Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-01-11

our constituencies, that by your plan of re.
construction that result is not likely to be
attained We hold, atthe same time, that
there is one way in whiehit could be reach
ed. In our opinion, your efforts to reorgan.
ize the rebel States aud restore them to the
Union, after an uninterrupted trialsof some
seven months, have not proved successful
to theSextent requiredto to insure peace, safe.
tA and prosperity of the country Con.
gress, in pursuance of what it considers its
solemn duty now proposes, after due investi-
CATION of the whole subject, to devise, if
possible, some better plan of reorganization
and restoration, The plan Congress will
probably adopt will be to submit such a.
mendments to the Constitution as will; if
accepted by the State Legislatures, furnish
ample guarantees for the future. The ma
jori.y Of Congress expect and asked that,
while engaged 10 investigating the whole
subject of reconstruction, and devisipg some
new plan, it may be left free to act as it
may deem best, and no attempt to be made
/ by the Executive to interfere with and in
auence its action by the distribution Of pat
ronage, or in any other way. If thus left
free by you there can be no possible dificul.
ty between the executive and legislative
branches of the government. But if you
are disposed to interfere With Congress, by
patronage or otherwise, and force your pc.
culiar ideas and plans upon Congress and
the country, you will meet with serious op-
position by those that are now the friends
of your administration, and desire sincerely
to make il successful The plan Congress
will probably adopt will not renderit neces:
sary for you to surrender any of yonr own
views 10 relation to toreconstructioD, inasmuch
as under the Constitution of the United
States you cannot be asked to approve. the
resolutions of Congress submitting certain
amendments to the Constitution, You Will
not be responsible for our action, but we,
will be responsible for it to our constituency:
who will be called upon to determine upon
the merits Of our plan of recenstrnotion,
Hence there viii be no occasion for serious
differences between che Executive and Con.
gress, if each. branch of the government
simply leaves the other to do whatit consid-
ers its duty. And let me add this the so
called Conservatives of Congress. the men
that claim obeyonr exclusive friends, go
with you to-day because they think it is to.
their advantage to do SO but they will op.
pose you tomorrow, if they shall fud that
it is SO their disadvantage to support You.
You will find in The end that the men who
differ from you to-day from sincere con.
victians, and honest pataiotic motives, are
much more reliable and trustworthy friends
than these time-servers. -
The President, in reply, stated that he
was, anxious to avoid division among the
friends of bis. administration 10 Congress;
that he would regret to see any difficulties
arise between them and the Executive. He
then proceeded to review at length his poll
cy of reconstructiou, reiteratiDg the points
.in support of it made in bis published
speeches, and more lately in bis message;
but said nothing that could be construed
INTO 40 admission Of its failure On the
contrary he seemed to be fully persuaded
of its present and future success. Nor did
he say word indicating an intention to ab;
stain from interference with Congress in
its legislation upon reconstruction. He did
not say that he would interfere; but neither
did he commit himself 20 the opposite line
of action However pressed by Mr.. Wilson
in this direction, he would not give the as.
surapcesd desired Of him. That be would have
made formal disclaimer of a purpose to
meddle with Congress, if be did not enter
tain it, may be fairly presumed. And this
was the impression left by the tone and ten
or Of his remarks upon the minds of his
visitors ''. - z
The process of forming an administration
party in Congress, with the aconseryative"
members of the Union majority in both
Houses as nucleus, and no doubt the ont.
right opposition as . contingent accession,
progresses steadily Perhaps the most sig.
ni6can. step yet taken in it is the holding Of
separate caucuses. This has been done once
at least since the passage of Mr. Wilson's
resolution. The call was for meeting of
the supportersof the Presidents policy, for
the purpose of devising some means of insur.
ing its better success in Congress, and the
attendance comprised all of the Union men,
bers that had voted against Mr.. Wilson's
resolution:
Much earnest feeling has been created a.
moug radical members by the announcement
that the President had directed certain
heads of departments stto make no further
appointments upon the Recommendations of
Congressman at present" TIE fact of the
existence of this order was communicated
by the chief of a department. to some radi:
cal Congressman, who bad made a request
for q certain appointment. But one con.
situation is given to this executive mandate,
viz that support of the executive policy is
to be hereafter the price of patronage.
GEN, PrzLow AND THE NEaRoEs.-
The following letter. from Gen. Pillow ap-
pears in the Northern papers
NASHVILLE, TENN, Dec. 22d, 1865.
Majo General o: o, Howard, Commission.
er, &C., &C., Washington, D. c.:
1t affords me pleasure to inform you that
1 have been successful beyond my most
sauguine expectations in engaging labor for
all my plantations in Arkansas and, Teunes.
see. have already engaged about four
hundred freedmen. haye fill confidence in