Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-10-30


nant pool, arc i"mtdiat<y il not remotely, respon
sibe for it all and at the bar of God they mnst
account for it, in a coming day.
Yet, with these facts before ns, We the sorereign
pep!: pr etre'iencr; We, who are SO boastfuls sof
the proud privilege of self government, but who
are in fact too indocnt and indifferent to the high
trust to discharge the duties Of the obligation'w ere
not only permit this class Of small aspiruts aud
petty demagogues to play off uponsus their igno-
rance for wise craftsmanship, their hypocrisy and
leeeit for truth and honesty, their self-seekins
aims for wise policy in guaranteeing the public
liberty their treason for high public virtue; but
We instead Of visiting them with our scorn and in
dignation, contribnte our aid to enable them tn
practice their fatal impostures upon US, aud to
dupe, cheat and betray us to our own degradation
and ruin.
This is not all nor even the darkest part of the
picture We not only contribute our aid to ena-
bic them to dupe and bctray us, but we do more.
We not only suffer them to dose us with copious
draughts of potent Ind face but we permit them
to put money in our pockets, and receive their
bribcs to become partceps crimais incur country's
betrayal-in debauching the public morals, in
lowering the spirit, the minus of social purity
and reform, in blasting and blighting, with the
mdnw Of social vice and political corruption, the
expanding shoots Of IN advancing civilization
And our own concurring political criminality does
not find its limits even here. We all know--itis
stereotyped fact, as familiar as household words,
that it is the fixed policy and practice ofths class
of politicians to resound the cry, "Alls WELL"
when the cry is pnlpably false How can it be
otherwise than we'll, they would have us believe.
when they forsooth are at the helm of State!-
Their settled policy is to drug us into torpid ST.
!ence--politcal strpor, that they may prosper aud
pocket the spoils of their country's plumber and
betrayal. They seek to stife the truth, to sup
press discussion, the great and indispensable
means of spreading light abroad among the peo-
Pile: and We concur even in this glarng and fatal
de!usion, upon the plea of priestcraft and iguor-
ance-that discussion will produce excitement a.
! mong the pcople-overlooking or, what is worse,
criminaly disregarding the great fact that by the
operation Of the same plea, the voice Of Christi
anity, making known to fallen man the plan of sal-
vation would come to ns no more from, the sacred
desk that the advocates for truth which is all
divine, would be silenccd and sit dumb in the
midst Of the congregation. And for what. Aye,
for what! That the ignorance, stupidity and hy-
pocrisy Of our political hacks and mountebanls
be not exposed. A noble conception and brilliant
design, verify
Why not silence the trumpet voice oftbc press,
then, lest excitement be produced? Why not hush
the voice Of the peadcr before the Courts of JUS.
ticc, and lin who stands before the bar, upon
the dimcnsiCnless line which separates life from
death, have his case submitted to his peers with
out voice heard in the name of humanity, tbatthe
true from the false may be distinguished, that the
perjurer may be rebuked and exposed, and his
victim snatched from his grasp. Shall truth be
; thus fettered and bound down in darkness and
chains; her soaring pinions clipped so that they
can never rise above the darkness, the dust, the
vice, and the beggarly prctensiens Of this sinful
world, and ascend to Heaven no more?
| If there be q single article in the Christians
code, which stands ont in bodcr relief than anoth-
er, in that brilliant and awful array Of truths eve.
ry one Of (which contains inherent evidence thatit
was written by the finger Of God, It is that one
which pronounces man to be q responsible being,
under the law, eternal as its Author, fresards
and puuishments. And do the class of men Of
whom write:do We, ourselves, participating as
we do in their offences against the great and vital
interests Of the state-the public iiberty--thc
consttution-against public and private morality
do we expectto escape its dread penalties, eth
er in this world or in that which is to come. Do
not our acts prove, on the contrary, that We are
unbelieve. in that law, and that We are. not ac-
countable to God for the acts done in the body
Twist and tqrn i: as VIC may, ignoring our reapons
siJity to Supreme Being, We are practical 4Athe-
lists!
Enough for this Chapter: but am NOT done
with the subject yet JUvRNAL.
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