Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-10-22

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ISDAY EVENING, 0CT0BE
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A Yankees Sober Second Thought Of
the War and its Teachings: /
We don't know when we have seen any:
thing more significant IF the second sober
thought in che North than the following ar
ticle from the Albany lNew York; Euening
Journal, edited by5that wiley and sagacious
politician, Thnrlow Weed. Speaking Of
the "Lessons IF the War" and the serious
ness of both, parties 10 the struggle, it says:
"The war has been q stern schoolmastsr
to the people Of the loyal States. Its les
Sons have been, hard but salutarY. It, has
given us foodyof light upon many subjects
that were dark and doubtful 1t has ena
bled US to see ourselves, to see OUT enemies,
to see Europe at large, as we<never saw 81 or
suspected them. before> 1t;has opened to-
us7a new world, set us TO exploring new
paths of knowledge, sharpened our vision,
intensified all our faculties. It has taught
The opportunities aud dangers of our situa:
ton, and warned US against much that
might do u.s. harm. f;.>,f ff>f {. j ,s5. b.
awe have learned the folly Of ander-ra- {: :.
ting our enemies We have learned that
they are equally brave. equally hardy, e..
qually quick-witted, equally endowed with
martial qualities with ourselves. We have
learned that they are terribly in earnest ip
their efforts to achieve their ends, that. they
are desperate IN their resolve to divorce
themselves from us, that they are determin :
ed:to resist our efforts to conquer them, to
the bitter end. We,haye learned that they
are as vargas they are upserupnloust that
they are as cunning as they are depFaved,
that they are quick to take advantage ofour
weakness, our, blunders and our indecisicn.
We have learned that shey are fully our
peersin military capacity, and. that as sol
diers, they make up in dash;vhat they lack
in solid hardihood. We have learned that
the very despotism thatexists among them,
gives them, q compaetness aud unity which
we do not and cannot possess - ~ ~ +.
owe have learned how little active CO
operation we are toexpect from the sunion
element' of the extreme South. Weihaye
llearued that that element, even where most
prevalent Gis,timid, torpid, doubtfub mega.
tive that it:peeds watchers to sit by and
nurse it; that it is often: treacherous, and
counterfeit J. that 10 many instances it' is
rather a stumbling block in our waysthau .
prop aud auxiliary. We have learned that
little by little, the poison of secsssionShas
spread among the people-that little by
little it has possessed and crazed them, un.
|. til public sentiment has, in: many sections,
become aim ,st, ulit. 4 ~ -! So:
awe have learned the folly of expecting
, sympathy from foreign 4Goyerumen and
foreign peoples.s4' We have learned that we
I. are + ated most cordially where ;weahad rea
son to look for moral support, that We stand
to day apart and isolated, withouea FRIEND
or backer in any power onrearths shave
learned thatswe must not only fight thy
good fight unassisted, butuuder the shadow
+: of the frowns of Europe. h's.:e>2 Z = {,
owe have, learned that slavery, instead
: of being an element of weakness, is an ele
, ment of strength to the Confederates. W.
: have learned that it is one of their chic
props and stats of support; that the fou1
millions of blacks held 10 bondage are usee
:. as effective weapons with which flight anG
: oppose u.s. I'VE have learned that: we Gao
not successfully fight tHS enemy aud5pso
: tect sthe institution at the same time, ane
that if ever we hope to succeed we mus
leave the matter to its fate,
"We have learned that the contest be
=: tween us and tbe Goufederates Ii reduced
to question of pure brute force We have
learned that the arm: that can strike hard
r est, and the foot that can stand the '6rmest
and the brain that can plot. surest, will vii
8 the day. We have learned that twill n'
longer do to1piay war; that it will no long
er do to administer emolients, that the dis
$ ease is of that-yirulent nature that it de
mauds the most actfte remedies We hav'
: learned that there is; no middle ground
. no halfway house-between absolute tri
umph and vassalage." " S''% -. -
This oracle of the North (Thurlow. Weed
r then proceeds to speak Of the causes which
have brought the North to this sense of 1t
errors and shortcomings. In alluding Il
8 the administration of the Government, i
says: '.' 80. e. 80
I"There have been mistakes There ha
been peculation Weak men have disgracet
aud bad men have betrayed the Govern
lnent Contractors have Httened on ia
Jobs Adventures have found the war {
source of private gaiu. Moral desperadoe'
have aocked about the National Capital anc
: lain in wait for prey. The scum of 1tht
land has gathered about the sources of pow
er and defiled them by its reek and oten
sive odor. There has been mismauagement
in the camp, mismanagement wherever
) great labor has been performed and great
) responsibility devolving. Men-even Presi
dents and Cabinet officers and cotnmandina
Geuerals-have erred, because their vision
was finite, because they could not grasp the
} full Significance of the drama, aud because
} they were compelled TO strike out on IN
trodden paths" -
We can add nothing to confession sc
disgraceful, In regard to the Internal gov
ernment Of the country except to cite a1
: illustration of how its foreign relations are
ondncted. ...-.' -.'.'.