Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-03-06

Thursday Morning, November 3,
1S59.-No event has occurred in the
last quarter OF century more startl-
ing and suggestive of evil to the south
ern people than the recent emeute at
Harper's Ferry and no intelligence from
any point of the compass possesses for
our readers more absorbing interest
than the details published in the last
and present issue. OF course, no apol-
ogy Is needed on account of the large
space given to this topic, although ev-
cry other item Of interest has thereby
been excluded.
In its immediate results this affair is
ridiculous miserable failure. It could
be nothing else. That Brown with his
handful Of deluded followers expected
to arouse a general servile insurrection,
overthrow existing governments, eman-
cipate the entire body Of southern
slaves and build up government Of
his own only exhibits the pitiable plight
into which the mad fanaticlsm Of abo-
lition hurls it's votaries The culprits
will attain the martyrdom which they
seem to covet, and thus will end this
contemplate, disgraceful farce.
Ultimately we have reason to antici-
pate, from this outbreak, harvest Of
valuable results to the south. If blood
had not been shed, we would not for a
moment have regretted the occurrence;
and perhaps the good to be evolved
from such an event might outweigh
the value Of thousand lives.-The
tone and temper Of the slave have been
exhibited in striking Notwithstanding
us of that faithfulness, that happy and
contented disposition which the south
has always claimed for him, and which
this event will teach in such manner
as to dispel The illusion under which
honest men al the north have labored
in their crusade against u.s. Persuaded
thus that the zeal which prompts them
to Undue their hands in fraternal blood
for the sake Of those who, content lin
their lot, refuse to strike in their own
behalf, is mistaken and fanatical,
northern men who are honest and sin
cere must pause; and startled by the
forebodings Of speedy wreck Of the
Union by which they live, they must
see the necessity which impels them to
take sides with the south and thus up
hold the interests which are identical
with their own prosperity, their safety
and their very life.
Should these considerations fail,
however to affect the northern masses,
the Harpers Ferry treason cannot fall
to startle the southern states into
keen appreciation Of the folly and mad
ness Of continual wrong living among
themselves-If northern fanaticism
shall rage without abatement, carrying
fire and slaughter and domestic war
fare and servile insurrection on our
borders, and into our homes, where can
our safety be, except in a firmly knit
union at home, and war'to the very
knife against the aggressor? We Will
need no argument to prove the recre-
ancy of our northern brethren; to per-
suade us that our only nope is in our
slaves; and surely the very instincts OF
our being will urge us to bond together
for common defense.
We hope much from this affair, in
significant and ridiculous as 1t appears
to be, and we would have our readers
thoroughly Informed Of it's details and
the lessons it inculcates. We shall
therefore, continue to publish in full
the accounts from the scene Of action
as they reach us.
(To be Continued)