The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-05-13
A Letter from Judge Mackey.

A Letter from Judge Maokey.
The Union II crald, Of Sunday, con.
taiped letter from Judge Mackey
addressed TO y. S. Wallace, which
we present to our readers as one of
the signs Of the times:
CnrsrER, S. c., May !, 1874.
Hon. Il. s. Wallace, YorhsiUc, s. G.:
Dean Sm-I desire to inform you
that | am not candidate for Con-
grcss. Having been solicited Ly
many Republicans to permit my ma ne
to be placed in nomination. | have
had the matter under consideration,
anil huvo decided. after mature re.
fi.ction, that | will not hccomc can.
dila,c Tor Representative in Congr css
from the Fourth District under any
circumstances, nor would | accept
the nomination at this juncture, even
though it were unanimously tcndored
me by the convention. The main is.
sue that comes home to the business
and bosom of every good citizen is
10 effect IL thorough and durable re.
fo,m in the administration Of the en-.
tiro Government Of the State. In
compal ison with that, IL is Of little
Importance whether South Carolina
has ANY Representative in Congress
Of the Unit.d States; nnd it is of
still less importance to her people
who that Rerresentative shall be. -
TO aid in o,nLining all clements
friendly to that reform, is the over
present and paramount purpose Of
my life. To that oud invoke with
confidence your active efforts in the
pending runvass. You caunot be
neutral in tho !oca, issue OF rcgcne.
r"ting instantly the State aud county
Governments, without giving Ey your
silence Il rrcsump'ive endorsement to
the ciganlzcd wrong aud pali,ic,l dc.
b"nchc,y that render South Carolina
to-day the udium Of American States,
aud stamp upon tho present mulad-
mihistIatiun Of her Government the
stigma Of bciug crime against civil.
lzat:on itself. The wn,chword IN the
coming campaign should be, "Who
stands by the State 2"
| am, dear IL, very respectfully,
your ol ca!cnt servant.
II. j. MAcKEY.
By this it will bo seen that Judge
Nackcy will not appear as cahdi
date Tor Congress from this District.
This, however, by no means can 10
construed into a support Of Wallace :;
on the other hand he doals some hea-
- raps at our rochy dorn,ic congress.
man.
Judge Mnckey assumes that by the
recent action Of Congress in regard
20 South Carolina, the national gov.
crnmcnt takes 40 more notice OF the
local government here than if it We.
n foreign Country. Such being the
case, it matters not who is sent to
Congress, as he will 90 cipher in
reforming State affairs. E9o, WAL
lace is the light man in tho right
Place. Judge Mackey holds that the
duty Of the conscientious rcformcr is
to labor Mt home, and by directing
local affairs, to work out that rcgcne-
ration for the people, which has been
va'n!y sought from Congress-. by
this letter virtually be pledged himself
to MD in reform. lie has been up
holding light against brine and fraud =,
aud in his charge to he Grand Jury,
scathcd the government nnd Moses
numerically. We commend his ca :.
ample to some Of the other "rcfurm-
crs" so called, who are blatant in
their protcstation Of reform, but
raise the cry to divert the attention
from their hanis which are full of
public plundrr. If Judge Mackey
be sincere, he will iud plenty of co.
operation in originating new era in
South Caroliha.