Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-10-12
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turn against that Government for which he
and you had been so long struggling. Un.
derStanding the means ofpreservibg your
State Governments, you have not been
frightened by the olamor Of those who dc
not breathe the pure air Of State sovereign
ty. Then you have had no difficulty in the
organization of the three forces incident tc
military service. You are in chat condition
in which your defence must. depend upon
what does not belong to the active force Of
the country Your battles are fought on
other fields. You have on the coast some
necessity for what is termedan active army,
and should it be incumbent upon you tc
furnish troops from your reserves, you have
no constitutional scruples, like Gov. Strong,
of Massachusetts, against marching your
militia from the borders Of the State, to
fight the battles of the cause in. which you
are engaged. l. honor you for it. It,.is
needless for me to argue questions here
which have been discussed elsewhere, fol-
here am among the disciples Of him from
whom I learned my lessons of State Rights
--the great, the immortal John G. Calhoun.
Among those to whom we are indebted in
South Carolina, I have not yet alluded to
that PECULIAR claim of gratitude which, is
due to the fair. country women Of the Pal.
metto State-they who have gone to the
hospital to watch By the side Of the sick
those who throng your way-side homes
who have nursed as if nursing was pro
fession-who have used their needle. with
the industry of sewing Women--who have
borne privation withouta murmur, and who
have given up fathers; sons and husbands
with more than Spartan virtue, because they
called no one to witness and record the deed.
Silently, with all the dignity and grandeur
of patriotism, they have made their sacri.
sacrifices which, if written, would
be surpassed BY nothing in history: If all
the acts'o Of heroism and virtue of the wo-
men of the South could be transmitted to
the future, it would present such record
as the world has never seen. All honor,
then, Isay, to the ladies Of the Palmetto
State. Their gallantfy is only different
from that of her sons in this, that they deem
it unfeminine to strike and yet such is, the
heroism they have displayed-such the no.
BILE demeanor they have exhibieed-that at
the last moment, when trampled upon and
it became aneoessit5, they would not. hesi-
tate to strike the invader corpse at their
feet. (Applause.)r'' a1'|z* q. f'', : 80,
1t is scarcely necessary for me; at time
like this, to argue grave questions, respect,
ing policy past, present or prospective, I
only askgyou7to have, faith and confidence,
and to believe that evesy faculty Of my head
and my heart is devoted to your cause, aud
to that I shall, if necessary, give my life
Let every one in his own sphere and :accor-
ding to his own capacity, devote himself to
the single purpose Of filing up and sustain.
ing our armies in the field. If reauiredto
stay at home, let him devote himself, mot
to the acquisition'of wealth, but to, the ad-
vancement of the common cause If there
is to be any aristocracy in. the land after this
war, l hope that it will be an aristocracy Of
those men who have become poor while
bleedingto secure ourliberty. (Applause.)
If there are to be any peculiarly favored by
public opinion hereafter, 1 trust it will be
those men who have longest borne amuskct
and oftenest bled upon thebattle-felds. If
there is to be any man stunned by the young
ladies when he seeks their favor, I trust it
will be the man who has grown rich. by
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And with all sincerity, Isay to my young
friends here, if you want the right man for
q husband, take him whose armless sleeve
and noble heart betokens the duties that he
has rendered toshis country, rather'than he
who has never shared the tolls, or borne the
dangers of the field. If there still be left
any of those military critics who have never
spoken of our generals but to show how
much better things could have been man
aged, or of our Government, but to- find
fault with it, because itnever took their:ad-
vice-in merey's name, let these wise men
60 to the front and aid US in achieving our
independence. With their wisdom and
strength swelling our armies, should have
some hopes that I will not be:a corpse be-
fore our cause is secured, and that our flag
would never trail in dishonor, but would
wave victoriously above the roar and smoke
of battle. -.
l believe it is in the power of the men
of the Confederacy to plant our banners on
the banks of the Ohio, where we may say
to the Yankee, abe quiet, or we shall teach
you another lesson" Within the next thir-
ty days much is to be done, for upon our
success much depends. Within the next
thirty days, therefore, let all who are ab-
sentees, or who ought to be in the army, go
promptly to their ranks. Let fresh victo.
ries crown our arms, and the peace party, If
there be such at the North, can elect its can
didate. But whether peace candidate is
elected or not, Yankee instinct will teach
him that it is better to end the war and
leave us to tie enjoyment of our own rig hts
Prayerful for your welfare, confding in
the army of the Confederate States to do
that which soft words can never achieve,
and in the hope that God will preserve the
little ones of all brave men who are in the
field, or who are going,to it, and trusting
that in.the future, under brighter auspices,