Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-12-02

lent and Wholesome Warning. Hence, re.
sarding the criminal law as having for it's
ultimate end reformation, as we'll as for its
. immediate object due punishment Of the
ng.doer; I lave sometimes in commuta.
tion substituted one Kind Of punishment for
another; where It seemed 70 me, upon the
representation of reliable citizens in The Vi
cinage, there were sufficient ground ffo5ir1such'
interpositiou. In i avery few Instances fnlf
pardops haye been granted for the want Of
facilities for separate and solitary confne-
ment. At Charleston, and Columbia-the
points at which your Court of appeals as
Esembles, or at some one salubrious locality,
accessible at all seasons of the year-sueh
facilities ought to be provided as soon as the
state of the Treasury will permit, not in sub
stitution; but in aid, of the law capital pun
ishment in certain cases - ...... '.-.' '.-.'
is much to be regretted that, under a
system Of, sound laws, with incumbents of
reputed worth and eharacterin executive,
judicial and police Office, and with citizens
soliciting Office as soon as vacant, it should
be deemed necessary in any part of the State
to enforce and sustain law by means of clubs
and vigilant committees. Ifit be odious to
administer the law, let no officer be appoint
ed for this purpose. If it be necessary for
a-faithful officer to apologize to the public
whenever he does his duty, the law will be:
come mockery and mere preteuce Of
justice-the officer ridiculous and expeu.
sive pageant. Order in society, peace and
good understanding among .neighborssis best
attained by adherence to law on the part of
all persons, and is preserved by faithful and
efficient officers. Policy, demands certainty
of punishment, and for the first offence this
may prevent the occurrence of the second,
In the management of charitable and trust
funds, suggest thatithe officers of the Court
be epjoined by law to require loans to bese-
cured by mortgage Of real estate instead of
personal surety, or to invest in stocks of this
State. = r. N".. a.. ~ 0''.'''' - -
1 will also venture to suggest that admin
istrators, trustees and guardians, should not
use in their business transactions The funds
entrusted to their keeping. Separate and
distinct accounts kept with equal accuracy
and care, will ultimately be more satisfacto.
ry to both guardian and ward, and more pro.
ductiye Of safe precedeIts. ..,,...;.. -.
."'''''. .: FEDERAL RELATIONS: -'.i''.''i
Herewith I transmit Resolutions from the
Legislatures Of certain States of the Confed-
eracy. Those from New York aud New
Jersey relate to the Light House Board, and
to certain provisions for the relief of per.
sons and property shipwreckcd'onthe coast :;
those from Texas, expressing sentiments OF
common interest to our citizens, will CON-
mand YOUR attention those from New rEn-
gland denounce, as usual, our system Of do
mestic slavery, together with theIate decision
of the United States Supreme Court. This
species Of agitation, sectional ar disorganiz-
ing proceeds from persons who seem to be
incapable Of entertaining just sentiments to-
wards their neighbors, the people of the
Southern States. -. -..., ...... -, ...
True liberty consists in the will and the
power to perform our duty to God and TO
our neighbor. His service is only perfect
freedom. The members of Legislature who
can-thus resolve, desecrate the name of frees
dom, and pervert its meaning, By harbor-
ing such feelings towards their neighbors
who sanction and cherish African slavery as
a domestic institution, inherited from their
fathers, they expose themselves to the i'm
putatiou of being faithless to the Constitution,
from the preamble of which they quote
The resolutions do not merit response on
your part. "One of the expedients of party
to acquire influence in their particular dis
tricts, is to misreprescnt the opinions and
aims of other districts" ....
The faithful and distinguished Represen-
tative ofyour sixth Congressional Districthas
oppottuncly reproduced, and ably stated, the
argument for free trade, and against a pro-
tective tariff. [ trust that the argument now
recognized in all civilized Europe, will not
have lost its power in America, combatted
though it may be, by organized interests
hostile to its progress, which know too we'll
how to acquire influence at tic seat of Gov.
ernment. There can be no excuse based
upon the exigences Of government for even
raising the scale of imposts, so long as the
States hold on deposit large sum Of money
at the credit of the United States Treasury.
The lapse of time has served to show how
true, how prophetic, were the words of
warning uttered by our wise and far-seeing
statesmen near thirty years ago. .>
The last words of their distinguished lea
der, addressed to the Senate of the United
States, still ring in our cars-they cannot be
forgotten by thoughtful men, North and
South. Eight years have passed since he
spoke. We are not stronger relatively now
than then. Indeed, We can no longer point
to the equilibrium in the Senate which then
obtained, though a condition just now of
quiet prosperity and of comparative harmo-
ny, which may endure until an election for
President and Vice President. This elee-
tion every fourth year, seems destined to be
the all-absorbing topic upon which, unhap-
PLY, is said to depend every thing, even the
integrity of the Union.
To operate upon it effectively, parties be-
come national-irresponsible conventions are
convoked, and so powerful is their organiza-