Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-02-06

relief OF the East tennessee university, ap-
propriating $1S,5OO to repair damages inf1ct-
ed by the Federals during the war. The
President argues that if the precedent is once
established that the Government is liable for
the ravages of war, the end Of demands on
the public treasury cannot be forecast.
The Ways and Means Committee have
voted negatively on the three bills before them
for the refunding Of the cotton tax. They
have agreed, however, to allow Mr.. Bcck's
bill to come from the committee before the
House, 20 as to open discussion upon the
proposition to refund, but the majority of the
committee, however, are against the passage
of the bill.
The Washington Chronicle says: "The
committee of Southern members appointed
after recent consultation to solicit the Presi-
dent to recognize the South in the reorganiza'
ton of his Cabinet, had consultation with
him day or two since, in which they made
known their desires. They we're cordially
received and courteously treated. They were
assured that when the proper time arrived
and circumstances permitted, the President
would be glad to conform to their wishes.
He implied that the conditions precedent
were not yet met"
Gen. Butler earnestly advocated the bill
to pay the veterans of the war of 1872 living
in the South, and made an eloquent speech
in support of the measure. He said they had
won the right to be wrong once in their lives,
and the Government should deal generously
with them F.; and he hoped the hour was near
when the New Orleans of 1872 would be re-
membered, and the New Orleans of 1862 be
forgotten. Such long step outside of pro-
scriptve radicalism of which he has been a
foremost leader, created quite a sensation.
Correspondence of the YorkviIIe Enquirer
LETTER FROM GEORGIA.
ATLANTA, Jan. %, 1873.
The most exciting, and in many respects the
most interesting, Senatorial contest that has
ever taken place in Georgia, eliminated in
the election of General John B. Gordon to the
United States Senate.
General Gordon is comparatively young
man, little the rise of forty. HI is ambi-
tious, eloquent, and brave full of young blood,
nerve, energy, push and pluck. As speaker
he is success, when he has time to prepare ;
but as debater he is not He is eloquent,
rather than ready; snowy, rather than pro-
found glittering, rather than deep. With
chosen subjects and time for preparation, he
will make speeches in the Senate that will
command public attention; but when caught
up on the spur of the moment, in debate, he
will not be able to win laurels. In ability he
is not the equal of Hill or Stephens. Hill is
more eloquent, and Stephens far ADLER
man in debate.
The friends of Mr.. Stephens were exceed
ingly anxious that their favorite should win
in this contest, and they left no stone unturned
to bring about this end. But as he was de-
feated, they have sought to break the fall by
giving him the nomination for Congress in
the eighth district, which he has accepted.
Mr.. Stephens is anxious for an endorsement
from the people of Georgia, and as he failed
for the Senate he readily consented to make the
race for Congress. The affections of the old
man are centered on Georgia. He loves the
people of this State with his whole heart. To
his mind there are none like the Georgians.
He is as full of State pride as any fond moth
er is of family pride; this was illustrated by
his course during the war. He was opposed
to secession and fought it with all the vim
and bitterness Of his nature as long as there
was possibility of a hope Of keeping Georgia
within the Union. But after the die was cast
he pinned his fortunes to that of his people,
and "went with his State" He thought af.
ter the manner of States rights people gener-
ally, that his first allegiance was to the people
living within the boundary lines of Georgia.
During the war his love ofbis State was thor
oughly tested, if indeed any test was necessa-
ry. Was Georgia soldier suffering? Mr..
Stephens went to his relief. Did Georgian
want commission? Mr.. Stephens got it for
him. 1t was he who put that sprigSt'y young
man, John B. Gordon, on the track to Ma
jor-Generalship. Whatever ofhonor General
Gordon has won, he owes portion of it to
his benefactor, Alex. Stephens, the man who
he has just defeated for the Senate. By rea-
son of Mr.. Stephens attachment to the Geor-
gians, he was doubly anxious to get a sub
stantial testimonial of their confidence. He
wanted to be honored by the people he had
been living among so long and loved so we'll.
This, and desire to bring the venerated De-
mocracy back to Jeffersonian principles, was,
he says, the reason of his being candidate.
How bitter was the disappointment of defeat,
no heart will know but his. To break the
fall, as it were, was the object of his friends
in procuring his nomination to Congress, and
they will follow it up by procuring his elec-
ton also, if he lives. A month or two ago
General A. R. Wright, representing the eighth
district in Congress, died. The home of Ste
phens is in this district.
So the night after the defeat, his friends
held sort of ofimpromptu convention in room
of the Kimball House, and nominated him
for seat in Congress. The proceedings were
not exactly regular, Gas it is not usual to hold
conventions outside of the district for which
they are held,) but no one, I fancy, will pick
flaws. About one hundred of his friends we're
present. General Toombs was called to the
chair, and the object of the meeting stated.
The sum of the statement was that Georgia
should not lose the benefit of having her sa.
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