Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1865-09-28
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The want of money era circulating me
dium cannot continue long. The sale O
cotton, as soon as It's transportation to mar
ket is practicable, win supply the conntr,
with money enough for its most pressing
wants. The farmers and planters, nov
that their slaves are emancipated, may ver1
4 well dispose Of . portion Of their lands, (
relieve their embarrassments, and acquire
the means Of enriching and improving sht
remainder. Northern capitalists and Euro
pean immigrants will readily make invest
ments in real estate in South Carolina. II
ashort time, money, vhichis superabundanl
in the Northern States, will naturally snd
necessarily Cow South, seeking its value, as
water flows seeking its level. ess;.al ~.
After the collapse of the so.called Con.
federacy, the Southern States were left in
/ o most anomalous condition in reference to
their monetary affairs. The gold and silver
had been exported as an article Of commerce
during the war the State. banks were all
broken and their bills driven out of circu.
lation, and the Confederate money became,
Of course, valueless. This left the South
without any kind of money or circulating
medium. Eight millions Of people, in a
high state of civilization, occupying rich
and fertile country, without money or the
means of exchange, except BY barter
Gloomy as the present may seem, the fu.
ture will be bright and glorious. Nothing
is ever likely to occur again TO mar the har.
mony of the Union. The great cause Of
dissension between the two sections has
been removed. There are no rival interests.
The North and the South are mutually ne.
cessary to each other, and all the pursuits
of the one are dependent on those Of the
other. The United States, as q whole, com.
bine oil the elements of national prosperity
and greatness, in higher degree than any
people on the face of the earth.F No empire
in the world ever united in SO eminent a de-
gree the three great sources Of Independence,
power, and Wealth-agriculturs, commerce
and manufactures. AS long as civilization
continues, this great Republic will flourish
and increase in numbers, wealth and gran.
deur. It can only crumble and break into
fragments when ignorance and darkness
shall have perYaded the land.
South Carolina, as an integral part Of this
great power, must partake of its richness
and prosperity. The abolition of slavery
will give new energy and self reliance to
her people, stimulate industry and promote
economy in all yocations of life. In less
than ten years we shall realize in the Loss
Of slavery . blessing in disguise, to ourselves
and our children,
In resuming her allegiance to the United
States I know that South Carolina does sc
in good faith, and with perfect sincerity to
her plighted honor. As she was the first
to lead off in. this great and most unfortu-
nate secession movement, it now becomes
her duty TO set bright example of loyalty
to the other Southern States, in returning
to the Union, and cheerfully performing
all the obligations to the Federal Govern.
meDt. She will receive in return, from that
Government, restoration Of ell her civil
and political rights as sovereign State.
with a general amnesty for the past.
You should be careful to do all that il
necessary to aid the President in carrying
out his wise and generous policy of recon
struotion, and do nothing which may tend
to embarrass him in that policy or impede
the restoration of the State to the Fedora
Union. It is a remarkable fact that the
brave men who have imperilled their lives
and made every sacrifice in war, for the las
four years, are promptly and oheerfully ac
quiescing in it's results, whilst some of those
who have kept ont of danger and made les
sacrifices, are less inclined to acquiesce il
the inevitable results of that war.
have the qualification of informing you
that the policy have pursued in my ad
ministration of the Provisional Government
of the State has met the entire approval o.
the President, and he has directed the mill
tary authorities not to interfere with thai
policy, but to aid and assist me in carrying
| it out. I have likewise the pleasure o.
communicating to you that very recently
had an interview with Maj. Gen. Meade
commanding the Atlantic States, and Major
General Gilmore, commanding the Depart
| ment Of South Carolina, in reference to 6
seeming conflict between the civil and mill
tary authorities Of the State; and that all
difficulties were satisfactorily arranged
The civil law, the Courts, and civil officers
of the State are restored, and their functions
will not be interferred with by the military
authorities, except in cases where freedmen
and persons Of color are concerned. These
cases have been assigned to the Courts o.
the Provost Marshais for adjudication til
the completion of the Presidents policy o.
reconstruction. Ali other cases will be heard
and decided by the civil and municipal
courts, under and according to the laws o.
South Carolina.
1t is also a source Of congratulstion tt
know that the colored troops, whose afro
oious conduct has disgraced the service and
filed the public mind with the most horrible
apprehensions, have been withdrawn from
the interior of the State, and are to beplaced
in garrisons on the coast, where they can d.
no futher mischief In allof my persona
interviews with the President and in all my
despatohes to him, I urged this course mos