Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1855-10-03


The value of the Union has been calculated,
and is, we believe, more intelligently estima-
ted now, than at any previous period of our
history. The gratutous war which has been
made upon our interests and our rights has in
duccd serious reflection and close examination
of orr institutions and our resources. And the
result of that examination has been effeetually
to dispel the dclusion that the Union is essen
tial to our safety and our happiness. We do
not under estimate its value we do not eXten-
uate the atrocious crime of it's disruption; but
an intelligent appreciation Of the bountiful
gifts which kind Providence has bestowed
upon us and ours, relieves us from the apprc
hcnsion that political necessity devolves up
Oh us submission to any and every outrage Of
despotic and inimical majority The South
feels and knows, at last, that, if driven to the
wall, she may work out a glorious destiny,
without the cooperation of breaking
Yankee commonwealth. 1t is well that it is
so, and it would be well if our Northern con-
temporarics would impress upon their readers
Il similar conviction. There is still in the
masses of the American people enough of con-
Scrvatism and of loyalty to constitutional OBJ
legations to arrest the abolition movements of
the day, if the people of the North could only
be reused from those Sumbcrs Of fatal sccuri-
ty in which the fanatics of one section, and the
timid conservatives of another, unite to lull
them. There never has been time when the
stern resolve and determined purpose Of the
South was half as suggestive Jf united and
harmonious action. From quarters whence it
was least expected, We are continually ad-
moniShcd of Il lccp-scatcd indignation in the
mass Of the Southern body polite which be-
tokens the coming storm Under such circum-
<tanrcs it is treason to the best interest of the
people of this country to suppress or conceal
the truths of which we speak. That man who
contents himself Just now with culogies of the
| 'nion, ignoring the. great and practical qucs-
tiun of ihc day whether. valuable as it is, it is
of Greater value than peace, security and JUS
ticc, i the most dangerous, if he be the most
innocent. enemy Of the l'nion. Let him dep
rrralr as he may what he may deem morbid
>cn>itivcnrSs upon this subject that does not
alter the fact. and it is 4 more promising, as
it is Il more patriotic work, by disseminating
the truth. To stay the hand of Northern agercS-
>i"i>, than it is To- suppress the nutburst Of that
Southern sentiment which years of persistent
wr"n" and outrage have pro"nkcd and foster
cd. The history Of the world presents n" par
4 Il,
vocation and without reason, in defiance of
pli"htrd faith and constitutional obligation We
have been hara> SEED ani annoyed, outraged and
wron@el. High spirited and brave as our
people have always demonstrated themselves
to be, they hay" preferred to acquese and sub
nit. rather than To Sundcr the political ties
with which the traditions Of the past and the
pledges of written Constitution united them
and their as<ailant>. But the uhinn M"hc OF
aggression has been reached From one cx-
trcmitv of the South to the other, comes up 1T
last. thank hcavon. the gaddening cry: "ThuS
far. but no tarthrr."'
The approaching session ot Congrc<sis look
ed to with anxious interest. For the first
time in the history of our Government, the
popular branch Of Congress is under undispu
ted Abolition cnntrol. We have no doubt that
bills to repeal the Fugitive Slave Law, to a.
boli>h slavery in the District Of Columbia, and
to restore the Missouri restriction to the Ter
ritoric$ of Kansas and Nebraska, will pass that
body without difficulty. The Senate is still
true to the Constitution and The Union, but
how Ion" it will remain 50, is Il question Of
mpinrntou> interest. The Abolitioniss may
not succeed in cnacting these offensive mcit-
suras Of legislation The Fugitive Slave Law
is 50 far as nine out uf ten fugitiycs are con-
cerncd, Of 10 value. Y diSloyal people, By
harrassnents and annoyanccs, practically nulli-
fy its provisions. And SO, too in reference
to Kansas and Nebraska. Slavery exists in
the former, and a Congressional interdict may
not exclude it; but were Kansas prepared for
admission into the Union, would it DC accord
cd her? Certainly not by the Congress which
is about to be convened. May We anticipate
better things from its successor! We would
tain hope that We NAV; but if We may not, who
VI '-"uiHciH !ucH ub''DlH UT IHpTctS tllll lHc
doom Of the Mon is sealed
Upon this subject We disclaim all disposition
to make party capital. We do not listrust the
loyalty Of our own people to the institutions
and the rights Of the South. With the cxcep-
tion Of few leaders here and there, VIC have
every confidence in the disposition of our polit-
ical adversarics to unite with US in exacting
ana maintaining our rights. IF a collision be
inevitable, VIC believe that Whig and Know
Nothing blood and treasure will flow as freely
as our own, and we dcprecate, upon this qucs
ton, everything that is calculated to draw par
ty lines among our people. There were tories
in the Revolution, as there arc submissioniStS
now. The mother country committed the
great mistake Of imagining them strong enough
in numbers and in influence to paral we the
arm of resistance and, if the hour Of trial
ever comes, New England will find that she
has committed similar mistake. The hearts
of all Our people, with but few coutemptble
exceptions, beat in the right place and how
ever they may dcprecatc a collision, when it
comes they will rally in an unbroken phalanx
to maintain the institutions and the rights Of
the South.