Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-08-12


was fought and wen in 1850: Headmitted that
a battle had been fought between the sections
and lost to the South. There was, however,
another greater battle fought and won. This
threw the farthing capdle.light Of the New
York. Senator's victory in the shade: The
New York Senator meant that at the North
they had a majority. and finally succeeded
in drawing a,sectional liue--that they were
united in Congress and we're. nineteen free
to fifteen slaye States (were it not for the
gallant little Delaware we might have said
twenty to fouteen). This was the result Of
the physical or numerical battle and victory.
Our battle and, d,triumph was amoral one, in
stemming and checking the false and absurd
philanthropy of the civilized world on ,Afri.
can slavery. He did not heed, then, this
boast of a Northern supremacy. Yet he
would say to the people of the South, be
prepared ,,for if the North, in order to sub.
serve her purposes Of ambition or fanaticism,
should attempt to reorganize federal: courts
Of law on the representative basis, and thus
destroy the conservative nature of thatcourt,
and thereby get the government into; their
own hands, then the people Of the South must
dissolve the Union. We must dissolve the
Union if they effect any one Of their aggres
sive purposes tariffs, banks, or direct tam
pering with slaves. But he did not think
to-day the North could. Even if at the
next Presidential election the North. should,
by combination, elect an Abolitiouist, he
did not think that on that issue the great
body of the South. would 60 out Of the
Union. Buff this were followed BY Sec
ond election Of the same kind, he thought
they would. =, =
Senator Hammond alluded to the fact that
the Northwestern States were not 50 much
to be viewed. as enemies as New England.
Indiana would have been a slave State had
not the question been lost by one vote and,
if the Union were dissolved, it might still
be slave State. The North cannot unite
permanently, whilethe South can. The North
never yet had an important Office more than
one term. He therefore feared nothing now.
Yet he would say to the peopleof the South;
there may be danger yet; stand to- your
arms, mark time, and be ready, under any
circumstances or terms, to act promptly IL
resisting any actual interference with our
rights. South Carolina courage, and bay
ouets a4ed like the brave Palmetto at Cha
pultepeo, be ready, but do not charge too
quick.
The North is BY no means wholly to blame
for the present condition Of the sections
Many of our grievances took their rise at
the South. Many false theories originated
here, and many others the South adopted.
With the effects of these We have long stri-
ven. The victory Is ours. We should now
suffer the clouds of dust and error to pass
off, and then march boldly on. We have
achieved great moral. power, and should
use it. In looking back at the errors built
up by the South herself, it may be seen that
she has been thirty years engaged il pulling
down the work Of her own hands during the
preceding thirty. Our proper position is, to
meet the issue we have raised. Slavery is
no sin. The slave is in his normal condi..
tion-the right man in the rig ght place This
we have taught the world, and it is great
blessing. The notion of equality is gross
absurdity, everywhere contradioted BY ma
t1re. In nature no two men are formed alike
no two things are equal. God has made
it so. 1t was the poets idea Of harmony,
the spherical ; yet, the globes are all irregu-
lar. This is the greart moral battle the
South has fought and won. France and
England, after long and expensive reaee.
tlon, perceive the rectitude and justice. of
our position. Look at the condition of Exc
ter Hall, the rendezvous Of fanatics, that has
governed London in its mock philanthropy
that has ruled Great Britain in its crude
speculative philosophy-from whence has
issued alltheiedicts oftrouble to us-whence
upruug the question Of the right Of search
Of American ships in American waters and
in the Gulf of Mexico. This Exeter Hall
was at its last grasp, and had brought En-:
gland to apologize to us. Mr.. Hammond
then instanced the change Of sentiment in
England, and Mr.. Bright's speech in the
English: House of Commons. The people
of Great Britain were comingto their senses,
and great power was launching against the
fanaticism of Exeter Hail. He then spoke
of Great Britain and the Coolie trade-of
the French Louis Napoleon and his African
apprentice system-charaoteriaing both as
the result of a correct conception Of the prep
er sphere of these laborers, accompanied by
a sickly shrinking from the avowal OF the
name. Who ever heard of the Coolic or
apprentice returning home after years OF
serfdom-wbo would expect to hear it! he
next referred to the al surdity of Liberia and
its colonization scheme. 1t had to be sup
ported by the United States, and, it is said,
there is a taz imposed on all those who phil
anthropically send out negroes from this
country. We now learn that many of these
SONS of freedom are bought at Liberia by
Louis Napoleon at twenty dollars per head.
This caps the climax of Exeter Hall philan.
thropy. And so in the Northern States of
the Union, the supporters of this crusade
of abolition will soon be reduced to a corpor-
ais guard of few old maids and fanatics.