The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-07-15

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Dental election, they. will lend their
influence towards turning this State
over to the party who are now or.
ganizing themselves as Taxpayers.
Without great change, in less than
two years from now the Republican
party in this State will be dead. If
we want to save it we must at once
commence n fight against the band
OF thieves i'll our midst. Wo have
got TO drive some mon out of our
party, because thoy arc our worst
enc mics. In the coming election
those who have ruled US for the past
six years will make strenuous ight
to keep in power. With tho money
they have stolen they expect to buy
themselves back iuto rfficc. If
those men can keep the power which
thoy have SO shamefully abused,
they will bring utter ruin npon us.
Even now there arc no less than eight
or ten millions of fraudulnt claims
waiting for tho assembling of the
next Legislature. Then they cx-
peot to reap u rich harvest in the
payment Of the fraudulent conver.
sion bonds, Blue Ridge script and pay
certificates. Two years more of
such rule and South Carolina will
become another Georgia. 1t should
be borno in mind that loss thnn
four years ago every Southern State
was controlled by tho Republican
party. To-day the Republicans can
rely only upon South Carolina, Miss.
issippi and Alabama. Virginia,
North Carolina, Georgia, Texas, Ar.
kansas, Tennessee, have already pass.
cd out CT their possession. Louisiana
will soon follow. Let US take warn.
ing in time. Wherever the Repub.
leans have allowed the opposition to
carry any one of the Southern States
they have rever been able to rcgain
1t. Let the Democracy once carry
South Carolina, and the Republicon
party hero will be dead forever. 1t
would be well for the people to bear
~ mind the fact that no party can
live long whose supporters are main.
" dependent upon politics and poll
t'clans tor living. lfyou want to
pelpetnatc the Republican party in
South Caroliua, give the people
State government that can command
the respect Of the community, and
the confidence of the country-a
Stante government that can do some
thing for the material interest of tho
State, and that will bring life aud
activity into business. He continued
in this strain, showing the people
that their welfare lay IN the incrcas-
ed prosperity of the State and city.
lie wanted 10 sec them get god
wages for their work, aud lie wanted
their labor to be IL demand, so that
they would not be dependent upon
politics and politicians for living.
lie did not WANT the Republicans to
be in such q cohditi,n that whenever
thoy carried an election moie than
half of their voters wanted situa-
t!on on the streets, police Or some
other place.
Timothy Hurley was next intro
duced. He spoke in his usual hu.
morous style. lie began Ly suy ing he
could not understand Why the colored
peopl were celebrating the Fourth
of JuIy. The day did not belong to
them. T;ey had nothing to do with
it. 1t was the fast time in his life
that he had ever heard Of the Eurr,b
of July being devoted to political
harangues. The bust kind If Fourth
Of July for them VS. a full stomach,
a rich pocket, and their rent ruid
lie told them that they had wasted
money enough on the day to have
built thom a mavn;t;c.nt ,cho,J-