Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-08-08
an honorable book, just to all" and he ap.
proves every word oft. Hancock, he thinks,
was one of the ablest Of our generals.

ad honorable book, just to all" and he ap.
proves every word oft. Hancock, he thinks,
was one of the ablest Of our generals.
.. g.,, From the News and Courier.
NORTHERN DEMOCRATS AND THE SOUTH.
,lrThe evidence of Major Burke, of New Or
leans, before the Potter Committee is pecu-
liarly interesting to Carolinians and Louisi.
anians, as exhibiting the selfshness and pu'
sillsnimity of the Northern Democrats in the
crisis of the Electoral count.
ri It was determined by Democratic caucus
that the count Of the vote, according to the
finding Of: the Electoral Commission, should
be acquiesced in, and Major Burke called, at
once, upon Mr.. Hewitt, the Chairman of the
National Executive Committee of the DEM
ocratic party, to ask why it was that the De.
mocracy had abandoned Louisiana. Mr..
Hewitt said there was no occasion for
charge Of that kind, and Major Burke re-
Joined .n ,.aI - n.E,.,,e.,t, g..g,,.
1T is too late to discuss that question since
the action of your caucus last night. It was
well known that it vas the desire of the rep.
resentatives of Louisiana that the House
should insist upon the condition that Louis
lana and South Caroline were to go free from
bayonetg rules. We'pointsd out to'the gentle
men Of the House that our position was this
that il we were left TO the; tender mercies OF
the Republican party Of Louisiana we would
be forced either to trade or to fight; that if
We traded, the Democratic party would lose
the two United States Senators, and that if
we were compelled to fight in defence ofsour
State Government there was danger of plung-
ing the country into revolution; but not.
withstsnding that fact, they had adopted the
resolution that the count should proceed
without dilatory objection" "'si4ss.i yiajs,g
o1This put Mr., Hewitt ina position where
dodging was useless His replyWas :isild
"Mr. Burke, the Democratic party cannot
afford to take the responsibility of plunging
the country into anarchy and strife-of up
setting; values and disturbing trade, We
have determined to put the responsibility Of
this great fraud fairly and squarely upon the
shoulders of the Republican party and 60
before the people four years hence"
In what way would it help South Carolina
and Louisiana to put the fraud squarely up
On the shoulders Of the Republican party!
The Northern Democracy could make more
political capital by leaving the South under
bayonet.rule than by helping it to shake off
the load Of military domination and carpet
bag rogueryaG Maj. Burke bit the nail on the
head, in saying :G19isgH @d' 10 p 'fita 81
"Mr Hewitt that is all very we'll for you;
you May endure it four years, but we cannot,
and itiamy duty to say to you, and you may
say it to your associates, that if they think
they can have peace and quiet in this country
with Louisiana and South Carolina under
carpetbag rule they have made q mistake.
We are as,loyal as youror any other class of
people, but we have endured Radical rule as
long as we can, and we are. determined to
protect our Government at all hazards against
the United States troops or, anybody who
seeks to set up Mr.. Packard over us. And
now insist that you will goFto your asso-
ciates and say to them that they voted for the
Electoral bill to preserve the country from
anarchy and strife, with that same consisten-
cy they can make the condition that the bay
onets are to be taken away from, Louisiana
and South Carolina, else the conditions of
anarchy and strife that they would avoid will
surely follow"
What next? Mr. Hewitt assured Maj.
Burke of "the sympathy" of his associates
and himself for the people of Louisiana and
South Carolina Maj. Burke further says
of the Northern Democrats 't.la.ei ...3 -
They said they did not dare defeat the
countr-did not dare to take the responsibility;
that they were anxious and willing to serve
Louisiana, and if we thought they could do
so by going in and forcing the Republican
leaders to give their guarantees they were will
ing TO- serve ius. by doing 80; that is what l
meant in my dispatches to Governor Nichols;
many of these representative we're acting at
our solicitation, and were impressed with the
belief that if bayonet-rule was not Withdrawn
from Louisiana and South Carolina, it would
produce anarchy and strife ;gof course, there
we're gentlemen acting from other, motives
who had been opposing the count from the
commencement" y, .i7r a1 -,a
At last the friends of Louisiana and South
Carolina had to look out for themselves, and
take care of themselves. They did it, with
out the help Of Mr.. Hewitt and his "asso-
ciates." y g.. .,-5,.gH
BISHOP W. M. W1aHTMAN, D. D.-1fnis
distinguished divine left Charleston this morn
ing with bis family on the early train for
Asheville N. G., where he expects to leave
them while absent. on his distant Episcopal
work. He will, inhis route, preside at the
Greenville District Conference, Rev. 0. A.
Darby, presiding elder. He will then hasten
to Nashville, where he will remain few days
arranging business matters connected with
bis tour. His 6rstobjective point after leaving
Nashville will be the Denver Conference in
the Territory of Colorado at West Los Animos.
This will involve travel of more than 1000
miles by stage over rough roads and across
streams where there are no bridges. He
will then: visit the Montana Conference to be
held at Helena, which will add many more
hundred miles Of rough stage travel to his
Journey. He will then take the Pacific Rail-
road at Ogden for California and Immediately
by rail and stage, proceed to Roseburg, in Ore
gon, to attend the Columbia Conference. Re-
turning, be will preside at the Pacific Con-
ference at San Francisco. Then the Los
Angeles Conference at San Bernardino in
the lower part of California. And finally re-
turning, will so arrange his travel as to pre-.
side at tie Baltimore Conference to be
held at Salem, November 5th. This trip in
wolves more exposure, fatigue. and danger
than any the Bishop has hitherto undergone in
his Enisconal visitations IL will call forth the