Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-10-29

meanness, and will not fail to avail themselves OF
the present favorable opportunity.
THE REGISTER AND Dir. BoYcE.
What we did not understand in Mr.. Boyces
speech is this Does becoming Unidentified with
the Democratic Party to the extent OF co-opera
| ting with them in Convention, so long as they
maintain their present attitude upon existing is.
sues. constitute ssthe fanatcism Of nationality"
We sympathisc with the Enquirer in its dislike OF
erakiug mp old issues" But the Enquirer must
certainly admit that all that We now see in por.
ton of the papers of the State in reference to
"Nationalism" in South Carolina, is intended di-
rectly for the Convention party. And as we are
not ashamed of our; participation in that move
ment, VIC are ready TO vindicate it whenever Mt
tackled. ~
The Enquirer denies that there is any such
thing in existence ms the .fauaticism ofisOlation
Practically there is isolation although it may not
be fanatical The Enquirer's policy is, practical.
ly, the isolation policy. Are we right 10 under.
standing that tits unwilling to become identified
with any but Southern Party? Then solong as
there is no Southern Party it must be isolated. It
would of course have to rote with the Democratic
Party; because Mt this time the Democratic Party
is thoroughly States Rights
Il
ty is at this time Southern Party, and cau carry
more influence in the middle Southern States, than
| if it were called the Southern Party. 1t is the
NatioEal States Rights party and it gives the South
every constitutional right for. which it contends.
So long MS it occupies this position we shtll adyo!
cate acting with it both in electing the Executive,
and in shaping Congressional legislation. w hen
il departs from that position then ,re shall refuse to
act tptA it. So long its principles ars oar prinei-
ples ere shall unite and become Unidentified iritb At IN
tryinq to carry out those principles. =.
Judge Jones, in his able free trade speech at
Knoxville, said, he was some times told that he
was advocating principles that this man and that
did. But, said he, they are my principles too,
and am not going to be driven from them; and,
added he, very fsrcbly, even if the Devil chooses
to act with me, will say come along Devil you
are right for cnce in your life. '
We will take the responsibility Of answering the
first question negatively. Secondly, we cannot
admit that all that it said against "Natienalism'
is intended for the Convention party. No have.
ourselves, animadverted on the national proclivi-
ties of the day, without intending any allusion to
the Conventionists The Register supposes tim-
possible to act with party without becoming den.
tilted. Upon this suppositiop it arraigns the En-
ou1RER for Advocating practical isolation. Itnext
claims that the Democratic party is to all intents
and purposes, Southern Party. Then it tbecomes
convenient to resort to regeneration md rea-
souing on the suppositon that it is possible to act
with party and not become identified, il promi-
ses to secede from its allies whenever they cease
to be ':to all intents and purposes" Southern
Party. This looks very much like getting on our
platform or, to use the forcible figure classical
lied by Judge JOKES, like the Devil was about to
get ri ght for once in his life If interpret the
Reqiser rightly, there is in reality butlitte differ
ence between US.
We are unwilling to become identified with, or
merged into any but Southern Party. But is
that practical isolation? The Register asserts
that it is so long as there is no Southern Party in
existence. A strange theory! How can we iso-
late South Carolina by seeking to link her more
closely With the other Southern States? We have
always been reminded by those who are fighten-
ed at the shadow of ''isolation,' that the other
Southern States are as patriotic and as ready to
defend their rights as the Palmetto State. Acting
upon this, we propose to organize what confessed
ly exists in reality-a Southern Party. Such q
party there must be, although it may be discor-
daut and ineffective. Whatwe propose, is to give
it strength, discipline and power-to make it o
unit-a Macedonian phalanx, ready to do battle
for the South in field or cabinet.
= The great danger Of becoming identified with
any party, isthe impossibility Of resisting ma
jority. The party rules. Meu do not ask if it is
principle; but is it the will Of the party! Once
merged into it, without an individuality Of its own,
with no resource but to submit to the current the
dignity Of States Rights is lost, and an indepen-
dent position abdicated for the imperious domina-
ton of ambitious and designing partissnship.-
With the South O unit, whatever is done must be
done openly, no duplicity can ''diyide and con-
quer," no shield will be thrown around the trail
torous. We may be out voted, but We will not be
betrayed.
We cannot feel so sanguine as to the integrity
of the Democratic party as the Register does
We believe that it is the destiny of North and
South to be two people, in the Union or out of it.
1t is just as impossible for Northern Democrat to
think it his interest to favor the policy Of the South
-free-trade and slave-labor-as it is for q South
erner to wish high tariff and free-labor. We
may become entangled in the meshes Of party and
harmonize for moment, but while our sight is
clear and undimmed, on those vital points, the
North and the South are two people.