The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-07-21

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Sosgthe Jamestown aaa Plymouth
siyihsatiois were oorfsot, isSS as
peyetthelsss. illtimed and seo ondly,
that it ysstnot correct, aud Should
not not 4 .6Sys " been mads IL all, becsuse it
eylnsed that nartowness Sof mind
which Che North elaine is oIarao ter.i
istte of'the South. The News in
quotibgseaelsaves out tho best
'poftionspo pofsour astiole-tbatiin de-.
fence Of north ern, oiyilis atiop, and
that ihswhioh We attributed sin oerity
to Gen. Preston. But for this We
exepae our contem porary, asrin this
meltiugweatRer itgives Loss trouble to-
jeopdone an. offence than to, resent it.
For the samo reason we shall On
deavor in our defence to keep Scool.
The News opens as fallows:g ..
We clip the above article from the
Winpsboro News, generally 8 one of
the tairest papers in the States TO
the first question, aWill our, people
learn sense Z" we oannot help answer.
ing that we are, hopeless that the
press Of South Carolipa will ever
learn sense. at lsl it sensible or ir.I
good taste for the press Of the State
to cepsure ina one oolum Ger, Pres.
ton, a representation man Of the
South, for utteripg the houest senti.
DentsS Of his heart before d society Of
Southern youths, in whose hearts he
woula perpetuate ;the shonor and in.
tegrity and yirtub that has been CON
oeded TO Southern sooiety in contrast
with the puIita nical and 'bigoted de.
soendents ofthose who claim to have
come ever with the May fowers; aud
10 tbe next column laud the CARPET.
oog governor Of South Carolina on
the success Of his speeoh"at Yale 3
The Nows is hopeless that the
prots Of South Carolina will ever
learn sense. We are more oharita-
BILE than our neighbor, we merely
express foar that that aportion If
Our State press will never learn
seuso. '' = e@' % n3'1+ -.t
A pompous individu al once touch.
ing fellow with; his cane, 'ex.
claimed "There is a&fool at the end
of my cane," "At which end, nv
lord," was the quick reply. III the
language Of Buns6y, the bearing of
this observation lios in the supplioa.
tion Of it. I'd. S. laaaaa ".
The News questions the taste and
sense of censuriug go rspr ess nta. .
two man Of South" for tutoring
honest sentim ents to Southern youths
&o' Now in some things, G en-. Pres
ton is a'repr esentatiye mau of the
So nth. In blood, in, honor, in
ohivalrous emotions, in reane em ont, iu
dignity he is a'represehtative q man
Of the South, and the South is
proud Of him. But the homes,
sentiments Of bis heart by no means
reflect the honest sentiments of the
South, or at any rate they should not.
1l!ibe raiity cannot be the rulirg
sentiment of a great people, and it is
nothing but illibcrality aud bigotry
not to ooncede any good to the North.
1t appears however that the eloq ueut
orator did reflect the sentim ents Of
the Greenville News. If this bc
true, We contend that the Ne,os itself
is out of tune, and loave it to the
tribunal Of the people to decide
whether we are correct. 81" ~
AS to the bad taste of censuring
native Carolipian and at tho ame
time louding a "oarpet.bagger" for
a'spoech at Yale College we have
this to say. We respect, principles
and sentiments, not men. And while
with regret, as in tho present case,
We oensure a gentleman to the man
iner born, who has been Ia oking in
Judgment, we would at tho same
time applaud "a proper sentiment
whether itoame from native, carpet.
bagger, a Kamaoliatkan or a Hottens
tot fresh from the wilds of Africa
This fear of denouncipg an improper
sentiment merely because q friend
or prominent Individual has utter.
ed it has caused great injury to our
people. And our only hope Of eafety
IN the future consists il, speaking out
bodily and fesrlessly against any
pernioious act or word 81 who mso.
evor done or spoken. So 'a'"'R'l'T
Tho News continues 3...
"Have the times so changed, and
have our people become 80 DONOR
iized, that they are afraid to Lear the
truth spoken by Southern man /?
Has the time oome whom gu oh man
as jeff. Davis, Bob; Toombs and
Raphael Semmes must ,.be silenced
for fear that some Radical politician
At the North willfory, out "another
rebellion - Must our peoplo. after \