Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-11-15
TETE FATE.

Patriotism as well as religion Calls louuly TOT
this observance.
TEIE TYRANT's FATE.
"Cssar had his Brutus, Charles the First his
Cromwell" George the Third his Washington !;
and the North should have pro6ted by their ex-
ample.
THE ISSUE.
Resistance, prompt and efficient, to the ad-
ministration Of Lincoln, no matter if it amounts
to an eternal severance of the bonds of the Union,
is not merely a duty with our people-it is a ne
cessity. The past is the criterion by which to
Judge of the future; and applying this test, we
are overwhelmed by the evidences which admon-
ish US, on every hand, sternly and unrelentingly,
that our only escape from utter destruction is to
dissolve the Union. We feel that our people are
fully aroused to a sense of this startling truth ;
that they are fully informed of the dangers of
their position, and of the means by which alone
they can be averted. But lest a question might
be entertained upon this point, we subjoin a sum.
mary of "Southern Grievances and Dangers
taken from the Savannah (Georgia) Nevs. Read
it and ponder. 1t has about it the ring of that
mettle, which is now sounding the alarm from
the mountains to the seaboard of the Empire
State of the South
Mr.. Editor: I offer o few facts and remarks
for the consideration to day of all who intend to
take part in the meeting to be held at Masonic
Hall to night.
Those who oppose the policy of secession land
I believe we IRE all in the South agreed that a
State has the sovereign right to secede) say that
the election Of Lincoln is not O just ground for
the secession, because, say they, it is not an
overt act. It is true that in his election by 9th
ers, he commits no overt act, but I would ask in
all candor and fairness, what is the nature of
the act of those who elect him ? Let them reflect
on the following view of the case:
1st. Lincoln is elected by q strictly sectional
vote.
Cd. He is elected by a purely nou-slave hold.
ing vote:
Sd. He is elected by a party having but one
principle in is political faith, and that is hostili.
ty to slavery in the South.
4th. He is known to be the author of that ex
pression-so pregnant with wrath to us-"the
irrepessible conflict between black (slave) labor
and white labor"
9th. He is known to have declared that slave
ry must be e1tinguished.
9Th. No reasonable man con doubt for one
moment that either Mr.. Lincoln or his support
ers will abandon these views when clothed with
power.
7th. Thirteen Northern States have nullife ed
the fugitive slave laws of Congress have passed
laws to confre any owner of o fugitive slave who
goes into their borders to recover him, under the
laws of Congress, with Imprisonment at hard
labor for from FIVE to fifteen years have denied
the use of all jails and public buildings to any
arresting officer, and punish such officer as they
punish the owner of the fugitive slave.
9Th. Mr.. Lincoln's followers declare their de-
sign to be to e1tinguish slavery by Constitution
al means, if possible-if necessary, by force
The Constitutional means are:
lst. By getting control Of the Executive
The first grand step towards our ruin, in their
programme, is complete in the election of Lin
coin.
3D.. By the control of Congress. [They have
so far succeeded, by their balance of power, to
elect q Speaker of the House unfriendly to the
South.
Sd. By the control of the Supreme Court
If the Judges of that august tribunal are Black
Republicans
4th. By excluding slavery from the Terrific.
ries, by Congressional legislation.
9th. By gradually pressing down on the Dor
der States-.Virginia, Kentucky, Delaware,
Maryland AMI Missouri-until the expense and
anxiety in protecting slaves in those States
shall make them valueless. Now, let US see il
any thing has been done by the last named
means:
lst. The last census shows a large decrease
in the number of slaves in Maryland and Della
ware, and on the Northern borders of Virginia
Kentucky md Missouri.
2. The late election for State officers in Dele
ware shows the vote in Wilmington, the capital
to be: Breckenridge, sos; Lincoln, 1855; Doug
las, 22S anG Bell, BAL.
Sd. On the upper borders of Virginia and Ken
lucky, Lincoln's electors we're regularly nomina
ted and run.
4th. In Portsmouth, w., the Wide Awake:
have recently established a club numbering 10C
men.
9th. And On the borders of Kentucky, it is
we'll known the Black Republican strength il
rapidly gaining.
9th. In the State of Missouri, a slave State, F
L. Blair, q F.epublcan, was elected to Congress
by an overwhelming majority.
7th. We all know how many insurrections
have been attempted in various States in thu
South, instigated and planned by the followers
of Lincoln.
9th. We know of the John Brown raid com
mitted by those of his followers who are too ca
ger to abide the extinction of slavery under Con
stitutional forms, and who are in advance, em
blowing the persuasion of force
9Th. We know that by the census of 1850, in
that year alone, one thousand and eleven slaves
were taken from US by the underground railroad,
for which the South did not got one dollar in re-
turn. Those slaves, at the prices prevailing
twelve months ago. would be worth largely over
one million of dollars!
10. We see that negroes in Virginia are to day
from twenty to thirty per cent. less valuable in
the market than they were three months ago,
and the depreciation is solely owing to the pros
pect Of Lincoln's election.
18th. We know that in 1850 (by the census,
one thousand and 6fty-three slaves were manu-
mitted, and manumission is owing to force Of
Northern opinion and teaching brought to bear
on our people, and our young men sent there for
education. g. .
We know and see all these things and much
more and most of the evils have occurred in
the last four years, under the administration
of Mr.. Buchanan and o Democratic Congress.
Then what are we not to expect in four years,
now, under the administration of q Black Repub-
lican?