Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1865-09-28
THE SOUTH IN CONGRESS.

Prominent amGug the most earnest advo-
Gates Of the humane and wisely policy of
the President is the World, New York
paper Of very large circulation and great
influence at the North. Although the or
:ganof the War Democrats during the civil
war, now it is an able opponent Of radical.
ism, and most usefgl and outspoken friend
Of the Southern people.
For that reason we ask the attentive pc
rusal of the following extract FROM late
editorial in the World with reference to
: the persons who should be sent to Congress
By the Southern people. The sipcere we'll
wishers of the South at the North all unite
in advising the line of policy narksd out
by the World. Let these extracts be read
and re.read by the people of the South:
HIt depends, after all, mainly upon the
people of the South, whether the President
shall be defeated and humiliated, and sheir
section be kept for long period under the
iron heel of military authority. Their
bearing is, thus far, admirable. But if
they. should do anything, or allow anything
60 be done, by.which the explosive and pas
sionate Radicals could rekindle public in
dignation in the North, and cause re-
astion, their condition will be sealed for a
: long kime..The President is powerless
against Congress, unless supported by a
public sentiment too strong for Congress to
resist
ssThe South is, therefore, bound in self
protection, as well as by every motive Of
duty and patriotism, to aid the President
and their friends in the North, by the un-
objectionable character Of the men they
elect to Congress and their nnequivocal
spbmissiveness svinced in their State man
agement. If, Immediately after re.orgaui-'
cation, they will get their State Legislatures
together and ratify the pending Constitsl-
tional amendment, they wi1r thereby greatly
aid their cause: As they all acquiesce. in
the destruction of slavery, there can be no
serious objection to their taking this action,
which will finally shut the door against the
aspersions of the Radicals on their SINGER
aty in submitting to emancipation, and pre-
vent the re.opening Of doubts as to its con-
stitutional validity. Their failure to do this
. would, of course, be no reason for the re-
lection Of their representatives TO Congress,
but the ratifcationof the amendment would
increase the moral power Of the President
and his contsol over the subject. .
ssThe most important thing of all, in its
bearing on the difference between the Pres
ident and the Radicals, is the character of
the men elected by the South to represent
them in Congress. This is not a subject
for ingenius reasonings and hairsplitting
: distinctions. The South must face the facts.
ZEE there be anything certain, it is that
,,members who have been identified with the
rebellion will be rejected. The new oath,
which until repealed has the force Of law,
requires all members of each house toswear
that they have never rendered voluntary aid
to the enemies of the United States At
some future day, when confidence is more
fully re-essablished, this law may be re.
pealed, but certainly net at present, and
probably not until after the Southern seats
/. call filled. . -.
tsThe South must be foolishls blind tt
% the insurmountable nature of this barrier