Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1845-06-18

be contaminated BY il. The American
AboiIiouists appear TO concur fully ir
these sentiments, and a portion al least o
them are necessarily thI eaening TO dis
solve The Union. Nor should he al al
surprised if they succeed. II would nol
be difficult, in my opinion, 10 conjecture
ture with region, The North or South
would suffer mist by such an event. Fol
one should not object. by any means, lc
cast my lot in confederacy of State:
whose citizens hight all be slave holders
indorse without reserve The much. abused
sentiment of Gov. McDuffie, that I" sIa.
very is the corner stone Of our Republi.
can edifce;" while repudiate. as ridicu.
lously absurd, that much.landed but nc
where accredited dogma Of Mr.. Jefferson,
that "all men are born equal" M
Society has ever yet existed, aud ! have
already incidentally quoted the highest
authority to show that. none ever will
exist, without natural variety of classes.
The most marked of these must in a
country like ours, be The rich and the pnor,
:he educated and the ignorant. 1t viii
scarcely he disputed that the very poor
have less leisure 10 prepare themselves
for the proper discharge of public duties
than the rich; aud thai the ignorant are
wholly unfit for them at all. In all coun-
tries save ours these Two classes, or The
poor rather, who are presumed TO be He-
cessarily Ignorant, are by law expressly
excluded from all participation in The
management Of public affairs. In Re-
publican Government this cannot be done.
Universal suffrage. though not essential in
theory, seems 10 be in fact a necessary
appendage 10 a Republican system.-
Where universal suffrage obtains il is
obvious that the government, is in The
hands Of a numerical majority; and it is
hardly necessary TO say that in every part
of the world more than half the people
are ignorant and poor. Though no one
can louk upon poverty as a crime, aud we
do not generally here regard it as any
objection to n man in his individual ca
pacily, still il must be admitted that it is
a wrelched and Insecure government
which is administered by lis most ignorant
ci izens, and thuse who have the least at
stake under it. Though intelligence and
wealth have great influence here as every
where in keeping-in check reckless and
unenlighlened numbers, yet it is evident
to close observers. if moi to all, that these
are rapidly usurping all power in The non-
slave holding States, and threaten fear.
full crisis in Republican institutions there
at no remote period. In the slave holding
States. however, nearly one-half Of The
whole population and those the pooresI
and mos' ignorant, have no political inhu
ence whatever, because they are slaves.
OF the other half a large proportion are
both educated and independent in their
circumstances, while those who unforlu.
nately are not so, being sill elevated far
above the mass, are higher toned and more
deeply interested in preserving a stable
and well ordered Government, than the
same class in any other country. Hence,
slavery is truly the "corner stone" and
foundation Of every welI-designed and
durable Republican cdifice.'
With US every citizen is concerned in
the maintenance of order, and in promol-
tnS5 fB#t'ttst C1d55 who are our slaves; and
our habiual vigilance renders .slanding
armies, whether Of Soldiers or Policemen.
entirely unnecessary. Small guards in
our cities. and occasional patrols in the
country, ensure US repose aud security
known no where else. You cannon be
ignorant that, excepting The United States,
there is no country in the world whose
existing Government. would not be over.
turned in month. but for its standing
armies, maintained al an enormous and
destructive cost 10 these whom lhey are
destined to over-a"e-so rampant and
'onbaive is The spirit of discOntenl where.
ever nominal Free labor prevails, with is
'slensive privileges and lis dismal servi
ude. Nor will it be long before the
Free States" Of this Union will be com
,ellcd 10 inlroduc" The same expensive
machinery TO preserve order among their
free and equal'' cIlizens. Already has
organized permanent Bat.
aIion for This purpose: New York, Boston
nd Cincinnati will soon follow her exam
lie; and then the smaller towns aud
ensely populated counties. The inter.
enIlon of their militia TO repress viola
ons of The peace is becoming a daily
flair. A strong Government, alter some
/ The old lashions-,hough probably with
new name-susIained by the force of
rmed mercenaries, is The Ultimate destiny
the non.slave-hold section of this
onfcderacy, and one which may not be
cry distant.