Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-12-10
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.

EDITOKlAL lNkLlNGS.
Congress.
- Congress assembled on Monday last,
and there being quorum in each house, the
usual committees were at ouce appointed.
The Presidents message was received and
read. From what purports to be summary
of the message, sent out by telegraph, the
document presents no striking features The
Senate proceedings were devoted to District
of Columbia affairs, and in the House num-
ber of appropriation bills for the different de-
partments were reported.
Mixed Schools in Indiana.
At indianapolis, on Wednesday of last
week, the chief justice of the Supreme Court
of Indiana rendered an opinion in case Of
appeal that colored children are not entitled,
by the laws of that State, to admission to the
same school with whites. The salient points
of the opinion of the Judge are to the. effect
that the Legislature has provided separate
schools for the two races, and this provision is
not in conflict with the fourteenth amendment
to the constitution of the United States The
educational sections of the constitution ofIndi-
ana we're not intended for persons ofthe African
race, for they expressly limit the enjoyment
of their provisions to citizens, and at the time
of the adoption of that constitution negroes
were neither citizens of the United States nor
of Indiana Upon the question whether the
r IL boe, rlI oH oh q n no
in the constitutional provisions of the State,
the court says that the fourteenth amendment
had not delegated to the federal government
power and control of the domestic institutions
of the State, and that this view has been, in all
constitutional respects, sustained by the high
est judicial tribunal in the country, and the
one especially charged with the construction
and Interpretation of the federal constitution.
By the solemn decision of that high court, the
privileges and immunities belonging to citi-
zens of the State, as such, rest for their securi
ty and protection where they have heretofore
rested-with the States themselves. In con-
clusion, the court says: "Colored children
arenot entitled to admission into the common
schools which are provided for the education
of white children" 1t is stated that an ap-
peal in the case will be taken to the Supreme
Court of the United States.
Gen. Kershaw ON Grant.
- George Alfred Townsend, in recent
letter from this State, relates the following in
detailing an interview he had with General
Kershaw:
Apropos of the President, let me quote
General Kershaw on General Grant, as he
spoke to me fortnight ago; Kershaw is the
Conservative leader in South Carolina: "Af
ter the conviction of the ku-klux," said Ker-
shaw, II went to Long Branch, with few
other persons, to solicit pardon for these men,
and notably for one of them, very old man,
who had really joined the organization to
prevent its excesses. We were apprehensive
of our treatment, but it was both polite and
presidential. 1 did not know that the Presi-
dent was acquainted with our affairs, but
found he had very clear idea of pretty much
everything in the State, and a knowledge Of
details, too. Yet he had never been there
.Afterward was told that this intimate knowl-
edge of localities was not unusual with him.
He said to US at once, after putting US at ease,
and giving US cigars: "All these men will be
pardoned, gentlemen, whose misdeeds did not
involve destruction Of life. cannot pardon
these but, in the end, they will all be pardon
ed. The utmost length of the confinement Of
any will be measured by the behavior of the
community for which these men are hostages.
Now, as to the particular person you seek to
aid, l will have his case reopened, and exam
ined in the light of what you tell me. But
there is especial complaint against him. l
will write to the Attorney General, telling
him what to do" This" said Kershaw, III
was able to find afterward. Grant did to the
letter as he said, because Williams showed US
Grants letter of instructions; and he also
showed the letter of complaint against our
man, Brown, though we could not see the sig
nature. The President made an impression
upon US all, which is not effaced, of knowledge
and good intentions. If there is to be Re-
publican at the head of the Government he
would suit US better than any we know"
Gov. Chamberlain Interviewed.
The Columbia correspondent of the
Charleston News and Courier, under date of
the 9TH instant, furnishes the subjoined re-
port of an interview between Gov. Chamber
lain and the committee of the State Tax
Union:
"The committee appointed by the State Tax
Union, consisting of Messrs S. P. Hamilton,
Thomas Taylor, William Wallace, G. Muller
and j. w. Moore, waited upon the Governor
at noon, to-day, and presented the resolutions
adopted at the meeting Of the State Union.
Col. Hamilton, on behalf of the committee,
said that the Governors inaugural had al
most entirely anticipated the object Of the
mission of the committee, who had nothing
left to do beyond expressing their unqualified
approval of that very able State paper. In
undertaking to carry out the recommended
tions contained in the message, the committee
felt that they would not exceed their power
in pledging to the Governor the cordial sup.
port of the organization they represented.
Col. Hamilton closed by asking the Governor
to appoint honest and intelligent men to the
positions of trial justices and jury commission
ers, and to recommend to the Legislature the
postponement of the payment of taxes.
In reply the Governor said he realized the
difficulties in the way of carrying out the recon.
mendations in his message, but pledged him
self to do all in his power to accomplish that
end. As to the extension of the time for the
payment of taxes, he said that Mr.. Trenholm
and other Conservative members had suggest
ed that relief could be obtained by division Of
the taxes, making half payable in January
and half in April He would give the mat
ter his attention, and if the plan was prac-
ticable he would recommend it, He promised
also to recommend reduction of the State tax
lew If he found that il could be done without