Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-09-06
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ELOQUENT

ELOQUENT EXTRACT.
The distinguished orator of the South
Hon. w. L. Yancey, made a speech of fou
hours length in Memphis, on the 18th ult
From the report of the New York Times
which is very full, We make the subjoine'
extracts from his concluding remarks
After reviewing the recent differences il
the Democratic party and clearly def
ming the position of both wings, be proceed
to defend himself and the party he is alon'
with, from the fippaut charge of disunion
brought against them by political dema
gogues and p~artizau presses Guardian
ri have not forgotten that there are les
sons other than that of Washington's fare
we'll address. have not forgotten Wash
ington's life, nor have | forgotten the live
of Hancock, Jefferson, Patrick Henry, JOIN
Adams, aud that glorious band of patriot
who Joined in the revolution of '76, ant
carried it to a successful result. I have no
forgotten that Declaration of independence
that is now on record and is thought to b.
the mos. precious of all political documents
standing side by side with the Constitution
in the regard of the enlightened patriot
l have not forgotten the traditions of tina
Declaration. l have been educated in thu
school of the Revolution. was not laugh
to revere the toryisms of 1776 or 1860, o.
to revere that cowardly submission to wrong
which the tories endeavored to teach theil
countrymen of ITS. / know it is said t.
you, you are a prosperous people ; you have
thousands and hundreds of thousands, ane
you may afford to have some of these Con
stitutioual rights of the Territories tramplec
upon, but you had better preserve half the
loaf. Half ola loafis better than no bread,
was not the doctrine of Washington, Of
of Hancock. These men were worth thous
auds. Hancock bad his ships at sea and
his stores on land all protected by the Brit
ish army and navy. Washington had his
hundred negroes and his broad acres, anc
to him the British Government was no,
actually a government of OPPRESSION
But the British Government, which was his
home Government, that Government did
trespass, as they believed, upon their con
stitutional privileges, and undertook to tax
them three cents upon each pound of tea,
| am told a pound of tea a week would be
a large allowance for almost any family te
use-Sl,56 a year. Washington, with $780,.
900 or 100000 with a yearly income, and
Hancock, with his SAC, 1000, and many other
rich men could have lost that amount out
of some little hole in their pockets as they
walked the streets, and not have known
they had lost it. Men in all ages are pre-
cisely the same. There are Washingtons
now in this country, and God can raise them
up in the hour of our country's need, when
it is necessary to do SO. There are Han
cocks and Adams now, and when the neces.
sity comes, the hour will show that the
nerve of that day will be found now. Men
are the same in all ages. They only differ
as education makes them differ. When
there were men to creep up to Washington,
and say, You are the pet of the British
Government-don't dissolve the Union !; ;
or to Hancock, saying you have your thou,
sands, don't for 81 Sc a year launch forth
into the sea of anarchy. If you do, you will
lose millions, and with a halter round your
neck die the death of a traitor; you have
not cannon nor foundries; you have not
even a Governor What was the answer
of those men? We need not suppose what
the answer was. Precisely such things
were said, and those glorious men gave an
answer, and that answer is upon the illu.
minated pages of history, that have come
down through the vista of a ceutury-aud
that answer fingers on the ear of every man,
and is music to every man, and inspires
him with courage to do as his ancestors did.
They answered, we have got millions for
defence, but not a cent for tribute
Have you degenerated from that day
When the Douglas and Bell men come tc
whisper in you ear and tell you, you have
thousands and thousands, that this we con.
tend for is a small matter, and don't you
risk it. WHAT'S Washington, Hancock and
Adams to you? Are their lessons worth any,
thing, or is the teaching of some Dougla,
man to be taken on this head in preference
to those of Washington? What did ole
John Adams say? The school boy know:
what he said, It'll not a matter of coDjec
ture, it is a matter of history; it is one o.
the glorious sayings that embalm the mem
DRY of our sires and which will keep then
embalmed They are lessons taught us by
these men by seven long years of suffering
thousands of lives of the gallant and good
and true were sacrificed, in order that these
lessons should be bought. That old anc
noble patriot, catching inspiration from the
God of battles, himself, said Sink o.
swim, survive or perish, give me the Dec
~laratiou of Independence But the Dougla.
men, the Bell men, who know so much
more than old Adams or Washington-who
are so much more patriotic, so much more
gifted in true craftsmanship and in patriot
ic wisdom-tell you that it is treason Van
cy is speaking he is a conspirator. Pre-
cisely such a charge, too, was made during
the Revolution. Washington was called
rebel. Old Carroll, of Carro!lton, when h
went forward to sign the Declaration, wa
told that he would escape, because Their
we're so many Charles CAROLS in the State
and then, when every drop of ink was pro
claiming that he was a rebel, he wrote gu
in a large and bold characters his name
Charles Carroll of Carrollton.' Old Pat