Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-09-20

loving temper toward us OF the North.
The President mildly retorted: "How do
you knowi You form your opinions, no doubt,
from reading the papers, but editors of news
papers do not always represent the popular
general feeling of the people, either North or
South. think most of the people in the South,
as know they are in the North, are more dis
posed to encourage fraternal, harmonious, So
cial and business relations than the extremists,
who, unfortunately, too often get control of
newspapers, but even these, or most Of them,
will come around all right in time"
The Massachusetts, Democracy.
The State Democratic Convention of
Massachusetts assembled at Worcester on the
18th instant. VIM. CASTOR was nominated
for Governor. The resolutions reafirm and
announce the National Democratic platform
of 1876, and favor the honest payment of
the public debt and a currency on gold basis.
The resolutions further declare:
"We believe the people fairly elected q
majority Of the Electoral College in favor of
the Democratic candidate; and while, in the
high interest of the public tranquility, we
submit to the authority of the Federal Ad.
ministration, we denounce upon the guilty
Republican party stern retrihution for the
great public crime by which the people were
defrauded out of their right to be governed
by the rulers of their choice, and by which the
elective principle was wounded in its most
vital part. We challenge for it the oppro.
brium of history and the indignant judgment
of all honest men. We congratulate the
country and the supporters of free govern.
ment everywhere upon the happy results of
restored public order and reviving industrial
prosperity, and upon the Inauguration of a
new reign of domestic peace and liberty reg.
ulated by law in the Southern section of the
Union, that have ensued upon the adoption
of Democratic principles, aud measures of the
Administration, by the Executive Depart
nent of the Federal Government, in refer.
ence to the Southern States. We recognize
in these auspicious results the signal vindica.
tion and practical triumph of the constitu.
tional doctrines 50 faithfully contended for by
Democrats in the late political contest and
the craftsmanship of wise fathers who seek
the welfare of the Republic by the support of
the equal rights and dignity of all the States
in the Federal Union. We trust that here
after there will be no Southern policy no
Northern policy, but one common policy for
the whole Union, and equality of the rights
and duties of all men before the law"
Virginla's New License Law.
- The Moffett register, for registering the
drinks sold in the Virginia bar-rooms, went
into effect last Monday. This novel method
of raising revenue was stubbornly fought from
its very conception first in the Legislature
and afterward in the Courts, its opponents
(the liquor dealers) receiving final quietus
last week in the dissolution of an injunction
obtained against the register in the United
States Circuit Court. The law under which
it operates provides for a tax of two and q
half cents on all alcoholic beverages drunk,
and half cent on all beverages sold. This
will necesstate on increase of the price of
whisky drinks from ten to fifteen cents, and q
probable diminution of the size of lager beer
glasses to prevent the loss of the half cent to
the saloon keeper. 1t is estimated that in
Richmond alone, the amount of revenue to be
derived from it will exceed $l75,000 per an.
mum, and if anything like the expectations of
the projectors of the register are realized, it
will bring the State Treasury $75O,0OO year.
The apparatus is described as follows:
The register is plain apparatus, about the
size of small cigar box, with gas meter
dial on the front and crank in the rear. In
side is the necessary machinery to register
each drink, and gong which, with each rev.
olution of the crank, gives notice of the fact.
There is no punch about it, that idea having
originated from its similarity to the car bell
punch. The bar.keepers and liquor dealers
are greatly excited at the success of the regis.
ter. They are violently opposed to it, and
threaten to defeat every candidate for the
Legislature who will not vote for the repeal of
the law. It's operation comes in at very
opportune moment, when there is not cent
in the State Treasury, and while the State
authorities are trying to negotiate loan of
100000 to carry on the State government.
Parker's Revelations in Washington.
"A Washington dispatch gives the fol-
lowing in connection with Ex-State Treasurer
Parkers disclosures, and the question likely
20 arise of procuring the presence of the ab-
,ent plunderers for trial. Whether or not
.equisition of Governor Hampton will be
,beyed in any of the States in which the re-
ugees are sojourning, remains to be seen.
Patterson, it would appear, feels that be is
entrenched behind his position as
United States Senator from this State:
The confession of ex.Treasurer Parker, of
South Carolina, of the plunder of the State
If South Carolina by the ring of which he
vas member, has excited the greatest in
crest here and been the subject Of comment
everywhere. These revelations increase the
Importance of the question as to what will be
;he course of the authorities here in obeying
he requisition of Gov. Hampton for those who
nave been indicted and who continue to re-
main without the Jurisdiction of the State, in
;he District of Columbia. United States Sen.
,tor Patterson is one of the number, and while
he is very reticent regarding the present stu.
alton, at the same time he gives every evidence
IF his intention to remain here till the meeting
IF Congress and take his seat in the Senate.
It is believed that he will plead his immunity
rom arrest under the privilege accorded to
members of Congress by the constitution,
hough it is held that this exemption will not
,over his case, as the crime Of felony is not
ncluded.
The President, it is not generally known,
las nothing to do in the way of directing
hat a requisition for person charged with
,rime be complied with. The procedure here
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