Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-04-12

scrvatiOns that when the first tariff for projection
was laid by Congress, 10 the dissatisfaction of
the South, it would end in notification and risls
ofcivil war;
Now, sir, these fanatics boast OF fbcng SEQ, 900
strong, and that within about four or five ycnrs
from their commencement; aud Mr.. Adams
contemplate rs we know lie must he in every
portion of the country, can command the peti-
tons of thirty or forty thousand Of these dclud-
ell crusaders; and Mr.. Clay, himself slave
holder, in his eager pursuit Of the Presidency,
covers bcncatl, their strength, gives them side
bow in his assault on Mr.. Calhoun, and in some
of his own substitute resolutions, evidently in-
tended to secure their patronage. If then, in
SO short n time, they lr,vc attained such power
and influence, what may we expect from their
increased numbers in n.few years morc7 Sir,
tho people of the slave States must stand ,lpol,
their rights. Who but q mad man can doub,
that dissolution of the Union must be- the con-
sequence, or VIC must submit to n state o.. things
far more intolcrablc than slavery ITSELF unless
God i'll his mercy avcrs the blow by dispcn-
sation of his providence, little short of IN
cicnt miracle? 1t has been but a few years since
Garrison, Tappan, and few others, commcnc-
cd this unloly crusade against our rights and
institutions. Their petitions were few and fec
be. with not as many 81 igncrs rs they have Mt
this time distinct societies hut now they have
assumed bold and daring front, and will come
by States. Vermont has already marshalcd her
forces and ussalcd the federal metropolis, and
i'll n few years more, these fanatics will control
tho political destiny of this country. No man
tl
have scat OIL the floor Of Congress, hut as the
champion and defender Of abolition; and n Pre-
sidcnt of the U. States must ascend that high
and dignifcd station under corrupt pledge to
do their bidding. And OIL The principle Of con-
solidaion, the constitution will be in their hands
like the spiders web to the liorncd oxen. The
man who expects mercy from fanatics, will
most assurcdly be disappointcd-thc massacre
of the imputed Witches at the North, and the
Smithiicld Martyrs, cnn a;cst the fact. Sir, we
must rely upon onr own strength, and again
rcitcrac that separation of these States ap-
pears inevitable, aud no man will regret the
dreadful necessity more than tho writer Of this
article.
More than twoycars ago gave my views TO
the public, recommending n Convention, in
which all the slave States should be represent
cd. have since seen nothing to weaken tl,at
opinion, but much to strengthen it, and to whicl,
the slave States must ultimately como. The
object of union is, in all cases, to bcnc fit the
parties united; but whenever itbcconcs curse,
it has not only failed in its object, but has ms
cl'icvous tendency, and therefore ought to be
abolished. l am aware Of the disadvantages
of separation, but am in this emergency, rs
in every other, for embracing the less and n
voiding the greater evil. Gould we enjoy in
peace the rights secured to us by the Constitu-
ton, for one would say, "Unon farevcr."-
But, sir, it will be u dear and bitter union TO us,
ifilic only condition Mhcl. shall be per
mttcd 10 enjoy it, is the loss of our most valun-
bic property, and this property turned loose
among us, like so many hungry wolves to de-
YOUR our remaining substance, and filled with
all the malice which could possibly grow
ont of their past condition. have snid that n
separation of these States appears inevitable.
l will now give you the grounds OH which
That opinion is formed. FIRST, the abolition
question:; second, the Texas annexation qucs-
tion, which is strongly connected will, the for
mcr, and together will shake tho foundation of
this Union. The Southern C. portation and i'm
portntion scheme, which will take from the
North the immense profits which they have
heretofore received, for doing business for us
which we ought to do ourselves, and will there
fore greatly weaken in them one Of the strong
! est inducements 10 check the fanatics. And
lastly, shonld the border disturbances drag us
into runous war with Great Britain, the South
cannot be expected TO acqnicscs in a war
brought OH them by the n,crmcdtlling Of North
crn fanatics, for political and diabolical rurpo-
scs-tlIc annexation of Canada, and the consc-
Tucnt political prostratiom Of the South.
FLORIDA.