Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1844-10-02

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and the Chathalns, and other of the grea-
test names thai ever adorned humanity.
There are inevery country virluous men
who hate injustice and deIesl oppression,
though they he The acts of their own coun.
try aud government; and their influence,
though they may not be able TO carry a
vote. has often greal moral and political
weight. Their appreciation will have
great effect in sustaining your own resolu
tion.-But in This case you may appeal to
your interest as well as their justice, fnr
the mass of the people, no where, derive.
any advantage from the oppression you
suffer, aud have great and honest inleres'>
pu al hazard by the resistance you ma!
be obliged 10 make. Manufactures SHOULD
be the las, resort of industry in every
country, for when forced as they are will
US, they serve no interests but those oftl
capitalists who sci Them in moli"n, an
their immediate localities. Commerce l>
The proper hand maid of agriculture ana
agriculture the blessed empolymentof man.
Already both are languishing under tn
intriguing power Of manufacturing capi
tails. Without the agriculture Of the
South and South West, The grass would
grow in The streets of your great Northern
ciles. What comparatively, would Bos.
ton, New York. Philadelphia and Bati
more be, were The South and South Wesl,
or even the South alone, obliged to retire
from The Union? What, ifnur intercourse
with these cities were transferred to Liver
pool and Havre! A moments reflection
will be sufficient 10 show how little diff
cult this transfer would oe, especially
when we consider the present and grow
ing celeritypr steam power.
These aud like ports are The ultimate
points of Our present commerce, though
We are contented (gnod, easy people as We
are when moi trample IN the earth by op.
pre- sion 10 hear The charges Of double
transit and TO employ these Northern ci
ties as our factors. What, if the unhap.
py event of separation shall be provoked,
is 10 prevent US from doing our business,
as we have done before, ard reaping the
profits which we now bestow on others,
aud which have made the Commercial
men of The North and Easl "Merchant
Prnces?" Charleston and Savannah
would then bo great and Furnishing cities
New Orleans would speedily swell into the
present magnitude of New York, and
every lnwn and interesI connected with
them would increase and flourish in pro:
potion. These may be called by the in
rerestcd aud unrellecling lille dreams. bu,
lhnse acquainted with the nature of com.
merre and who have reflected or the
concentrating power Of the union which
now builds up and susIaius The great Nor
rhern and Eastern cities. we'll know that
they are sober truths and that even in The
event drprecaed. the results is certain and
Inevitable. Rouse The proper inquiries
and you will have numerous friends with
in The enemies lines, and these too. will
have The best friends of their ownimmedi-
ale coutrles.
Rrnounce absolutely and unreservedly,
during this contest, all preIenlion to the
nigh hunors Of The union. Fill no Office
under The General Government except in
The Legislative Halls. This will be no
carltice, for no son of yours will, whatev-
e! be his merits, ever fill the Executive
Chair until your wrongs are righied. until
you shall be respected as equals in the
government, and until The whitening scorn
,ofthe Legislative Assemblies shall Danish
from their floors your calumnious accusers.
g ! do nor say that you ought moi 10 join
even zeaInusly aud with all your might.
in the choice of chief magistrate If the
II hnY lot - ho nC
southern aspraut which, AT this time will
weaken: distract aud misIead you. Support
always The candidate most likely 10 sustain
your own aud your countries interest. |
speak not of Carolina alone bn, of all the
Southern +; Sta.es-give your whole and
individual weight TO the men and The party
opposed to your oppressors, and claim no
effice for yourselves. BY this unambitious
course you may gain some weight in the
national councis-at present you have
none. The people of the West, not.
withstanding some little apparent aliena-
tiou, which has depended vastly more on
The movements Of men Than our principles
and whichfneref0re canno, last long, are
,ournatnral allies. Lei the South aud the
West combine with the democracy of the
o,her parts ofihe Union. The Wesl have
at present abundant cause to open their
eyes 10 The evils they suffer from Tariff
and abolition combination, for these pow.
ers are; closely united aud together have
wrought ou, the ia,nentabe result to which
1 aliude. if Providence had enabled the
West 10 possess themselves of the greatest
blessing thai God could grant them, of
what would give thelnHeallh and security
and power. they ought TO, have desired
Texas. Bu'liey ace themselves by these
unholy coinbinaiions entirely and heart
essly deprived ofzlbese great blessings.
All The Soulh Western States tby whichI
mean all South and West of tho Ohio
River) are ofour blood aud lineage; their
inslitulions are more Or less Southern. and
their Interests are really. Inc same as those
of The Soulb. There is reason therefore
10 hope that ere long We shall stand las we