Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-08-28


West holds the balance of power in the Presiden-
tial contest; and all parties unwilling to hazard
their success by incurring such powerful hostlll-
ty, succumb to the imperious necessity. Thus
in the course of an hour, during the past week,
have witnessed the squandering, the absolute
throwing away of millions. Why, at such time,
as heard member remark, it is worth pretty
little fortune of thousands to catch the Speakers
eye, and obtain the floor! Our own members
have long since learned that it is useless to attempt
to stem the torrent and they sit quietly in their
seats--attending, doubtless, to matters which
more Immediately concern their home-people.
But it just now occurs to me that am wrong
in venturing such sweeping declarations. GOV.
Aiken, who is always very wide-awake, to thein-
terests of his constituency, has succeeded in OBJ
tanning somewhat liberal appropriations for Char
lesion harbor and the fortifcation on the island,
and the Custom House; and, strange to say, Mr..
Boyce, equally attentive to his duty, has put in
train an appropriation of $50 900 for the erection
of an elegant government building, in Columbia,
for the use of the Post Office and the United States
Court. Inasmuch as the good sense and deter
mined energy of the merchants of Columbia have
been so successfully employed, of late, in opening
permanently the navigation of the Congaree, it
might be good one to stake time by the fore
lock-" and have our goody "city Of shade-trees"
declared port of entry, so as, Mt the outset, to
conform the new building to. the purposes Of
Custom House Thin. of that, friend Britton !
Hold up your head and look towards Washington!
Speaking of Court Houses l must not forget to
mention, also, that Col. Orr has procured the a
doption of a measure establishing Greenville as
one of the points for the sessions of the District
Court of the United States in our State. Former
ly the law provided for the holding Of this Court
at Laurens, but am under the impression that
a session has not been held there-at least for
number of years Grcenville will probably have
better luck, and eventually, if the Patriot attends
properly to the Union, superb Court House may
be added to the number of fine public buildings
which already adorn that handsome town. This
will furnish Maj. Perry capital subject for
long editorial, in his peculiar wien and trust
he will find himself much more easy and happy in
the handling of it, than he was in the discussion
of the metaphysical theme suggested to him last
Summer.
Really the subject, like q half-done oyster,
grows larger the more I work at it. have still
another instance of federal regard. Mr.. Boyce
Informed me yesterday that the President had
sent to the Senate the name of our friend General
Aston, as Indian Agent--of the Omaha tribe, in
Nebraska Territory, I think. I do not know
whether the appointment has yet been confirmed f;
of course, however, there cannot possibly be an
objection. Nor do know-indeed l doubt very
much-whether the General will accept it. The
office is worth about twenty-five hundred dollars
per annum, with MS much more, in the way Of per-
ouisites. as the moral capacity of the holder will
allow I think, however, viewing the matter SOLE
ly as one of loss and gain, | may undertake to
say that the intelligence and liberality of the
Rock Hill people will be fully equal to the duty
of OBTAINING permanently in their midst such
useful and rarely valuable citizen. At any rate,
I can trust so; and indulge the hope the more
implicitly from the fact that Gen. Aston has but
accepted position which will probably,
prove to be both permanent and profitable.
Since came to Washington have failed to
detect any very great violence in the ebbings and
fowings of party feeling The political circles,
here, seem to be unusually quiet If | should
undertake to account for this phenomenon, I might
ascribe it to the too confident antcipatons of the
Democratic leaders on the one hand, and cor
detection on the part of the opposition.
But, to tell the truth, the election Of Buchanan is
by no means to be placed i'll the category of fixed
facts Three weeks ago would not have given
fg for his chances My visit to the North afford
ed me opportunities for observing the condition of
political sentiment there as it is and nothing was
more evident than the widespread proclivity of
the masses, especially those of the rural districts
to abolitionism and Fremont. The excitement in
behalf of that party was appalingly intense, and
" single Northern State will recover from its
throes before the November election shall have
been decided Why even old Pennsylvania, the
anchor, the last abiding place, the forlorn hope"
of the Democracy North of Mason and Dixon's
line, trembled to the very centre and rocked as if
tottering from her time. honored position.
During the past few weeks, however, the pros
poets of the Democratic party have evidently been
Frightening, and we can now with much more con-
filence look forward to successful issue of the
contest. The unexpected result in their favor of
the recent elections in Kentucky; the additional
assurances from Missouri, and the probabilities of
n Democratic triumph in Maryland, arising from
the recent determination Of the oldline Wing par
ty there, have proved that Fillmore cannot secure
the vote of single Southern State, and thus have
frightened the hopes and redoubled the exerions
of the Northern wing of the Democracy. We
have now the best assurances. Of the triumph of
the Buchanan ticket in Pennsylvania, Maine, Con-
nectcut and probably in Illinois and Indiana
run themselves completely out, and, as the Black
Republicans have thus lost the most powerful ele-
ments of their progress, their prospects, if mat
tiers 20 on smoothly will henceforward, grow
"smal by degrees and beautifully less"
It's worthy of remark that, although the States
of New York and Massachusetts, arc irretrievably
in the hands of the Republicans, the city of New
for Fillmore by q large majority. How must We
account for this strange phenomenon? Living in