Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-08-02

erence, and the man that fails to transmit
such trust pure and upsullied, commits a
crime not only to himself, but to genera
tions dead, and those unborn. You see,
Miss Ellen he continued, what an irwin
chile aristocrat am, and how I cling to a
pride of birth which have been taught to
consider noble, but which you may consider
weak. confess in my attachment to the
throne, to the institutions, to the habits of
dear old England, am truly English, rIor
do / believe I could ever reconcile my
tastes to an American democracy
Il do not think you fully understand that
democracy replied Ellen, sweetly. 'We
claim to be English too, but something
better than Englishmen. We have already
testified our sturdy sense of independence,
our strong will, our fearless assertion of our
convictions, our religious sensibility, all Of
which I proudly boast of as purely English.
But we are nobler in our contempt Of here
ditary prejudices. Nobility, with its pre-
negatives, has no charm for US. We have
larger and warmer sympatbies.. Our ener-
gy is our chivalry-the manly heart and
honest purpose, our knighthood. The re-
nown that these win, no one dares dispute,
for it is won in conflict and sealed in blood
Our patent, Graham, comes from ma
ture, and if a mans .siuewy arm and firm
nerve wins him a, position, we are not a.
shamed to be either just or generous, but
at once acknowledge his right to rule. Or
if the brawny arm and fearless step bred to
labor, apprenticed to toll, overcome all OBJ
stacles and gain the wealth, earnest and
honest labor merits, we do not ignore the
breeding, while we maintain the cardinal
doctrine of labor from the moral and social
influence it exerts, said Davie. 70.
That is simply position of might makes
right You would destroy precedepts, and
tolerate Innovations replied Graham. =.
i would make personal qualities deter
mine place and position, destroy precedent
where it interfered with independence, and
tolerate innovation where injurious con-
ventional restraints were to be swept away.
We want individual genius and d'excellence
for this work, not ,gartered lords nor ab-
stract philosophers, but common-sense work.
| ing statesman; and such confidence have I
in our progress, that I believe men will be
raised as the exigency Of the times may re-
quire, till perfect tranquility will give us
+ that leisure and repose, which is necessary
to Intellectual culture ~. ~ .
you have an American passion that will
forever bar you from such position, Davie,
laughed Graham, as they arose from the
table. - - > ,asy.e-a. ,,. -. .'..z-r .
sAnd what is that, Graham-labor? La.
Dor the glory of noble manhood p.
'Pshaw, no. said Graham, utility, put
in one scale, and literature and the fine
arts in the other, and see how soon the
former will preponderate.' ,-.~ >-.
Il grant you we are PRACTICAL replied
Davie, 'but I argue from that very charac-
teristic, grearter euergy,a a more earnest
purpose. Our eloquence will not be so
much words as acts. Our poems will be
noble thoughts and holy aspirations, en-
bodied in works of beauty and of triumph.
Our statuary, our painting, will be sculp-
tured in deeds glowing with our own fer
vor, and a knowledge of our great destiny
will only make US more faithful
Miss Ellen, no longer wonder at your
republicanism,' said Graham, 'if Davie has
had in any degree, the charge Of your edu.
cation. I see with him, America is the
epitome of all things excellent, while he
wonders with those of old, 'can any good
come out of such Nazareth as England
Nay Graham, you wrong me- said Da-
vie, grasping his hand, Il know that the
manfully honest will always meet consid-
Grafton and respect from you, and while the
Englishman is faithful to his own instincts,
faithful in what he considers legal and right,
never protesting in the caprice of to-day
what he will deny on the morrow, he. will
also bear with those who possessing the
same principles, advocate a different course
of action "a ..-. ....'.
Forgive my spleen, Davie,' replied Gra-
ham, returning the friendly grasp. The
brave are ever generous .
They are, Graham, and I will put yours
to the test, and remind you of this after
awhile e., -'. = Fl
sMr. Willonghby, I have some private
business to which must beg your atten
tion ere I leave said Davie, who knew no
other way Of gaining his end, but by a
straightforward course of open DEALING
Mr.. Willoughby, who had been painfully
nervous under the mornings discussion,
with deprecating look at Ellen, and a
more timid one at Graham, led the way to
the library. To avoid Graham's scrutini-
zing look, Ellen took her portfolio, and ar
ranging her colors, soon seemed completely
absorbed in the business before her. Ora.
ham did not speak but leaning against the
mantel with his gaze fixed on the bending
figure, watched her long and earnestly
Suddenly taking pencil he drew hastily
two sketches. One was landscape of wood
and water. Marks of labor, of toll, lay a.
round. In the distance, tents could be
seen, and the busy parade of martial life
The foreground presented two figures, a
manly one in the dress of an officer, the
profile, a striking likeness Of Davie; the
other, a female, bending on bis arm-the
face hid as if in terror at the rude alarm of
the camp, yet clinging to him dependence