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

we're drilled, and acquitted themselves very
handsomely. The company now nmubers So
Messrs. j. W. Avery, r. R. Huidleston and D..
NJ. Campbell having been enrolled, since we
published the list Of their names; and We must
soy, it contains some of as fine looking young
men as the District affords. Notwithstanding
the dsagreeable rain through which we had to
return to town, we we're more than repaid by
the interesting events Of the day, the number
Of pleasant acquaintances We formed, and the
hospitable courtesies extended to US.
We simply append the severn! addresses:
ADDRESS OF REV W. T. HALL.
Capt. Glenn-06csrs and gentlemen, of the Ca.
tawba Light Infantry:
We live in stirring and eventful times. The
last three months have supplied events for the
pens Of another Gibbon and another Hume. A
confederacy, the most powerful the world has
ever known, once the glory Of its members and
the admiration of the nations, has been dissolved.
Another, to which the eye of the friend of liber-
ty turns with kindling devotion, has come into
being and commenced it's career This is the
second American Revolutiou-the second strug-
gle for Independence.
Bancroft, the historian, speaking of the revolu
luton which secured the independence Of the colo.
nies, says: 1.-The hour Of the American Revolu.
ton was come. The people of the continent
with Irresistible energy obeyed one general i'm.
pulse, as the earth in Spring listens to the com.
mand Of nature, and without the appearance of
effort burst forth to life in perfect harmony
The change which divine wisdom ordained, and
which no human policy or force could hold back
proceeded as uniformly and majestically as the
laws Of heing, and was as certain as tie DEGREES
Of eternity. The movement was quickened even
when it was most resisted; aud its 6ercest ad.
versaries worked together effectualy for its ful.
6lment. The indestructible elements of free.
dom in the Colonies. asked room for expansion
and growth" .The idea of freedom had
never been wholly unkaown it had always re-
vealed itself, at least, to few of the wise, whose
prophetic instincts were quickened BY love of
their kind ; its rising light flashed joy across
the darkest centuries, and its growing energy
can be traced in the tendency of the ages. In
America it was the breath Of life to the people.
For the first time it found a region and race
where it could be professed with the earnestness
of an indwelling conviction, and be defended
W
no wars but those of religion" 4 X "a revo.
luton, unexpected in the moment OF its coming,
but prepared by glorious forerunners, grew nat
urally and necessarily out of the series OF past
events, by the formative principle Of living
belief"
We quote this language of the eminent histo.
rian, because it is 80 applicable to the present
The living belief of which he speaks, and which
he affirms was the formative principle Of the
first American Revolution is, that man holds in
herent and indefeasable rights which his creator
gives him as his birthrght, and which it is the
part Of tyranny to wrest from him. Among
these rights is civil liberty-the power to form
the laws by which We are governed. aud to Sc.
cure the benefit Of government with the least
possible abridgement Of personal liberty. De-
votion to this inherent right brought on the first
revolution. hendestructible elements of free
dom in the colonies could not brook oppression.
They knew their rights and dared to maintain
them. This is the spirit Of liberty. Where it
forms the life of nation, the people will 90 free.
Where 1t is wanting, the people must be slaves.
nous bill Of rights, known as Magma Charta. 1t
gave birth aud security to the Constitution Of
the United States. 1t animated the breath Of
the patriots Of Poland, Hungary, Greece, South
America, and, more recently, of Italy. And
now again, on our own soil, it has come to the
rescue. 1t is the very soul of secession. Un-
der imperious necessity we have divided the
Union to rescue the Constitution. We have
overthrown the temple our fathers erected to
secure the corner stone Having secured the
corner stone from the ruin which threatened to
bury it, we have laid il in genial soil and al
-: IL, ,t,nI, haap lasl -
Another temple to freedom will be reared upon
that noble foundation, and in the same spirit
with the first. 1t has been no wild spirit of in.
no dreams Of wealth that has
produced this mighty revolution. 1t is the re-
suit of sober sense. 1t is the product of serious
regard to the rights of mankind. 1t is the off,
spring of zeal for the Constitution, framed by
the wisdom, and consecrated by the sufferings
Of our fathers. 1t is the effect Of the spirit Of
liberty. The spirit of the first revolution is the
spirit of the second. The spirit Of Samuel Ad-
ANS, Joseph Warren, George Washington and
Richard Henry Lee is the spirit Of the patriots
Of to-day. We breathe the breath of Patrick
Henry when he exclaimed, 81 know not what
course others may take; but, as for me, give
ne liberty or give me death" We can now q.
lopt the very language Of Bancroft and soy:
The hour for the second American Revolution
las come The people Of the South rose as
spontaneously as the earth puts forth the flowers
II Spring. The Providence of God had pre-
pared the way, the efforts of opposition hastened
be result An indestructible element of free
lom lived in the South; and the revolution grew
and necessarily out of the series of
'ast events, by the formative principle of
living belief.
The flag which it is my privilege to present to
'ou to day, bears most expressive and appro-
'riate motto: sour rights we defend" It e1.
presses distinctly the attitude Of the South
Every step that has been taken by the seeding
states is an act of defence Secession itself is
uch. Few men in the South brought them
elves to pronounce the word disunion withouta
truggle. There were precious memories and
lallowed associations connected with the old
Union, which could not be surrendered without
! pang. Like the Colonies, the effort of the
Southern States for years was to secure their
lights without separation. For this our States
nen reasoned, expostulated, entreated and
threatened. But all to no purpose. The Re.
publican party grew in strength and insolence.
Is vital principle is the abolition of slavery. 1t
preed like pestilence through the North. All
anks and orders became infected. 1t triumph
ID. 1t laid its leprous hand on the Government.
The Government, formed for the protection Of
10th sections of the Union and to advocate the
'eculiarites of neither, is made to bear Nor
hern type. 1t is. henceforth, to stigmatize
slavery as sin and scandal, to oircumscrbe it,
% abolish it. The triumph of Republican prin-
,iples was the death-knell to slavery in the Un-
on. The only method of defence to the slave
,olding States was secession. Some have adopt
ID it, 1t is purely an act Of defence ; the right
If no other State is infringed. But what mean
hese signs of war? Why this martial array!
Does peaceable secession need the aid of armies
md navies? We have been threatened with CO.
rcion. Not content with taking away urrights