Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-05-28
COLUMBIA CONTRIBUTORIAL
By JAS. wooD DAVIDSON.
COLUMBIA SOUTH CAROLINA, 18TH NAY, 1883.
At the UniversityG5S

At the University I51U " Nv e..
There was no lecture the past week; and no ex-
planation has been of red.
The present session ends with June--about five
weeks from this time.
Persouffs.s Ese.ess .
Last week Columbia vas honored with some
visitors of distinction Gen: John Tyler a son of
the President, spent several days in town, on his
wayfrpm the southwest to Virginia. SIS
Rev. Dr. B. NJ. Palmer, of New Orleans, remain
ed few days with us, being en- route from New
Orleans to Baltimore. .ri.neJ ...g.- ss 4e.,g.E
DR.. Torrey, of New York, the venerable and dis
tnguished botanist and minerologist has been for
several days. the guest of DR.. LeConte Of the Uni
versity. ,.-..i. .,s.--l.i,-. ..,ga,.E. ...r, s.
Gen. Wade Hampton, also, is in town. as
The soiree. -r. a!
Last Tuesday and Wednesday the ladies of Trim
ity Church gave Soree Muacak-with the ad-
ditional attraction Of something to eat-for the
benefit of the church building. The. music was
the best we ever heard in affairs of this kind
Miss Adams quite won every heart by her charms
of person, manner, and voice; and won on all
hands the playful title of R1maa Donna. Master
Cani-a lad of maybe ten or twelve years Old
gave some astonishingly fine performances on the
violin. These two were the special stars of the
occasion but there was at least dozen others
ladies' and gentlemen-who fully deserved heavy
and hearty rounds of applause bestowed upon their
efforts to please in the line musical }i r3..a,l
The financial success, We hear, was good-four
|or five hundred dollars-we were told.
Politics. :e9 "aH snm:la.- .g1.- .3E -
State politics and political issues are becoming
merged into national politics i5o q, 10 ~.
And that which was big thing before, becomes
still bigger ~: I'D r'.;-~ ~,.-I9'n' ~; ~
The failure Of impeachment, thus fur, has given
Ia pulse more oflfe into the body democratic; and
Democratic stock is looking up in consequence
The President by no means out Of it yet but the
omnipotence of the Radical faction has been sub
stantislly questioned. ,5a& 'a..t
Grant may not be next president We think he
will not. sh. 7 lgr .".Ij 81 fua ..7qa2
"A, question Of far more importance to us is,
what will Congress do with the Negro Constitu-
tion of South Carolina ln9Tefe Far ~ .aa:.
We sincerely hope they will throw it into the
waste basket, or to the dogs-whence it came
At this present writing the question of admitting
Negroes into the Chicago Convention seems to
hang fre-has not been finally acted on. We
suppose they will be excluded. Our South Caro-,
lima Negroes were advised to not run for Congress,
on ground. Of policy and they are holding of:
Yet these Negroes are under the impression that
they are Men and brethren. -. q, =. r.a.ss.f
When they are advised" " on grounds of policy,
not to force themselves into the Chicago Conven-
ton, they will submit like :cousrdly slaves; and
yet continue under the impression that their Nor
thern friends regard them as Men and brethren.
we like that se,..e,. ..f:
A Man and brother is big thing; and we ad-
wise the Negroes to stick to it 1t is all they are
likely to get from their Yankee friends aa;
Every step the Negroes take seems to be the
one that leads most directly towarder their utter
destruction. In the friendship of the white man,
South, they had one chance of respectable exis-
tence but they spurned it with scorn. In indus
try they had q refuge from ruin but they negec-
ted it with contemptuous scorn, and will statve.-
In many ways, salvation for their race has been
within their reach; but they have rejected every
one with high hand and an outstretched arm.
They have rejected the profered cooperation of
the white raee-have lain idle in ork-time-have
neglected sehoos-have nsulted their only friends
have demanded power and peace-haye received
advice from their enemies-have folded their arms
and waited for the promised forty
and have played the fool in everything. aa I..-
What remains for them now? .g @- f....
It is easy to see. Annihilation. .g1 .'. %
It is melancholy conviction to record, but we
believe that it is the solemn truth. ...
It is possible, even yet, for them to save them
selves from this fate, by falling into line promptly
with the Conservative whites and acting with the
Democratic Party against the Radicals. ~.
But so,N they? ,..,.. r. r.. b.. .... 4
No. III 1..g,t, ... .i .r;.... ....
What then? ,,: .,...: ...,, .....' ........
Then-Annihiation. @ ...... ......,