The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-10-28
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he willing to lot bygouos be bygoiies.
But he merely wished to show that
Mr.. Wallace had 10 reason to
bring up the past. '......
Having thus effeotually disposed
of Mr.. Wallace, Gen. Kershaw next
defined his position on the civil
, rights Bill. Mr.. Wnllaee had charg:
ed in the canvass that he (the speak,
cry was opposed to the civil rights
bill. Tbs bill, as you all know, was
devised by Hon. Chaales Sumner, Of
Massachusetts, ;.proposed in tho last
Congress aud defeated. The subject
will no doubt be brought up In the
next CUngross. Its objects aud pur-
poses are we'll kno wn to all. AS tho
friend Of the color ed people, and as
an advocate Of what would be to their
best inter est, he had TO declare that
he was not iu favor of the bill. 1t
will prove mischicvous in its opera.
tlons IN South Catoliua, and might
lead to hostility, while ho wanted
peace-peacc, always, and under all
Oil Observation-Disclosures the whites
and blacks, as essential to good gov.
ernmcnt. He had but recently re-
oeived letter from loading Demo-
crat of Y ork, urging him to advocate
civil rights as the best thing for the
whites Of the South, because, should
1T become law, its agitation all
over the North will sweep away all
the political Fights the colored peo-
pie have. But lie could not advocate
tile measure for such purposes as an
honest man. he could not alvucate it;
when by that adtocauy he meant it
for the injury Of the black race.
Gen. kershaw next Announced that
he favored an equal division Of Off
ces, each race to select its own rep
resentative men as candidates; and
thus preservation Of ito rights to
! each.
He theh madb n few remarks IN
the independent republican cahdi-
dates, addressing himself especially
to the "hard she'll democrats" wlb
wanted nothing but straight out
ticket, and declared they would
never vote for oolored men.
i know there hre some hard shell
democrats who SHY they will not vote
for colored men but 1t isu question
whigh they shuuld outsider In the
light pblity.
In tho gubernatorial uauvass he
was taking no patt. IIo had known
Judge Green fur thirty years in all
the relations of IL private citizen and
public officer believed lin to be
aa honest man and that would make
Il good Governor:
Of Majcr Delany, caididato for
Lieutenant Governor onsshe Green Ct
ludependtnt Republican ticket, he
could say that the Major, since his
Acquaintance with him. had Impress
cd him most taHorably he believed d
him an hohest reptestutative of his
people-ablc, sigacious, wiso and
conservative aud no believed uilder
the administrator of Green and
Delany, the goverplneut Of South
Carolina would be honestly and faith:
fully administered
In conclusion, lie Would Sd y to his
hard shell democratic friends, in tn,
language cf .Survcyor-G cneral Boy.
kin, when examining en- applicant
for deputy.surveyorsnsp, who in reply
to the question, "Whrt would you
do, if, while surveying you should
come to an impenettable swamp 7t
answered he would "bulge it."-
"No," said General Boykin, "Du not
bulge it, but 60 up tb the crossing. ,"
Let bur hard shell demucrats take
similar adviue. Insttad of "bulging"
the impenetrable swamp before thom,
let them 30 UP to the crossing, Which
is liberal rcpublicanisn thence to
Green and belany, the bridge on
which they can GROSS with no ott or
toll than half Of the political power
iu the State.
Gen. Korshaw retired amid deaf
oninB applause.
1t was Gsld day for tho cause
Of reform. For the first tlmu since
the Inauguration of the canvass; in
tense enthusiasm was manifested,
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