Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-05-09

majority obtained al the Second reauii
.oflhe Bill. il an article on the subject ha
The following sensible remar rs. That pa
per is anxious that The United State
should lead of 10 this matter, which "
trust she will surely do 10 the event Of tn
failure Of Mr.. Labauchere's bill.
I'VE were anxious that the Unile'
STATES, which have been the harbnSer o
60 many of the great Improvements intro
duced into political scicucc, should ais
be tho first 10 carry the doctrine Of Ere
Trade into navigation. We were the lnl
tailor of Britain, when we put the nav,sa
ton law in our statute book, il would h'
too bad If we were to keep just little II
the wake Of English legislation, and eras'
the law we had copied las SOM as British
Legislators had found it convenient 10 sc
rid Of the laws which they. so long and 81
iealously maintained. As he British Par
lament appears to be advancing slowly II
The work of abolishiug these laws. W.
hope that the American government vii
yel be able 10 take The initiative aud lead
as she had heretofore so often led, in The
career Of progress and The amelioration o
the race.
"Nor do we consider it inconsistent with
an enlarged aud liberal philanthrophy, tr
be thus anxious that our country should
take precedence in all that pertains to The
welfare and development of humanity
The individual is the centre OF an infinite
number Of concen,ric circles, aud his be
nevolence must have passed hroush h the
smaller and more internal circles, before
it can enlarge in The great curves which
lie mure remote from the centre. rs The
love Of country. is founded on the love oil
family, so general philanthropy is based
on. patriotism. Anxious as we are TO see
The human race advance as rapid ns posi-
BILE in everything that tends TO increase
its happiness and we'll being, we reJnlce
supcrlnlvely when our own coun'rymen
are The agents in elfecsins ends so desIra-
ble. 1t is for this reason that we are hall
released, as well as liIlle is appointed,
by The news that Mr.. Labuucher's hill has
no, been altogether successful. The delay
Of a few months on The part Of British lc-
gisIa'ors, may give American statesmen an
opportunity Of being The fsl !G} Isl flGSHaE fGHg
been restraints and impcdiuicnls 10 our
commerce. Our tariff law, Of 1916 fur
nished Eng land with an example and rea-
son for change in her system, of levying
duties; why should we mol also Tell her thai
we have found useless those other statutes
in regard to shipping, which we have 50
unhiukingly copied, and have with such
(oulish o5slinacy so long uPheld!.'
TIE VALUE or LAND IN FREE A:;H
SLxvE SrXTEs.-lh our. last number we
made some REMARKS upon Mr.. Cloy's as
ser,ion that the landhsldcf Of Kentucky
would be remunerated fur Tho emancipa'
rion oClis slaves III the increased value ol
his lands, in which we showed that in The
neizhhor.ood Of The Ohio River, Kentucky
lands are three and half times as valua.
ble, as lands equally as favorably situated
and we'll improved on The Indiana side;
and also that Kentucky lands are mn'h
mure valuable. than the lands Of Ohio, TIC
model State of the emancipators.
We have since conversed with highly
respectable farmer Of jefferson county,
a Pennsylvania by birth. who Informed
as that sale. Of wol improved tract Of
land, near Utica Indiana, five miles ahTe
Louisville, aud two miles from the Ohlo.)
was made not long since at twenty dol.
lars per acre. An equally well improved
sud situated tract, cannot DC purchased on
the Kcnmrky side Of The River, for less
than from forty dollars TO seventy dollars
pei. :.
The same gentleman has lately been
spending some time in Ohio, aud assures
US that The value Of good lands in ken'
lucky. is from ten dollars 10 fifteen dollars
above those Of Ohio. location, improve
menls &C., being equal.
The farmer who gave US these facts, is,
as we have before stated, Pennsyl vanlan
by birth, and is by no mems what may
be termed an extreme man on the subJec'
Of slavery. He informed US Of what he
knows 10 be- facts, and leaves TO others 10
IN axe their own deductions from them.
His testimony certainly ovenhrows the
mere specua,ions of Mr.. Clay and the
Emanci tionis,s,, relative 10 what would
probably be the value of land in Kentucky
if she was turGed into I'D .AboliIion Far
adise.-[ LouisuiRelKy.) Chronicle.
L1AprLr r OF NEWSPAPER AaESTs.-Thi
venders of newspapers and pamphlets d
not seem to be generally aware, 'ha, ,hei
are equally responsible with the publishet
for any Iibeious matter contained in ,suc(
issues. In Philadelphia, Dallas A. Kneat
a newspaper agent. has been convicted 4
libel on Mr.. j. II. .Gibuu, of that cit.
The libel contained-in. the New-Yok
Police Ga Gaze,t, copy ofwhich was pub
chased: at the store Of Mr.. kneast Re-
pectabie,newspaper venders catnotb be TO
careful in satisfying themselves ofs 4e
character of the publications, to whfh
they give circulation. A number of'vS,-
ders have been lei of from their iahiliE Ees
only lInoushlhe indulgence of'he ipjued
DEPARTMENT or THE INrEnIoR.-The
wheel, j, sppears. is now 'kept going 10
use Mr.. Collamer's phrasej without fny.
thing 10 grease, il. Congress. in its haste