Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1843-07-19
From The CGmdea Journal.
SLAVERY No. 4

newspaper press. has been taken in dif-
fereni sc 1se, indeed from what was intcn-
dcd by il. II has heen taken as The ac
acknowledgement Of weakness in our de-
fence, when it should have been taken rs
:hc proud contempt Of an insulied people
al The folly Of fanalicism. A southern
man would IN general, rn.her give such
folly its proper chaslisement land they
know II must attach 10 their outward sen-
ses. Tor you cannot punish The mind Of a
fool, than 10 spend his breulh on him;
hut This communication TO you, sir, is !"r
southern men, TO show fully their position
and safety. and =: this number will con-
hue myself 10 slavery as PoLlricAL in
stilu,iOp.
1t is we'll known to him who is but
smatterer in The history of our earliest, po-
litical aud civil relations. that is was a
problem, "rerata quesiio" for fifty yenrs
aher the first settling Of Virginia. whether
this country could be connized for any
other purpose than 10 gel the precious nc.
tails. But. Mr. Editor. wha, was it that
solved The problem LIE, facts answer:
they say " slavery"
IL is we'll known that the mon who first
came to our shores were capitalists and
laborers: many of the latter wcre convic,s.
They all come 10 the broad forests Of a
boundlcss land, fertile an1 healthy and us
we now know, and as they knew, saturot.
cd with every element for prosperity but
how could ,hcre exist. two classes the ca
pitaiist end luborcr in such county as
ours! When tie all know thai Of ucccssl-
ly, these iva classes euter essentially into
every idea Of civilization 7 Where would
you find The laborer! when they had been
taught In the old world. mud found cor
responding principle in their own bosoms
that TO be "landlord" was the acme OF
human glory. The immense forests ofIer-
cd this prize, anA its abundance made its
value noihine. Who That knows poor hu-
man usture, but can see that this lempla-
linn wa, moro than he could stand And
thus all landlords and no labOrers, no one
TO riIl the ground, and il these poor and
wretched - landlords" did try. who could
but see from their poverty. their pride, and
bursting into little fragments. the exciting
prospect Of ru,nous failure! Such i, was
such our history tesiifies. ill class tras
introduced, who. by their peculiar circum
stances could not be landlords Aud
we can plainly see that no commun nifty can
have ans existence until this class exists
permanently. In England and The nor
thern States, The price Of lands and tene-
ments, gives permanencc to the classes
of landlord and tenant or Iaborer. Any
man u his senses caunot but see, that il
the Treason of hholilionism, were carried
out in the South and West with our ue-
groes. that il would be nothing but the
Watch word Of Civil and Political ruin,
which must Of necessity, drive lis plough
share over this happy land. the garden of
wealth, learning, patriotism and hospital
ily.
But who Mr.. Editor are those blessed
lovers of men those who wipe their lips
and call themselves Philanlhropists! Are
they those who were ucrer under The same
necessities! =! No sir, but they are The very
men whose fathers were driven from ne.
cessity to adop, this same slavery from
these very necessities, aud every word Of
their fuinoGs folly Tor, as thc S. c. Advo
cate calls il, "damuins hypocrisy'') is
wiring down the deep daninalIon Of the
fathers who toiled, cared, and fonsh, for
them, aud tho mothers " ho ,augh, them at
their feet To pray.
And England. she must needs have
"world's convention" II vii! lake more
than a worlds convention, 10 wipe OF the
universe of shame written on her brow
who holds more slaves than she 10 her
proud mobiles, who rolls in uucounrcd
wealth aud The sweat Of a white slave.
who gets but two shillings and sixpcnce
week, and iha, to feed, cloihc and educate
him and his family!
a rose will smell rs swce, by any other
name"
Look az fer West India Islands, she
saws they are free; the Provincial Legis
Iaiions have excluded them from seats by
properly qualification. and then have pas
sed laws Tor "laborers" which, by the ma
cis,rate, is executed with none Of the hu.
manly there oucc was, and the poor
wretch is thus ruined, banished, labored
aud pupished; aud sll this by having no
master, whose interest and humanity by
the knowledge THAI they are his. would
protec, Us we'll as receive their labor.
But to see England's acknowledgements
OF the above principles in her late colonies
in Aus,ralia. She pursues n diiIeren, plan
to have slaves, but 20 hold them DOWN in
that s,a.e by se!iins a, high price her
,uLI;c domain. aud spplving the money