Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-04-10

excursion will be announced in due time.
Yesterday, the Sheriff sold the following
property: .
Lot No. / in East Chester, property of
Sarah Beard. Sold at suit of Mary Mobley.
Bought by C. C. Macoy for 5000. Lot No.
2 in East Chester, levied on at same suit
Bought by D. Mofat for $780,.
Tract of 96 acres on Sandy river, levied on
at suit of w. J. Price VS.. G. M. Gwynn.
Bought by w. R. Wicks for 5000.
Lot of old carriage and buggy materials,
levied on at suit of Thomas Shannon VS.. w.
A. Gaines. Amount of sale, about $50.
Pomona Grange of Chester county, met
yesterday at Sandy River, and appointed
committee to select persons to. read essays on
appropriate agricultural subjects at the next
meeting in July. A committee was also ap-
pointed to arrange for the next meeting OF the
State Grange, to be held in August next
Constable Ehrick sold mule for $3l, to
foreclose mortgage made to A. Williford by
Calvin Caldwell. CHESTER.
JEFFERSON DAVIS INTERVIEWED.
A recent issue of the Boston Herald con-
tains the lengthy report of an interview with
Jefferson Davis. After speaking of his expe-
riences in Pierce's Cabinet and the Mexican
war, Mr.. Davis was led to express himself
upon the late rebellion, saying: "lt is gen.
erally believed in the North that am chief
ly responsible for that great calamity. was
but one of the vast body Of the South, and no
more responsible than thousands of Others
The war would have taken place without me
as inevitably as it did with me- 1t was
one of those things which was sure to come
in the progress of events in solving the
great problem of government upon this
Continent" He conceded expressly that the
abolition of slavery would prove an ultimate
good to the country that it was manifest
advantage to the white race, for it would lead
to the development of the South, ard multi
ply her manufacturing and mechanical in.
dustries. From advantages OF climate alone,
the future of the South is more promlS-
ing than that of any other section of the coun-
try. but the condition Of the present genera
tion of the black race is all the worse 10y rea-
son of the abolition of slavery.
Mr.. Davis doubts very much the wisdom
of an attempt to educate the negro, and ut
terly disbelieves in giving him the ballot. 1t
was his opinion that wherever the negro race
was found it must be as an inferior and SER
vile race, and in the long run, would give
way to the superior race under any and all
circumstances. Mr.. Davis acknowledged,
however, that he had changed his mind EN-
tirely upon one question-viz: that the great
staples of the South-cotton and sugar-could
be produced with greater economy and in
greater abundance by paid labor than by the
labor of slaves This has already been de-
monstrated, and that fact alone goes far to
prove the advantage which the abolition of
slavery has been to the whites. Referring to
the political status of the negro, Mr.. Davis
said the freedmen had naturally been misled
by politicians, thinking that Northern men
we're their truest friends; but of late years
they seemed to have reached the opposite con.
clusion and in the long run it would be found
that the negro, having but little real self
dependence, would vote in accordance with
the wishes and sentiments of those who en-
played him. -,
For this reason the negro vote would be a
less important factor in the politics of the
future than the Northern men supposed. Re.
ferring to the oft related charges Of coercion
and bulldozing negro voters, he had no
doubt there were individual instances of cru
city and coercion on the part of lawless men
in some sections, but he believed the prevail
ing sentiment among Southern men was one
of the greatest kindness and good will to-
ward their former slaves Speaking of ma
tional affairs he said he accepted the sltua-
ton as decided by arbitrament of the sword,
and that he was very hopeful of the future of
the country. He did not believe that there was
any existing cause for sectional estrangement,
or that there could be any hereafter. One
of the results of the war, already apparent,
was that the South was dependent upon the
North less than heretofore; for, while she
could supply great staples as before, her peo:
pie had began to produce greater variety of
crops for their own use than ever before, and
they would eventually compete with other
sections in manufactures and mechanical arts.
In this connection he remarked that while
the South was destitute of money and the
value of real estate was greatly depressed,
in very short time the price of landed prop
erty would advance because OF its Intrinsic
value in the productions of staple articles of
commerce He remarked that the only dis
turbing elements to be discerned now were
the extremists upon both sides to keep alive
animosities and hatreds Of the past. If Con-
gress would pursue a moderate course and
attend to its legitimate duties of general leg
islation for the good of the whole country,
the great social and industrial questions
which were now the source of so much conten-
tion would settle themselves, and the country
would be at peace.
In conclusion he said "You may assure
your people that l have no unkindness in my
heart to them or any of the people of the
North. I am not the devil they have painted
me. have neither horns nor hoofs, and if
they knew S.me they would find l am very
much like onesof themselves.
Republican Insincerity.
- In his recent letter to the New York
Herald, Mr. Ncrdhof, the intelligent cores
popdent of that paper, thus exposes the insin-
cerity of the Republican leaders in Congress ::
1t is fact that the Republican leaders
who inspire the present excitement are not
sincere. They are simply President making
when they cry out revolution and this
is fact which ought to be known to the
country. When they shout ''revolution"
they do not believe that new secession
or revolution Of any kind is threatened !;
they have no fears for the constitution, for
free government or popular liberty; what
they really fear is that they will lose the next
Presidential election, and to prevent this
they know of no better way than to try to
scare the North into another craze like that
of 1876. 1t is the duty of impartial obser-
vers to tell the truth-that there is no revo-
luton impending, and that the men who