Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-08-17

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er appointed by Wade Hampton or
the Republican Chamberlain.
We ask pardon for DEPRESSING here
for a moment. 1876 was % years ago.
The young fellow who now poses as
editor of the organ of our friends, was
quite a lad then. We do not know
exactly, but we doubt if he was much
more than seven years of age. At that
age he could have hardly been much
interested in taxation. 1t is not like
ly that he could have comprehended
much of what was going on in those
stirring times. His question, therefore,
must have been suggested by some
older head, just as unscrupulous and
just as malignant as his. We do not
like to use harsh terms but we put it
this way because the request, as made,
implies that we were in sympathy with
the Chamberlain regime. But, all the
same, we print short extract as sug-
gested. This appeared in The EN-
oUIRER of the 4th of January, 1877,
under the head of "Legitimate State
Government" and was published in
connection with call for meeting to
be held in the court house on the fol-
lowing Monday
"We reilerate that it is the duty of the
people to rally to the support of the
Hampton government. If they do not
feel able to pay to the treasurer, appoint.
ed by Governor Hampton, the amount
asked for in the Constitutional House, let
them pay what amount they conveniently
can. It is the duty of all who voted for
Hampton, and believe him to have been
elected, to respond to this call, bringing
to his aid the necessary encouragement to
ensure thu triumph of home rule and
honest government, the principles so
earnestly contended for in the late cam
paign. The opinion is generally enter
tanned and expressed by legal minds in
the state, that the tax levy of the Bayonet
House and senate is unconstitutional, IL
the Pretender Chamberlain"
We could print some more like
this-just lots of them; but it is hard
| ly necessary at this time. However,
| if our young friend or his older but
evidently more malignant adviser, de-
sires anything further, we cordially
invite them, or either of them-or
anybody else-to come up and take a
look at the records. They may read,
they may copy, they may publish and
prove the Radicalism, the Merrillism
and the traitorism of THE ENQUIRER
and its then owner, who still has some
thing to do with its management, to
their hearts content. However, we
would like to know who that fellow
is. We would like to know whether
he is the same sneaking incendiary
who, a few years ago, wrote those
lying sketches about kukluxism in
this section. We don't mean the poor
fellow under whose name the writer
hid while, under pretense of writing
history, he was defaming THE EN-
oUIRER. We mean the real, unprin-
cipled, scottish, pharisaical sneak him
self. Who was he?
Well, while we are on it, just few
words more about this Hampton gov
ernment matter. We have not writ
ten to him; but Wade Hampton him
self will say today, that if the news
papers of the state had anything to do
with concentrating the mind of the
people of South Carolina toward him,
not one of them did more than did
The YoRKvILLE ENQUIRER. Among
other things, we remember to have
paid James Wood Davidson 500 for
writing a short sketch of Hampton.
This sketch was published in The EN-
oUIRER in connection with portrait,
and it was afterward copied in nearly
every paper of the state. But this is
another matter. 1t is the Hampton
tax we are talking about just now.
1t will be remembered by those who
were here then. Our young friend
was not a taxpayer then. He was
probably deciding whether he should
grow up an honest man or only to be
the tool of conspirators. Anyhow, it
will be remembered that the first call
of the Hampton government was for
voluntary contributions. DR.. Robert
son opened his books in Yorkville on
the 18th of January, 1877; not Us a
tax collector, but only as the agent of
the Hampton government. On the
forenoon of that day, l.. NJ. Grist STEP
ped into the Office and paid in his full
quota of the voluntary contribution
called for. The books remained open
40 days. During that time THE EN-
QUIRER continued to urge the people
to respond to Hampton's call, and they