Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-10-01

slavery. The South can do we'll without the
Union, but the North cannot. With popu-
lation of 100000 Of whites, the slavehod-
ing States contribute, by indirect taxation,
two.thirds of the expenses of the Federal
Government, while the North, with about
l6,00O,00O of people, only pays one-third of
those expenses. The South is independent,
or may be, by manufacturing for herself and
carrying on her own commerce, in her own
bottoms, on the ocean, for which her sea.coast
and harbors well qualify her; and dissolu-
tion ofthe Union would deprive the North of
her carrying trade, or raise up powerful
rival in the South. The South being the pro.
ducer of cotton, bread, sugar, meat, tobacco,
rice, &c. for England and othermanufacturing
nations, they are our friends and interested to
cultivate peace with us; but the North is
their rival in manufactures, and, separated
from the South, would be exposed to the dan
ger Of war arising from jealousy and hostile
interests. If Congress will not reopen the
slave trade, it will be evidence that the North
is resolved to go onin her struggelfor eman-
cipatiou, and to accomplish her own ruin by
the pursuit Of an ignis fatuus. If they abol-
ish slavery, they will abolish cotton, and
thereby abolish their manufactures; but l
cannot think that they have lost their cum
ming and cupidity in following a vain phan-
tom. The truth is, there is controlling con-
scrvative party at the North, which will grant
any reasonable demands of the South, rather
than dissolve the Union. But if am mis-
taken in this, and if the North shall refuse to
reopen the slave trade, through Congress,
then let the Union perish and we shall be
able to form our own Confederacy in the
South. Whenever we do this, and re-estab-
lish the slave trade, the crippled North will
WOO US back into the Union, with love charms
and songs eff melody, and wreathed smiles,
and aattering incense. We shall have the
choice Of accepting the profered reunion, or
of remaining content with the divorce. But
should the North, on the other hand, assume
in attitude of defence, and refuse to allow us
to leave the Union, for the purpose of treadiug
freely our course toiudividual prosperity and
national grandeur, we shall not be terrified
The contest will be settled on our own soil
and fighting, if it should come to war, for our
own rights, it will only be necessary to show
that We are not alarmed, that we are deter
mined not to yield, and our astute enemy will
politely retire. Who believes that in this
civilized country, one section will invade an
mother, in case clearly wrong The aboli-
ltionists may it, but the great mass of
the Northern people, who though free-soilers,
are sensible and conservative, will rebuke
and crush the enterprise. They remember
too we'll how, in the Revolution, the colonies
with 10000 of people, resisted successful
ly, on their own territory, invading Britain
with her Ii, 100000, to entertain the project
of coercing the South, with her 5000, 900
Of freemeu, by any powerthat they can mus.
ter against us. We need have no fear that |
war will come, and no fear if war should
come.
Let us keep the ball in motion, press our
irlends IN congress to make no delay IN ask
ing and even demanding repeal of the law
prohibiting the slave trade, and new law
re-openingit, with proper restrictions. When
the abolitiontsts of the North learn that We
are in earnest about this thing, they may be
seized with dismay and strange horrors, but
wemust pursue ourinterest and our high des-
tiny, by treading with firm and unfaltering
steps the course which will lead US to pros
perity, power and renown. The civilized
world now looks upon the South with won
der and respect; but it sees only an infant
giant; it beholds only the dawn of our pros
perity, the roseate and blushing Aurora, OBJ
scurely bright, gliding the sky with morn
but let the slave trade be re-opened, and
soon in blaze of living light, our midday
sun will shine.