The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-09-22
The MiSslsSlppt "MasSucre.'


The excited haste with which Gov
ernor n mes turns to the President
Of the United States, and the illegal
character Of the iutervention pro-
posed by him, together With the
sporadic nature Of the riotous pro-
coedings which movcd him to such
all exhibition Of pusillanimity, indi.
cate the unstable foundation Of the
government Of whioh he is self
constituted satrap, rather than II
Chief Magistrate elected by free aud
Responsible sutf''"ge. No public ud
miuStralion can he safe whlch exist,
iu opposition to the pre-uiling intel.
ligeuce by the force of numbers only.
Governor Amcs is as much u usurper
in Mississippi as he would be if be
derived his appointment from the
Whedive Of Egypt instead Of hold.
lug il by the twin devices Of igno.
rance and corruption made possible
through the AZ ency aud exercise Of
the mi,itary power originally directed
by himself. The co!oied population
in Mississippi is totally and absolute
ly incapable Of enlightened political
action. The pretensc that it is in any
sense lit to be entrusted with power
ei,her for its own or for State uses,
is IA bald.hcaded absurdty. 1t is
potent only for mischief, and the
more ellicacious au1 vicious because
IL is cpntrulIcd ny adventures Of the
most abandoned type. The dones-
tic establishment ut Jackson is as
foreign in spirit to tho real wants
ANA needs Of Mississippi as the pro-
tectorate just set up by Stein berger
in Samoa. |. has no baais either 10
the respect or the consent of the
governed. Its foundations are
rotten to tho core. 1t Is weak in all
it's natural functions. 4. is strong
only to pervert, to distort, to iniiume
and to degrade. Hence it mistakes
riot Tor an insuri cotton, and
blcnchcs aud turns to ushiDgton,
the sole remaining source of powor
that is left it, with: the shaking Of
evcry bough aud the rising Of every
breeze. s'%'sa- -
The Clinton trouble might have
occurred in Ohio, Or New York, or
Pcnnsy lvauia, Or anywhere during u
time of political Excitement. Such
outbursts are more likely to come to
pass in the South where there are
conf citing race prcjudices to foster
and uncuntrollable race passions to
fomcnt them. Iu States like South
Caroliua and Mississippi the asceu.
dency of the lower order Of society
Increases the danger by, stimulating
yhe exasperative cause. A low
white man is about to take a drink
Of whisAey with IGnotherl low white
man, and negro policeman no bet.
ter than either steps, up and knocks
the bottle out ofhis hand in the act
rr-iof pouring out its coutents; there is
33sS4a rvw for certain. Undor similar
s,circu instances, there would be row
ssin Cincinnati or Chicago, In Mis-
{ sissippi the row is intensified by the
}. unnatural placement Of the bottom
of thugs on tho top, and national
Significance is given tho result by the
party responsible for it. The wire:
fash with electric aud ecstatio lying,
The Radical press teens with ex
nggeration. Suppose it is as bad III
they make it out--suppose tnere is q
perfect holocaust of black men who
made the direful circumstance pos
sible, and what is to bo done abuut
it? ~ .'''l
Mr.. Morton says reconstruct the
South over again" Very we'll le
us have that policy as al issue in th'
next Presidential campaign. Th'
American people are ignorant of ono
half Of the villainies practiccd in th'
name Of loyalty, and it would do ut
harm. TO 20 over the field Of miscon
struction, destruction and reconstruc
ton once more for purposes Of OK
ample and expusuIe. The, next re
construction, however, should not b.
civil, but milit.ry, and should in
80. clude Maryland, Kentucky anc
Missouri. If the negro is to b
protoc, ed it must bo by bayoncts
and to be thorough, it must be uni
vcrsal. Half an effort il worse thai
no effort. The Southern poopl
en- nsasse should be made by Mr.. Nor
tons schem to understand that tht
negro, like tho white elephant /
India, is sacred animal that I
touch him except in the way Of kind
ness 10 death that he Is the war
~ fact az he has been in nam
of tho nation. Every town, villag
and hamlet in tue South must bristl
with troops. Then, and not till thel
shall We cease to hear of outrages .
the colored people. For as long
there is party in the South to brin
race conflicts about, and the san