Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1865-02-15
.McaoWAN,s BRIGADE.

f. A soldier from the Army of Virginia
sends US q series of resolutions recently a.
dopted by MeGowan's Brigade. AS long
as, therbraye men, fighting the battle Of in
dependence, anteuduring adj the, privations
Of the soldier, speak thus, let ne never des-
pond. The Richmond Sentinel says:
The following resolutions we're passed
unanimously by the FIVE regiments compo.
sing McGowan's Brigade, Of the army Of
Northern -Virginia-yiz,: :: .lst, Cons Rifles, }
the 18th, 18th and Hth,r regiments of South
Carolina volunteers. 90, -, L., : >.
This il. one of the oldest and best brig
-ades ,in,the army. These are the veterans
who opened the fight at Gaines Mill /; who
held the left at I'd Manassas; ): who were
with Gen. j Jackson at G Charlottesville; who
first broke. the enemy,s lines at Gettysburg,
made q gap through. themin the Wilderness
and stood for eighteen hours To- the "bloody
angle" at Spottsylvania. r.: 49, : j. .,
A voice likethis, from men who have al,
ready undergone SO much, should, indeed,
be scbeering 60 the whole country. We
publisbthe resolutions with pleasure p:
|'a The soldiers and officers 6f: McGoWann's
brigade do resolve: =. .ss-,4 s..,x: -.,:..
= l. That the war in which We are engaged
is war of self defence. That in the be.
ginning, nearly four years ago, we took up
arms in defence of the right to govern our.
selves, and to protect our country from in
vasion, our homes from desolation, and our
wives and children from insult and outrage.
2. That the reasons which induced us to
take up arms at the beginning, have not
been impaired; bat, on the contrary, insn-
itely strengthened by the progress of the
war. Outrage and cruelty, have not made
us love the perpetrators. L, we then judg-
ed that the enemy intended to. impeverish
and oppress us, we no#-know that they pro-
pose to subjugate, epslage, disgrace and
destroy Us. :. s-.~ . ..-. - ..- -
8. As We were aetuated by principle when
we entered the service of the Confederate
States, we are of the same opinion STILL
We have had our share of victories, and We
must;expecti some defeats. . Our cause is
just and must prevail = :: 13',"
In the language Of Gen. Green, during
the darkest hours Of the revolution, when
he was strugglingoto recover South Carolina
then entirely overrun.andisufering from the
scourge of Tarlstona-'' Independence is Ger
tain if the people have the fertitade to bear
andethe courage to,persevere." ~
4. T5 submit teour enemies now wonld
be more infamous than it would have been
in the beginning. 1t would be, cowaTdly
yielding to power, what was denied upon
principle. 1t would be to yield the cher
ished right Of self:government and to ao.
knowledge ourselves wrong In the assertion
of it; to brand tothe names Of purslaugh-
tered companions as traitors; to forfeit,the
glory already won; to lose the fruits Of all
the sacrifices made and the ipsivations en-.
dured; to,giye up independence, now near
lily gained, and bring certain ruin, disgrace
and eternal slavery upon our country
Therefore, upsubdued by past reverses, and
unaWed by future dangers, We declare our
determination to battle to the end, and not
| to Icy down our arms until independence is
secured. "Is. life 50 dear or peace so sweet
las to be purchased ct the price of chains
and slavery p" ,nForbid it Heaven!"