Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-10-10
COLUMBIA CONTRIBUTORIAI
BY JAS. WOOD DAVIDSON.
COLUMBIA. SOUTH CAROLINA, 7TH OCTOBER, 1857
Place aux danes.

COLUMBIA. SOUTH CAROLINA 7TH OCTOBER, 1887
Place aux danes.
Mr.. Chase is represented as saying to Lucy
| Stone:
sfBe free to say from me that think there vii
be no end to the good that will come by woman's
suffrage on the elected on elections, on government
and on woman herself"
Everybody knows that in England the grea
politico-logician, John Stuart Mill, has come ou
squarely in favor of woman suffrage. The ball il
in motion.
The Circus. ...- .a-"
Dan CASTILLO showed among US last Thursday
with fair success. The Menageric helped out vast
ly. The riding was not wonderful at all. Th'
leaping was fair. ' -'-'
Among the beasts there were fine specimens o
the Bengal Tiger, the Asiatic Lion, the Arabian
Camel the Tapir, the white Peacock, the Chimes
Hog and the Ant-eater.
The wit of the clowns was old enough to MAKE
one yawn-one who has read it all in the newspa
pers and seen it in other circuses.
The University.
| Several new students came in last week, in ad
vance of the opening of the session; and this, w
take it, is an earnest of a more numerous patron
age. At this time, however, it is impossible Il
make any estimates of the probable number tina
will matriculate this scholastic year. Indeed i
will be fortnight or three weeks before one car
give figures with official certainty.
DR.. Darby will not be here until the end Of Dc
tober, but meanwhile DR.. Smith, Demonstration o.
Anatomy, will conduct DR.. Darby's department
The Others are all here and ready Chairman
Barnwell, Professors Rivers, Sachtleben, LaBorde
Reynolds, Alexander John LIE Conte, Joseph Ii
Conte, Talley, Darby, Smith and Haskell.
Monarchy.
Is there lingering anywhere in the South, man
who does not, in his heart, prefer Monarchy to
Democracy? After our disastrous experiences
and our overwhelming humiliations, is there yet q
man who dreams that Democracy has in it aughi
but death-to the Minority? Isnot that the very
vital issue of the late struggle? b..
If Democracy is better than anything else, ther
twirl your hat on cornstalk and shout huzzas fol
"the best government the world ever saw!" .
If the oppressed, bafaed, insulted, invaded
crushed overwhelmed and ruined minority still
clings to its old notions of Democracies, then ha.
the blood of these later years flowed in vain ;ther
we ore right (hat on cornstalk) to shout viuas tt
the "best government the world ever sawr' cod
We like that sort Of thing-the cornstalks espe'
cially.
But if we had KING to-day in Washington, in
place of shilly-shally President and despotic
Majority, what would be the result?
Harmony oil over the country. Whenever the
King is applied to to protect New England Manu-
factures, he does so; and at the same time, in
justice to his realm extends the same protection to
cotton, rice, sugar and tobacco. 1t becomes his
wisest selfprotective policy to prevent the oppres
sion of one section and the monopoes of another.
Why cannot Congress do this same thing2 Be.
cause Congress is-naaist be-a sectional Majority
and it can and will protect one part Tits own) to
the detriment of another. In this case the despot
is section ITSELF And this result is the natural
and inevitable effect of Democratic governments.
We are not purely theoretical in these views
Let us see how the times suit such a regime.
Who shall reign?
We answer-Any man that has sense enough.
Gen. Lee is, of course out of the question. Who
next? Gen. Sherman is our man.
We are willing to trust any one man, in prefer,
ence to any number of men, in such responsible
ty. Thad Stevens himself would be more gener-
GUS towards the South, than whole Congress,
were the responsibility wholly upon him. So
would Sumner. So would Beast Butler. So
would the Devil.
The Negroes. WHO'S Who7
In many localities it has appeared as result Of
the late Registration that there are more ne
groes than there used to be- Notwithstanding the
fact that negroes have died out largely. This oc-
ours in whole States, as in Louisiana and Alabama.
Does anybody know why this is so? How is it
to be accounted for?
There are several facts that point to the conclu-
sion that there are more names on the registry
books than there are negroes to represent them.
These facts have been given through the news
papers from time to time. One Of them is the
fact that many instances have occurred lin Colum.
bia even) where the Registrar took the name Of
some negro, and few minutes after, when the
name was called no negro came forward, there be-
ing no such negro therel He had forgotten his
own name! How could he-how could even the
stupidest Of uneducated negroes forget his OWL
name in few minutes, unless he had registered
previously under another or haH.a-dozen othe,
names2 That this trick of registering under seve.
raj names has been resorted to times and again,
no sane man can have a moment doubt, if he has
kept an eye to this work Of registration. The
Registrars have no doubt done their duty copsci