Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-09-25
but firmly, that resistance would be useless.

Dut 0rmly, Lnat resistance WOuIQ Oe useIeb5.
They yielded to the inevitable and were ta-
ken in charge of by the officer Soon after
wards Lieutenant Prather proceeded to the
Planters Hotel to effect the arrest of Mr..
Earle, the other principal. He soon found
and identified him, but upon attempting to
take him into custody, the officer was warned
to keep back. Lieut.. Prather, thereupon,
thought it best to procure a warrant before
proceeding to extreme measures, and rode to
the city hall for that purpose, leaving Mr.. B.
F. johnson, of the police force, to watch Mr..
Earle. The latter, however, didn't wait for
Lieut. Prather's return, but made his escape.
Jumping into buggy in front of the hotel.
he jerked the reins from the hands of the COL
ored driver, lashed the horse into gallop
and made for the bridge, which he crossed at
a rapid pace. Policeman johnson followed
him on horseback, but could do nothing.
Upon reaching Carolina soil, Mr.. Earle jump
ed from the buggy, and the driver returned
to Augusta with the vehicle. A warrant was
issued on the other side by Trial Justice Get.
sen for Mr.. Earle's arrest, but he could not be
found.
"About halfpast 10 o'clock, Mr.. Dargan
was carried before Judge Eve, of the County
Court, and required to give bond in the sum
of one thousand dollars to keep the peace.
The bond was given and Mr.. Dargan was re-
leased No warrants were issued for the ar
rest Of the seconds.
"Mr. Dargan and Gen. Richardson left in
the afternoon on the Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta Railroad train, ostensibly for Co.
lumbia.
"Few facts additional to the above can be
ascertained here Col. Dargan and Gen. Rich
ardson left yesterday Saturday. on the 5:15
P. M. train of the Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta Railroad for Columbia, and it is al
most certain that Mr.. Earle and his friend
gave the police the slip, and left on'the same
train, boarding it at the crossing below here
All of the party were very taciturn and re
served while here, their demeanor being such
as to confirm the previously formed impres
sions of all who know the principals, that
hostile meeting is inevitable. The strong
probabilities are that the party will seek
North Carolina soil on which to conclude the
affair.""
A dispatch from Columbia says that Mr..
Dargan, and his second, Gen. Richardson,
were arrested in that city on Sunday morn.
ing and placed under bonds When Dargan
was arrested, he was informed by the chief of
police that if he would give his paroe'for his
appearance next morning, he would be re-
leased forthwith. This he refused to do and
at the earnest request of friends, he was placed
in room at hotel, and a policeman put in
charge of him. Between IL and IL o'clock
on Sunday night, he let himself down from a
third story window and made good his escape.
There are no tidings Of Maj. Earle, and it is
generally believed that the parties will all
succeed in reaching North Carolina territory,
and that the duel will be fought.
Declines to be Senator.
- Under date of the 18th of August,
Jefferson Davis has written letter to R. b.
Henry, of Brookhaven, declining to permit
his name to be brought before the Legislature
of Mississippi as candidate for the United
States Senate The following is his letter:
MY DEAR SIR: To your inquiry l might
succinctly reply that am not candidate for
the Office of United States Senator of Missis.
sippi, and do not desire to be elected to that
position. Your uniform friendship and early
advocacy of me for that high station, entitle
you to full statement of the reasons which
control me in this matter.
Assuming what, in view of recent events,
is by no means probable, that the requisite
majority of Congress would remove my polit-
ical disabilities and thus spare our State the
afront of denying to her the right to choose
her own representative, proceed to consider
the case alphabetically presented.
Holding that the personal wishes or private
advantage of an individual should not enter
into his selection for public trust, 1 do not
the less gratefully appreciate the generous
preference fol me which you give assurance is
entertained by majority of the people Of
Mississippi. The best return can make for
such kindness is to insist that the only consid.
Grafton shall be as to what will best promote
the welfare and prosperity of the State.
The vital issue before the country is the
contest between State rights and consolida-
ton. Or, in other words, between the consti.
tuition as it was adopted and interpreted by
the fathers, or the unrestricted will of the
majority. The first is liberty the last is des-
potism. The supremacy Of law is indispen:
sable to the preservation of popular freedom,
and whether the ruler, who is a law unto him.
SELF be one man or multitude, the result is
alike despotism. ..a.
The checks and balances, the distribution
Of powers and the cautious reservation in the
tenth article of the amendments, which were
as conditions annexed to the compact between
the States, all distinctly show the purpose to
organize general government which should
be responsible to the States and their people.
Surely, the blood of the revolution had not
been shed merely to effect 6 change of mas
ters. 1t was for selfgovernment that the
States declared their independence, and fought
until they were severally acknowledged to be
free and independent nations.
Thoroughly convinced that the restoration
of the ideas and practices of the founders
and early administrators of the general gov
ernment is the one thing essential to secure
the liberty, safety and happiness Of the peo-
pie of the States and their posterity, the point
for deliberation before answering your ques-
ton was, whether l could, as United States
Senator, be useful in attaining that end. The
other political questions which agtate the
country are, in my estimation, so subordinate,
that think, after the contemplated restora.
ton, they could all be easily and happily ad'
justed
Taking as far as one may in matter af.
fecting himself, the attitude of disinterested
party in this discussion, will first remark,
what is equally known to you, that in the
Northern mind there is unreasoning opposi-
ton to the doctrine of State rights; and that
nv assertions of it, with whatever conclusions