The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1876-06-21
"Reviving tho Issues OF the War"

"Roviving tho Issues OF the War"
Hc must be Il very dull observer
of political events, says the New
York Times, who docs not perceive
that the feeling which, on ohc side
or the other, was aroused by the
war for tho Union is still yer,
strong in both sections, anu will
enter into the presidential canvass
One may regret this fact, as we our.
selves do, but it is folly to deny it.
We do not agree with those who
like Mr.. Charles FrdnciS Adams, IT,.
"an hear nothing in the expression
of this feeling among unionists but a
"howT and II "bcllow" We certainly
DO not agree with tlio view which
any one may see daily Expressed in the
southern newspapers, that ''loyalty'
is but n political device to secure tx
politicians the chance to steal. We
should bn glad to see the north and
the south each honestly divided
against itself on solile ';rrrat issue
wholly disconnected with the var,
'Stch AZ IL, tdt'F, nr the currency,
thus bringing al'Jht IA Cordial co
operation betwccn Tol riors utrhch
section, and substituting sympathy
ON sorio defined '1hl,icct for the gen
cral antipaiJ!'y Mitch nov Prevails.
We should be glad. too, 'ffTf'|, Negro
vote in the south or in each of the
southcri' S(tf"s could be fairly. .diyil-
ed by II sin :c"c uitTtrencc OF oEin
ion and sentiment regarding, snmr
question, local or Rational IN rowisc
Suggesting t'!e rebellion ur Slavery
We should be specially t,lat&"d If
Inc white people df the south had no
cause except their utf dchmcnt to the
principles for which they rrbclltI to
fee! any animoSity toward the rcpu6-
tiran party or toward the unicn. But
i: is too soon to realize the former
of these hopes it is too late for the
Iuticr. We must look ut f,ctS as
they nrc, and try to do the best with
them for the general good that We
can.
One thing is entirely ccltain--we
cannot convince the great mass of
the republican lurty that it is they
alone who arc responsible for the
present con +ition Of things. or that
it is thei" dutE alohc to "conuucr
their pvejnlicos." Whether Justly
or crronconsly, our people believe
that they have not been harsh with
the south that they yielded as
clrly and us fully as could in reason
be required the restoration in the
government of those rights which
tic south itself undertook to east
away, and that VIII ltcvcr evil conse-
qncnccS have crln" upon those who
took part in the rebellion have bc:n
due more to tic conduct OF those
who failed than to that Of those who
succeeded in the var for the union.
The people of the north who sus
t,incd the government in that war
are not conscious OF any wish to
harm their late enemies now, and
IEGN do not believe that since the
surrender, they can justly be nc
cuScd Of having cntcrttinel any
such wish. There T.H, Bccn misun
dcrstandms i'll some cases, and it
would be ABSURD to say that tins Has
not been prod'ir",' in part hy the
Preiudices left by the Mar bit
there has been no time for the past
ten years when the north would not
have been glad to feel secure in for
getting 4. rebellion or when any
evidence tnat they could feel so has
not been gratefully welcomed. The
trouble is that such evidence. Of Il
kind to n1itct general opinion, does
Not exist.
The southern tlrni oH'atic ntwspn.
pcrs generally express the belief that
tho north is blind to this kind of
evidence. and do not see it Because
They VIII not ; bit they nrc mistaken.
Take, for instance, the negro ancs-
tion The northern people do not
believe tlmt thH Southern whites are
willing rs deal with the nG,yrocs in
the spirit of the late amendments to
the ronstitution--willing, That is, to
treat them ii; equal before the law,
in all civil aud po!itic..l-riGhts, With
the whitts The southern ncwspa-
pcrs say thai this is Il mistake but
They are obvi onsly interested in
saying SO, and their view is not cor
roboratel by thc negroes themselves.
No trustworthy interpreter of the
nl'illon OF The negroes REPORTS any
such feeling among them, and THEN
general course in politics diaprovcs
it, SO long n& this is TRUE, the north
will not credit the Disclaimers df the
southern newspapers, but will re-
main in the conviction that the
southern whites do rot yet accept in
good faith those changes in the
status Of the negroes which ar,
among tho most prominent results
of the war.
Again, the north secs the southern
whites ranging themselves Will
allhost absolute uniformity on tho
side of the democratic par
ty, not because Of any principle
orpolicy of that party disconnected
with the wal, but solely and avowcd-
~ because Of the position of the
party with reference to- questions