives
the refusal oi the black man to vote
for an hunest white candidate, attri-
butes this refusal hot to fonr but to
dishonesty. Becou'ing disg usted with
his failure, he asserts that the negro
WILL not listeu to reason, nnd that
cooroion is tho only 'mcans OF
c1fcoting reform. The negro, hearing
this thrent, is frightened, and betakes
himself to some rAd;oal adviser, who
for his own base ends, soils him tha,
tho whites Intend to murder or eusluvc
him, and that 'he must 'bo pr,spar ed
TO rcsist. Thus tlfo colosed man re.
fuses to listen to reason, c!ings to III
demagoguo and arrays Lim'el II
| hostility to the whites.
The two races being n'.ta konizcd
oach views the other ~ith suspicion
and jcal> u>y. Neithor wisLes war
but each fears that the other will in.
augueate it. The least Incorporate
speech, tho lenst aggressive action
widens tho Mc,'GA. The whole land
becomes mass IF tinder, waiting
onl y for some sparS'to set it ablsze
4 personal encounter, an act Of dis.
order causes riot blood is shed
and a war of races is -inaugurated.
Neither party is solely to blame,
Like many other things, tho disaster
seems to come spontaneously. Euch
side cudcavors to justify itscf before
tic world, ard .to shrink lis response
bility.
The people Of South Carolina are
now OIL tho brink df volcano. Evory-
thing is qniet; but causes are IL,
work, which, unless discontinued,
must lcad to disastrous results. The
masses, white and black, desire peace
How can this TO III maintainod J BY r..
moving the seeds Of .trilo. What
are thvss seeds of strife Let Us
sec.
At Gowdeysvillc, Wallace urgod
his followers to resort to the cart
ridge box. This incrndiury sreeci
reused the whites. McDcvitt, i.
Edg"fold, AID Patterson, iu Beaufort,
made iucendiary harangucs to the
| colvrcl people. Jones and Bowie!
in Georgetown, threw tho 'countr-
into alarm by choir riots. at Ridg,
Spring, the blacks Intended to assem-
tile, but we're frightened hy thu
| prompt action of tho whites. Ii
Georgetown a rifle CLUB wax organ
lied for protection. 0shcr club
were raised for social purposes
These acts antl IL few fox !unts wvr,
ma6n'iicd by Patterson, MAckey ane
others, into Ku Kiuxiam, aud report
| we're circulated that tho whi"cs in
tended to massacre the blacks. y
few in,cmpcra to conservatives naih
taiucd that reform should bc effoct
cd by force, and that war must be do
clarcd against tho radicals, and Thu
gave radical demagcgucs an arparen
DfUul OF tDUiT uSSCIClOllS. III tlcet
days of distrust, the incendiary
ha'angues Of n few demngogurs are
believed by the conservatives to bt
the evidence Of murderous do
sign Oil tho part OF the whole colorct
race while the threats Of few con
Servatives arc construed into til,
meaning Chat oil the whites are
thirs,ing for tho blood Of the blacks
| Now wc know that the masses desire
peace. But Tho moment that few
violent characters commence Il dis
thrbance, the masscs Will bo draggo.
into it Of necessity.
These seeds Of dissension must t'
destroyed by the moderate clemen
| in our midst. Threats and violenc,
must be prevented, Prejudice mus