Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-10-29

4 aIter auosnSr nay Will RuAt nteEu Tesoius
/ tion they part With these things, which,
from long amiIiaity, have ceased tobs lux
uries, and have become almost necessaries,
1 their sugars their family merchandizs, their
lcofee, and essn their salt; let him contem-
plate the women and the young girls bare.
footed, guiding the piows, to obtain the food
/ which was 'formerly provided by the sons
1 and brothers, NOW gone to the wars land let
him first ask himse!f, if people With sucb
q spirit can be conquered; aud then ask
/ them, if they are willing to bsagain. brought
Unto political Union With i people who
have inflicted upon them such injuries and
their indignant answer will be, never !! ne1-
lerl :, Let him next enter those domicils
now draped in mourning, which are dottsll
Eall over our land, and which we're once the
happy abodes Of parental and tilial love, and
let him inquire of its weeping inmates if
they are willing to have association or con-
nexion with = psople5uho have sent forth
their armies to slaughter their husbands,
their brothers and their sons, and from
their hesving bosoms, oppressed with grief,
hear their piteousscry-neysr, no, never.
Lst him, finally, attend to those assemb.
]lages Of our people,: where every class and
condition Of our citizens are tosbs found,
and enquire Of al ages, from. the gresy.
Hsadsd sire down to the bsardless STRIPPING,
if they desire eoopstruotion Of the old
Union, Or will coussntto .liueand be spbjp-
gated, aud with one mighty: shout Of scorna
and defiance, their Gfy will be- anNeyer
never! nsvsrl We loashe an alliance with
men who hsA warred upon us from mo-
tivss 10 yils ard 1mercepary, and We fling
defiance Il the vulgar tyranny which at
ltemps 10 subiugate and suslave 10. The
blood Of our slaughtered kinsnen calls up.
on us for .eugeapoe, and the impoverished
and homeless exile claims from Us, as their
countrynen, projection and redress" - -.
II, then, fellow citizens such be, rs it
undoubtedly is, Jour frn and uualterable
purpose, then thsrs is bat one way to ac-
complish it, and that is By accepting the
alternative forced upon us by our enemies
l-gar; fierce, and if necessary, bloody war
until We shall conquer an honorable peace
aud achieve our independence. Our armies
Iof protection and defence must be equalin
leficisasy to their armies Of invasion aud
attempted sabjugation and if oar; Govern
fmentbe incapable Of providing everything
for their efficiency, ve should .epdeavor,s to
the extent Of our ability, to supply the de:
fcienoy. and here is the precise point
to, which iws would invoke Jour earnest
thoughts and patriotic efforts. ~ ,,@.,-.
It is known that after the seven days Of
battles and victories around Richmond,
which resulted in our driving thsieuemy,
discom6ttsd, to the, shelter Of the guns, Of
their aeet, that they took the earliest oppor;
tunity to abaudon tha. base-line, which
they said they Of choice had selected; and
leaving the peninsula, they massed their
troops around Gen. Pope, 10 the ,neighbor.
hood of. Manassas. There our armies by
rapid marches followed them, like eager
1blood hounds 10. pursuit Of their prey. In
doing this, with the ,celerity which the
movement required, it became necessary
that our men should disencumber them:
selves of most of their baggage. In some
divisions, it is said, their. knapsacks were
left, by order of their officers, in huge; piles,
uuder the uncertain protection of a few
sentinels to guard them; The severe service
during the seven days fighting near Rich
mend, the rapid marching to the Kappa.
hammock in search of the enemy, the pur-
suit Of them from that place to Manassas,
the three days fighting 10 that neighborhood,
the slaughter aud utter: rout Of our enemies
there, and our rapid pursuit until we drove
| them out of Virginia, our crossing the Poto,
mac into Maryland, the frequent and So
we're battles there fought, and our subse-
quent returning across the Potomac, occu-
tpied space of little more than month,
during which it is said, by one who was
present, that "our army rested but four
days" The unparalleled severity of these
rapid marches tested to the extreme the en-
durance of our soldiers. Thousands fell
down exhausted by the wayside; other thous-
auds struggled on with the army, throwing
away one article after another Of their
clothing, to- ease themselves Of their bur
den, until many of them were left with but
single suit, and many without blanket.
In that one suit they marched by day, and
10 that one suit they fell down upon the
cold ground, footsore and exhausted, and
slept by night. These painful sacrifices our
gallant soldiers heroically endured to ad.
vance the success of our arms. But their
patriotic atdor was greater than their ca
pacity Of endurance, and nature at last
gave up, under the accumulated sufferiugs,
Of scauty food and long marcues-both ag-
gravated ten fold by the want of shoes to
shield their feet from the stones, and the
want of clothing to protect their bodies
from the chilly dews Of night. Owing to
these causes, chiefly, and to the sickness
incident to these exposures, it is estimated
that there were from thirty to fifty thous-
and stragelers (so ca!led) who we're absent
from the bloody battle Of Sharpsburg; the
most of whom were broken down. and al
though eager for the fight, were physically
unable to 60 upon the field.
In reviewing the incidents of that mo
mentous struggle, tho mind shudders at the
thought of the extreme peril to which, at
one time our army was exposed; aud We
are taught lesson which will be profitable
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