Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-10-12

We shall not Dattle ID Yaln, auo our> acueFe'
ment will be grand, final and complete. Is
this time to ask what the law demands of
you-to inquire whether or not you are ex-
empt under the law, OF to ask if the magis.
trate viii take you out of the. enrolling Of
fee by awrit of ha6eas corpuse Rather is
it not the time, for every man capable, Of
bearing arms to say y, "My country needs
my services, and my country shall have
them p When your, heroic fathers, the
Wings of the Revolution, fought in that
war which secured your birth-right: their
armies were potgathered by asking who can
be forced into the field but t'who are able
to fght?" No man was too old and no boy
too young, if he had the physical capacity
to enter the ranks, of the army. In the
days of the Revolution, the boy left the pa
ternal roof only to return to its blaokened
ruins. He grew iu manhood among its
struggles and may. not your country claim
similar services from the youth of the pres
ent dsy2i Like them, you must emulate the
glory of your isires. Say not .that.you are
unequal to the task, for Il believe that our
people are even better than were our hon
ored ancestors. They have fought moreand
bloodier battles, and there are fewer who
are lukewarm in the cause now, than exist
ed in the days Of the Revolution. What a
glorious reflection if is, that wherever the
tide of war has rolled its devastating wave
over the land, just then do you find every
heart beating true to the Confederacy,
strengthened, as it were, by vicissitudes,
and every woman ready to share her last loaf
with the soldier who is fighting for our
rights. a GZ@ e ~, .'5sssa' tS2:'s'..',.-- -:
A plan of negotiation has been offered for
considerations plan Of negotiation by
States. Well, it is easy to see on what
terms the States can negotiate. In the first
place, they have no constitutional power to
do 80. In the second place, Mr.. Lincoln
has said that hewill not negotiate with them
unless they can control the army, and they
can only obtain the.power to control the
army by traitorously attempting to enter in.
to treaty contrary to the Government they
have instituted. But suppose this were
possible, what are the terms offered !? ;" If
you will acknowledge your crime, lay down
your arms, emaucipate your Slaves'and turn
over your leada-as they call year humble
servant-to be punished, then you will have
permission to vote together with your ne.
groes upon the terms under which Mr.. Lin.
coin will be graciously pleased to allow you
to live as part of the nation over which he
presides. If there be a man within the
sound of my voice who contemplates such a
proposition, pity him from the bottom of
my heart. My only wish is that he was
North Of the dividing line. His is not the
spirit that animated our fathers, and he is
not fit to exist among the men who are now
perilling their lives in the cause in which
we are engaged, for he who is so slavish'
cannot be trusted with the sacred guardian.
ship of the widows and orphans of the SOL
diers who have died in battle. So - -
I have just returned from that army from
which We have had the saddest accounts
the army of Tennessee; and am able to
bear to you words of good cheer. That ar
my has increased in strength since the fall
Of, Atlanta. 1t has risen in tone its march
is onward its face looking to the 'front.'
So far as I am able to judge, Gen. Hoods
strategy has been good and his conduct has
been gallant His eye is now fixed upon a
point far beyond that where he was assailed
by the enemy. He hopes soon to have his
hand upon Sherman 8 line of communica-
tions, and to fix it where he can hold it
And if but half, nay, one-fourth, Of the men
to whom the service has right, will give
him their strength, , I see no chance, for
Sherman to escape from defeat or a dls-
graceful retreat. I therefore hope, in view
Of all the contingencies of war, with all the
confidence which I found in the army, that
within thirty days that army, which has SO
boastfully taken up its winter quarters in
the heart of the Confederacy, will be in
search of crossing on the Tennessee River.
That our army retreated far, was but
natural precursor Of that dependency which
spread itself over the country; but as I ap-
preached the region occupied by our troops
the hope increased until at last found in
the army the acme of confidence itself
Gen. Beauregard, so we'll known to you all,
is going there with general command,
which will enable him to concentrate all the
troops that can be made available for the
public defence. I therefore say, be of good
cheer, for hope that brighter intelligence
will soon reach you. .(Applause.)
But, my friends, if it be otherwise-if
we suffer reverses, it is what is to be ex-
pected from the fortunes of war. 1t is the
fate of all human designs. In that event,
we shall have reason to anticipate from all
brave men conduct becoming the occasion,
and shall look to you to redress your mis-
fortunes, to rise in the face Of disaster, and
resolve to succeed, determined that you will
live or die free. (Applause.) 49,, -
Your brave sons are battling for the cause
Of the country everywhere your Fort Sum-
ter, where was first given to the breeze the
flag of the ,Confederacy, still stands. The
honor of the State has not been dimmed in
the struggle, and her soldiers will be sus.
tanned by the thought that when they are
no more, South Carolina will still retain that