Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-06-11
CHURCH DEDICATION.

We are requested to state that the new Metho-
dist Church at Rock Hill, in this District, will be
dedicated on the third Sabbath in this month";
Several ministers are expected to be in attendance
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HALF MEASURES--NO MEASURES.
There is no stronger evidence Of the superficial
ty and imbecility of Southern statesmen, than the
disposition which they manifest to trust to tenn
porary expedients, and defer as long as possiole'
a bold and decisive course Of action. When we
have every reason to believe that constitutional
liberty is at an end, and no ground Of hope that
disinterested patriotism on the part of the North
will induce her to give new constitutional guar
antees to the South-when we are told by our
wisest men, that we are stronger now, compara-
lively, than we will ever be again, and can now
best assert our rights-when we see dangers thick
en- daily around us and not one star breaking
through the gloom-we have every inducement 10
act promptly and effectively, and to build our plans
upon sound craftsmanship, and not to trust to the
half measures of political tactcians But let some
political schemer who wishes Federal offices or
Federal honors, suggest some remedy-someth'ng
to postpone definite action, and instantly it is
seized upon as certain cure and after being putfed
into temporary celebrity, and deluding US with
the semblance of reality, it dies away and leaves
us lust in the same dilemma from which it was to
have extricated US. Such remedies resemble those
patent nostrums, which, worthless in themselves,
are yet prescribed indiscriminatey for every dis
esse, without reference to its cause or peculiar
diagnosis And that the result should be the same
mere temporizing till the disease becomes reme'
diless-is not surprising.
A revision of the Constitution, at one time ad-
vocated by Mr. CALHOUN, and perhaps, feasible at
that time, is now utterly impracticable. The SIM
plicity of SANcHo PASzA could conceive of nothing
more absurd, than that the Northern section OF
the Union will ever consent to any amendment
which does not increase their power. Hthey would
consent to such oil amendment, there would be no
use for it-for they theaggressors, and if they
were disposed to do US justice, they would do it
voluntarily. Besides, could human language so
ingenuity could not find plausible evasion? No,
the fact stands out boldly before u.s. that the North
and South are two people, different in all their
political and domestic ideas and general charac-
teristics. No human wisdom can make these har-
monize-can make them one people-and consti-
tutional restrictions will be useless and nugatory
so long as it is the interest Of an unprincipled
dominant power to violate them.
Commercial secession is another absurd e1pedi-
ent. 1t is absurd because it is based on shallow
deas1 of political economy, and of the motives
which guide the majority of men. In the first
place. it is to our interest to trade with the North;
it is to our interest that she should do our manu-
featuring to O certain extent, for he must be a
poor economist who cannot see that she can man
ufacture many things cheaper and better than we
could do. 1t is right therefore, that We should
trade with her, but it is also right that We should
be allowed to conduct that trade without any tariff
enactments in favor Of the North. The principle
in human nature which will lead US to carry on
this trade is love of ease, willingness to submit
to an evil which oppresses us indirectly, rather
than endure one which would call forth great e1
ertions and perhaps fail Mt last of any beneficial
end With two such counteracting influences
against it, what chance is there for success:
The next expedent suggested, is prohibition by
the extreme Southern States, Of the introduction
and sale of slaves from the border States. This
cannot be effected, and could it be carried out,
would engender il-feelng and hasten the crisis it
was intended to procrastinate. Besides, it would
not restore equality between the North and South,
and that is whst we desire. We wish to be put
on footing of equality in the Union or of perfect
independence out of it. This e1pedient effects
nothing of the kind-away with it!
Re-opening the slave trade, or the introduction
of Coolies, has more plausibity than any other
suggestion. Could the slave trade be re opened,
it would cause powerful re action in favor of the
Southern States, but how absurd to talk of re-
opening this trade where we cannot do the least
thing which is opposed to the wishes or inclina-
tion of the North. True, we have politicians Il
mong US who are simple enough to believe or
bypocrites enough to pretend to believe, that the
Northern Democracy will aid us il securing some
of these safeguards what is the Democracy
but libel on its former self?
1t is strange how parties change their aims, and
by retaining the old name, delude US into the be-
lief that 'all is right. Years ago and the DEM
ocratic Party stood up boldly for conservative
government. 1t aimed at preserving the conser-
vative element of State-sovereignty and restricting
the action of Congress to the letter of the consti
tution-to-day its sole aim is to save the Union in
order that its victorious leaders may enjoy the
spoils. The Democracy is at present more to be
dreaded than any party in our country, for they
WELD the power, and the prestige of glorious
past, will better enable them to betray us in the
future. That it is corrupt enough to do this, we
have good eyidence-the evidence of Carolina's
most gallant, and independent statesman, Hon. l..
NJ. KEIrT. The Cheraw Gazette thus sketches
his opinion on this point; given in his recent
speech to the citizens of Cheraw:
SHE discussed the Kansas question-presented
it in its many phases, and expressed his apprehen-
sions of the portentous struggle of Northern fan
aticism, aided by Southern treason, to crush out
the rights of the South in that Territory. He ex-
pressed his want of confidence in Walker and
Stanton, both of whom he denounced as unprinci-
pied trading politicians, who were ready to sell
the shareholders interest in Kansas for price
He spoke of the National Democratic party-of
its want of principle, and its readiness at all times
to sell the South at any price which would secure
~ &c lonaa.s tho nlorinnS snnils of victory. He