Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-10-25

citing some interest and discussion in the
Southern States. The Winnsboro' News
regards the adoption as a foregone oonclu-
sion, and is disposed to accept the "situa-
ton" without more ado. 1t says:
cit appears hard for the people of the
South to realize their true situation in re-
lation to the Government of the United
States. Some men and some papers are
cautiously touching upon the question as to
the propriety of adopting the Constitutional
Amendment, and appear to doubt whether
our Legislature should do it or not Now
it is just as we'll for us to put aside this
sham independence. We as State have
no more power to effect anything positive
by Legislative action than we have now to
secede. We are just as completely under
Radical control as the buoy is under that
of the stormy sea. To talk about checking
Radical aggression and power either by
doing or Dot doing on our part, is all a
farce. They are masters of the situation
and all we can do is to do their bidding ;
30 that il matters little really whether we
adopt the Constitutional Amendment or
mott will be adopted, it will become part
and parcel Of the Constitution which is to
govern us. South Carolina may or may
not be one of the States to do this ; We do
not believe she will, and We would much
rather she should be one of the nine States
which need not act at all in the premises,
for the twenty. seven others are'sure to adopt
that amendment However unanimous
then we of this State may be on the ques.
tion, there is but one side to it, and our
people may just as we'll look into the pro-
visions of that amendment for it is going to
be part of the supreme law of the land,
all our tastes to the. contrary notwithstand-
ing"
- II. J. RAYMOND, writing from
Washington, throws some light upon the
question, as to what the President will do,
now that the defeat of his "policy'' is
becoming evident. Of the various rumors
in circulation, we regard this one as enti-
tied to more credit than many. Further.
more, whatever rumor may say on the
subject, Mr.. JOHNSON has taken this posi-
ton deliberately, and is not the man to
change his sentiments because the majority
is against him. RAYMOND says:
"Close upon the heels of the earliest re-
turns of the elections on Tuesday, comes
the revived report that the President sees
"the hand writing on the wall" aud viii!
at once abandon his position. Now I do
not speak by authority, but only make this
statement from what | know of President
Johnson's frmness of conviction and tenaci-
ty of purpose-matters of which any one
may soon be convinced who chooses to
know Mr.. Johnson-that he does not con.
template any abandonment of the position
he has taken on the question of restoration
because the elections have resulted adverse
ly to his policy. Should there be any
change at all, it will certainly not be mani
tested until after all the elections are heard
from. But I am firmly convinced, and
this is also the firm conviction of intimate
friends of the President; that there will be
no abatement of the energy with which he
will continue to urge his "policy," nor in
the tenacity With which he will cling to it,
even though the Congressional plan should
prevail in spite of him. This may not
be wise craftsmanship, but it is-Andrew
johnson.
On the contrary, the Herazds cores
pondent mentions rumor that "the Presi.
dent has written to the Southern Governors
urging them to convene the Legislatures
of their respective States, and to recon-
mend the ratification of the constitutional
amendment"
- The New York Sun-Independent
in an article on the recent elections at
the North says:
The election returns are still incomplete.
The Radical majority in Pennsylvania, as
we predicted, is materially Whitfield down
as the official returns come in, and the
probability now is that it will not much, if
any, exceed twelve thousand. The Con.
servatives, therefore, have gained some
thing near 5000 upon the majority against
them in the last Presidential election-that
gain being more than equal to the majority
against Mcclellan in New York in 1864.
In Ohio the Conservative gain has been
still more decisive. Lincoln's majority was
SO, ,5S6, but at the recent election, when
the vote was apparently as heavy as in 1864,
the Radicals have not obtained more than
40, 900 majority. Indiana shows some
what similar result Lincoln's majority in
that State, in 1864, was 2O,lS9, and now
that majority has been reduced below 49,
O0O The Conservatives also gain men,
Der of Congress in Indiana, as we'll as one
in Ohio. We have not yet received sufi-
cient returns from Iowa to form near
estimate of the result; but there is no
doubt, judging from our advices, that the
Radicals have also lost in that State. The
majority for Lincoln in 1864, in Iowa, was
4O,5S3, and the Radical majority now is
not likely to reach $4,000. In all the
Stotoo tba,ofora uhioh held elections this