Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-02-14

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Two important inquiries arse to; engage at
present the most serious attention Of all sober-
minded find rejecting men az The South. The
first is. are we in the South threatened by any
real dangerl Secondly, if dangers Leset US,
what are the measures 10 bcaiopled, in order
to avert lhenl All thinking men who love
their country, must feel deep interest in the
investigation Of these two points of inquiry.
First, then, do dangers actually mpend over
us2 We would not be regarded as al alarmist.
There Is nothing we more deprecate than un-
necessary excitement; but in, the calm deliher
ations of Judgment, we soemnly believe a
crisis is Mt hand, fraught with serinus danger
to Southern liberty. Need we inform onr
readers Of the grounds on which we base this
conclusion Need we remind them Of the
sy stcmatic and obstinate attempts Of Northern
abolition fanatics, within The last fifteen or
twenty years. TO assail and break down the
institution Of savery2 Need we tell them
how aggression has followed aggression, and
encruachmenl, encroachmeHt"' till regard for
our peace and safety actually demands resist
ance TO This aggressive spirit Of aboltonism1
On these things we need notdwell; for we are
sure, these are facts well known 10 all who
have taken an interest i'll ,hsrolitical affairs Of
the country.
But if any should sill. dunbt Of their truth
let them recur 10 the able aud ,digniiied address
Of our Southern Delegates ipi Congress. There
they will tind The whole subject disscced and
laid bare. They will there discover, in the
manly recital of the repenied aggressions of
abolition lanatacism, what is in truth the sstttcd
policy of the Abulionists. There they will
find, that for the last fifteen years, societies
and Newspapers at the Northhave been every
where established, debating clubs opened, lee.
iurers employed, pamphlets and other publica
tions pictures and petitions To Congress, rc-
gardIcsS OF truth and decency, have been re-
sorted 10, to excite haired against slavery /;
willie the circulation Of incelidiary publications
in the South. the agitation Of the subject of
abolition in Congress, and the employment of
enssaries, have been relied on 10 excite dis
content among the slaves They will see,
also, that abolition fanatacisln, instend of sub
siding, is actually increasing in viruence and
madness that "alhough Congress has been
in session bnt little more Than one month, Il
greater number of measureslof an aggressive
character have been introduced, and they more
aggravated and dangerous, than have been for
years before:" of which class, may be consd-
cred ths insulting Resolutions offered and
largely supported, To repeal all acts recognizing
slavery in the District of Columbia; the Reso-
Inlions to prohibi, the introduction of slavery
into New Mexico and California; and other
rabid and insulting propositions seriously ar
gued by Northern members of Congress.
After duly estimating all these things, can
there be any doubt, that it is The settled dctermi-
nation of the North, to check, and if possible,
to cztcrminate the institution .qf sIavery7 To
doubt IN this matter is to fight against ones
own belief! We cannot no,o shut out from our
eyes the fact, tlla, this Jfzed determination, is
gone beyond the mere jldgmtnl Of the mind,