The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1876-05-24
MLsg government in tho South.

|N. Although it is eleven years since
thSswnr closed with tho triumph of
the Union arms, little progress, com.
S5parativcly speaking, has been made
|{ln the South in the direction of re
pairing the rnvageS made by the
War. II these years h"d been cm-
ployed as they might have been, the
] Southern demand for Northern
lnanutactlres and products would
nov be far in cXccss of what it is
But the Republican party, ~ its
legislation, made the South IN in
|iyiting field for politi' al scallawags
fan advcnturcrs, who imposed upon
the crcdulity OF the blacks AMI ob
tanned positions through which they
could rob and plumber the people,
EEssS the history Of nearly every
\ Southern State for the past eleven
i years shows how mer,llcssly they
wcrc robbed and p.nnlcrc,l These
|3Inscally dcmngogucs poisoned the
mlndS OF the negroes against tin III.
late m"stc:s, and inri;c,l them to
siiftlcssnc>s and Incidence by prom
iscs of land and mules from the
United States government. Tho
Sc cRSnn was made the scene of pDliti-
cal agltHtion ana strife, when sound
policy Dictated that there should be
iM grand general otf,rt ON the part of
|5SWnitcS and blacks to build up tho
&cnrn''ry and restore prosperity. Con
Sseuurnt,y, badly of as tho South
Was at the close of tho war, nitairs
grew worse, mStctd of better, with
every fresh political adventurcr who
went thcrc to WAX fat and grow rich
sithrough sharp practices in the Off
clal position to which the good will
&of the administration advanced him,
|SOr which was secured through the
inasscs Of the bllcks
~ Have the business men of the
North ever considered what an i'm .
1ncnSc loss has been sustained in
consequences OF the harassing to which
the South hls been subjected ! The
kenergcrics Of the people have been
dlvortcu from Legitimate industry
EBThc blacks in large numbers have
|lbecn allurcd from the plantations
1,1nto the cities an towns. where they
NAkc out Il scAnty livelihood III any
manner. The whites have been i'm
povcrisllcd by the taxation which
political scallawags, acting in the
name Of the Republican party, have
imposed upon them and next to
the problem of obtaining IL bare
subsistence. the one which has given
them most concern. and which they
have found most difficult to cluci
date, has been that of obtaining a
duc weight in the management of
their own local affairs. II they had
Eean given II fair start years ago
il il had not been the settled policy
of North ern Republicanism to set
the two races in the South in nntago
nisn--nO Northern visitor to q
SRlthcln State would now return
lleart-Sick because of the pitinblc
condition Of the people of the section
On the contrary the demand from
the South for Northern prod,cts
would be fur~boyond anything it had
over before attained the South
would have rcraincd it's wontcd
prosperity, would offer q most in
5Yitng field for immigration from the
NORTH and from Europe, would con,
some large part Of the products
which are now in such profusc sup
ply and i'll snch mengrc demand us
to cause stagnation and depression
,Gnd instead of hard times in both
| 'ssHUons there would now be re,
stored Union Of States, with pros
pcrltS and contcntmcnt general
throughout It's extent. free
IreS%.
The treasury department. nj
Washington is informed of the bet.
tor supply Of small charge. and OF
the consequent relief felt in business
ut all points. Silver il getting more
gencrally into circulation, the novel
T Of its use having already nr,riy
Morn off, and there is less inclination
85tpp tue part of the public to hold on
tip small amounts Of the bright new
pieces. The recent order of tic
#secrctaly of the treasury. allowing
the payment Of silver coin on bank
checks in limited sums, is calculated
to- afford considerable immediate re-
siief. That order relates only to the
Two and one half or three million
kdollars in coin which had been nccu
Smulatcd prior to the adoption of the
aN,mption act Of 1875.
kTho national executive committee
M tho Union League met ut Phila
sdelphla on Friday last. The sccre
tarys report states that there is Il
United movement to abandon sccre
Gy, and he claims that this new
departure meets universal approval
IN the South and West.
Ss8A Paris fashion journal declares
That in less than five years knee
bfccchcs and six inch skirts will be
the fashionable street dresses fol
ladies'.
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TThc Democratic majority in Texas
was something over 100000