Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1844-09-25
Eagehela Court house, 5. G., ssptembsr Is, As44

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has one side poisoned, and the portion ha
! falls 10 our share, is bitter TO the taste ant
deadly 10 the system. :.
! But am asked, why this apprehension
of British interference Is our own Gov
ernment not strong enough 10 project u
agaiDs, foreign expression? Yes, let bu
"A foot of sterile land, or barren rock, lyio;
North of Mason & Dickson's line, be claim
ed by England, and straishlway you hea
of British arrogance, avarice, and presumP
tion-of national bonor, and The necessity
ofdefending The property Of our citizens
But lei any citizen of The South, allemp
10 transfer his property from one Southern
PORT 10 another, lei him be driven by stress
of weather, or be carried by Pirates q mur-
lersers, into British Porl.he will be plum
dered and bis properly con6scated, whilst
The Upright stars & broad stripes ofour slo-
rious Conlederacy," are floating over him.
But thar glorious CQnfederacy will surely
resent The insult thus offered TO her flag,
and the injury done TO her citizen! Let
him apply 10 her, and he will hear Eng
land applauded for the act, and himselfde-
nou7ced as thief anG a robber. He will
see one who has filled the Presidential
Chair of United States rise in his place,
and advise Southern men TO be quiel, and
not to talk of war-he will hear from that
Ex Presiden, that, during war, an officer,
in command, has the right to abrogate any
law, abolish any institution, and destroy
any species of property which in his judg-
mcnt is necessary to The defence Of tho
country. He will further hear that Nor
thern men will not shed their blood 10 de-
fend Southern soil liIl the stain Of Slavery
shall be removed. Northern men are called
upon To. deny the charge, and they are ST.
lent. :. Yet this Government was, instituted
for the common defence and general welfare,
aud that man aud those he represents are
our trothers-called SO ! suppose in com
a,emoralio0 ofth relatona that, existed
between Cain and Abel. When Southern
men see these llings, "ihai drop of blood
that's calm proclaims ,hem bastards."
Yet in the very face of all this, I am
told that at The North there is no general
feeling on this subjecI, and that our ins,i.
lutions are in no danger. Have not Amsr-
ican citizens appealed to England, and ur-
ged "lhat it is her duty as Christian Ma
tion" 10 abolish slavery in Ts..-r-with e.
a vicw -tn f,rnduce Tho same elect n The
Southern STATES Were those who made
this patriotic appeal among the low and
ili,erate1 The venerable Ex- President"
as he is called in New England" Tue re-
Specialize OWL as he is called in the
Charleston Mercury that venerable vice,
lhu, grey iniquily. that father rullian. thai
vanity in years" John Quincy Adams was
one of lhem. Has he been deprived Of his
seat in Congress. or lost Que particle ofin-
Aueuce and popularity. for calling upon
foreign country 10 subvert the institutions
Of his own--lo give our homes TO the torch,
and the ,hroats OF our wives and children,
to the assassip's knife Nay-his popu-
Iarity and influence, were. never so great
as now. But is Mr.. Webster, a fanatic :!
Yet he rejects Texas, with her broad lands
and brave people, simply. ON the ground
of Slavery. But need not refer 10 the
opiuions of her leaders, when tho people
OF New England have spoken, both by
their words and acts, in terms that can
not be misunderstood. In pecuniary
point Of view, she is more interested in the
annexation than any other section of our
Union. Can the feeling be light then, or
confined 10 a few, which influences her
people in opposing apnexaliona Is there
no excitement when some other Stale LIE.
eislalures declare that they will dissolve
the Union, rather than annex Texas =
When before have their preJudces, go, the
Setter of their love Of gain ? :. III Texas be
not adlni,led, she may loose even The mar
l;els. Of the South aud West. for; English
goods carriedinto Texas, free of duty, will
be smugeled into our country, in spite OF
every effort TO The contrary. Docs she moi
see lhisl Her people may be .knaves ;
but they are certainly not fools, aud, they
know full we'll that when they are driven
from our markets, ruin will wave its hor-
rid sceptre over their deserted Towns,,and
that their present prosperous population
will be forced to emigrate or starye. Wide
spread aud deep indeed must be her fanati-
cism, when upon the affairs of Abolition,
is she willing to sacrifice, not burnt offer.
inss, but The very God other Idolatry; gold.
Tell me not then that this hostility to our
institutions, is confined TO few fanatics.
None will believe it who is not "fool as
gross as ignorance made drunk"
But there is one view of this subjec'
which to my mind is the most importa
! II is the effect of the Tariff upon The abo.
li,ion question. | do moi believe thai there
is one man out of ten, now within the lin
its of South Carolina who more than clear:
his expenses by planning. lfTexas is re.
ieced, the bounds for Slavery are fixed
Suppose then ,hat the Abolilionisls leave
us 10 the silent, but certain working ofihs
protective policy. Our Slaves, well fee
and well clothed as they are, with every at
lention to their comfort, and doing only e
n,ougb work TO afford them that exercis!
which is Indispensable to health, increas
more rapidly, than any population oil earth
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