Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-10-17

as surer profits may thus be realized than by
mining for gold in Arizona or hunting for
whales along the coast of Alaska.
eff this be true, is it not truth of decided
importance? Our cities are overcrowded.
We have too many merchants, too many law
yers, too many brokers. We do notlack cap
ital, but our wealthy men know by sad expe-
rience that to lend is often to lose-that those
who seek to borrow on farm mortgages are al
most never ready to repay. 1 urge them not
to lend, not to speculate, but to apprentice
their sons to the very best of our farmers, rub
up their own knowledge Of agriculture, hire
the best foremen they can find, and resolve to
become farmers while abiding gentlemen.
Let those who already own fertile wild land
improve it; let those who do not own, judi
ciously buy; and let each cautiously feel his
way, destroying no timber without careful
consideration, but planting with choice forest
trees every acre that is not soon to be brought
under tillage, and so proceed carefully, OBJ
servantly, thoughtfully, to the full measure
of that Intelligent activity which, backed by
adequate capital, rarely fails in any worthy
pursuit, and never in farming. There is
scope and opportunity here for tens of thou
ands of our aMuent young men now crowding
into Offices and counting rooms which do not
need them, and commend to their recogni'
tion the fact that there is no other career so
truly independent, so free from peril, 80 equa.
BILE yet chequered with pleasing diversity of
daily interests and cheerful cares, so full Of
noble opportunities, 80 shielded from sordid
temptations and maddening distractions, as
that of the educated, fore-handed, capable,
clear-headed American farmer"
The Tribune Series Of Libels.
Regarding the libel suit commenced by
Gov. Scott against the New York Tribune,
the New York Times of the 10th instant says:
"Governor R. K. Scott, the present Governor
of fSouth Carolina, has commenced an action
for libel against the Tribune in the Circuit
Court of the United States, in this city, laying
his damages at 100000. The libel complain.
ed of was published in the Tribune of Septem.
Der 27, i. being an account of an alleged in
terview with Colonel M. R. Delany. In that
article, among other things, Governor Scott
is accused of leading the State officers in thefts
from the State; Of having acquired fortune
of $2,OOO,9OO, all of which he had stolen from
the State, and of being paid large sums for
approving bills passed by the Legislature.
The following letter from Governor Scott
shows his motive in bringing suit:"
STATE OF SOUTH CARoL1NA,)
Executive Department., Columbia,
October 1, 1872.
Hon. Thos. j. Mackey, Nicholas Hotel, N. y:
SIR: desire you as my attorney to imme-
diately institute in the Courts of the State Of
New York, civil and criminal proceedings
against the proprietors of the New York 1rt-
bune, for the false, scandalous and malicious
libel upon me, published in the issue Of that
journal of the 9th ult. have no vindictive
motives in this matter, but simply desire to
invoke the decision of. the court upon the
question, whether public journalist is au.
thorized to pass sentence of outlawry against
the character of citizen, and to nail him up
in the pillory of public opinion without being
held responsible in law. I invoke the most
searching examination into my conduct, and
propose to subject my acts to the most severe
legal tests. To that end desire the case to
be pressed with vigor.
I have the honor to be, sir, very respectful
ly, yours, ROBERT K. scorr.
Speaking Of the matter, the Tribune says:
Governor Scott calls upon the Tribune for
100000 damages done his character by
publication of the statement of Grant can
didate about him. The Governor is somewhat
tardy. If he had been as diligent reader of
the Tribune as he should have been, he would
long before this have learned, among other
things which we trust would have been for his
permanent good, even more accurately than
this Grant candidate stated it, the precise e.
innate in which the majority of his fellow
citizens in South Carolina hold him. We
shall be greatly obliged to the Governor, if he
will give us an opportunity to bring this libel
suit to trial, and trust he has not brought it
merely for the political capital which silly
people sometimes suppose they can create by
bringing suits with great flourish, which are
presently allowed to die out without notice.
The people of South Carolina will be very
glad to testify concerning Governor Scott's
conduct, and we promise him that they shall
be called upon in amplenumbers. After that
trial is over, nobody will lack material for
q history of carpet-baggery,