Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-06-06
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colored woman on the breast with such force
that she is since reported as dead" In re
gard to this statement we have made inquiry
for the facts, and ascertain that on th'
day mentioned, youth did throw stone
from the car, and it is said to have struck {
colored woman who was working in field
1t is admitted that there was no provocatior
for throwing the stone. and the act of th'
youth-whether in wantonness or malicious
ness, is condemned 1t is due to the Sher
if to say that he made inquiry into the af
fair, and learned that the stone was thrown
in the adjoining county of Chester, when
having no Jurisdiction in that county, he gave
the matter no farther attention. The Courts
however, in Chester are open to this woman
who, by the way, is not dead, and she hat
every facility for prosecuting her assailant al
is accorded to white people.
We assure this timid correspondent, as
we'll as the doughty editor of the Republican
that their fears of the Yorkville militia are
entirely groundless. We have here volun
teer company, which has been in existence
just one year to-day. They are organized by
the laws of the State and the United States
They meet mostly in the day time for drill
and if they have been drilling with unusual
frequency of late, it is only because, first, the
law guarantees them that privilege, and to a
certain extent makes it their duty and sec.
ondly, in anticipation Of being on parade
with other companies at an early day, they
wish to be in as good condition as circum'
stances will permit. For the comfort of the
Republican We have the private assurance Of
the Captain that his company has no design
whatever upon the Government, and that they
are making preparation for war no farther
than may be necessary to support and defend
the Constitution and the Union.
As to secret meetings, we can hear of none
being held, except by the Helicon Band.
They admit no one to their room, for the rea-
son that they do not wish to be disturbed in
their practice. The young gentlemen COM
posing the Band are noisy at times, but not
turbulent" and as music is reputed to have
charms to split cabbage, we would advise
the editor of the Republican, if he values his
head, to keep at a respectful distance.
"Even the females are forming clubs
against U.s." This sentence staggers us, and
it is with trepidation that we attempt a de-
fence of the "females," whose ways are mys.
terious and past finding out. But we have
diligently enquired if there is a combination
among them for the oppression of the colored
race, and whatever may be the facts in the
case we can obtain no evidence sufficient to
convict. The only organization composed
exclusively of females in our midst was a
sewing society for supplying overcoats to ma
tive Africans, and that disbanded the same
week the Azor sailed.
The allusions to the poor whites and Dem
ocratic "nigs'i is really the "most unkindest
cut of ALL, and the former, when we consid.
er that it includes the entire community, if
half as bad as represented, would certainly
constitute formidable element.
But we have already devoted more space to
this subject than We intended. The letter
purporting to have been written in Yorkville,
and which we doubt not was written here, but
afterwards doctored up in the Republican of
fee, to suit the malignant purpose of its editor
demanded attention, that readers at distance
might have the facts touching its subject mat,
ter. The editorial comments of the Repubh,
can with which the letter is garnished, are un'
worthy of notice. Ofthetwo writers-the "col-
ored girl" and the editor of the Republican,
the former is decidedly the superior, even af:
ter exposing her prevarication, both in point
of honor and veracity. The animus of the
Republican in using this colored girls let.
ter is not to expend sympathy on the peo-
pie of her race, but for the base purpose of
slandering the Southern whites and to weak.
en- the President in his policy Of national con.
ciliation. While we have better opinion
of the President than to suppose he can be
swerved from his patriotic course by this last
and exceedingly feeble attempt to excite race
prejudices, we can assure him, as we'll as
the Democratic members of the House of
Representatives, in view of the adoption of
the Potter resolution, that the people of
South Carolina do not sympathise with that
movement, not even to the extent of the al
legged object Of the investigation. They are
opposed in any manner or form to reopen.
ing of the Presidential question, prefering
quiet, and are ready to sustain and uphold the
President in all his official acts within the
pale of the constitution, admitting, at the
same time, every right guaranteed to the col
Ord man as citizen.