Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-10-02
Fran the Charleston Mercury.
TIE RICHMOND DISPATCH.

IflE 1GlCil MINI blOEAlSll.
The Dispatch fears that the blood of II
is vastly diluted, because We consent to deal
with our enemies But 7 would, with all
Difference, ask the Dispatch, whether per
hitting cur enemies to control our political
destinies, be not stronger evidence Of thin
blood than trading with them. That they
almost monopolizc cur trade, is the fault Of
the thick -boodcd men who fourished be-
tween 81 and 81. 1t is the natural consc-
quence Of uniting under such 4 system Of
government, two communities 50 essentially
differing in pursuits, in character and senti-
ment, as the Southern and Northern people.
The most sagacious men Of the South part
ly forcsaw this consequence, as necessarily
resulting from the political organization,
which was, in measure, forced upon them
by the fccblcne$s Of the newly cnfranchiscd
States.
But it is not question of thick or thin
blood, nor is it question of commerce !;
for the Virginia and Carolina farmer an2
planter must sell his crop, whatever po-
litical arrangements prevail. If he contin-
ues to deal almost exclusively with his enc
mics, it is his own fault. 1t is union with
the North that makes its people our enemies.
Drive them oft Tomorrow, and they will be
our best friends. That which is vital to US,
they now regard with adherence, and absurd
ly think that they are responsible for Take
them at their word-recase them from their
rcsponsibility-drivc them out of our Union;
and by this application Of little do"ce rio-
Lcncc, you win their hearts. 1t is not their
commerce that hurts us, it is the compulsory
preference which is granted them by the uu-
fortunate terms of our union with them.-
When We drive thcm out Of our Union, they
will be to us as arc the English, the French,
or any other people who may seek commcr-
cial intercourse with us--cnemies in war, in
peace friends. At present, they arc enemies
at all times. Enemies, who have denoun-
ccd war upon US for thirty-Gve years, and
who, from our unfortunate political conncc
ton with them, under the seeming peace,
have practised the secret mine and deadly
sap of sectional legislation, more ruinOus to
us than all the dcviish enginery of open
war.
The Dispatch must know, every Southern
man must know, that if he clings to this In
ion, he must take c"m o""ye. lie must take
it with enforced commercial intercourse with
the North on its own terms; he must con-
sent to New y ork being the commercial capt.
tai, and all our other towns mere villages or
suburbs of New York He must not dream
of Baltimore or Charleston as great CONNER
cial centres. 1t is permitted to us, who hope
to see the day when the united, South, ris-
ing in its might, shal! drive out the North,
to indulge the cheering vision of Il prosper
Gus agriculture, nurtured and invi gorated by
an enfranchised commerce, dispensing its
bounties aud its blessings, and giving life,
and hope, and prosperity, to Baltimore,
Charleston, Savannah, Mobile, and New Or
leans. And it is permitted to us, too, to
anticipate the peace with the North--the
time of peace and good will restored by
driving them out-the time when the North
shall be released from its sclf.inHicted mise
ry of responsibility for our slavery: and the
South self-governed, and with an unshackled
commerce, paying tribute to none, shall be
at liberty to tender peace to all the world, or
to provide far war if need be- This is the