Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-12-04

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all our people the blessings of protection,
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SHERMAN vs.. DAVIS.
A st. Louis, Mo-, dispatch Of November
a, in the New York Herald, reads as fol-
lows:
AT the opening of the new hall of the
Frank P. Blair Post, Grand Army of the
Republic, in this city 4 few weeks ago, Cen
eral Sherman addressed a gathering of old
soldiers, and in the course of his remarks
took occasion to pay his respects to Jefferson
Davis, which he did in such vigorous way
that Mr.. Davis has repelled the charges
there made in language equally forcible.
General Sherman referred to the late war
and said that secession was merely con-
spiracy and that Jeff Davis was consplra-
tor whose aim was to use the C0nfederacy
as a fucrum with which he could operate
against the other sections of the country
looking to practical dictatorship.
II have been behind the curtain" said
General Sherman, land have seen letters
that few others have seen, and heard con-
versations than cannot be repeated. have
seen a letter from Jefferson Davis to a man
whose name | cannot mention, because he
is a United States Senator. know Davis
writing, and saw his signature, and in that
letter he said he would turn Lees army
against any State that might attempt to
secede from the Southern Confederacy."
REPLY OF MR.. DAVIS.
This morning the Republican printed the
following letter from Mr.. Davis in reply:
BEAUvoIR, Miss, November 6, 1884.
Editor st. Louis Republican: DEARSIR-l
have tonight received the enclosed pub.
lshed account of remarks made by General
w. r. Sherman, and ask the use OF your
columns to notice onl y so much as partlcu-
larly refers to myself and which is to be
found in the following extracts. The fol-
lowing is taken from the st. Louis Repu6-
Icda
Frank p. Blair Post, G. A. r., opened
their new hall, corner of Seventeenth and
Olive Streets, last evening. General Sher-
man addressed the assemblage. He had
read letters which he believed had never
been published and which very few people
had seen. These letters showed the rebel
lion to be more than a mere secesslon-lt
was conspiracy more dire. Letters which
had passed between jeff Davis and a man
whose name it would not do to mention, as
he is now member of the United States
Senate, had been seen by the speaker and
showed Davis position. He was not Sc
lion was not merely for the secession of the
South, but to have this section of the coun-
try so that he could use it as fulcrum from
which to fire out his solid shot at the other
sections of the country and compel the peo-
ple to do as he wonld have them. jeff Da-
Wis would have turned his hand against
any State that would secede from the South
after the South had seeded from the North.
Had the rebellion succeeded, General Sher-
man said, the people of the North would
have all been slaves.
ANOTHER REPORT.
The following is from the Globe Demo-
crat's report:
Referring to the late war, he said it was
not, as was generally understood, a war OF
secession from the United States, but con-
spiracy. II have been behind the cur
tain :" said he, ''and have seen letters that
few others have seen and have heard con-
versations that cannot be repeated, and
tell you that Jeff Davis never was a seces-
sionist. He was conspirator. He did not
care for the division of the United States.
His object was to get fulcrum with which
to operate against the Northern States, and
if he had succeeded he would to-day have
been the master spirit of the continent, and
YOU would be his slaves. l have seen let
ter from Jeff Davis to man whose name !
cannot mention, because he is United
States Senator. know Davis writing and
know his signature, and in that letter ne ne
said he would tnrn Lees army against any
State that might attempt to secede from the
Southern Confederacy.
UNQUALIFIEDLY FALSE.
This public assault under the covert plea
that it is based upon information when re-
gard for United States Senator does not
permit him to present, will, to honorable
minds, suggest theidea of irresponsible SLAM
ders. 1t is thus devolved upon me to say
that the allegation that my ever having
written such letter as is described is un-
uualifiedly false, and the assertion that had
any purpose or wish to destroy the liberty
and equal rights of any State, either North
or South, is reckless and shameless false
hood, especially because it was generally
known that for many years before, as well
as during the war between the States, l was
an earnest advocate of the strict construc-
ton State rights theory of Mr.. Jefferson.
What motive other than personal malig--
nifty can be conceived for so gross libel?
If Gen. Sherman has had access to any letter
purporting to have been written by me
which will sustain his accusations, let him
produce them or wear the brand of a base
slanderer. Yours respectfully,
BLOOD IN THE EYE OF TECUMSEH.
Of course this letter called for rejoinder
from General Sherman, and the Generals
residence on Garrison avenue was visited
to-day by newspaper representatives, all OF
whom he received in courteous but not
altogether friendly manner. He antlclpa-
ted the leading question by remarking:
81 have read the letter of Jefferson Davis
in this mornings paper, and I nave moth
ing to say to the newspapers"
He laid down his pen, and, turning in
his chair, said, with that firm tone which
showed that the subject had stirred up
his ire:
"This is an affair between two gentle
men. 1 will take my time about it and
write to Mr.. Davis myself. We will settle
the matter between u.s."
"Have the papers miSrepresented you in
your remarks before the Frank Blair Post,
G. a. r ." was asked.
81 say nothing about that. My reply to
Mr.. Davis will not be through the papers.
They are not the arbiters of this question
nor the go-between for any dispute. have
no more to say"
THE "HUsKs" ON WHICH THE PRoDI-
GAL Son FED.-The husks upon which the
prodigal son fed are not, as the reader is apt
Indian corn. They are the fruit of the
Kharub tree, and are from their shape call
ed in the Greek little horns. From the
popular notion that they were the food
of John the Baptist they are called st.
Johns bread. DR.. Thompson describes
them as 'tieshy pods, somewhat like those
of the honey locust tree, from six to ten
inches long and one broad, lined inside
with a gelatinous substance, not wholly un-