Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-04-17


nature makes the whole world kin. Let
the President show himself a man of feel
ing, let him visit the hospitals, let him, on
all proper occasions, encourage the men
who are fighting our battles, and he will
quickly become what be ought all along to
have been, the loved and honored chief Of
a glorious cause and great people.
Richmond Whig, 9Th.
Enemies:
The Confederates States have four dis;
tinct classes of enemies.
l. The government and people of the
United States are our enemies. But they
are open enemies They meet us upon the
open field With arms in their hands, and
make war upon as. They shoot down oul
soldiers, burn our houses, destroy our prop
erty, and steal our negroes. We know
where to find, and how to deal with such
an enemy.
2. The second class of enemiess are the
croakers-the long faced men of faint
hearts and weak nerves, who 60 up and
down the country, seeking to impart their
own dependency and cowardice to all with
whom they come in contact. Eeverything
goes wrong, according to these Dismal
Jemmies. The government is weak and
negligent; our '6icers are lacking in skill ;
and the army is destitute of courage. If
the government had done its duty, this or
that thing would not have happened. If
the officers had possessed a grain Of fore
sight, they could have held this or the
other position against the enemy. Moth
ing is done right, according to these gen.
try, and everything goes wrong. The ene-
my will certainly overruu the country the
Confederate government will fall and we
will all go to perdition together. If they
only had charge of affairs, how smoothly
and successfully everything would move
Arms would be procured Immediately; an
army would be'improvised in the twinkliug
|of an eye; and the enemy-McCle
Buell., Halleck, and all-would be driven
out of the country the first pleasant day
that came. Napoleon would be still the
::little corporal" by the side of these won-
derful warriors-these mighty men of val
or. ...ss.
Weak of purpose, faint of heart, and
oowardly in spirit, they would destroy the
confidence of everybody else, and abandon
everything to the Federals. We would
suggest to have petticoats put upon those
miserable creatures, and curls hung about
their craven foreheads, but for the insult
we should thereby offer to our brave wo.
men.
g. The spectators and extortioners con.
stitute the third class of enemies. These
characters operate upon the necessities OF
the country. They are interested in the
war, insomuch as it enables them to make
money. Beyond this, they care but little
who wins or loses. They set no fixed price
upon what they have to sell. The pur.
chaser may be poor man, needy woman,
Ia destitute soldier, or the widow Of some
brave fellow who has fallen in battle with
his feet to the foe. Still, if the e1tortion.
er can grind out of her five dollars pei
bushel for salt, he takes it; if ten dollars,
he takes it; if thousand dollars, still he
would take it. As between him and 9
Lipcolnite, we have infinitely more respect
for the latter. The one is an open enemy,
and meets you on the field; the other is
secret foe who take advantage of your ne.
cessities, and seeks to undermine the cause
BY depressing the people and sappiug the
foundations of our strength.
4. The fourth and last class of enemies
to the Confederate cause are those pimps
and operators in money, who seek to depre'
ciate the currency of the government
These people worship at the shrine of the
golden calf The success of our struggle
may depend upon the confidence of the
people in the currency provided by the
government; yet if they can gain anything
by destroying that confidence, they do not
hesitate to do it. They are as resdy 10
speculate on the faith of the people and the
patriotism of the country, as ap honest man
would be upon the products Of the lend
Place the success of our cause in one scale
and greed and gain in the other, and they
would not be long in deciding which they
would take.
The man who tears up railway track
is no greater enemy to the public than the
one who destroys the oil by which the ma
chinery is fabricated, and without which
it cannot be operated. So, too, the man
who destroys the confidence of the public
in the currency of the government, is at
much an enemy as the spy who carries iu
telligence to tie adversary.
Such are the enemies of the Confederate
cause Let them be watched everywhere
They are the aiders and abettors of ths
North, and should be so regarded and trea
ted-Memphis appeal.
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