Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-06-19
For the Yorkyille Enquirer.
THE CANVASS,


Messrs. Editors The card of Colonels McGaW
and Withcrspoon, published in your last issue, is
on event upon which the people Of York District
may be we'll congratulated. in aspiring to the
dignity and rank of a Senator, they have shown
determination not to degrade themselves beneath
the dignity and rank of gentlemen. Their own
self-respectis is now secure, which to themselves IS
an infinite gain and the people of the District,
sensitive upon the subject of the public honor, and
no longer in dread of n demoralizing canvass, may
breathe freer Show me the man who does not
now hold each one of these gentlemen in much
higher esteem than he did before the publication
of that card, and will show you one, in whose
keeping the honor and rights of his country are
not safe. By this single act Of considerate defer
ence to the public judgment and public morality,
exhibited in the face of degrading and tyranni-
cul custom, they have proved themselves capable
of exerting high moral courage, and that each
one of them ore indeed worthy of Senatorial hon.
ors. -......
The public voice should not be tardy or niggard.
ly in uttering its approval The people should
take them warmly by the hand, and feel as well
as express their regrets, that they cannot send
them both to the Senate. Religion should utter
its approval also, and tell them, that when men
seek noble ends and noble means, its encourage
ment and sympathy shall not be withheld.
But while we accord to our candidates. for the
Senate, our hearty approval of their conduct in
this regard, we are not to overlook the fact that
there ore other candidates in the field who are not
yet committed to the same high-toned and honor
able policy To such, we sag in the voice of friend
ly warning-beware,-f the time is at hand,
when the reign Of the whiskey-barrel over the
ballot-box must cease. Religion, morality, the
peace and quiet of society, the public honor and
the public safety, oil concur in demanding it
The muttering of the distant thunder is heard
the cloud gathers, and voice has spoken-is
speaking that will be obeyed. We want states,
men to make wholesome laws, not to make sots.
To conserve the pnblic peace and the public NOR
ality-not to violate them. To protect the prop,
erty of the people-not to render it insecure. We
want men of public worth to represent US, and
not adroit political jockies, who can kiss oil the
children at home, and spend the greater portion
of their time in Columbia OF oyster suppers, and
the balance of it in voting prodgal appropriations
out of the pockets Of the people, the plainest pur,
port and effects of which they do not comprehend
We have had quite enough of all those things
and as the stage managers say, now the next thing
will be something else. So look to it gentlemen
There are much greater number who agree with
"Juvenal' than you may suppose. That writer
is only phenomenon of the times. He utters only
the public voice, and when he touches the chort
of the instrument on which he plays other chord:
all over the district give back the tone in hearty
response. Many eyes are upon you which an
quite sharp enough to comprehend all your doub
lings We hope to hear from you.
BULLOCK'S CREEK.