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

POLITICAL :ANOMAL1.
The State Of North Carolina is placed at
this time in singular and awkward atti-
tude, asregards herinternal affairs. When
Gov: Holden assumed control of.the State,
under the provisional appointment Of the
President, he filled all the State Offices with
new appointees of his own selection. The
Legislature convened and transacted such
business as the emergency required but ad-
journed without touching the subject of
election of Magistrates and other county
officers. aea#s aEsf q ff'S$
5Inthemeantime, North Carolina ia feliev-
edrfTom provisional authority, and with the.
retirement Of Cow HOLDEN, his proyis.
ional appointments are vacated. The State,
isjn consequence, left without 9 Sheriff,
CLERK, Magistrate, or any other county off
Ger, neoessaryto her internal. machinery
In this perplexipg attitude, Coz. WORTH
iads the State, upon assuming control of
the Executive. The. Constitution fails to.
afford him any remedy for supplying the
vacant Offices, save to convene the Legisla-
ture, which body alone can authorize to elect.
This he has done In recent proclamation.
designating the 18th instant as the day of
assembling. 'i.;sss
In the meantime, the State, ike raft at
sea, must float with the current until she
can be manned by another crew.
WHO WILL WINp
The re,opening Of Cepgress will probably
witness a fierce fight between. the Radicals
and the Administration, upon the condition
of the Southern States All the Indications
as regards the Presidents policy point but
one way; that is, as soon, as Texas and
Florida. have passed through the stages
necessary to eutitle them to relief from pro-
visional authority; proclamation will be.
issued recognizing the States of the South
as restored to-their relations with the Fed
eral Government, and ias resuming all their
rights under Che Constitution.
The radicals in the meantime, are digest
ing bills and resolutions by the hatfull, for
the government Of these States as nTerri.
tories" as estates in suspended relation.
ship" 60, &c., manyof which will be urged
upon Congress for immediate action.
Should tho Presidsnt .oerry out his poll
cy of restoration, Il VIII be- difficult to di-
vine the. end. A fight or back down by
the radicals must be the result. Executive
power and patronage, will probably brush
all opposition from its path, and come out
triumphantIy, Factions in opposition to
the administration have very rarely found
themselves repaid the costs in the end
There are too many Offices to gil, too much
money to be sifted through the wires that
centre in the Executive Office, to let mi.
nority bear away the fayors. For these
reasons the President of our Republic has
generally been ableio rallya sufficient force:
In Congress to sustain his measures, how:
ever unpopular to sectional politics, ,,.
After this proclamation, there will be
but one more obstacle in the way of2ths ad-
mission of Southern members. This will
be the test oath. Congress will scarcely
repeal it this session. It may be SO far
modified asto permit the admission of a
few members thissSpring. Buff the fight
comes between Congress aud the President
tho former will not be apt to let go q
string that. promises to serve its purposes 50
well as this test oath is likely to do. Mean
time, this trial of strength between the
oonteuding giants is fast approaching.
A HABEAs CORPUS CASE.
Capt. ROBERT: j: MARTIN, formerly of
the Confederate army, and recently a pris-
oner in Fort Lafayette, has. been released
from military custody, upon writ of ha-
6eas corpus before . New York Judge
The charges against him we're to the effect
that he was spy in The Confederate SER
vice, and concerned in the burning Of the
hotels in New York.in 1854. The Judge
held, that his ofenee had ceased to be pun