Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1855-09-06
THE NEXT CONGRESS.

The character and antcccdcnts of Il majority
of the Representatives elect to the next Con-
greSs, are such as to excite feelings of the deep
est anxiety, and apprehension in the bosom OF
every true friend of the Union. The triumph
Of the Fusion party in the Northern elections,
resulting as it did in the prostration of nearly
all the Conservative and National men from
that section of the Union, and the substitution
of Fanatics Of the worst type, has impressed ii
character upon the next Congress which bodies
no good for the peace Of the country and the
country and the perpctuity Of our Govern
mCnt.
For the first time in the history Of our Gov
crnmcnt, bitter and unrelenting hostility to
the Institutions of the South, has been made
the leading and in most instances sole issue in
the Northern elections, and for the first time a
maiority Of the popular branch Of the Nation
al Legislature, is composed of men who owe
their elevation to avowals of bitter hatred to
the Domestic Institutions of the people Of near
ly one half of our Confederacy. Should the
Fanatics who now constitute majority of the
House Of Representatives, endeavor to redeem
the pledges which they made to their Consti-
tucnts, and to which their election is due
should they attempt to repeal the Nebraska,
Kansas Bill, blot out the Fugitive Slave Law
from the statute Book, and apply the princi
pies of the Wilmot Proviso to all the territory
Of the Union, it issafe to predict from the pres
ent temper of the public mind, that storm
will be raised, which will shake the Union tc
its very foundations.
We rejoice to believe that the day ofSouth
crn Concessions is forever past. Too long have
we submitted to the arrogant and domineer
inc spirit of the North. If the Institution:
Of the South are worth preserving, it is full
time that We had made up our minds to meet
the issue forced upon us by the North, in
spirit of bold and determined resistance.
We feel that we have reason to congratu
late ourselves that the next phase of the Slave
ry question will be such as to preclude tenn
porizing and merely palliative policy. If tht
Representatives of the North attempt to carr.
, out the measures to which they stand commit
ted, they will present issues which the Soutl
must prepare to meet with bold and deter
mined spirit. The repeal of the Nebraska
Bill and the Fugitive Slave Law, and the ap
plicaton of the Wilmot Proviso to all the ter
rtory of the Union are measures which admit
of no compromise. The interest and honor Of
the South, demand that they should be resist
ed, at all hazards and to the last extremity
While therefore the agitation of these ques
tions by the next Congress is we'll calculated
to excite anxiety in the public mind, still it is
gratifying to know that the issue has at last
been fully made up and that its final settle
ment is probably not far distant. 1t is time
that agitation on this subject should cease. II
Fanaticism is stronger in the Northern mind
than love of the Union, let the North make
this issue and let the South meet it in spirit
worthy of herself. Final separation is better,
infinitely better than the mere form of Union,
without that spirit of forbearance and affec'
ton, which should characterize sisterhood Of
SOVEREIGN States.