Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1865-11-09
Alexander H. stephens.

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AWashington espondent;o of the Phil
adelphia Ledger gives an account of an in
terview with a. FL Stephens :,s
He was received very cordially by The
President, whom he thanked in his usua
pleasant bu. digni6sd way, and converse
tion then ensusd upon thecondition of the
country, the Presidents plan of restoration
and "reminiscences of the past. Both gen
tlsmen were perfectly easy and unrestrain
edip their language and manner, aud the
interview was as pleasant as it between two
old but long estranged friends.
In conversation with your correspondent
Mr.. Stephens said that it was owing to q
want unity through the South that theiI
cause was lost. ;. ...,.ss5. Il !, =
When system of the most crushing des
lpotism was inaugurated at Richmond, from
that moment the struggle was abandoned,
and 1.-The Confederaey was left to its fate
q Mr.. Stephens was very careful not 10
mention the name of the rebel President in
spsakingsas above, but it was not difficult
to see that there must have been q long es.
trsngement between them, and that the. acts
of Davis within the last year or more of his
Administration, werein no sense or manner
countenaneed or supported BY the second
officer Of the so.called ssGovernment. 49, -
: Towards Davis personally, however, lido
anoksbaliege that Mr.. Stephens entertains a
single unkind feeling. ssHis trial." said
he aWonld do no good. In SO far as the
charge of treason was concerned, he was
equally guilty With Davis, and SO, he added,
were thousands besides.
The statement that has gone forth from
Fort Warren, &c. the effect that Mr.. Ste.
;phens bad complained" Of his continued
Incarceration, while those more bitter than
he were liberated, Mr. s. inforned me
was not.correct. 8 ..ss Z 5zss -ss
In q joealar way, he said to one of his
visitors 81 cannot see Why am confined,
while others who took more active part in
the rebellion are daily liberated )" but 30
far as complaining, he said it never escaped
bis lips. While in close confinement with.
in the damp walls of the fort, Mr.. Stephens
fell away considerably; but from the. mo-
.rnent he was allowed free exercise out Of
doors, he commenced to gain bis flesh, and
is now almost as well as any time within
the last SIX years. :
- f need not tell you that he accepts the
situation, for he does SO without murmur.
Indeed, those who. have Judged him harshly
throughout the. war have judged him
Wrongfully, for, during the whole Of its
continuance, his heart ever beat warmly to-
wards the old Union He had, of course,
his lifelong confirmed notions about the
aRights of she States; )" but this was more
for their own projection than with any view
toathe disruption of the glorious pbalanx as
it then existed. 49,, - -s
When soverborne by the,torreut, howev.
er, like many others equally true to the flag,
he went with his State, though under a
protest which none who have read can ever
forget, nor, after reading, doubt the patriot
: ism that inspired it. ,s...,--.
Mr. Stephens takesa great interest in the
result of the elections in Georgia, and hopes
that good and true men viii be every who're
chosen He expects to reach his home at
Charlottesville about the 2Sth, and will pro.
ceed thence via Atlanta ....'