Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1863-02-11

1863.
known heroes to learn that Lamar Fon
taineis the author Of the beautiful line!
which have recently been published in al
our papers, commencing Cali quiet along
the Potomac tonight" Z
s.. The Prospect Peace or War.
+ To the Es5itor Of the Mercary: In you
editorial this morning you catch up th.
warbfe ofpeace which has come to us from
Richmond; !; and point US to the bow in The
breaking clouds Of the West. The Presi
dent, in his recent speech 10 Richmond
also bade US turn to the glimnering light,
In the Northwest, which announced tht
approaching close Of the war. / fear me
that you will find the. song Of peace but the
song of&he syren, and the Presidents glim.
mering lights delusive and deeeitful.
Let us dismiss from consideration al
schemes oftreconstruction, reunion and re.
:orgsnizatioD, and address ourselves to facts.
Peace,swhen it comes, must rest upon
something. What is there. at this time fol
it to rest upon? What common ground is
there now upon which the North and South
can meetfor the settlement Of the pending
dispute? Is it the ati possedetisa Can
we yield up to Northern dominion Mary.
land, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri?
also, Fortress Monroe, Tortugas, Key West
and Pensacola2 Suppose that Pulaski and
Forts st. Phillip and jackson were return-
ed.to us, their geographical position reliev-
ing them from the fair application ofthe
uti possedetis, in the settlement, yet under
it, the other places would be retained, and
can we give them up ]? The North has her
hold upon the mighty fortresses which CON
troll our commerce along the Atlantic and
Gulf coasts, nor win she willingly withdraw
her grasp from them In the settlement. at
this time, what have we to give for them? {?
Ismay be asked, what will we ever have
to give. answer, gunpowder and Saxon
steel and Iron. Your road to these forts
and to peace lies through victorious battles
on land and water. Sauguine credulity
and vermont routine may hug delusions
for q little while longer, but the areso Of. this
revolution win yes melt official sealing wax;
and burn up red tape. Victories on land
and victories on water will give you peace,
and these alone. ST.
The second hope of q speedy peace rests
on the collapse; and exhaustion Of the anan-
ces of.the North. No strife Like this has
ever; atopped from such cause. The track
ofrevolution is ever numbered with the
wrecks of public and private credit, but il
is none the less continuous and broad be.
cause of them, The people Of the North
animated and instigated this war. And as
long as they support it, they will furnish
copions resources to; carry itson. The peo-i
pie of,the South, with inferior availablere.
sources, can maintain the war for . century.
If an end ever comes to this war from ex.
hapstion, 1t will be from the exhaustion Of
men, and not money: Each party to the
conflict is, in material, almost selfsustain-.
ing 80 - s.g <7s,.5,s -
The third and chief prop to the sdifce of
a speedy settlement Ia the recent change in
the opinions Of large portions Of the people
of the Northwest and Middle States. In
other words, it is the pending ascendancy
of the Democratic party. They wish peace,
but upon what terms Reconstruction.-.
Will they agree to it upon any other terms2
Point, if you can, to the resolution or the
utteranoe Of ameeting or a man offering a
settlement on any other basis. They all
tell you that God himself has married The
Northern and Southern easremities of the
Great Valley -oftke West, and that neither
revolution aer peace shall melt or dissolve
the bands. Nor will the Northwest move
an inch without the Middle States, For
veal or woe, they are united together
New England they will consent to drop,
butpothing else. Aud even this you can
not accomplish now.
The Democratic party took issue with the
not upon the war, or their
conduct Of the war, but upon their want Of
success. Since their triumph; feeling that
the responsibilities .of tho war would soon
devolve upan them. they have been ,shar
ping their policy for reunion. Hence
their anathemas against Butler; their de-
nunciations against emancipation, &c. They
wish to say to us: HWe have bsen against
war with you we have wished peace and /
reunion. GUARANTEES you Stall haye."1 - =
Refuse reunion, and they become your
deadliest enemies. They will then make
open war for empire and dominion, and the
pencil of Thacidydes has already sketohed
its progress for us. | fear the working Of
the Democratic party. fear that it will
demoralize many Of our friends in the Bor-
der States.
No; let not the people Of the South: hug
the deluaions of dawning peace to their
bosoms. Fire and blood are yet to be their
of admission into the family Of
nations. They must accept these, too,
under unantioipated disadvantages: The
captured dispatches from the Secretary of
State, the other day, will take from us the
vessels now building for us in England
Than mill olacr tha :. n arotia tim of The Cot.