The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-07-21
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your honest convictions and lot il
Fsemain tor men bornain other olimes
q CRY them down. JEFF. Davis aud
haphtel Semmes are to-day the
grandest, noblest ,spe Jim ens Sft,onor.i
oble eSmahhoodin America, and& when;
9 Southern-bofn man cries Sout To-
silence them, we soy ia sadn esa that
ye arenot worthy 'the'ha me Of, frees
We are not afraid to hear the truth
spokensss But I'VE want nosza spurious
coin palmed off upon us as genu.
lpe. Again we deny that suoh arc
the sentiments of the South. If it be
really true that wo see no good in the
North and Oan never forgive, hef,
then how can We possibly have the
etfrontery to demand that she shall
love ps9 With such emotions in our ri
hearts how can We deny that We are
oonquered provinces and demand that
Il the yoke OF Oppression be lifted from
our neoka !, .Oplyyupoa the. .hypotho-
sls that we do'aoquiesoe iG the Unie u,
can we demand to be treated like
other States. .''
IN answer to the question about
.Jef. Davis, Bob Toombs and 'Ra pba-
el Semmes we ask merely whether
it is right that B. +. Butler, Oliver
Morton and Roscoe Conkling
be prevented from shaking
the bloody shirt in our faoos. { We
DO not compare these indiyic uals in
character, but mere'y in illiborality.)
Should Wendell Phillips be censured ,
If, standing on his native Plymouth
Rock, before Massaoh usetts youths,
he should utter the honest oonvic.
tlons OF his heart that the people Of
the South ore ignorant, headstrong
rebellious and wicked 7 TO use a
homely adage, What is sauce for
tho goosei is sauce for tho gander.
The News advises every man, what
ever be his opinions, to persi,t n
being heard. They may persist in
speaking, but they cannot compel
people to listen to them. jeff Davis
and Semmes are great men, but their
greatness consisted in sustaining the
Confederate cause aUhen there aDas a
cause, and not iu raising a black flag
since their followers are all dispersed
Ve rejoice to say Mr.. Davis made
very good speech the other day, 81 ow.
Jog that he too is becoming recon-.
structed. Such being the case we
will be glad to hear from him in
future. Also from Toombs and
semmes when they shall have learned
that the Confedoraoy is dead.
We have nothing moro to say on
this subject. We think that
with tho experience of the
past, very few men North and South.
Will IN future make unfort una te
blunders in speaking. In the mean
time we lesve tho public to decide
between us and our conten,porarv.
Comptroller General Dunn Explains.
AS we CRITICISED Comptroller Gen.
oral Dunn's connection with Hardy
Solomcn's dofunct bauk, we will pub.
lish the following letter written by
him to the News g. Courier. ~.
..s COLUMBIA, s. G. July 8, 1875. s
To the Editor Of the News g. Courier. .
In your paper few days ago ]
noticed an editorial in which YOU
made some comments upon my having
been appointed receiver of the South
Carolina Bank and Trust COMPANY.
of this city, and also of, my h.vine
influenced the governor to vote with
me to put more'of che State funds on
deposit with that bank previous to it,
suspension. AS l have since seep
the same statements repeated in the
Winnsboro News in ooarser language,
| am impelled to depart from nv
usual rule not to contradict newspaper
statements regarding my official Q On
duct, except as my official record
may Of itself show tho incorrectness
Of such statements, and to request
you to afford me apace in your ooiums
TO say, in brief, that 80 far as the de-
posit in the South Carolina bank and
trust company Of state funds is con.
cerned, the first report made to me
officially by that bank, after I be.
camo comptroller-g general, showed
balance of Sl83, 5000, placed there
by Mr.. Cardoza. as state troasul or,
aud, as | am informed by his own
volition. did vote in April with
the governor, at meeting Of the
financial board, to increase the de-
posit to $500, 900, and let it remain
until LIST of July, when it was to be
drawn upon to pay the July interest
upon the public debt. Under tlro.|
circumstances as they then existed I |
believed it right to vote as i did, and
| presume tho governor felt the sa,no. |
CERTAINLY ,ge neither ftf i,ns bSl onx,