Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-10-15
HON w. w. BOYCE.

HON w. w. BOYCE.
We had the pleasure Of listening to an address
from our immediate representative, Hon. W. W.
BorcE, on Tuesday eveninglast. Mr.. BorcE was
limited in time, having to speak between the ad-
journing and the opening Of Court; but in the
brief space allotted him, he compressed many
important views, anil discussed wide range of
subjects. His speech was highly conservative,
and appeared to give universal satisfaction. Mr..
BoYcE spoke in substance as follows .--.
"Wheu last had the pleasure of addressing
you the country was convulsed by the most ex-
citing struggle for the Presidency, which we had
ever known. There had been warm contests for
the Presidency before, but this differed from all
others in one important respect. 1t was asection-
nj contest The Black Republican party was the
organization Of the North against the South. 1t
went upon the ostensiblc idea of opposition to the
extension of slavery, but the vital principle Of
this party was hostility to the South. The sue
cess of this party implied great danger to our Sec
tion. To say nothing of the Federal Government
falling intothe hands ofthose who would have struck
the South at every exposed point, there was
danger even greater than this, the degradation of
! the South To endure the domination Of Black
| Repubcanism would have been dishonorable to
her. Aud there is one thing no people can sur
render with safety-their self-respect. To do so,
! is to abdicate high career, and descend to an
ignoble mediocrity. The triumph of this North
ern sectional party would have presented to the
South the issue of submission or revolution
Fortunately these alternatives ere averted, by
the defeat of the malignant organization. l say
fortunately, because revolution is not luxury,
but sad alternative, not desirable in itself, but
preferable to what is more repulsive. No one,
therefore, rejoiced more than did at the elec-
ton of Mr.. BUCHANAN, which averted such great
calamities. 1t was especially gratifying mas
much NJ had the utmost confidence in the sound
ness of his opinions and the honesty of his pur-
poses.
The first great practical question that tie ad.
ministration of Mr.. BUCHANAN had to grapple with
was Kansas especially, the appointment of prop.
er Governor. The appointment of Mr.. WALKER
was generally acquiesced in at the South, because
his antecedents had been such as to imply justice
to our section. He had represented the State of
Mississippi in the United States Senate; he had
been Secretary Of the Treasury under Mr.. POLK;
he had performed leading part in the great mea-
sure of annexing Texas. But we Of the South
soon found that our confidence in Gov WALKER
was misplaced. Without recapitulating events
with which all nre familiar; it is very evident
that Mr.. WALKER has cxerted his official influence
to make Kansas free State, thus sacrificing the
interests Of the South 80 far rs lie could in this
momensous issue. BY the Kansas-Nehrasks
Bill, the people of Kansas were to be left perfect
ly free to form their own domestic institutions.
The policy of Gov. WALKER was clearly Mt war
with the principles of the Kansas Bill, unjust to
the South, and meets with my unqualif" d condem-
nation. The important question in this regard, is
to what extent the Administration should be in
voved in the condemnation, of Gov WALKER. 1t
would seem at first view that Gov. WALKER. be-
ing but the agent of the Administration, and not
being removed, the Administration should be held
to approve his policy, and should be involved in
common condemnation. But recent developments
lead US to infer that the Administration do not up
prove of WALKERS course. | alude especially
to the declarations Of the Richmond South, Hon.
JEFFERSON DAVIS and Mr.. YAScY of Alabama If
they are correct it would seem that the of the
Administration consists in hesitating to remove
WALKER, thereby CT messing to want of decision.
But what ever may be their motive for retaining
WALKER, cannot but condemn the net, and shall
exert whatever influence I may have, to procure
his recall, and rejection by the Senate.
And here it may be asked, what should be the
extent of our opposition to the Administration -
Shall we join the Know Nothings in opposition
to the Democracy? To do so would be absurd
in the extreme, because the Know Nothings are
dead at the North, are dying out Mt the South,
and are organized on erroneous principles, and |
on too narrow basis. 1t is urged in some quar-
tcrs that we should disregard all other parties and
form great Southern Party; but this is liable
to overwhelming objections. In the first place it
is impracticable, for you cannot form great par
ty, without the hope of success. The fact that if
the whole South were united into one great South
ern Party, it would be in the minority in both |
Houses of Congress, and the Electoral College ex-
tinguishes the hope of such party accomplish ;
ing anything. 1t would be the organization of
despair, and you can never organize party under
the spell of death. III am right so far, then, as
this exclusive Southern party cannot be formed,
there is no use to make this Intellectual effort. But
if it could be formed, the fact that it could ac-
oomp!ish nothing, being minority party, would,
in my opinion, be a conclusive objection against
it.
have long entertained the most gloomy appre-
heusions as to the future Of our country, because
I have feared that Northern sectional party,
hostile to the South, woulu eventually acquire the
ascendency with the Free States, and taking pos
session of the Government, reduce the South to
the condition of subsection or revolution; but the
wish has no. been father to the thought with
me- No one could possibly lament it more than
would. desire no more than that the South
should have her rights respected in the Union
failing to accomplish this, would accept dismem-
berment as stern necessity, but would not seek
It for itself
To secure our rights in the Union, there is but
one way promising any hope of success, that is,
to form an alliance with a Northern conservative
marty stronr enough By the co-operation. to con.