Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-02-25

John AzlQHan to l,euisyIne 10 be, ready 70 take
oammaid and tekgfAphad aeain: If you do not
attack Hood before - date9 1 shall be undsrthe
painful necessity offeisying you. Justat that time
Thomas was ready, not BY necessity, but BY the
compl lsdpn Of hp affairs, and the happy conusion
Of events made the battle Of Nashville an honor to
both.'''1a sqd sa:.iss 7a.a .ss9 M .leg So
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"A correspondent Ct the Macon ietegyaph whites
ss foicxs ora recent interview with the bon. a.
Hc Stephens: -be. ~ $50
When entered he vas engaged ~ looking. o7er
the papers which had arrived By mail . few min.
ntes before but Kindly entered into very pleasing
conversation with me without delay. ventured
to call his attention TO paper which contained the
srtiele Of Mi. tP0tsrd on the fight OF Mr. Davis
from Richmond, and particularly that portion ne
latng to himself, with an urgent request that he
would allow me to publish hisremarks IN reterenoe
to It. He stated that he had seen the article, and
would grant my request only on condition that l
would give bis remarks ia his own words / then
took down ID short hand as he spoke, the follow.
ing: .;s - .if
ssI have 1 great repugnance to having my name
brought before the. public in such connection,
even in correction of the many misrepresentation
which almost dsily see in the papers: vet as.
sure you that what MI. Pollard in this article says,
is without the least foundation Whatever, and his
information, from whatever source derived, is en-
tirely incorrect. Twas here, in my own home in
Cravfordyille, at the time referred to. Mr.. Davis
did not pass nearer to CrawfordyiHe than Raytown,
someeieht or nine miles distant. and I did not
know that he wss passing through that part Of the
stste euntil some time al fterwards. GrisWodyiIle,'
supokep Of in the artce Of Mr. Pollard. is at least
sixty or seventy miles from INV reidenee How.
ever widely Mr.. Davis and I NAV have differed
mon nublie Questions and uub]io policv either be-
fore or during the days Of the Confsderacy, our
personal and social relations we're never interrupt
ed. Our terms of intercourse were ALWAYS friend.
H. No act Of incivilitv on the mart Of either of Ms
WAS ever exhibited towards the other. 20 far as I
ann aware Of Tn th;s connection I vould add that
T. is not correct as here zee r. IN the papers to-
dav stated that have accented the Profsssorrship
Of History and Political Science, lately created and
tendered to me in the University of Georgia. The
state Of my health and existing professional, as
well as other engagements, oonstrain me to decline
it, at least for the present. rs 2S" sa1
,.':i..''t. -. aENEaAL a GRANT. !. :.
asked Mr. Stephens what he thought would
be the course of General Grant as President; and
while be says but little upon public matters, his
reply ia asfonows: 9 All the country wants Is good
government For General Grant personally l en-
tertain the highest esteem. From the first time
first met him at City Point in 1855, Ihaye regard
ed, and still regard him as one Of the most remark
able men I have ever met. he possesses one Of
the rsret combinations felements Of character Of
perhaps any man living. do not believe he will
be easily influenced, much less controlled by any
person He will act from the dictates of his own
judgment, and what he believes to be the hne OF
bis. duty. regard him as man OF great gen.
eroGH and masnanimity neither selfish nor am
bitioRs ;and I believe he meant all that the words
import when be said Let Us have Peace Gener-
al Grant, however, no more than any other man,
can have all things as he might desire. The tu-
tnre Of this country, therefore, is still enveoped In
great uncertainty. All the patriot at the South
can do is to bear in patience the present, exercise
q generous. confidence, and look hopefully tor
Times development" Of
..'.:-,...zs -, :, = I.o THE COUNTRY,
,ha sa;d, "With good government, there is much of
life in the old land yet" He here referred to q
paper recently furnished from the Agricultural
Bnreau at w Washineton, which gives the products
and the great staples Of the country, Indian corn
and cotton, during the year 1868, and proceeded:
'sFrom this it appears that in all the States East
of the Pacific slope, the entire product of corn was
was nine hundred millions bushels. Ofthis, more
than one-haR to wit: fye hundred and nine mil
lions, in round numbers, was produced in the thir-
teen Southern States; while the cotton crop, est-
mated at attvomilGon three hundred thousand bales,
grown entirely in these States, at an average mar.
ket price, would amount to upward Of two hundred
than one half the foreign exports from the entire
country These figures in themselves exhibit what
;.a1 energ;es we possess if properly directed nm.
der A good government ~
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