Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-07-05
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.

EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
-- The Anniversary of the Battle Of For
Moutre, was celebrated in Charleston, on Thurs
day last, by military display and IN address
from our townsman, Col. WIN. B. WILSON, al
honorary member of the "Moultrie Guards" O.
that city OF the address, the Courier says:
"Col. Wilson was received with cordial ap
plause and with general expectation. He dis
charged his trust in an able and we'll considered
address, which showed loving appreciation o
the lessons of the day, and of the characters
merits and examples of the great actors wbost
deeds were commemorated.
Taking the men and the action of Fort Moul
trie, as representing the spirit and purposes o.
the founders and builders of the State, he pre-
sented and illustrated their services and theil
claims to grateful recognition and commemora
ton, in review of the salient traits of Southern
civilization and of the distinctive characteristics
resources, aud duties of South Carolina.
The address was frequently interrupted by
out. bursts of applause, and, on closing, the for
tuuate orator received the warm congratulation:
of friends and of many gentlemen who there made
his acquaintance. Did time and opportunity
permit, we would gladly present fuller notice
and an abstract, but we await the pleasure of d
perusal in print"
The Mercury says:
"The delivery of Grafton occupied an hour
and listened to with marked attention and inter
est 1t was characterized by deep thought, elias
sic illustration. and liberal and philanthropic
sentiment. His defence of the South and hel
institutions was able, eloquent and earnest anc
found ready response in the bosoms of all who
heard It.
To this able, elegant and eloquent address, il
would not be in our power to do justice in al
imperfect abstract. 1t is enough here to say
that it was equal to the well known reputatior I
of the orator and repeated bursts of applause
attested the satisfaction and delight of the audi
cnce, among whom were noticed the faces o
persons not accustomed to turn out on this ho
day, as they prefer to leave that to the military
and confne their attendance to such occasions
as they are pleased to call uncommon.
of all "modern institutions" we know Of
nothing that is abused more unscrupulously and
with greater "malice prepense' than punning
Here, from q forth coming volume, entitled
'Notes on the Campaign of 1861" are some
puns, for instance, that put the fun-loving facul'
ty to the greatest tension. 1t is colloquy be-
tween four editors-"God save the mark !" or
the merits of the Presidential nominees:
'The editor of the Free Soil organ thus de
scants on the prospects Of the Know Nothing
nominees: when your Bell rings for dinner
at the White House, it will be the poorest meal
he Erer eat"
To which the Know Nothing editor rejoins
.Yes, and you'll give 'em slice of Ham-lean
for breakfast, and Link-an' u half of spoiled
sausages for dinner. That's about what your
Rail-splilter has been used to all his life"
The Squatter Sovereignty editor now chimes in
Talk of Seceders putting in their man. What
with Brraling ridges and long Lanes, gentlemen,
III warrant you'll have hard road to travel to
the White House"
To which the Constitutional Democratic editor
responds: ''Cease your caterwauling boys
The Little Giants grave has been Doug- las
by his own friends, and they've given him Fits
has toled their requiem, and nothing now remains
but for Abraham, the niger stealer, to 60 back
to his retirement, amid the raillery of tn whole
country and enthusiastic shouts of "three cheers
for breckenridge and Lane the candidates of the
True Democracy.
. Erh last speaker with chip hip ! hurrah ~
All the rest 'naied to the spot, dumfOunded." "
and looking rs if they had just seen some
"glimpses of the FUTURE
This is American wit.
MIR Douglas, Mr.. Breckenridge and Gen.
Lane, have severally, in speeches, accepted the
position of nominees for the Presidency. We
make an extract from each of their speeches,
showing their feelings and sentiments in regard
to "the Union"
Mr.. Douglas, says:
"Seccsson is disunion. Secession from the
Democratic party means secession from the Fed
eral Unior. Those who enlist under the seces-
sion banner now will be expected, en- the 4th
of March next, to take up arms against the
constituted authorities in certain contingencies.
We have been told that in a certain event the
South must forcibly resist the Inauguration OF
the President elect, while we find those who
are loudest in their threats of such resistance
engaged in the scheme to divide and destroy
the democratic party, and thereby secure the
election of the Republican candidate. Does not
this hue of policy look to disunion? Intelli-
gent men may be presumed to understand the
tendency and consequences of their own az
tons. Can the seceders fail to perceive that
their efforts to divide and defeat the Democratic
party, if successful, must lead directly to the
Secession of the Southern States? | trust that
they will sec what must be the result of such a
policy, an return to the organization and Plat
form of the party before it is too late to the
country. The Union must be preserved. The
Constitution must be maintained inviolate. And
it is our mission, under Divine Providence, as
believe, to save the Constitution and the Union
from the assaults Of Northern Abolitionists and
Southern Disunionists.'
Mr.. Breckenridge, sf.ys:
81 see nothing in the character of the gentle
men who composed the Convention, in the reso-