Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-06-06

chester N, \. DemOCrdt uas Aau du iuIol-
view with Elk Gov. Aiken, of Sc. Here is
what the letter writer says:v
HIS pERsoNAL.APPEARAHCE.
Mr. Aiken has none of the unctuous solidity
of nerson which position is supposed to be-
stow and is the farthest removed from those
Onattleburns who have so successfully culti-
yated .pompous and offensive manners. He is
five feet ten in height, perhaps, aId may
weigh one hundred and forty pounds. His
hair and full whisker aud ud'mustache are very
gray but his manners, are as subdued and
6 courteous, and his eyes'as brightas during
his memorable contest with Banks for TIE
Speakership, when he wasn't elected, but
Thought he was, and committed to memory
his speech of acceptance. The, Governors
face is scanned. and furrowed, unduly Tor
man of sixty, and has. an anxious, vigilant,
weary look.
HE CALLS THE coNFRDERATEs " REBELS"
His health was tolerablc, be said, and he
had been treated with marked respect ever
since the war rbeganAby the rebels OF all
GRADES, in. South Carolina, who had tolerated
lis dissent from their schemes. anu now oy
;hc President and Ganeral Jeffries, of whose
.,ns;derate kindness he. spoke IN the highest
..sms. as.noticable when he mentlon
ed jeff. Davis plotters, he said " the rebels"
-not ''confederates." :.
g These have been four dreadful years" !"
he went on to say: shut told the rebels
from the beginning what the end would be.
I have been disappointed in only one respect
II told them I would give them two years
to he CONQUERED in, and it has taken four.
They have fought desperately; every boy
nartook of the fanaticism and went into the
i;obt. and the woman cheered ,hem on and
c9ve their jewels and treasures to the cause
You ii tho North know nothing OF the war
in this respect. Every family in the South
is bereavcd, and I told them itwculd be So"
nE,Avows uxswERv1sc UNION SEDIMENTS.
- Tie said. a:No, have never cast my lot
With them. I told them they we're wrong
from tie first gave toast for the Union
at notification supper in 1880, and offended
all my young associates, aud since the re-
bel!ion commenced have not been. to Rich
>mond or,aMontgomery, and have declined
Office from Mr.. Davis tor myself and friends.
When Mr.. Davis was my guest recently a.
Charleston, ! Idefendei the Union, andscout-
ad tho absurd. doctrine of secession in con-
yersation with him. Since the war, began l
have never said nor done a thing of which
NV conscience accuses me as an act OF dis
loyalty to the nation"
HIS JUDGMENT OF JEFF. DAVIS.
he continued by saying that Davis was not
the man for President, and never should
have been chosen. He had not the ability
nor the weight of character of Hunter, and
had been very unpopular ever since his cleo
ton. South Carolina had denounced him
without stint-but it was position where
success was impossible. He had not a high
opinion of Davis morals or discretion, but it
seemed to him incredible how man of edu-
cation and culture, of refined taste, a mem
ber of the church, who sat at Christ's table
and partook of the sanctitied body and blood
of the worlds crucifed Redeemer, gould pos
sibly harbor thought Of completely in the
assassination. He supposcdPresident ) ohm
SON had good evidence, however; but fsuch
complicity was proved it would materially
DAMAGE his respect for human nature.
THE WAR LNDED. -
The Governor said the war was substan-
tally over when Grant took Richmond; all
the South agreed to that. No organized
rnerilla warfare will be carried on. The
people of the South will not permit. a sell
fish instinct to defend themselves will stimu-
late them to hunt down guerillas He spoke
with pride Of having recently presided at o
meeting in Charleston to express regret and
indignation at the murder of Mr.. Lincoln.
He said that he had lost nearly all his proper
ty in the war (some seven or eight, million
dollars but il he saved enough for his sup.
port he should not mourn the loss.
This is the substance Of the conversation,
It is said, though l did not learn it from hip',
tda. the Governor is brought here charged
w;th aiding blockade runners. But even il
he is, is he not far more innocent than Rob
ert e. Lee, who is lionized in quiet way at
Richmond, and is not penaced With trial
at all