Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1865-04-12
3 YoRK7IIE SOUTH CAROLINA APRIL ii 1865
Victory orsAnnihilat1onI., or

- Victory oraAnnihilat1on.
InTgiew Of our present exigency, ,and af.
ter the iusolentA and dsbaaing terms offered
| our peace commissioners, by Lincoln, every
patriot in'the land will echesthe sentiments
contained in Che following extract Of q ser.
mon, delivered BY Bishop Elliott, of Geor-
gia, some months since ~ Forward! with
our shields looked, and our in God, =
is. our only dependence and if our people
will only pull together-aet unitedly-de-
terminedly y4the horrors of subjugation, SO
tfuthfully delineated by this able and pat
riotic divine will surely be averted. BE
who now refuses to give his aideand efforts
to the causeIis either traitor or ascoward,
and deserves to live'and die q slave:
aForward, my hearers, with our shields
looked and our trust in God, is: our only
movement now. 1t is too late to 60 back
ward. : We might have gone backward q
'year ago; when our armies we're victorious
ly laundering at the gates Of Washington,
and were keeping at successful bay the Hes.
slams of the West, had we been coHtentto
bear humiliation for ourselves and degrada-
ton for our children. But.eyen thatis no
longer leftus. It is now victory or uncon-
ditional submission admission not to the.
conservative and Christian people Of the
North, but to q party of infdel fanatics,
with 40 army Of needy and greedy. soldiers
at their backs. Who shall be able to re-
strain themin the hour Of victory? When
the moment approaches, when the danger.
seems to be over and the spoils are ready to
be divided; every outlaw will rush to,swell
their legions; and they will sweep down up.
on the South as the hosts of Attila did upon
the fertile fields of Italy. And shall you,
find in defeat that mercy which you did not
find in yictory?@ You may elumber now,
but you will awake to fearful reality. You
may lie upon your beds of ease and dream
that, when it is all over, you will be vel.
coined back to:all The privileges and immu-
mites Of easy citizens, but how terrible will
be your disappointment! You, will have an
ignoble home, overruu by hordes of inso-
lent negroes and rapacious soldiers. You
will wear .he badge Of conquered people,
pariahs among your fellow creatures, your
selves degraded, your delicate wives and
gentle children THRUST down to menial ser.
vice, insulted, perhaps dishonored. Think,
you that these victorious hordes, made up
in the large part, of the sweepiugs Of Eu-
rope, will leave you anythipg? AS well
might the lamb expect mercy from the wolf.
Power which is checked and fettered by a
double contest is very different from power
victorious, triumphant and Irresponsible
The friends whom you have known and
loved at the North, who have sympatbized
with you in your trials, and to whom you
might have looked for comfort and 'protsc.
tion, will have enough to do then to take 4
care Of themselves. The surge that sweeps
over US will carry theD, away in its refuent
tide, Oh for the tongue of prophet to
paint for you what is before you, unless you
repent and turn to the Lord, aud realize that
sHis hand is upon all them for good that
seek him. The language Of Scripture is
alone adequate to describe it: The earth
mourneeh and languisheth Lebanon is
ashamed and hewn down Sharon islike a
Wilderness They that did feed delicately
are desolate "a the streets. They ravished
the women Of Zion, the u:aids in the cities
of Judah. They took the young men to
grind and the ohildrenfell under the wood.
The joy of our heart is ceased our dance
is turned into mourning. The crown has
fallen. from our head !; wo unto US that have
sipned. !" = = = ss7as. =. -. :