Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-04-20
Yankee Recruiting in Ireland.

A friend has put in our hands, ,ssays the
Richmond Eraminer, recent copy Of the
Cork Reporter, which contains letter from
John feeling, of this city, and Capt. R. g..
Atkins of the Confederate army, formerly Of
Wheat's Louisiana battalion addressed to
the Rt. Rev. D. Moriar.y, Bishop Of Ker'
ry Killarney. The,,letter of the first named
party introduces Capt. Atkins, who visits
Ireland on furlough. Hes indites long
letter to the Bishop to engage his influence
to discourage the enlistment ofIrishmen
in the Yankee army. His appeal, what
ever it may effect with the powerful digni.
tary, will, at least, with the help Of print,
not be lost~upuu the quick perceptions Of
his countrymen. We take the following
passage from the letter.:
J. Is it not sad, my Lord, to witness the
flower of our peassntry, at this moment in
America, ,.imbruing their hands in each
others blood? Why does the Irishman,
Who Graves for liberty at home, and who
complains of mis:goYernmenth there, support,
at the risk of his, life, the most degraded
despotism the word has yet seen ? and why
does be (becoming forsooth fascinated with
the fowery rhetoric and persuasive powers
of Mr.. Ward Beecher, ct hoe genus onsne)
enrol himself under the ssabolition banners"
of Abraham Lincoln, and congratulate him
self that he is on crusade, to grant an up-
solicited freedom to three millions of "Afri-
cans" who are better clothed, better lodged,
and beyond all, better fed than ne is him
self Ishall answer these questions brief
ly. No feeling Of imosity:against peo-
gle ..gallantly struggling for liberty, inau-
ences the mind of the Irish peasant, when
he sails to America no sympathy with des.
potism actuates him to enlist in the North.
ern army; no hatred of the institution of sla.
very prompts him to join the fanatical le.
gions of the invader, and makes it the
greatest object of his life to carry fire and
SWORD, lust and rapine into every Southern
home. ~
What reasons, then, aotuate him to fight
for despotism which his soul abhors ? His
own adventurous spirit-the distressed con.
dition of his native land, and then, by far
the greatest inducement-the enormous
bounty paid by the Yankee Government
for fighting material. What spirited young
fellow, who, perhaps, never saw fge pound
note in his life, can stand the golden bait
of seven hundred and seventy-seven dol
lars?> As seven was favorite number in
Holy Writ, it is to be inferred that the
legitimate descendants of the Canting Puri.
tans Of England regard that number with
a sort of religious reverence. The cotton,
tobacco and cornfelds of the Southmust in
deed, be much coveted prize to the CON.
sistent worshipperS Of the "almighty dollar"
when seven hundred and seVenty.seven
"shinplasters" are to be the reward of the
Irishman who "undertakes" to "serve an
ejectment." Why does not the Red Re.
publican of New, England, abandoning the
shelter of his counting-house or factory,
lead bravely to the field of carnage these
hordes of Irish, Dutch, Germans and free
niggers whom he so persistently treats to
the sound of that music which has no har-
mony for bim-that is the whistle of South
ern bullets? ....