Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-01-31


In 1857, the South paid s24,50O,O00 ou
of the s27,0OO,OOO earned by all the ton
mage of the country, yet the South owns
only one-sixth of that tonnage. lu the
present state cf relations between the two
sections, at least one-half of that sum will
be lost to US.
Thus we might go on, and easily show
that commercial as we'll as political ruin
stared US in the face; that merchants are
on the verge of bankruptcy; that real es'
tate in the North, all over, is down SO pei
cent. below its value six months ago; that
labor is idle and capital retired, leaving, as
it always does in times of panic, labor to
starve for want of employment, 1t is easy
to see, also, that such sheets as the 7r''
bume, Times, Post, etc., are driving the
country into civil war, with all its horrors,
want, starvation, crimes and death among
the great body of the people, and mangled
and slaughtered humanity among the fight.
ing men. Moral, social, commercial and
political ruin rapidly approaching, and the
Wall street stock market rampant and
prosperous
Georgia Out Of the Union.
Long ere this the telegraphic wires have
borne far and wide the glorious news Of
Georgia's emancipation from the thralldou
which has bound her and her sisters of the
South for so many years. This step, the
result of stern necessity, has not been ia
ken hastily, nor without proper reflection
as to the mo1nentous consequences which
are to follow it. Georgia's fealty to the
Union of the Constitution has never beer
exceeded by that of any Of her sisters
North or South, and it is only because the
urwelcoue truth has been forced upon US
after long years of insult and obloquy, tha
the Union of our forefathers-the Unior
of the Constitution-no longer existed
that this most important step in our histo
ry as people has been taken.
Much depended on the action or Geor
gia. The Northern States have been SLOW
to believe that the Empire State of the
South-always conservative and abiding
would follow in the wake of South Caro-
lima. The result shows that they have
reckoned without their host. They have
failed to take into consideration the strong
bond of union which exists between the
States of the South-to reflect that Geor
gians and Carolinans are brothers, anc
that Georgia would have followed Carolins
had the latter been in the wrong. How
much more certain the result, then, wher
she was so clearly in the right. No ont
who has taken the trouble to study the peo
pie of Georgia during the late canvass Cal
have doubted the result for moment
can have failed to notice the deep.seatet
determination which has at length culmiua
ted in this act of secession. We could have
wished that the vote had been unanimous
but it is sufficiently decisive to show tha
it is the deep-spokeu voice of the people
And now that we are fairly launched upor
the sea of independence, let US be unitet
as one people. Let us forget the past, ant
think only Of the glorious future which
awaits US if we are but true to ourselves
In the language of cotemporary, we have
entered the path of glory with South Caro-
lima, the frst.born of the second American
Revolution, with the Land of Flowers, will
Mississippi and Alabama and Louisiana
Texas, Virginia, and we hope all the fai
sisterhood o. the South will soon be will
us. Let us all unite and tread the patl
together.-Savanmah Meaos, 2lst.