Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-06-20

renders it hard to- ascertain the number at
any one time stationed here. Virginia her
self, has offered Gov. Letcher $4,000 vol.
unteers; but we have not been able to learn
even, what number of these is enrolled
South Carolina has about 4 900 in the State
-3 regiments here and in the neighbor.
hood of Manassas-and all the Southern
States are represented in the army, on Vir-
ginia soil, except, perhaps, Missouri and
Delaware.
The number of our troops, indeed, is 80
great, and 30 we'll chosen and fortified ia
their position, that it is whispered and even
published North of the Potomac, that the
Federal forces will not advance any more
just now, but rather retreat in order to avoid,
as Gen. Scott is reported to think probable,
slaughter to the tune of 10000 for each
member of Old Abe's Cabinet. If this
policy is to prevail, the first invasion cam.
paign of Yankeeland, will prove signal il.
lustration of their characteristic braggado.
cio-their 'ssound and fury signifying moth.
ing"-and for this reason if none other, we
are inclined to believe that it is at least in
their contemplation. To our mind the 'tac'
tics and strategy" of the North indicate this
game. While "silere est sapere" is The
motto of Davis-while directness, subtle
energy and straightforward business capaci
ty mark the proceedings of the south-theJ
gather up their myriads of rapscallions IN
print, and blow their paper trumpets, and
prepare to retreat in amazementif the wall!
of Southern liberty do not orumble at once
to dust. If you we're to listen to their Cas-
sius NJ. Clays, Horace Greeleys and swarm
of sensation correspondents, you would be-
lieve that Pensacola would be blown SKY
high that fotilla would pass down the
Mississippi, demolishiug Memphis, Vicks
burg, Cairo, and every town and village or
its banks; that Richmond would be lair
in ashes; that Harper's Ferry would be
cut off, girdled in and starved out Of
storued, by two columns, one advancing
via Alexandria and Manassas, the Other
through Western Virginia, overawiug al
the same time, the secessionists and build
ing up provisional government for the
State through the Union feeling there and
that even Fort Sumter would be retaker
and the blockade made everywhere effect
i've; and all this, too, perhaps before the
meeting Of the Northern Congress on tht
4th of July! And if they could raise mel
and money by magic, and fight their bat
ties on paper, the South would be complete
ly subjugated in tomorrow mornings issue
of the Tribune. But these 'ifs" are il
the way. Their zeal surpasses their kuowl
edge. Their fanatical wishes and distem
pered imaginations outspeed both thei
means and their business talent.
Meanwhile, this foreshadowiug of stu
pendous project toinvade the South, Xerxes
like, with an army of millions, with horse
men and charioteers, and lies and flies
and kettledrums and fddlesticks, and wha
not, is all CANNON. If they intended it.
they surely are not fools enough to say it
They think it will tickle the ear of Europe
and stay the recognition of our indepen
dence! Verify, Don Quixote never fought
his windmills with competer infatuation
than those Yankees are becudgelliug the
world with the idle dreams of their OWL
greatness, and the insignifcance of every
body else ercept England. And they
threaten even England, if she dares to re-
cognize the South, and thereby extends
slavery over all the world and the West
Indies too. Alack! they will find John
Bull is sorry fellow, whose self.interes'
and polite neutrality will not suffer him tc
be spoiled by their sugar, nor saved by
their salt.
In war, actions should speak louder than
words; and, therefore, we are not allowed
to speak in detail of military movements
here if we are in the secret, nor are We per.
mitted to know what to morrow will bring
forth. Suffice it to say that there is work
to do-men who know how to plan it, and
men able and willing to do it-and that
with Heaven still on our side, it will be
done. The five South Carolina Regiments,
we learn, are to fight side by side; that a
post of honor and danger is to be selected,
and they will occupy that post. While we
do not court any distinction or pre-eminence
for our State in this contest-while mod.
esty forbids that she should either claim OF
seek ar7 extra honor-while the farthest
seeing wisdom dictates that, although the
marriage tie cannot be between them, nc
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