The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-07-07
No Place in the Picture.

e. Under the above heading, tho
News and Courier contains corros.
pondence between Judge Thomas J.
Mackey and Maj. 7. w. Woodward
on the subject of tho part to be taken
by South Carolina in tho Centennial
Exposition at Philadelphia. Our
readers arc perhaps aware that the
Ccntcnnial Commissioner for this
State is Gen. William Gurney, u
resident of Charleston and q fine
specimen of the genus arpct.bagger.
Judge Mackoy states that lie is ssin-
formed through sources entitled to
the highest respect, that tho appoint
mont Of the present Centennial Com
missioner for this State has given
widespread dissatisfaction, and re-.
pols from participation in the
proposed exposition tho worry clasaos
whose active corporation it is essen .
tial to secure" lilo then cndcavors
to show that ssit is not material to
tho accomplishment of tho important
end in Wow, who wears the title,
whether descrvedly or undeservedly
of Centennial Com missioner of South
Ca, olina." Maj. v oodward replies
with characteristic canlor and man
liness, in letter from which VIC
quote :-"Tho appointment of COM
missioner for this State rcndors it
impossible for tne to havo any lot or
part in tho Centennial celebration.
" The present commissioner
nover shall and mover can represent
me or mine. lie is tho fit rcprescn-
tativo of South Carolina carpct.bag
gors, and not of the descendants OF
South Carolina Revolutionary patri.
OTIS. n n u l shall not, nor dc
think any true South Carolinianf
will, take part in tho Centennial
undor the auspices of the proscn
commissioner.
We arc Of course unpreparcd to
say to what extent Maj Woodward's
letter ombodies tho views of tho in.
tolligent people Of South Carolina,
but we arc free to say that there is
sound reason in what ho asserts
Con. Gurney settlod here asa mere
fortune hunter, and no has identified
himself with the worst elements in
the party that has wrought us SO
much irrcparablo injury. Tho
friend and advocate of Il. j. Moses,
and his constant ooadjutor in his
many Infamous schemes, tits by no
means surprising that ho should re.
coive this mark Of executive favor -.
for tho appointment was mado by Pres.
ident Grant, at tho suggestion of the
Governor. The bitterest partisan
will admit that a moro uniting so.
lection could scarcely have been
made, and that mono could have been
mado that would have Ebeen bettor
calculated to inspire tho people of
our State with supreme disgust
at Grants folly and with n
determination to take no part
in tho Exposition, except pure.
ly as individuals. 1t is to bo greatly
doplored that at this timo when a spirit
of reconciliation is rite in tho entire
Union, South Carolina should be
furnished with so good a reason for
doing nothing in furtheranoo of an
enterprise which, while it will add lus.
trously to our national fame, must
likewise 60 far to tho establishment
OF = closer union Of North and South,
and a suror foundation for future
g"c'.ness, than now exists. Wo be.
licvc we express the sentiment of tho
Intelligent people of South Carolina
when We say that under tho super.
vision of a commissioner entitled to
represent thom and commanding
their RESPECT, thoy would ontor on.
Enthusiastically into tho great national
enterprise, and bo fully represented
At Philadelphia in 1876. We are