Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-03-31
- From the South Carolinian.

THE UNION oFrTHE SOUTH FOR THE
SAKE OF THE SeuTH.
I, can no longer be disguised, that the
neriod is al hand, when it becomes the
peo p!e Of The of The South 10 give full and
emphatic expression 10 their sentiments.
relative TO the all important question in
,roduced into Congress towards the close
of its Tate session. Our readers will rea.
div infer tha, we have direct allusion 10
the notorious -Wilmol Proviso. (which was
thrust upon the attention of The country,
with a view to test the feelings Of the
people of This Union. in regard TO what we
deem The vital principal involved in H.
Aud upon calm survey Of every matter
connec,eu Nth the issue which has been
made, we arc forced irresis'bly 20 the
CONCLUSION, tina, nothing save the utmost
frnuess on Tie part Of the South, can
prevent The non slaveholding States from
gaining their oiut-viz the exclusion Of
slavery from the territories Of the United
States aud in consequences from all The
States hereafter TO be admitted into The
Union. For preef Of this. it is but neces-
sary to referlo the legislative action Of
nine of The non slaveholding States,-io
the tone Of the Northern Press, and 10 The
temper and character Of the deliberations
in both Houses Of Congress in reference
TO the subject. We know that The "Wil-
mot Proyiso' was defeated in the Senate,
and by considerable vote, but this af-
fords no evidence Of whatthe future action
of the Senate may be; at all events, we
cannot rely With any degree Of certainly,
upon that action being favorable to the
Sou,h. Indeed, the remarks which fell
from several Senators from the non. slave
holding States went 10 show, that they
yo,ed against The Proviso with much
reluctance, and that i, was not from any
love they bore The South. that they did so,
The favor il received in the House, every
one is familiar with and we need not say
that the principle this Proviso involved,
would no, have been abandoned had it moi
endangered The final passage OF the Three
Million Bill.
The question then recurs, what is the
duty Of the South at this time? We lake
il that the response Of every true South
ern heart is, that we must be firm. Upon
the Constitution Of the United States, as
our fathers have read it, we tepose in,h
fulles, confidence that as long as It's pre-
served iuviolae, The enemies Of the South
can never achieve their, ends. We are.
prepared 10 abide by all the tebiiga,ions It
imposes to protect, and 10 defend.it; but
while we 10 this. we expect that our nor
,hern brethren will unite with US, in crush.
iny iu the bud, every altemp. to VIC ate
even an iota Of any principle contained in
.ba, sacred instrument. But whether this
be dene, OF not.-whether the North stands
manfully by the Soulh-upholding Us in
the struggle for right-or joins in the cru
sade against our, domestic Institutions
our course is plain. straightforward one,
end they who sfal,er in that course, may
well be termed traitors TO the South--re-
creant TO the eteinal principles Of right and
justice. 1900 ~, s.sjst ~ ~. s.,,
We regard the question Of slavery as
one which it is idle for the press 1of the
ssanth, any longer.to discuss. We view,
it simply as asq1estion of properly -pd