Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1845-07-02

3 W DIl'SH stfou1 iti.yOu UluSL GUaUuUO I'll
4 contest, or, 5repudiaHDg REvELATro.
e rush into the horrors OF NATURAL REL
GI0N. @sif
! You think it. great" crime". that "
donot ..ay our slaves wages" and q
this account pronounce. US -"robbers:"
my former letteri showed lhatlhe .labt
oi our slaves Was not without great cost
us, and that INTACT they themselves recely
moreI IN retnru:ior II than your hireIings d
lor theirs. For'wnai purpuse. do me
labor, but 10 support themselves and the
fanries IN wlIatcnmIorl they are anle!-
The efforts oftmtre. physical Labor srIdon
snllice To Oprovide mUre Than llveillIeod
Aud ills d well known and shocking lacl
that while few operatives in Greal Britain
succeed IN securing q comfortable living
The gr"aler3 parl drag out miserable eX
IsIence, aud slnk al last under aDsoIut,
wanI. What avail IS II that you 60 lhrougt
Inc form ol paying them pitlance OF wha
you call, wages" when you do not, ir
| return tor their services allow them wha
alone lbey ask--and have just right tt
demand-eneugh TO Iced, clotlle and Judge
them, III health aud sickness, with reason.
ables comfort. Though we do o, give
wages" ansHponey, we do this for our
Stdus, aud they sare therefore better re-
warded than yours. II is The prevailing
vice and error5oflnc, age, and one from
winch the AOplilionists, win all their
suIntly preelnsions, as far from being free,
to bring eyer3stning 10 The standard of
money. You snakt golc AL silver tesl
Of nappness.s The Angie. slave must
be "relched dindeed, beii.tss he is no,
compensated for his serli:s.S :; cash. IL
IS altogether pfalsew ORD. .ta say the la
borer IA shllllaga day and INN slarve
ou it. ro,sappIy aI'h's II. IS abundant
ly. and al all times, yet $ rS;.'oldirnm him
money, is among line .hosl reprobased
crImes" The fact canuol be denied that
the mere laborer is now and always has
been, everywhere thar barbarism has
ceased, euslaved. Among the Innovations
of modern times following ".tle decay Of
ylleInage," has been the creation of a.
new system of. slavery. The primitive
aud palriarchial, which may also be called
the sacred and natural system, in which
the laburer issenlier the personal control Of
III "
among us. Ithas been almost everywhere
else superseded by the modern artificial
money .pO,Uel system, in which man--his
lhews aud sIuews, his hopes and aifec-
lions, his very being, are all subjected TO
the dominion Of Capitat-amonster with
out a hoart-cold, slern, arilametical-
sticking 10 the bond-takng ever "the
pound Of 1esh'-worklns up human life
with Engines, and retailing it out by
weight and measure. His name of old
was "hlammon, the least eIecled spirit
that fell from Heaven" And il is 10 ex-
tend his Empire, that you and your
deluded coadjulors dedicate your lIles.--
You are stirring up mankind 10 overthrow
our Heaven ordained system oil servltude,
surrounded by innumerable checks. de-
sigued and planned deep in the human
hear, by God aud nature, TO substitute The
absolute rule of this " Spirit Reprobale"
whose proper place was He'll.
You declare that 1.-The character of the
people OF tn, SouIh has long been that of
hardened IaGdeLs, who fear unl Gud, and
have nu regard for rellsnn." | will not
repeat wnut / said IN my former letter on
TINS pulnt. lunIy notice i! TO ask you how
yo1 could possibly reconciIe il To yuur
profession ol Il Christian spirlt. 10 make
such malicious charse-tu defiie your
soul WIN sucn a calumy against an unuf
lending people!
,..e "You are old
Nature IN you stands on lie very ver,e .lN
vi her conriue. You should ue ruled and led
Dy some discretion. y .,..
May Gud forgive you. =.
Akin To this Is The wapl0n and furious
assault made on us by Mr.. Aacaulav. IN
HIS lale speech on The Sugar duLes III the
House Ul CoInmOns, which has just Ieacn.
ed me. Ills denuucIatIOns are wholly
wIlaOut neasure, anh arnunS oIner thugs
ne asserts !" lnat Slavery IN the Uniled
States " eat, It's worst lorm hat, boast
Ing OF our ciyIlzaIlon, freedom, and fire.
auenling Christian Churches, We breed
up slaves, nay, beget children for slaves,
aud sell IlIeul at So much a head" MIR.
hlacaulay IS d. Reviewer, and he knows
lnat is ".nothIuS If not critical" The
pracuce of his trade has.gIyen him the
command Of all the slashIug and vituper
alive PHRASES of gur Language, aud the
turn y! MS mind leads him 10 The habllua
use OF them. lie is an aulIi,r, aud as nO
copyright law secures for HIM from tbi'
country consideration for his writings, he
is not only independent of us, 5ut natural
Iy hales everything American He is tht
Representative or.Ed!nburgh: II is hi'
cue To dccry our slavery, and IN doing 81
he muy saielyindulge the nalIgnty oil hi
temper, his indignation against US, and hi
capacity for railing. He has suffered
once, for being IN advance Of his time II
favor of Abolition, and he does uol inlent
that il shall be furgulien,, or his claim pass
ed over 10 any crumb which may nov
be thrown olhe vociferations ia The cause
Bul you are mol content with depri
wing us Of all religious feelings fo
assert that our slavery has also sdemoral
lied the Northern States,n' and charS
. opi,. yinIafp