Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-10-05
= From the Southern Guardian -
Are WE Able to ,Establish-our indie.

tQ6 OUut6uofdSy. ltt6 Ou0seuo1 SS0Ay pow
riot should look squarelyin the face. Many,
from taking hasty and improper views Of
the matter, are indulging feelings Of des-
pondeney for which there is no just. cause,
.and sHhiohare altogether unbeftting the
times and circumstances in which s#e are
placed. NV eshage declared our indepen-
dence, and with, the helpsofs Co, We are
abundantlyable soe .haaintaiasits Thesonly
eondisi6nstotbs annexed is that we be true
|ouraelyes, .traestosthe. principles Of Liberty,
for which swe4are contending, and true: to
that Sovereign Ruler Of the Universe Inn.
der whose banner ne fight, and 'by whose
help i've haysthus far been ablesto withstand
our foes. Fosyield or even, tos listen to
any overtures from our enemy short Of q
full acknowledgment of our Independence.
is not only. TO- dishonor eour.noble dead,
throw away all the advantages that hare
been gained, but will cover; the ivng,with
everlasting disgrace. Have we not the men
to fight our hattless n Surely we have enough,
and more than senough, if they were only
actuated by the unalterable dsterminafion
not be bjugaiedN1sszsszasa.
It is true We have lost heavily. Thous-
ands Of the, noblest men that ever lived
have saeaifced their. lives on their country's
altar Thousands, Of others must, i'm all
probability, fall baforeiour indepepdenee 10
fully established, But j. il not better both
for the dead and living, to lie beneath the:
sod than to,feel, the iron. heel Of a Yankee
dsspot That man IS unworthy Of the name
Of patriot who would prefer his life 70 the.
honor and liberty yof his wife and children.
We firmly believe that there are butfew
among US 50 mean and dwelling as would
not, 10 the last extremity, sacrifice every.
thing rather than be subjugated sS.
= But as to the men who are to fight our
battles. 1t has been clearly aseertained
that there are upwards of 100000 men
within tie oonscipt age, in the Goufedera-
cy, available for military purposes. OF this
number it is doubtful whether there are as
many as 100000, including furloughed,
sick and disabled men, in actuafseryice on
this side. Of the Mississippi. And where
are the remainder? :Detailea-employed
in Offices, many ofwhich are Of no manner
use to the country, and others, that ought
and could be filled, and perhaps with great
advantage, by old men, by. mutilatedsis sisOl-t
.diers; or by men obviously too feeble 70,
endure camp life, and by women We pre-
tend not to say whose faplt It is, but the
conscfipt law has been rendered virtually
nugatory by the number of exemptions it
has allowed, It is simply ridiculous to
maintain that four men out Of the army are
necessary to provide for the wants of three
in it, especially when their Office is simply.
to gather and forward provisions that have
been made by other hands. Let the War
Office then recall one half of these exempts,
filing their places, so far is necessary, BY
maimed soldiers and old men; let public
opinion become so streng on this subject
that no young man of healthy appearance
in one Of these Offices can face his fellow
citizens without blush of shame, and We
shall soon have an army stroug enough e. .
drive every Yankee from our borders An
addition to our present army 15, 900 men-
buta little more than third of the ex-
the work of our Independence
would be achieved in six months And
cannot this addition he made |? Shall We
wait until the heel Of the tyrant is felt upon
our neeks before We. arouse ourselves to that
determined resistance which viii insure our
independence ? 80, -. -;
Can we not provision such an army when
it is ID the field? With the favor Of a kind
Providence we think that would be the
least; of our difficulties: During the great
er part of the present year the armysof Yir-
ginia has been supported in great measure
by South Carolina, one Of the smallest of
the Confederate States. She has done this,
ID addition to supporting the army on the
coast, providing for Is, 900 refugees and re.
lieving the poor Of all the lower counties of
North Carolina. Aud is it surprising that
she couldldo this? In ordinary times she
has fed 6Oo,0 inhabitants, whilst one half
Of her cleared lands we're devoted to the
culture Of cotton. Now that the whole Of
her cultivated land is devoted to grain, why |
can she not, to say the very least, maintain
D surplus population of 300, ,000, twice the
size Of the army that's needed for Virginia.
North Carolina has made good crops the
present year, and might, besides providing |
for her own people, sustain the same army.
The two states together could sustain an |
army Of 200, 900 without sensibly feeling it,
whilst the States of Georgia and Alabama
could easily provision an army that would
be needed for the defence of the latter
Let there be no more croaking. Let usa-
rouse ourselves to the solemn emergency in
which we have been placed, and with the |
help of Almighty God there is no difficulty |
that we con not easily sutmount. =
BEAST BUTLER. The following raoy |
chip, was sshove in" by Mr.. Hanna, of In
diana, at the late Chicago ratification meet
ing; - 4. <: :. -. /
aBy whom was Lincoln supported FL
Prominent among his.supporters is Butler,
oae-quarter beast, and less than
one.fourth human, begotteu BY the Prince
Of He'll, hewed, from the, rotten womb of
crime and thrown Into the lapof civiliza-
t;n;n- O. deforued. Iinfinished wretch. He