Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-01-23
Thraldom and Independence.


Thraldom and Independence.
Now that we have broken the bondage
] We we're under to the North, We are fully
sensible of the nature and extent of that
thraldom. And when we call to mind that
4 degrading servitude, the blush of shame
1reddens our cheeks, and our manhood is
amazed that we submitted to the yoke for
l so long time without being conscious OF
the disgrace.
How it came to pass that the yassalage
/ was borne so meekly is q question to which
| several satisfactory solutions might be given,
but We do not purpose to reply to this ques'
ton at the present time. The simple fact
of our servile and absolute dependence on
| the States of the North is what We desire
TO deal with.
That fact does not admit of doubt OF
question, and however disagreeable to our
pride and self respect, we are forced to
acknowledge that We endured and cherish
ed dependence upon the brains and mus.
Gle of the States which now constitute the
dominion of Lincoln, which copld not have
been more complete had we been reduced
to that condition and held in thrall by force
of arms.
What makes our amszement the greater
and our indignation the hotter, is, the con
sideratiou that we not only submitted to
this servisude, but gave our masters freely
of our gold for toe honor of wearing the
collar
The North supplied Us with every arti-
Gle that contributed to the comfort and
luxury of our homes Our houses were
swept With brooms made in New England,
the same industrious section supplied US
With clocks, our feet we're covered With
shoes from Lynn, and the severest denun.
Citations of the hypocrisy aud knavishness
Of that people we're written on paper man
ufactured iu Northern mills. Northern
vessels transported our great staples to for
eigu markets, our horses fed upon hay grown
:
in the Eastern States, We were furnished
from the machine shops of the North with
the products of their mechanical skill and
Ingenuity, our carriages came from that
section, and in their greed of gain aud bra
zeu dishonesty the enterprisiug people With
whom VIC are now at war, set themselves up
as rivals of the spicy isles, and sent US such
excellent limitations of the nutmeg, that
clear visioned housewives of large expert
euce we're imposed upon by the cheat
The humane people administered literally
to our ailments and diseases, and thousands
had recourse to their nostrums to the great
detrimeut of our own doctors.
The mind of our youth was formed in
Northern moulds Our sons we're seat to
Northern Universities and Colleges, aud
our daughters to boarding schools in their
cities. Not content with pstroniziug these
institutions where the daily recitations we're
made offensive by vulgar abuse Of our peo-
pie and our institutions, We must needs
employ persons from tue hostile section as
professors in our Colleges. and as tutors in
our families. Magazines conducted With
ability aud taste, whose tone was worthy OF
| christian and refined community, were
suffered to drag out miserable existence,
and 20 down to unmarked graves without
a sigh Of regret Or sense of shame, while
Northern monthlies were purchased in IN,
told numbers, and the trash they contained
greedily devoured. They arrogsted to
themselves all the historians, poets and
uovelists the country had produced, and in-
deed, went so far as to represent US as with
out just claims to scholastic training and
culture. They ignored the productions Of
our literary men, and while browning Mar
tin Farquhar Tupper the greatest poet o'
the age, they exalted Lougfellow above
Teunyson, and pronounced Mrs. South
worth's sensation balderdash pure senti'
meut, ani more faithful portraitures of hu
man nature and life than are to be found
in the best works of Walter Scott and Field
ing
We rested meekly under these apersion:
aud stupid utterances, and would not besti'
ourselves to assert our rights, or enter ou'
protest against those absurd and injurious
opinions
i Such was the vassalage to which we were
subjected No wonder that when We broke
the yoke, the fearful we're apprehenslve
that we could not support separate na
tiouality. No wonder the hearts Of manJ
saok at the prospect Of the Inconvenience:
and discomforts aud hardships involved ii
secession. .
! Those boods could only be cut asunde
by the sword. 1t was necessary that Vi
be forced by high handed measures, fla
grant perfdy, unblushiug dishonesty, sav
age ou1rages, to leave the Union that hell
US iu such degrading servitude. Had tn
, mask not been torn from the faces OF 'thos'
5 subtle and wicked people, by events sa'
acts that exhibited their real character, AMI
i discovered their base purposes, We nigh
t not have seen the danger that threateae'
US until too late to sveuge our wrongs, an
, save ourselves from destruction.
q Charleston Courier.
WHAT THE N. YORK HERALD THINK
, OF Mr.. VALLANDIaHAM From the n
e York Herald, of the 9th inst, We extrac
a the following editorial:
J., At the last session of Congress, the Hon
: Mr.. Vallandigham, of Ohio, and Burnett
i of Kentucky, now prominent leader q