Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-05-02
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rises the wailing refrain
'T.ook away-look away-lOok away,
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rises the wailing refrain
'Took away-look away-look away,
Dixie Lands
But for us who survive, better day
are dawning. Secessia, benignant god
dess smiles on our standard, ant
stretches her protecting @gis over us
In the concluding couplet Of the la.
with which she has inspired her chosel
oard, (for he "builded better than h
Knew" and but dimly understood tn
vast import of his verses she assume
the protection of the South-not onl,
of the States who first invoked her aid
but of all others who may join them
A mistress of different stamp from
Columbia will this new protectress be
No divided counsels, no clashing inter
ests, mark her regime. Her cool-head
ed statesman will legislate with dignife'
wisdom in the halls of her Capitol
Her soldiers, whose fame is above sus
picion, and her sagacious and expert
enced military engineers, will guard he
well-fortifed coasts. Where is the doom
ed foe who shall dare attack them?
'sNow, here's health to the next old MIssus,
And to all the gals that want to kiss us ~
Virginia! Kentucky! Tennessee =
Will not you join your sisters? Doyo1
not yearn to bestow upon them an EN-
brace of sisterly love? Will you not fl,
from the baleful sway of William, tn
Weaver, and take refuge in Secessia'
open arms!
'sIn Dixies Land take up your stand,
To live and die in Dixie"
Can any one now fail to see that, il
the verses of this deservedly popula
song, an epitome is given of the event
which, since last November, have shaker
this land? The election Of Lincoln
the decay and dismemberment of th'
United States, the threats of civil war
and therise of a new power in the South
are all foretold, and even an Invitation
to join this nacent empire extended tt
the surrounding States The mos
skeptical must at least confess that thes'
verses contain such an extraordinary
series of condolences as was never be
fore heaped together by the hand o
chance.
There are those, we are told, in Seces
sia s own domain-some even in the elo
quent Preston's gallant little State
who doubt Secessia' infalibility ant
secretly acknowledge the Weaver's righ
to rule over them, though public opin
ion obliges them to wrap their views il
such mantle of dubiosity as this adapt
ed epigram expresses:
'.God bless our President the souths defender!
God blcss-no harm In blessing the Prctender!
Which that pretendcr is-Davls or Lin
coin, bless us all lis quite another thing -
(pardon, shade of BryOn
Surely, these double dealing malcon
tents cannot now listen to the spirit
stirring strains of Dixie, or recall th'
immortal verse to which that noble ali
is united, without yielding to the con
viction that Secessia must be, because
she was foretold. Let them, then, throw
off the fearful mask, cast staside all doubts
all fears, and bravely espouse the goo(
cause.
May Secessia's real character, hel
aims and tendencies, become widely
known, as they deserve to be; and may
the great people of the Southern ant
border States join heart and hand to re
sist the wiles of scheming politicians
who would betray and enslave them.
R@ "Two or three weeks ago th'
Edgefeld Advertiser accused the Hon.
Journal of "toadyism in the direction
of Lincoln" We had failed to see this
although we read the Home Journa
usually with great deal of attention
yet, knowing the advertiser to be on
of the closest readers amongst our ex
changes, we concluded it was so, ant
resolved to keep bright lookout tt
see if this hitherto high-toned Journal
the delighto of Southern as we'll as North
ern literati, was STOPPING to the low ant
vile filth Of abotionism. We do not ye
know that the advertiser was mistaken
1t has, however, been contradictet
"distinctly and emphatically" by
Southern writer (?) to the Washington
States and Union. We sincerely hope
for the honor of letters if for no highe.
or more practical consideration, tha
Morris and Willis, both of whose name
are welded to American literature, vii
keep the Home Journal whereit has al
ways been heretofore, entirely abov'
suspicion. Let us have amidst the un
brothcrly and contemptuous deprecia
tion so universal at the North, at leas
one paper that ''foats to us simply upol
the breast-deep current of human sym
pathy."
The above is from the Yorkville En-
quirer, and we copy it mainly to agre
with it in its appreciation of the HON.
Journal. There is no paper in Ameri
ca for which we have a higher regard
And we believe its distinguished editor
are pure men, and patriots untainte'
with sectional error. Their paper to-
is as remarkable for it's fairness, as it i
for it's excellence. But the "distinc