Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-08-26

rlght W0ulQ nave kept away tHese VehpIa-
tons from this man. Here, we see the d.
vine supplication that was sent to the Throne
Eternal by the SON of God while with US
here, has been violently torn from the sacred
volume, to make a covenant for monied
william: And for what I say, feel that |
could stand shameless in the presence of
God himself. And can any honest man,
bear in his bosom no just condemnation tor
execrable perfdy like this? have not
cared to know, nor do know who ON" is,
and, therefore, cant ask him whether he has
rejected from his bosom what do not know
to be there. If he sanctions such conduct
like this, what right has he to ask of the
public their opinion Of his honesty? Thus
stripped of his all, what answer can the poor
man give to his poverty. stricken children,
who now turn to him with fearful eyes and
piteously ask 90! Father. where now shall
we go?" Now answer me, you who would
curse your mothers milk to trample upon
the poor, how dare you to startle the world
with your moral interrogatories5
I have thus hastily carried you through
some of the examples in which one might
be driven FROM what ought to be his home.
stead. 1 cannot give you every. instance
It would be to ask of me the sum of the
worlds trials, perhaps, for many thousand
years. This, however, is not more than the
sense of what I wrote in my previous com.
muuication, but more condensed; yet doubt.
less by others I was understood. But 1 have
not done vita en-"
In his next breath he asks, "What would
have become Of the poor in the winter and
spring of As and g.? Tothe merchant they
were indebted for bread to sustain life, and
when scarce, it can be obtained more readily
through the merchant Chat is HIMSELF than
in any other manner" Indeed o, how
fuuuy!!
But let me ask how is this all so? To
answer this myself for him, I fear the pub
lie would, from its present ,unenlightened
condition, suffer some impatience; and will
yet wait for some more concurrent circum-
stance favorable to his moral development
before taking bis strensthy assertion. To
aver the same on my own account, l could
not call forth such prodigious efforts of in.
tellect for any such discovery.
The present generation will then pardon
me for such an omission here, but without
being discouraging, hope will be row time
ly expressed here, that, in the future of
thousand years or so, some one will, if from
no other motive than sheer justice to the
author, give the matter further examina.
ton.
But if I can turn this to the account of
the Homestead, I will. Do you notget your
money from the Bank to lay in this "provi-
sion" for "the poor" 'in times of Scarcity"
And in doing SO, do you not avail of Legis-
latiop that screens you from usury? When
you are in trouble on account Of the poor,
and need money, does not this legal interest
protect you? Will you withhold the same
protection in another form to the poor, who
may be Gin defence to your Right Worship
full Highness) in the power Of such as are
indebted to Messrs. Shylock and Pawn
broker for their principles? What would
become of him then in such hands? Let
his goods be gone. Do you then require his
thanks alone to stand for your bounty? 1t
might be curious to know, that those who
express their kind consideration for "relief
to the poor" in commodity alone, could con-
sumo the remnant of his stock of affection,
when all was gone, in what would purchase
for his unfortunate and wronged neighbor
rope. Yes, and under the sole conviction
that his misfortunes gave to no honester man
than "M," the leave to apply to him the
sumrtuous appellation of rascal. A true
love this, that asks for recompense another's
all Great good to him indeed that seals
your covenants-the covenant of one who
sets himself up as Egypt's Benjamin to dream
of scarcity! And you entitled to "protec-
tiou'' for no other reason, than that you, in
behalf of the poor, are to provide against
sscarcity of provision who rate the
"industry and economy" of the honest poor
to bare "subsistence," must plunge your
hands into his pocket, with the happy con-
ISOLATION that tiokles the gentleman's gizzard,
that "the State has provided for him" when
you have Withdrawn them; and then lie
down on your dreamy pillow to muse upon
"Stock" in "Railroads and Canals I" Is it
not better that he should 60 to the poor
house, and there, under the kind shelter and
protection of his State, remain until the
storm is over, and return to his home, than
to be in the protection of hands like this ?
I do not know emp, but to judge from his
writing, he is, unless an impostor, a land
owner and dealer in sprovision" commod-
tiles for the poor. Perhaps, too, he has
back door bar, as his mind seems to bend
towards "dissipation and idleness" in writing
on business that does not concern him
And although do not desire, nor intend to
discuss with him, I would here ask a simple
question or two. If hit it, it is because I
am in the dark of whom speak, for have
no idea that I know him. 1t is -. If a
land owner, of how many Homesteads is your
own home composed? Again Has not
some poor, homeless applicant within the six
months just passed, sought to serve you in
the capacity of a menial, that he mig ht earn
little bread for himself and family? Now