Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-09-17
What the Yankees Said Before the
- Last Battle.

] What the Yankees Said Before the
- I asst Battle.
On Thursday, the 28th of August, the
New York Times said: r.
"The rebels now stand in our front, mum
beriug, at the outside, >125,O00 while tt
meet them we have already 100000 which
will speedily be increased to 100000 OIL
f500, 900, and can be increased if necessary
to 100000 men. Our position is strong
and although the enemy seems to be max
ling desperate attempts to turn our Aanks OF
break our line, there, is not one chance in
ten of bis achieving any important success
By; destroying the bridges across the Rap,
Ipahanuock, We have rendered their passage
of that river impossible, and have secused
for ourselves all the time needed for prepa.
ration The remainder of the army OF the
Potomac will speedily take its position, and
then without waiting to be attacked or put.
ting himself upon the defensive even for a
day, the country expects Gen, Halleck to
Eput himself at the beas Of this magnificent
and irresistible national army, and march
over the rebels into Richmond" r..
We beg the public to take notice of what
this writer says with respecttothis army. 1t
lis already, he says, 100000 strong. 1t has
been beaten, routed, driven like chaff be.
fore the wind. L is, at,this moment, eth;
Ter hiding behind it's ramparts at Alexandria,
or covering under shelter of its gun,boats
at Occoquan, OF. flying for life before the
avenging squadrops of Stuart and Robert,
son, or the feetfooted infantry Of jackson
and Longstreet. Let US, then, hear no
whining, no ewhimpering, no excuses for
|cowardice on the plea of being overwhelmed
by numbers. That has always been the
excuse for Yankee defeat heretofore. Let
it no longer be made, since here is a boast
that they out-number US two to one. s:
/: But itsseems it was 'simpossible to cross
the Rappahannock." Yet the Rappahap-
mock has been crossed. There was not .one
chance in ten" of Jaekson's turning Pope's
flank, yet he did turn il: According to
the showing of the Times, when read by
light Of subsequent events, our troops have
psrformedSimpsssibihties. Thisis not more
than we claim for them ourselves MarVels
they have performed miracles, if you will.
But impossibiities they are horses ofa
different color. They have beaten, al
though their strength was not there the
combined forces of Pope, Burnside and
Mcclellan. They have given these vera.
cious gentry food enoughfora whole broad
side of bulletins. They have furnished
them with7material to manufacture Yam
kee victories out of for six months to come.S
For if Mcclellan was victorious when he
was driven thirty miles from his original
position and forced under the protection Of
his gun-boats, where he lay shiSering
and skulking until he got an opportunity
to steal away-if Pope was victorious when
be. was routed at Cedar Run, aud when he
was hemmed in and beaten to death on
Friday-what will they be after Manassas {?
Having lost eighty cannon and 10000 pris
oners, as it is said they have, doubtless they
will announce themselves as gained the
most glorious victory ever accorded to lead
ers on this continent. We await their bul.
letins with the liveliest curiosity. The
London Times was right when it said that
if the Yankees should really gain. vic
tory, the people of their cities would be
sure, if they told the tale themselves, to 60
in mourning for it. A victory to Pope or
Mcclellan always means disastrous de
feat. f.. ......-, -.
. Nothing can equal or abate Yankee i'm
pudence. Ii is as indestructible as the
Yankee prospepsity to lie. Mark how the
Times talks about marching over the
"rebels," and marching into Richmond
One would hardly think that these are the
same Yankees who were flying before our
troops like flock Of sheep, few weeks
ago, on the Chickahominy. Precisely the
same kind Of language was used when Nc
Clellan set out With his grand army, four
months ago. We we're to be run over by
the invincible Yankee heroes asthough we
were so many iusensible objects, incapable
of raising hand in our own defence =
Anybody but Yankee, remembering the
vaporings of that period, and the end of
them all, would be ashamed to repeat them
after the lapse of SO short an interval. But
|she Yankee is incorrigible. He resembles
the Bourbon more than anybody else. He
learns nothing, and he forgess nothisgs
We hope, however, this threat of another
invasion will not be lost on Congress- 1t
is wrong that the whole weight of it should
fall on the brave troops who have already
fought SO we'll. That it will be attempted
if We should fail to drive them from Wash.
iugton, does not admit of a doubt. In the
name of the country, then, we eutreat Con
gress to perfect its measures for increasing
the army as soon as it can.-Richn,ond
Dispatch.
INvAsIoN.-The Richmond Examiner
says:
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