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

haste 10 utter equivalent language. Re.
Gently, one of their greatest, wsest and
gravesl. Legislative bodies modesIIy pro.
posed to cxpunge from The constitution
the most sacred article ini., by which we
were wooed into the compact and without
which e would have had nothiGg to do
with il; and whal would this have been
but actually d iai'hlessIy perpetrating dis
union. fYeI ihese are the people who vo-
ciferous accuse you of The desire of disu
nio when 1.-THE head and front Of your
offending" does'no' amount to lille OF
their own guilt IT, indeed, there be the
shadow ofgui, on your pan in complain
| ing of The great abuses oft, and, if under
the sure affections you suffer through lis
forms. You propose to calculate The value
of il and the dangers of it too, for the
threatened dangers Of it are more alarm
ing than all we actually suffer greui as
| that may be-. ~.
The Tariff is only an exponent OF the
power and the disposition to abuse aud
cypress US under the forms of The Consli-
tuition. Do not the Halls of Congress
ring daily wi'htheir unfraternaI and inso-
lent hcmilies on our morals and humani
ty and are we all free pe"pIe, who are
their equals in every moral and intelec,u-
al qualify, to hear This? Do we mol hear
ominous threats of,heir inlerposion in our
domestic concers aud with our enderesl
interests, as sil we were dependent or con-
quered provinces Do we not know that
II tt,o,~
privileges ol',he Constitution are The mouth
pieces of Foreign fanatic associations with
whom they correspond! YET these peo-
pie cal The bread, taken frDm YOUR own
mouths, of that labor which they repro
bate, and siiut the comforts of thai class of
Epersons Of whose condition they affect TO
be so faslidionsy lender, for amops the ve-
ry highest duties which they impose 10
increase lheirexIravagant gains, is that ON
The clothing of The slave. The heart of
their humanity is in th"ir strong box and
in the balance sheet of their profit and loss
account. They are Les amis ues no,rs,
with less motive ofyirlue than The Furies
whom the National Convention of France
vomi,ed upon ST. Domingo to scatter
death among their white brethren and
everlasting desoIation and misery among
the blacks.-These were honest, erring
and unhappy. eu'hnsials who knew no,
what they were doing, hu, our .assailanls
are 200 cold blooded calculaIors, with Ibis
awful example before their eyes, ste alins
upon their victims, under the forms of the
Constitution which guarantees the rights
which they seek to destroy. Remember! !!
On the inviolability of the Institution
which is thus Threatened and assaiIed, de
pends, not. our prosperity alone, but every
blessing under Heaven which We enioy
Every thing Southern must necessarily
perish with it. Houses, lands. stock. mon
les a, interest and other species of proper
ty musl so down with it and share a com
mon fate. Let these people be unchecked
and we shall have nor country, nor home,
nor 6er-side nor civilization. nor social
charities, nor life itself. We shall be blot.
ted from the face Of the Earth. The
beautiful and prolific South will exhibit
nothing bul scalhed and hlackened ruins.
with Il remnant Of the African race wan
drring amidst them in all The MISERY of
dessolaiion and hopelessness. The inter.
position we deprecate will be- worse than
plague, pestilence, and famine. Worse
than all the horrors of war if waged by a
civilized people.
Tie bayonels Of our assailant pointed
against our brrat' would be more harm
less lhan their counsels. On this suhiecl
The Methodist Episcopal Church of The
South have set US a noble example, which
if nur opponents persist, we shall be obi.
sed to initiate, were the tariff out of ques
tlon. Yet they invoke the Constitution,
appeal TO The sacred name of Washington
aud call upon you in his words 10 frown
upon the man who shall endeavor 10 wea-
ken lis lies. Would il noi be enough 10
return the chalice, with lis poisoned ingre-
dients, to their own guilty lips? But let
their guilt be whatil may. we are not and
never have been the enemies Of the Uni
OH. Wha; union did That great and good
man venerae? II was The Union as il
came from the hands Of the Patriots who
framed it. II was that Union we consen
led TO. An Union OF equal rights and
equal burdens. d. An Union in which we
were 10 be equally respected and honored
with our brethren; aud our peculiar insli
tuition sacredly protected. Moi a Union
ofslrifc, and tribute, AID insult, aud slave
ry, on our parts. But would he, all just
and wise. under the forms of the Consti-
tuition. have recommended submission TO
The unconstitutional oppression. insult and
injury under which we groan General
Washington was sincere Christian and
would have called upon his fellow citizens
to lrowu upon the man who should rndea
vor to suhverl The holy religion, in. accor
dance with whose principles he had form
ed his own, and under whose influence
he walked during the whole Of his good
aud glorious life: But if lis Professors
regardless of its truth, and fearless oftheir
God. had introduced The Inquisiiion inl'
The Land, would he have looked wilhtap-
probation on an auto de ;je aud called upon