Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-03-21
he establishment of regular communi

eracy, there may be no limit to the riches
they are capable of developing, most of
which will certainly iuure to the benefit Of
that Government which encourages its de-
velopment. Apart, then, from the mere
question of territorial acquisition-wbich
would seem almost inevitable-the South
has splendid opportunity Of building her
self up by availing itself of the commercial
resources of adjacent countries.
Thus, by the calm and digni6ed action
of the new Government, by the enrolment
of numerous and patriotic army, by the
odoptiou Of favorable tariff, by all the ad-
vautages which surround it, the Southern
Coufederacy to-day gives promise of per-
manency and prosperity which those who
rely upon the success of coercive measures
to bring the seeding States back into the
Union, cannot we'll despise. And yet, We
can find noshing foreshadowed in the dim
and half defined policy of Mr.. Lincoln but
coercion, so far as the ambiguous language
Of his inaugural stands the test of analysis
coercion if he can, toleration if he must.
An Editor on Editing.
Arteuus Ward, alias Brown, late local
editor of the Cleveland Plaindealer, gives
the following advice to young men who as.
pire to become editors of newspapers:
Before you 60 for an editor, young man,
pause and take big think q! Do not rush
into the editorial harness rashly. Look
around aud see if there is not an omnibus
to drive-some soil somewhere to be titled
"a clerkship or some meat cart to be filled
anything that is reputable and healthy,
rather than going for an editor which is
hard at best.
We are not horse, and have consequent.
ly not been called upon to furnish the mo-
tive power for threshing machine bu,
we fancy that the life of an editor who is
forced to write, write, write, whether be
feels right or not, is much like the steed
in question. If the ''yeas" and "neighs''
could be obtained, we believe the intelli'
gent horse would decide that the threshing
machine is preferable to the sauctum edi
torial.
The editors work is never done. He il
drained necessarily, and no wonder he dries
up prematurely. Other people can attend
banquets, weddings, &c., visit halls Of daz
zling light, get inebriated, break windows
lick man occasionally, and enjoy them
selves in a variety of ways; but the edito
cannot. He must stick tenaciously to hi
quill. The press, like sick baby, musn'
be left alone for minute. If the press j
left to run itself even for day, some absurd
person indignantly orders the carrier boy tt
stop bringing "that Internal paper. There
nothing in it. won't have it in the house!
The elegant Mantaliui, reduced to man
turning, described his life as a "dem'e
horrible grind" The life of the editor ii
all that.
But there is ID good time coming, we fee
confident, for the editor-a time when he
will be appreciated; when be will have 8
front seat; when he will have pie every
day, aud wear store.clothes continually
when the harsh cry of "Stop my paper !!
will no more CRATE upon his ears Courage
Moeeiorro tho aditore
Still, sauguiue as we are of the coming
of this jolly time, We advise the aspiran'
for editorial honors to pause ere he takes
up the quill as means of obtaining his
bread and butter. Do not, at least, do SC
until you have been Tilted several dozen
times by like number Of girs-until you
have been knocked down stairs and soused
in horse poud-until all the 'sgushing'
feelings within you have been thoroughly
subdued-uutil, in short, your hide is Of
rhinoceros thickness Then, 0 aspirants
for the bubble-reputatiou at the press
mouth, throw yourselves among the ink
potts. dust and cobwebs of the priuting-of
fee, if you will.