Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-11-25
of Congressman. III order to remove the

tion of the President, has dispatched force
of special agents to South Carolina with in.
structions to make the most thorough investi.
CATION. They are to visit a number of places
where the gain of population over the census
of 1870 was largest, and make sort Of re-
census, going from house to house and seeing
whether the people whom the enumerators re-
ported are to be found. No doubt is enter
tained that this second investigation will only
confirm the first, and after such inquiries as
are now to be made, it will require man with
monumental impudence to further dispute the
South Carolina census.
The Troubles In Ireland.
In consequence of the operations of the
tenantry laws in Ireland, several distur-
Dances have occurred there recently between
tenants and landowners, and in one or
two instances landowners have been killed.
Many cases of eviction have occurred, the
alternative being to accept the reduction Of
wages or quit the premises, and this action on
the part of the landowners has aggravated
matters, which at best are turbulent. Only
the strong arm Of the war department pre-
vents an uprising of the Irish peasantry, who
for two hundred years, have been the white
slaves of the landed aristocracy.
Discussing this question at the banquet Of
the Lord Mayor of London on the 9th in
slant, Premier Gladstone, after reviewing
past events, said that she was disappointed
that the bountful harvest had not improved
the social circumstances of Ireland. The be.
lief that the Irish land laws required further
amendment, he said, was by no means con-
fined to the agitators and lght-nnded per.
sons. If the government found that the act
of 1870 was insufficient, it would not hesitate
to ask Parliament to deal with the subject in
spirit of equity and justice. The Land
League agitation, he said, was almost entirely
illegitimate and totally incompatible with
the conditions of we'll constituted society.
The agitation Furnishes not England, but
Ireland, where not on ly the landlords but the
occupiers of the soil were being obstructed in
the rights appertaining to free citizenship by
menace, intimidation and crime The main.
tenance of the existing law must precede re.
forms; the government recognized the duty
of enforcing the laws above all other duties,
and would not hesitate to ask for increased
powers if their present ones are insufficient"
A Northern Settlers Views.
B. P. Chat6eld, of Aiken, a northern
settler in this State, and Presidential elector
on the Republican ticket, communicates
through the Aiken Journal some advice to
both political parties. He says:
I hope Governor Hagood will give his
special attention to the question of harmon.
izing the races, and by his acts convince the
colored people that he will he their protector
and benefactor, and that they will have the
same rights before the law as the white
race. ......... ...-; {; .-....r q. - .......
My policy for and advice to the colored
people is to keep out Of politics, work, econo
mize, accumulate property, educate their
children, and show to the world that they
are competent to compete with the white
race in business. They will become taxpay-
ers and will have all interest in the govern
ment of the State, and will make intelligent
legislators. Notwithstanding my advice to
the colored people to keep out of politics, |
cannot advise them to abstain from voting /;
they have the right to suffrage and strong
desire to vote. l would impress upon them
that the right to vote is a sacred right, and
never to violate that right by voting for q
man to 6l an Office unless they believe he is
competent to fulfill the duties oft.
To illustrate my meaning hope Cover
nor Hagood will impress the colored people
by his official acts so favorably that he can
be reelected by their vote. The colored man
is naturally a Republican, but I find by
studying his characteristics that he is willing
to vote for any man who will give him fair
play and treat him officially the same as he
would white man, and he does not ask nor
wish anything more. Whether it is true or
not, the colored man feels to-day that officials
and the laws of the State favor the white man
more than they do him-that they overlook
crimes committed by white men which they
would be quickly arrested and convicted for.
Something should be done to counteract this
impression.
The President Elect at his Home. s..
- The first newspaper correspondent to
call upon Gen. Garfield, was representative
of the Chicago Times, who paid his respects
to the President elect one day last week.
Gen. Garfield refused to be interviewed but
after conversation with him, the correspon.
dent says that our next President seems to be
broad-minded man, devoid of any petty
feelings or dislikes, and he sums up the result
of the conversation as follows:
Gen. Garfield has no piques to equalize, nor
any prejudices to follow. He is ready to lis
ten to suggestions from all parts of the coun-
try, and will be glad to get them. No man
was ever elected to the Presidency with less
of personal effort in his own behalf He told
me when I called upon him in September last
that the nomination having fallen to him
without his seeking, he troubled himself per-
sonally little about the result farther than
that he desired his party to win. His present
unworn appearance and buoyant health tell
plainly enough how lightly the campaign has
been upon his mind. He had pleasant career
the drsson Of 1e work. Hsd he 'S new
er been nominated, his position and his duties,
though less high and consequential than they
will be now, would have been much more to
his personal liking. Feeling under the cir
cumstances of the case less bound to any fac
ton than to the whole country, he will be much
more free to follow his conscience and his judg
ment for the good of the whole than though
he had, by thorough course of intriguing
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