The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-03-18
The Fairfield Herald.
PUBLISHED
EVERY WEI, T.rEtSDAY
The Union Herald On the Situation,

S0me "HOicsoHo auVice 10 tne 1tcpuDs
)ican Party. The Union Herald is
outspokcn when It wishes to bo 80, and
can do much good.
"Perhaps the only th,ng loft of tho
war-mcro as consequence than no
anything clsc-is the responsibility
to which the country holds the pres
ent administration for the political
condition of the South. That respt n.
sibility is a matter Of tho highest
moment to tho Republican party.
1t will enter, and has entered, more
than any other question, into tho
next campaign. So paramodut has
it become in the public mind Of tho
North and West, that if It does not
destroy the party it will materially
affect its prestige, and unless proper
y met, vii! defeat tho ultima tc
views of the administration. Wheth-
cr such an issue is just or not, it is,
nevertheless, an issue, aud n very
Icci i've one. We must look at it
as such, and sec how close it has
narrowed itself. 1t bchCoycs us to
probe tho core Of this business be.
cause upon it depends, as ouro 40 tn
sun rises or sets, our political saliva
tion. The public press, as tho mir
ror of pubic sentiment, has very
littlc to say now about North Caro-
lima, Georgia, Alabama, Florida,
Texas, Virginia, Kentucky or Ten
nessee, The administration ia re-
lievcd even by the Democrats
from any responsibility for them.
If there Is any fraud, cor up ion or
public plunder going on tn, ire, the
men at tho head of thoir affairs have.
the brains to manage it scientifically,
50 NJ to keep the skirts Of the ad
mmistration clear. Therefore, this
question is narrowed to the three
States- Mississippi, Louisiana ard
South Carolina. What has the ad.
miniStration done, and what does it
intend to do, to uppeoSc+ public senti-
mont with regard to these ihroe
States Z Ia Mississippi, General Amos,
United States Senator, has been
elected Governor. Ames is an
American soldier, a graduate Of
West Point, and whatcvcr other
fault West Pointer may have, YOU
may bet your life on his personal and
professional honor. Ho will never
lie or steal, publicly or privately, tr
60 back OH tho national reputation
OF an American soldier and gentlo.
man. lilo would rather twist the old
nag @ocut his neck and hang him
self. West Point ss9}hiesrioan s9}hiessr a, von,h eHIh'
."Snlt?,sr .sS"? rel Else it may fail to do. In
tho election Of General Amos, there.
fore, Mississippi has given a guaranty |
of good, honest, square doal, salts.
factory 10 the administrator, grate-
full to tho national Ropublican|
party and welcome to tho people,
The hue and cry no longer reaches
that State. 1t isstruck off tho list. 4
In Louisiana, the ADMINISTRATION is
acting with almost absolute force.
Acting through its most confidential
Senator, Matt Carpenter, it refuses a
di tiuguished colored man his scat
in the Senate, and is about to over
turn tho kellogg Government it
recently upheld by military f,rcc
and to remand it. to a new election.
1t is not difficult to suggest what the
result OF such now election will be.
Grant is doing all this, although
Cafcy, his own brothev.in.law, is the
pillar OF tho Kellogg faution. Grant
stands by his pors1nal and political
friends better than any man in
America, And he would not do
these things if he WIS not oompollcd
ny tho Irresistible fcrce of public
opinion, which otherwise threatens to
overthrow him aud tho party that
snstalns him. When that work is
done in Louisiana, Grant and the
party will breathe easier; but tho
whole power of public scntir,ent
pursuing its victory with tenfold1
1orco, will turn, asit is turning, like 4
an infuriato tiger, on South Carolina.
1t VIII demand that tho same work
shall be done in this State at the
next election. and Grant will have to
obey: One year ugo, and longer, be
asked OF prominent politician
,Wby could they not have a better
government in South Carolina 2 He
even went so far as to publicly re. |
"ara every prominent man that had
anything to do with tho last bolt
lia sent Orr to Russia, mado SaWyer
Assistant Secretary of Treasury, and
kept Bryan, Corbin, Earle and Clark
IN nigh Federal positions. This ho
did to show to tho people what his
views were: llc was compelled to do
II. Ihls time his own rese lection or
the success of the great national Ro.
publican party trembles In }he bal.
anoe' and he will bo compelled t O do
somethlng moro. The great matter
"h'eh wo wish to urge upon the Re-.
PuDiicans of this State, plainly. fear.
lessIy, and squarely, is, how mncb
Will We compel him to do, and bow
much will We do oarsolycs ? Tb,t !.
inc question we have got to decide
right now, no matter whctkor ma ILL.,