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

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Finally, say, do norasho or sudden act; wait
longer. There are some favorable signs in The
political heavens. There are, think, hopes.
that your grievances will be redressed by con-
s,itntonal and peaceable means, and the dan
gers of the Union averted. The Democratic
party see how prof,ess and debaslng II ls 10
serve men instead Of principles. think 1t
may be predicted (the darkest hour usually
precedes the dawn) that before vc!y long, per
haps the coming year, there will be reaction
which will establish the Democratic party IN It's
l!anciept mower and purity, and unite 10 ialtll-
| ful and iraternal band, cemented by their best
feelings all the members of that great Conser-
yatiye body, throughout the Union, whether
North South or West. The ncongruons and
unpatrioi,c combinations Of Whiglsm cannot
long cohere The sacrifice OF Texas, II noihing
else, must make i, odious to all the sonnd part
ofthe nation, and particularly 10 the South and
West. They cannot, they will not forgive It.
The commencement Of this reaction Will pro
anby be more or less advanced or retarded by
the result Of the ensuing presidential election
in which. instead of being luke-warm, the whole
|iSouth and West should put forth their whole
zeal and strength. z
Butthis hope is not reason, why the re- me-
dial movements of the South should not conf
tnence, at farthes, with the close of the present
yea,, wlenthe turmoil OF all the elections VIII
be over. You ought by sober, regular and de-
llberate steps to determine the general prIncl.
Piles of your action, 10 organize the means OF
union and concert among the States; whlch
ought now to assume and afterwards Keep up
as long rs their oppression and danger last. an
armour of defence prepared for contingencies:
do not ofcourse. mean all array OF physical
force, but moral armour under which they
may be ready speedily to act, with union and
concert, as circumstances may require.
i have already advered to the subject OF
Texas. The rejection ofthe Treaty oil Annex
alton. regard as measure Sll not OF wicked, T.
messy of esregious folly, sacrificing interests Of
great value and importancesp the whole Union,
but particularly 10 the Sontl, and West; and
more especially in connexion with the claim OF
Great Britain, which fear is well founded IN
the free Navigation of the Mississippi. and, as a
consequence, perhaps of its tributaries. This
right ifit exist will give her uncontrolled access
10 your territories and carry, alike, her CONNER
ciai agents and emiss, ries of abolition through
the midst Of your towns and plantations INTO the
very heart of Texas, all which would have been
averted forever by the ratification OF the Tref!y
of AnneSation But when we look, thro' n
the vista offutnrity, at the adfantagesto
merce, to navigation, to manufactures. to asrl-
culture, and above all. to the national security
and power and greatness which would neces-
sarily have resulted from the acquisition, we
can hardly estimate the immense value OF the
boon, not to us alone, but TO the whole Union.
which was providentIaly put in our power and
which we have wanionly thrown away. But
the evils ofthe rejection of the Treaty do not
end with It's direct effects The time OF the ne
gotiation was eminently propitinus and the
President deserves and will yet, and speedily
receive The abundant thanks Of the country, for
the promp.ness, wisdom and patriotism with
which he seized and improved It. In The Ian
guage of an able Senator (Mr. Buchanan of
Pa whose speech ought to occupy the columns
of every patriotic press in the country. "l1ad
the Treaty been ratified by the Senate. had the
union between the Republics been completed,
the subject would have passed away without
producing ripple upon the surface Of public
opinion throughout the world " But excited
and emboldened by the rejection of the Treaty,
YOU already behold the tw" greatest powers Of
Europe, oblrusivcly passing their just political
limits, taking footing upon portion OF The
continent so appropriated, that excerpt IN a hos
tile spirit. according 10 national usages. they
were forbidden to interpose. aud projecting
their schemes of intrigue, as you were in the
heart of Europe. They have crossed the Ru-
bicon. Eng gland has already had her Emissa-
ries in Texas. Cuba will next be seized, ur-
der some pretext or other, rs fair field Tor abo-
ltion. She will then command the Gulf and
the Mississippi. To speak of no other dam
ger what will then be the condition OF New
Orleans without which the whole West could
not breathe, or, if at all, like an ashmatic pa
tient? Thus we see lald open the clear sighted
and patriotic wisdom Of this glorious union of
Wing manufacturers and dabolitionists,by which
the Treaty Of ofAnnexation was rejected.
Even this is not all, or the worst evil Of The
rejection Of this wise and excellent treaty
Should Santa Anna lie able which God fnrbid.
though we know not what foreign intrigues and
forei gn funds may enable him to do,) to conquer
the eyes Of the American people. A people Of
your own blood, who, worn oulhy barnarous
desultory invasion and war, as brethren, threw
themselves into your arms, sought your frater-
nal embrace and entreated your protection,
which by all the ties of nature Of honor, and
of interest, yoli should have granted them. will
be slaughtered before yonr eyes, and their no.
BILE country. which ought already to have been
JOuis' uHu ucsOiutcUs w NuVN iioHi
the character and past history Of their assailant
that they will receive no mercy. no quarter.
The bloody Ampudia, ESQ much so as 10 he Ut
terly out ofthe pale OF civlzation)tl,c gazcttes
inform MS, has beeu put ut the head Of the army
of INVASION. People of the South people of
the West, nay, people Of the whole United
States. If your morals be those of Christianity
if you be not utterly beret of the natural
touch" Of human beings, with what feelings
mnst you think Of The abomnable intrigues and
combinations in your uwn councils, which will
have brought on this bloody and barbarous trng-
c5y? The people of Texas have been SIAN
derousy called "vagabonds and outlaws -
You know this to be utterly false. We all
know, their slanderers know that with very
few exceptions, which will characterize all new
settlements better and braver people mover
were the pioneers of the Anglo Saxon blood
and fame. Far from being vagabonds and
outlaws, there never was q new settleme I on
This continent which for tbai, nf,nhprs e,n.