Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1844-09-25

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alion of The Tariff laws, witt, this cor
stanily increasing population on our hand'
ask how lorg will i, be-, before. We sha
be forced 10 free. our negroes, BECAUSE W
cannot. support them !? Will itbe ten, q
will it be twenty years? When. that Tim
does arrive-and arrive it will at no dis
tant day-unless at once.-we can .reIieY
Slave labor of The burdens which oppres
It-whal is 10 be done with our negroes
We cannot sell them, that is.clear. Thel
It is conEsca,ion Of our property 10 lh,
full amour, Of our Slaves. Upon that pic
ture our Northern brothers would doubt
less look with much complacency, and fol
our consolation they would inform us, ,ha
man can hold. no properly in man-tha
we have no more right 10 complain, thar
a thief. who is forced 10 give up stolei
goods which he had long been enjoying
Buff we own stolen property, their "a
lher's were thieves. South Carolina, thank
God, was never engageLin lbe slave trade
From Massachusetts she bought her ne
groes, and paid full price for them. Il
Massachusetts stole them. let her refund
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the money and give up the stolen proper
ty:., Btt 10 return from this digressioii:--
When our negroes are free, Of what value
would ourland be to us q. Twice in Geor.
gIa did they attempt TO cultivate their lands
with white labor, and twice did bey fail.
Our best lands would therefore, be dead
loss TO US also. In olher words it would
be total coaGscalion ofour whole prop
erty: But that il not all. Would the ne
gro population, at least equal in number
to The white, he illine to live amongst
us, deprived of all civil rights! Ifihey
were, would our Northern brethren permit
1t! How long after we; had freed our negroes
would il be. before we would hear Of free
suffrage? lmper,inent inIermedding with
alialrs lhat.do not concern them is one of
the peculiariies Of the. people of The North.
They cannot even le, each another alone.
Look at their conduct towards EhodeIs
land. The same scenes would be enacted
here. and we. would be forced TO vote with
our negroes at The polls, and sill with them
IN The Legislature---Or exierminate them.
lf Texas is not admitted into the Uuion, Il
the protective policy is continued the day
is not distant, when we shall be forced FIRST
TO Tree our negroes, and then fight them.
NJ y y canhiL 2 L-"pinion is, that we siust either
fight for theliI --r..L: 80, 80.
a quarter Of a Century elapses. That there
are many ,Aholilionisls who take this view
OF the. subject, do moi entertain doubt.
Did Mr. Clay moi tell Col. prestou. that
one Of the. strongest motives he had fer sup
porting the protective policy was that il
diminished the. value of slave labor, and
would eventually force US 10 abolish Sla-
very? -. -.
Anonss, the remedies for the evils that
have been spoken of, that OF Manufacturing
has been suggested. :.
1t is useless 10 consume lime by giving
many reasons when one settles the ques.
lion. We can not manufacture without
protection against the North, because both
capital aud labor are cheaper there thar
here. They have also the advantage Of
superior skill and experience. Unless here.
fore we are ready to dissolve the Union, or
90 back TO the Articles Of confederation. we
must give up all idea Of manufacturing.
Wha, do those who favor i, say 10 these
propositions :. T.r,
The next remedy proposed is the election
Of Mr.. Polk. and "a returning sense Of JUS
lice" 10 the. Democratic party. Lei Us
now examine fairly aud calmly what. AS
rational creatures, We have 10 expect from
either Mr.. Polk or his party, upon the
Tariff, Texas, or Abolition questions. .,.,.
>. And first as to Texas, is il not notorious
that Democratic Senators killed the Trea.
ty? II is equally notorious that the House
was poled, and that upon an accurate
couul. it was, found that a resolution in fa-
vor of Annexation could not be passed,
though there was a Democratic majority
oflwo thirds. lsil not facttha Charles
J.lIngersoll's able report, was not offered
to The House, because il was known that
il ilwould be defeated by Northern Demo-
cratic votes. Howlhen eau il be said that
the Democratic party, isin favor ofimme-
diaie Annexation? What is the. Demo-
ratio party! Is it an "airy nothing, an
abstraction-a mere idea? There are some
who seem 10 think lha, The string Of Res.
olulious, passed once in four years, for the
purpose Of securing Southern votes, is the
very impersonation of the party. and as
long as those Resolutions are satisfactory.
they are content that Democratic mem
bers of Congress, may say and do just what
suits them. AS corporation is only, known
by its seal-so the Democratic Party is
only known by its Resolutions. with lhi:
important difference. however, a corpora
ion can be bound byits seal-whereaa lht
Democratic party can be bound by aoth
ing. The votes of its members are of nj
importance, so long as the Resolutions arr
light. To those who are of this way q
thinking. will now address myself. A
Baltimore the Convention passed a resolu
,iop. unanimously in favor Of The Admission
of Texas as soon as it was "Practicubte.'
When will it be practicable? Mr.: Va
Buren says when Mexico has recognize
the Independence Of Texas-Col. Benton
1 iyhep ,he Snuth / O ready IN he bnllied