The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1861-04-17
From the Richmond Enquirer.
The South in Comhsa a.--

the news received rConfedcracy, do
points Of the souttlh1dc state of public
rot indicate people Of that country
sentiment. ..lc in presence of Federal pow
show ne they pale at the prospect Of q
CT, BE war. Neither in their ncwspa-
ttffs nor out of them do we hear the sound
Of weeping, Or of mourning, or Of gnash-
inc of teeth in mutual roproach. Neither
pallid fear nor idle anger reign in the
land. The Government acts with swift
do!ibcration; the Congress makes laws
without speeches; tho earth and air re-
sounds with the clash of gathering arms
A deep feeling Of relief porvades all class
es as the end of the day of suspense and
(fho dawn of the day Of battle draws near
The eombativc qualities Of humanity arc
clearly reused in those States. No prize
fighter halls the conclusion Of his training
and grcets the call to the ring with great
er czhiliration of spirits: the announce
ment of Lincoln's fat for fight is met by
u sharp shout of defiance and the dee.
cheer of conscious strength. " GAUDIU:
AD CERrAauNA "-tho joy at combats-
sentiment well understood BY the poop
whose language best expresses it, is te
pcrvading emotion Of that people.
Their instincts prevent and their sOcr
reason might forbid all regret at the..ear
prospect of conflict with the Srth.
Never was an issue Of arms moro rScssa-
~ to the character of gcntlemalwhosc
character and courage had been bthqucs-
toned and doubted by The community,
than it is to this Southern ad slavehold-
inc nation, of which yirgisA is dishon-
orcd. sold and enslavcd member No
people on the face Of the erth hold Il more
odious position or arc t. finger post Of 4
more assured and beer settled seorn.
The world is perfect persuaded Of or
i,nbccility and pusiljnimity- The world
4 has heard from thcfanlScc and the Eng
lsh press forty miion rcp3titions of the
uniform statemepthat the Southern plan
tcrs are 6 LAM a. -9",1'l; 'l;ls
lanls-haircd, ,obacco-chcwils, ,,. "''se
drink! drinl!ing-rae0 Of clustering the Slaves
which surround, and shcnon.s sl"V"ol1,,'s :,
whites that cDesn6Pass tAeln; thal Inc
Southern country has rcis'er numbers ~.
wcalt5Scrcdit~educa or Intelligence.
~ ~e,,,s ,.asnn$aes. for conflict viii "hardy
States Of the North, which ha;e fleets OF
sLile.,s. armies, Of vigorous men, neSllsast-
bic troas>sures. arsenals, MACH sand ma
.crial for war. WnssAat man As not heard
t said in his own hearing, read with
lis own eyes, that the North can n'Ea'sxhip
.hc South ?" In sermons and in speeches,
n newspaper editorials, at home and
lbroad, in private conversation and in all
places, even in the steamboats, and rail
,ars, BY which business forces them to
.ravcl, Southern citizens have had this
statement dinncd into their cars in evoYy
orm Of language and style OF spacch.-
Whenever we have stirred from or own
oil, VIC have been compelled a&a:n aad
gain TO sit still and hear insulting calcr-
atons Of the relative strength Of inc two
sctions, all ending with the .. d. d. that
hsSouth was incapable Of resistance, and
submit itself to The mercy of North
asHand of the Yankee pcdlar;.
- .1n h:l7z:s 2 hts como to test these cal
,ulations, and no Southern man or wo-
nan regrets it. LeJ us ~ .l:..ocd~ if
-bo North can "whip" us. Let us 10Y
what all these brave words mean. IF the
n'--r-vn IS destitute of national strength and
manly courage, and those eighteen mil
ion Of llnaves that have cheated and rc-
Tilcd us these many years have all the
yarlikc virtues and powers Of the CONT
lent tic Time has come to prove the fact.
We are tired of all that We have had
nough Of it. Let them como out and
ght. If they can whip us, we shall, at
cast, no longer be stung with unmcritcd
lsult, and smart beneath sarcasm that
unjust. If we can be beaten, why lSt
$ be beaten, and take our places WIZ {
'olcs, the Italians, the Irish ~ ,le.'- =. j
ms and every other dcgY ',i.u nl us c
onorcd orreduccd nat "sy' At least, q
o sbolI on1n ho~Tdcscrts. We shall
> lon@er ',l 'l,i lh,io>;Tdered filtered by the cheap val C
!. ae ,eNg:l SSefic. The South is ready to )
S hazard of the die; and prefers n n
ruin to the security it can gain by P