Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-02-28

and leaving us no safety in the Union, the North
will rivet its claims upon rs by force This i.
more than freemen can endure AT the call f
the State you have buckled on the sword, and
laid yourselves on the altar of your country
You stand proudly forth to day the champions
of freedom. Your attitude is that expressed by
your motto-"our rights We Defend
Gentlemen, your position is y sublime ONE
You have not only espoused sacred cause. hut
you have been acceptedas its champions. Your
State has accepted you. Your fellow citizens
have accepted you. The ladies of your hattal
ion have accepted you. All have accepted you
and confded to you the detence of our homes
and affairs. 1t is made my pleasing duty to pre-
sent to you this beautiful banner. (Handng the
flag to the Captain 1t comes as gift to you
from the ladies of the North Battalion of the
10th Regiment, S. C. NJ. In their name and
behalf l present it. Receive it as token Of
the confidence they repose in your valor, the in
terest they feel in the cause of liberty, and the
pride with which they look upon the Catawbas
Let the recollection of its origin, and the motto
and emblems it bears, nerve you for the contest.
AS it floats over you, it is the voice of fond
mothers, affectonate sisters and tender maldens,
conjuring you to quit yourselves like men,
Whenever you may be called into service, bear
it and bear it proudly. When the insolent In.
vader of southern rights shall dare to come,
when the deadly conflict shall be Joined, when
the smoke of battle rolls high, remember the
trust this day reposed in you, and
wSrike-tl the last armed foe expires
Strike-f0r your altars and your fires;
Strike-for the green graves OF your slreS,
God and your native land"
As long as we contend for right we need in.
dulpe no fears for the result. 'The Lord OF
hosts is with US; the God of Jacob is our refuge
Victory must be ours. Many of you may fall !;
be prepared for death as well as for victory. If
you fall at your post, you are the martyrs of
freedom. A statue will be erected in the breast
of every fellow citizen, to your memory. The
beautiful Catawba will roll mingled with your
name forever.
REPLY or CAPT. r. II. GLENN.
Sir, as Captain of the Catawba Light 1nfan-
try, receive the Flag which you now present
to US. With no more constaucy does the noble
Catawba roll its placid waters onward to the
genial climes of the South, than will be the
constant watch of the Catawba Light Infantry to
preserve unsullied the folds of this beautiful
banner. Presented, as it is, by the dear ladies
of this Battalion, it is with peculiar feelings
that we receive this token Of their esteem and
confidence.
Sir, to those noble ladies say
For the Catawba boys,
That while ones left TO raise his arm,
This Flag shall be borne sloft.
When thickly fly the whizzing balls,
And loudly roar the guns,
Well rally to our banner close,
And conquer or we'll die.
Soldiers of the Catawba Light Infantry, salute
your banner! have promised that while one
arm is left to strike in its Defense you will pre-.
serve its folds unsullied. Soldiers Of Old York,
in view of the blue and towering peak of the
immortal Kings Mountain. | know you are
worthy of your noble ancestry; and feel assur-
ed that have given this promise with safety
Rather than disgrace your country's flag, by
cowardly conduct ON the battle field, or by show.
ing yourselves unworthy of the esteem and con
fdence of these dear ladies who have conf.
ded it to your care, know you will face the
enemy while one of you is left.
Capt. Glenn here handed the Flag to Sergeant
G. A. Patrick, who said:
Reposing trust and confidence in me as your
Color Bearer, you may rest assured that II shall
never be disgraced in my hands. And can
pledge myself in words any stronger than TO
say, beneath its folds and in its defense l will
die!
The overplus left of the $500 raised by the
ladies of North Battalion to purchase the Flag,
has been applied to the purposes Of unitorming
and equipping the company.