Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-11-29
A BURST OF ELOQUENCE.

1he CnaFl2SCOu IHeTCUTy cOutalus Iue lo
port of the following eloquent paragraph Of
a speech, made by the Hon. L. NJ. Keitt in
reply to a sereuade given him recently by
the citizens Of that city:
1.-The State of South Carolina is pledged
by every solemn obligation to take this
step. A few weeks ago they elected their
Legislators upon the very issue now present
ed to them. 1t might not have been made
in so many words, but that issue was fore.
shadowed from every one, and every man
was influenced by it. That Legislature, by
a unanimous vote, elected upon the issue Of
the election of Lincoln, and the action Of
the State in pursuance thereof, unanimously
recommended the State to secede from the
Federal Union. For her to do otherwise is
to retrace, in the very sight of the foe, the
step she took few short weeks ago. That
she never would do, nor could she do it
without ignominy, and he never would be-
lieve that the people Of this State will be.
lie themselves, or sui its bright escutchion.
From the mountains to the seaboard comes
the cheering cry of State sovereignty, and
all her children are ready to gather under it.
He might say for his own District, that
out of her 1900 votes not single one would
be given for submission. (Three cheers
for Orangeburg.) She has been true to the
State and the honor of the State in every
exigency. Every foot of her soil was
ploughed up during the Revolution by the
foreign foe, and it was within her limits that
a Carolina r1atrou gave the fire to burn down
her own house, and said: "Though 1 &c
homeless and houseless, yet Igive you the
arrow, to burn it that liberty may spring
from the ashes and ruin of my home. -
And Barnwell, the Congressional District
of Barwell, bearing bright historic fame
and gallant people, will send up one unbro'
ken column; and Beaufort, with the coun.
sells of the mighty dead deposited in her
with the stirring voice of the noble and
living Barnwell to cheer her on, and with
Rhett, whose whole life has illustrated
Southern craftsmanship, without flaw
and Colcock, who threw off like 6rebrand
the robes of Federal Office; old Beaufort
will come TO you, and with one bugle blast
of defiance, will stand with every man tc
your back And Coleton, with her noble
territory of proud citizens-rememberine
William Lowndes, of whom it was vel
said that when he rose to argue, it was rea
son stood by aud spoke for him; old Col
Teton mindful of VIM. Lowndes, she toe
will swell the column, and leave not single
laggard son behind. And their own PROUD
city, to save which from foreign foe, and
from eternal dishonor, the arm of every SOL
of the State would be gladly extended
their own city comes up like one man, te
redeem the honor of the State, and to a
chieve the independence of the South
And old Pee Dee, every single inch O.
whose soil is hallowed by the memories O
Marion, and which gave him so many
dauntess soldiers-old Pee Dee, uphold
ing the memories of the past, now march
es with double quick step under the Pal
metto banner, and every son will be rounc
it when they are needed
So, to, with the whole up-country. Hi
old colleague, Col. Orr, with whom he hac
set for six years side by side in Congress
was now ready to 60 as far as the farthes
in defence of Southern honor. lie statec
the other night in Columbia that South
Carolina could not avoid resistance with
out dshonor And the men of the noun
tains would heed his voice, for they never
had truer representative.
We come then unit in the prosecution
of this great cause. We go before history
and stand before the tribunal of public opin
ion with violated Constitution in one hand
and our sacred liberties rescued from pol
luton in the other. We have a sacred
cause We are about to break up this Uni.
on. The time for Union saving is past
the time for compromises is past. Moth.
ing, aye nothing except the withdrawal Of
this State from the Union which has be-
come accursed, will do.
We 90 with strong test before the tribu-
nal of history. Our fathers built up this
country. John Rutledge, of South Caro-
lima, did more than any man to achieve
ourlberties, save George Washington and
old Christopher Gadsdeu-another South
Carolinian-initiated the great movement.
Marion and Sumter kept the fires Of our
liberty burning while in danger of going
out in darkness and gloom.
Our second war was carried through by
Carolina statesmen. We have built up
this government from corner stone to turret.
and now We mean to tear it down from the
foundation to turret Why? history will
ask us. 1t is because it has been made
by Black Republican fanaticism hostile
government in our midst Its powers are
about to pass into the hands of sectional
majority, which majority declares slavery
shall die, and they will put the sceptre
of power in the hands of man who has
said that the Northern mind has been
right because it believed that slavery was
in process of extinction. 1t is because the
Government it about to pass into the
hands of man hostile to the great inter-
ssts of the South that We are about to tear
down this Union"
LETTER FROM Gov. LETcHER, OF V1R-
GINIA--Richmond, Va, Nov. 21.-The
Richmond Enquirer, of this morning, pub
fishes an important letter from Governor