Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-09-03

NE 81 az 5oUn anr arms Tnon tat nledae. te
received the sars1d Lee, Of Johnston and 9
Kirby Smith,. IF &g had anticipated what ;ha
come uponas3 ~ Belssei the fsg of secession
IiRenN sik bs AaiRG edB BeItaiAI teps Rega eKacted
\ We acknpyl8dg AWaNcln and that tie gnes
io1 Of. secession Ss 1a
fGDter1pfs aete onted md Conve vent1qns. he'd
Fan efa bfspedee hae 70 sd&Wifn sfpon 5aflaid
Ihen bseanihe im4scA1ofa acbhs&ieuti6hal oifsasioa
ThehobagandAam msnch Of daspotnindln which
lws, s,npW zapa MndeE, MhGh no 7pgosperitgs ga ssal
come 70 opF yTbey saw t9 which pSitIeaa Ia
s s sss aS sas SasfftSss 81 fas'
atsyo lTheyi aeS6aIdedr gfiaE # We sntersao oda
tfIniup wSmust knock sSithh black ikndeH Heasi1Ihs
Howard Amendment was first submined6i Mha
tIst sH WIo Sad taEen an oath Of efice prior {
htha warss ala atarwafd Id il, should b
hd5efisea 81 6HSsse Hat s, ydu We're caet
Lub5uto,put JaisotRaha % f6fhaassnp6T taosewht
ielfSs in fhs aanaDd i'm thalcounGls f thsStaie
Itwas 70 make ua lose loht selfgeshect. 1T %, Y
me, q .prapd9 reflection that Ttha people Iof tn
tSouth rejected this proposition. we were poeT,I
-Four States Rsfe r4taged but We we're ptepafsd.
lsaY With Ftaneis, ae aifba
hoaoa 'i'isSheghcu aad3dighR are. preserved
prosperity ss4 sadkyRibsprins gpibgain .b:r3s.l9
That party conmitted, II vas committed in q th y.
IlbMdi9atiql of wealth and virtue, to ignorance
fdepraS7ty ann basehsssa History records the atroc
tities Of GkehGiB Khah The Great Conquefef aht
of Atiz theS ScbafEepf the 1r1d, but IT has beea
tfeseryeaI for modern rTadieahsm TO improve qpoy,
these barbarities, and subject conquered, leppl
Ito the dominion of their former slaves, H9wher
viii You find perpstrated, such acts Of despotisn
as have been accoWplished II tins land: I+nde
etherSdespe the people have been 'permitse'
to'meet together: 81 Ibis was denied to u.s. eA!be
war had desolated epr land; aftef aAits asapPosa.
ments ana horror, sScn g no people ever pstUl
as:sI ...l III come 5ogs!ne
20 take Soensei WIZ ssca osnss: We;wSie plaoes
sneannaen'e anu nes,Je' .ss
party to-day; ...sss...9yg q, liz, 4. e.
The grand lfepocratlc party az tne N9rth lnsl5e
yo9 e ngpt On tns issne; ana q !nis 1as:e nelG
ana 70 reqeem ler US te COUNTY iro tneif M po'i
eal cohtloL p.,.....u,,.;xj A -, .., r.
come now 10 Nule T. NecGae.:uo.Eg 'no oei ~ u
snoM ina. asy re ~ .Inss aao ao hin; E
spesk u tI had 4 onoga5 ~ In h;S s1rne
~, sstu t.ae t M t;a t lie Sa,ta ssw III,
cuoSiue oe the :o TIa., S aa pdh pthat - ,.oul,
ialahty VI tu,s aIuiIson 90" .as w. - - ~,
nave peent3 MAKE ls'e IN a IL " hsess so,.' ~,
EtS.! -
They receded nom tnat posiuon, aia haett Sll.s1
kaets e4 gpas5 taat cause 81 sae "cI
gxes 70 SSagtsss 'as y s
stf heppocan 105m 81 ovelns, - w
tsasd that weasre NOT states put aIa we nos eSer
else the rights Of States before the war, dm1nl
the: VAR and after the WarI laws were ever
passed by assemblies coming from tne people q
lpdelary eEpagndsd them and en- Exee9tIySe ear
RED them Into eIect On, Daq We MOI nave ~! tn'
insignia OF States Ihey asserted that the instl
ttntion 9fsslavery was inconsistent Win hspuphcan
|ismq We5had ADMITTED the iab2hton ,of slaFsery
land il we 3Yerenot States, republican lin our form
of government, previously, SO far as emancipation
tcpHld make us 50, we had already become republl
can In our form or government THINK 1 nave
established the fact that they ARE the unconststu
tional party; = ~: .sr-fzG.-4 ,.,.lI.o L,Gos
Il CONTEND also that they ate acting contrary t
nature and that they have violated her laws; II
YOU were. to wake. up some morning and find tht
trees standing upon their tops instead Of their roots
Iahd the whole order Of nature reversed, Woald yog
hotsay these things nnpst.be changed? And now
ask you if this is not an analogous state OF affairs II
the political world, to thatl have described ln the
natural worl9 Ignorance ruling telgenee; wealth
dethroned from its natural position and Influence
and poverty triumphant; the white man trodder
under foot and the ignorant negro placed above
hm. Rhis is anunnatural state of affairs and must
pass aYnM God and nature must be yindicated;
AT the Capitel, told Nh, Stevens, You regard
yoIlrS scheme rs g. success. It cannot prevail four
months ater y hyS}hr St}httr hayonets are wihdrawl'
ask yoaT NV Hfsnds, HShis is notso? .Wekave an
tunnaturaf andan unreasonable state Of affairs Il
is also unwise. Thespolicy which the Radicals
have pursuedis fatal t6all classes of the people.
When Latium was conquered bly the Romans and
the wise men, Of Rome were in debate as to what
fshnnldbh doI,ep With the Deo6le Of Iatiumi some
ss ss ys Sgss w peus Others said sDe
nriye % them Of the5 5xhf' Is vote" but none propo,
posed to put theh ssbeeti9n to their former N
moment, to rise to tie height of the great argu.
mont: with wisdom worthy Of the greatest Ct Sf
IF YOU want to restore the South, if you want to
bring back the honor and glofy of the! past, and
bring this people back to their allegiance if you
would have the Union restored and South Carolina
redeemed, first make us your fellow citizens: 49,
Now, Fellow Citizens, I have shown yo;at that
these Acts are unconstitutional, unreasonable and
unnatural. Thew have also the elements of des-
tructjop within them. Like the cone on its apex,