Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-08-13

.,,.UNION C.-H, S, C., July %.
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. DExn sm:@Yotir extraordinary communication
Of stL Was: hapde TO me this afternoon by
In It you say that youhave been aintorued ssthat
certain citizens Of your 4my4 County are eecting
their plantatiohs with loss Of wages
and 9theifs eopsy TTo this r have no reply to
make, except that 7 have not heard Of any such
gases, and am persuaded that you have been mis-
=" You thengo on to say, THE principal cause APP
ueara therefsal of thesecolor men to ioin
Democratic Clubs 'al' This language implies an O.
pinion derived from an investigation You do not
Say that such has been your information; nor that
such has been the charge preferred, but that It ap
pears TO- bes 50 suStll lower doWne your Language
impieates myself. and the landlords, .of Union in
this Outrage, ''asyod politely termit j Therefore,
myself andsaid landlords Z Indignantly repel
After having expressed your decided conviction
BY thewoFd egpsas gea conclude your letter n as
cases in few days. Il Putting the two sentences
together, the language seems to admit Of but one
Interpretation and that is-that you have formed
an opinion without having had an investigation !;
and your opinion thus formed, does great injustice
to the ecitzens Of this District aud reflects with
great severity upon my official conduct
Asa sciyiipfhcer, my contact and intercourse with
whiteaand blacks are of frequent occurrence; and
while the people of respectability and property,
following the example.of the Radicals now in pow
er are fast resolving to prefer political friends to
political enemies, lrhayeyet to hear of any at
tempt to violate existing contracts because of poi
ltical action. Negroes, generalydo not join Dem
ocratic Clubs and little effort is made by the
whites induce them todo so. The few who have
joined have. been soc much abused and threatened
by others of their own race, well armed with Uni
temptation to remain away is very great. All this
viii be established to the satisfaction Of the officer
whom you purpose to send hither to investigate
these matters. " ...,.s..'r
And now for simple statement. aAnaged gen.
tleman, of great respectability, applied ONE, un-
der legal advice for proceedings against co of his
laborers, to compel them to leave his plantation
He charged that they had repeatedly broken their
contracts and that he could stand it no longer. The
particulars of the breach, he stated to be, fire.
quent abandonment Of their work, against his ex-
press ORDERS to attend drills and league meetings,
once or twice every week during work hours. He
asked my opinion about the matter, and refused
to give it in advance Of the trial He applied to
me for the necessary notice. prescribed in the
to amend the law in relation to tenanciea" l13
Stat 4l6, whose duty it became to issue it,
This Act has been extended in its terms by Gener-
al Candy, and thus specially approved of by him.
The notice was issued and served personally, July
Is, 1858. The negroes sent word back, 'That
they would go to Columbia, to see about it. They
went, or sent, presume, and have received coun-
tenance and support from the Governor of the
State, upon their e1 pdrte statements. =. 7.aT-....
Now, L conjecture that this scase is the sole feun,
dation of the charge you prefer against the land
lords of Union District. I am satisfied that you
could have heard of no other instance. An eject
ment for the cause stated in your letter. could not
have taken place in this District, without some
thing being said about it, without its reaching my
ears. .......... ......:.....-. .zsa-.3.- e4i.i
J did not these freedmen, throughtheir attorney
for, if I have been correctly informed, they re-
manned at home and sent one of their race from an
adjoining plantation show you the copy of the
notice served upon them ? IF they did, you must
have seen that they were to show cause before me,
in ten days from the personal service thereof, why
warranted ejectment should not be issued against
them :. if you did not then see it, you must or
should have known that such was the requirement
of the Act. The information received by you must
have convinced you that the trial had not yet ta-
ken place In fact, threats are always intended as
preyentives and therefore, your threats show that
you were aware that the trial was in ttturo. :
1t was under.these circumstances that your let
acts of outrage will be carefully nyestGated, and
both yourself (D and the landlords will be held
strictly accountable for all damages that may be sns
tanned by colored men thus wronged 'et2f fthis was
not intended to force my Judgment and intimidate
;f totu axnressed