Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-05-20
For the Yorkville Enquirer.
WAR.

There is some talk about war. The truth ls.
there is always war somewhere on the earth, and
a good deal Of talk about it everywhere Uncle
John told me yesterday that England, France and
Spain going to unite for the purpose Of making
war upon the United States. Itscared me. Yes,
I own up. am not altogether Grant man, but
I 90 in for his famous sentiment LET us have
peace" And there are many more of my mind
about here. We have had plenty of war; enough
to last this generation. No, we don't want. any
more war; A war now would be the ruination Of
US, for. haven't we strained ourselves to plant
cotton, and to replant what the frost killed; and
where would We sell it, if the foreign demand fails
In the last war we had to stop raising cotton, be-
cause we could not get it out of the country, and
should we have war with England and France, the
same result would ensue. In any kind of war
cotton suffers more than any other production, and
I often think what fine thing it would be if We
only could raise something besides cotton, that
would be exempt from these contingencies, and
would still make US rich. ..... -, .
There have been so many signs and rumors Of
war, that I am quite nervous. Not long since, l
read in the ENQUIRER something about being
''conscripted" into Office have such horror Of
the very word 'conscript" that it would require a
very fat Office to reconcile me to the use Of that
terrible word, I hope that in future editions Of
""Webster's Unabridged" that word may be omit
ted and milder one substituted. The fact is,
when, a few days after reading about it, heard
a drum beating, my imagination construed it to be
beating up for conscripts for Office until foupd it
was only toy drum, beaten by a little niggey and
further, that there was no chance for an o8ce Cat
least paying one, because our patriotic Radical
friends are willing to hold three or four at once,
rather than 'conscript" anybody into such posi-
ton. - >.... 90.
Another sign Of war is, that the Adjutant- Gen
eral (who holds also another fat Office, is calling
for applications for exemptions preparatory to Or
ganizing the militia Ofcourse, he will have his
hands full. He had better let out the job Of con-
sdering the applications, or he will never organize
the militia. L hear of all sorts Of exemptions.
Old, defunct FIRE companies are to be resuscita.
ted and filled to the utmost limit. Old militia
commissions of seven years duration command a
premium already. The Medical Board will have
the sckliest set of creatures before it, the con-
temptation Of which would drive every Life Insur-
ance agent out of the country. But on the score
of conscientious scruples that's where the AdjDt
tant- General will catch it. IF he can ever/Eet
through that List, and exempt all who entertain
such scruples, the number Of his militia will be
small indeed "Corsair," the. Columbia cores
pondent of the Charleston Naos, says that the
Adjutant- General refused to entertain an apphca'
ton of this kind on the mere individual statement
of the applicant. So much the worse for the Ad
jutant-G General; for, who can't get half dozen to
corroborate his statement. I could, know.
don't think the militia of South Carolina will mus
ter very strong, unless it be of the African scent
No, we don twant any more war; at least not un
til we get right we'll Of the one in which we we're SC
badly whipped. Some think it would do good, by
taking off the greater part of the idle and vicious
especially of the colored race; but we can bette,
afford to build penitentiares for roguss, than to
make saltpetrc and quarrels with other nations to
get rid of them. No, let us rather bear the ills
we have, than fly to others we know SO much Of.
I can, to-day, poll bigger vote for peace, than
can any carpet-bagger, among the gulible sons Of
Ham.
LET US have peace" and great, long one, is
the motto of GRUNTY,