Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-10-07
THE YnRKYTL UTRER.

past. To guard against the recurrence Of
those days, we must begin by guarding against
every enemy threatening the prosperity OF
free republican institutions Regarding pol
itics, he said that we are to have another con.
test in the near future of our political exis-
tence. I predict, he said, that the dividing
line will not be Mason & Dixon's, but as be.
tween patriotism and intelligence on the one
side, and superstition, ambition and ignorance
on the other. Let us all labor for the securi-
ty of free thought free speech, free press,
pure morals, unfettered religious sentiments,
and equal rights and privileges for all, irres-
pective of nationality, color or religion. Let
US encourage free schools, resolved that the
moneys appropriated for them shall not be
applied to the support of sectarian schools; ;
resolved that neither State nor nation shall
support any institution save those where eve
ry child may get a common school education,
unmixed with atheistical, pagan or sectarlan
teaching. Leave religion to the family altar.
Keep Church and State forever separate.
With these safeguards, | believe that the bat
tie which created the Army Of Tennessee
will not have been fought in vain.
Sherman closed the speaking with hu-
morous, short speech, in which he said that
he wished that all the speeches made there
could be printed in full, and scattered broad.
cast throughout the South, to show the people
there how the soldiers Of the North all felt
towards them.
Treasurer Cardozo, Again.
- Treasurer Cardozo replies through the
Columbia Register to the insnuations made
by Hardy Solomon that he (Cardozo) had
accepted bribe, by explaining the transac-
ton of the transfer of stock in the Union
Herald Publishing Company from Solomon
to himself as follows:
"About the 30th of October, 1874, one day
before the fiscal year ended, | informed DR..
Neagle, who was the Treasurer of this county,
that he would be required to pay the balance
due by him to the State, as reported by the
Comptroller General to me, or should have
to refer his case to the Attorney General for
prosecution. Mr.. Neagle came to me the next
day and paid his account by check on the
South Carolina Bank and Trust Company,
which was the sole bank of deposit for State
funds at that time. The check was sent to
the bank and placed to my credit officially,
as had been done with hundreds OF checks be-
fore, amounting to hundreds of thousands Of
dollars, paid me by County Treasurers in
precisely the same way. Several days after,
wards Mr.. Solomon informed me that he had
purchased some consolidation bonds from Dr.
Neage, which was the first time that l had
heard of the transaction. The price paid for
them was about their market value at that
time. Mr.. Solomon offered to give me half
of the profits if I would pay half of the
money invested. accepted his offer. Mr.:
Solomon told me in January that he had sold
the bonds, and offered to give ME one-half OF
the profits I did not accept them. 1t was
distinctly understood by me at the time that
these bonds were purchased by Mr.. Solomon
with his own private funds. If they were
purchased with the funds Of the bank, Mr..
Solomon had no right to the profts-they
belonged to the bank In the month of
April saw Mr.. Solomon, who, with myself
and three other gentlemen, owned equal
shares in the Uaion-Herald. Mr.. Solomon
had often complained to me of the expense
of running the paper, and expressed desire
to sell his share. I suggested to him that if
he would transfer his share to me for the
$4,000 he said he owed me, it would be per-
tectIy acceptable to me. He Immediately
accepted the offer and transferred his share
to me"
The Treasurer also contradicts other state
ments made by Solomon, and in the same is
sue of the Register addresses letter to At
torney-General Melton, calling to the atten-
ton of that official, certain alleged discrepan-
cies in Receiver Dunn's exhibit of the condi'
tion of the suspended Bank, inorder that such
civil and criminal proceedings may be insti'
tuted, as in the Attorney. Generals judgment
may be deemed necessary, to protect the in
terests of the State.
Labor Alliances in the South.
IA Farmer" writing in the New York
Tribune from Pittsylvania county, Virginia,
speaks as follows of the relations Of the
Oranges of that State to the colored labor
ers, and portrays some of the evils likely to
result from an organized movement on the
part of landowners to "control" or "regulate"
labor:
Those who live in country where colored
people are numerous, are we'll aware that they
possess knowledge Of human nature that is
rarely seen. They very quickly learn when
they have their employer in their power, and
none know better than they how to use that
power for their advantage Another charac-
teristic is their power of imitation. They
have their church fairs, tableaux, benevolent
societies, celebrations and professions, which
are in good taste and truly remarkable.
They have an unbounded passion for public
speaking, and in this, too, their power of i'm
taton is seen. | mention these characterize
tics not in disparaging sense, but to show
that they have natural abilities which with
training and culture can be turned to good
account But the object of this letter is to
show the relation of the colored people and
the Oranges. The Grangers have multiplied
rapidly in Virginia, and the colored people
have looked upon them with suspicious eye.
A Granger remarked in my presence that MS
Grange had appointed certain day to dis
cuss the labor question, !. e. how better to
control it and regulate the prices Of it.
promptly replied that they were going to
discuss dangerous subject and thai they had
better drop it aud leave labor to regulate it.
self by the common law of trads-supply
and demand. I don't know whether the
Grange ever discussed the question, and if 50 20
what action was taken on it, but "straws tell
which way the wind blows" and this shows
what is in the minds of the Grangers. II
they ever get strong enough, everything and
everybody must quail before them, even the
poor laborer who now only gets from s6 to