Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-04-18
ALABAMA.

the Both ul,. resolutions were unanimously
adopted expressive of the sentiments Of
the meeting as TO The policy to be pursued
by ihe South on the slavery question. from
which We extract the following :-MercuTy.
Resolved, That We view with pleasure
the conduct Of those Southern Members oil
Congress who signed The able Address TO
the whole American People. setting forth
our rights as Southern States, aud owners
of slaves.
Resolved, That no sacrifice on our paIt,
consistent with our honor, shall ever he
Githheld to sustain our Confederacy. and
that we as S0utherners are ready to meet
tho North on ,be platform Of Compromise;
but when this Union is to he sustained and
receive our sanction upon the smouldering
ruins Of our dearest rishis ard interests,
and we are called upon 10 recognise The
iron heeled tyranny of The majority. that
then we shall unhesitalinsIy withdraw
ourselves from compact that no longer
consults TO recognise our rights, our in"
Ierest, or our destiny.
MIssissIP9I.-A meeting Of the citizens
of Yazoo county, Mississippi, without dis
iinciion Of party, was held at Benton on
the f9lh ullimo, for the purpose of res
pond;ng TO the Southern Address. Col. J.
j. B. White, formerly Of this S,ae) pre-
sided, and delivered very able aud clo-
quent address, after which series oIsplri-
ted resolutions were adopted. from which
I'VE extract the following ibid.
Resotaed, Tha, we fully approve of the
sent7ments and views expressed in the late
address Of The Southern members Of Con-
gress 10 their Constituents, aud that the
Representatives and Senators in Congress
from Mississippi, in adopting The same,
have faithfully reflected The opinions, feel
tugs and wishes Of their constituents upon
Tho matter treated Of in said address.
Resolved. That we regard The Constilu.
ton of the United States as compact, 10
which the STATES are parties. that The diff
ferent States have equal rights under The
Constitution, and are equally entitled 10
its benefits; lha: although We should regard
the disunion Of the States, as one Of the
greatest evils that could befal The nation,
We do not regard it as tho greatest; re-
Peated acts of aggression aud tyranny.
hHbirual and lagran, disregard of the pro-
visions Of tho Constitution by the majority.
an intention and continued disturbance by
the majority. and Of those sacred rights
which rhe Constitution was intended 10
guard and Guaranty; these would. IN our
opinion, be evils greater than dissolution
of the Uuioh, great as that confessedly
would be.
GEoRsrA.-A large and respectable
& portion Of the citizens of Monroe County,
Ga. irrespective Of party, assembled al
sForey tn on The 81 inst. TO respond 10 the
address of the Southern members Of Con.
gre,s. We take The following from The
X resolutions unanimously adopted by the
& &inseling.= MeTeuny.
esolred, That lbe address ofa part ol
The Southern members of Congress 10
their constituents; contains fair and hon
esi exposition Of the agsressions o. the
North upon The rights Of the South which
demand the solemn Consideration of the
people of The later. The disposition 50
repeatedly manifested to make these as
saults, eviuces An Intrusive perseverance
ON, Ire one hand. which cnn only oe mel
BY decided aud timely resistance.
Resolued, That in The event Of The pas.
sage, bv Congress. of The Wilmot Provisn,
or any equivalent measure, or any meas
ure for the abolition IF slavery, or the
slave trade, in the States, and approval
by the Presiden, would be a palpabIe abuse
of confidence which We repcse in him.
and il would be The right, as well as The
duty, of the South, to take immediate
steps for effecluai resistance:
The VALUE OF LAsD in Free AND
SLAVE SrArEs.-In our las, Number we
made some remarks upon Mr.. Clay's as
ser.ion that the !dndholder of Kentucky
would be remuneralcd for the emaucipa-
lion of his slaves in the increased value
of his laids, in which we showed that in
neighborbood of,he Ohio River, Kentucky
lands are three aud half times as vulua.
bic, and lands equally as favorably situal.
ed and we'll improved on the Indiana side;
aud also that Kentucky lands are much
more valuable than the lands of Ohio, the
model State Of the Emancipators.
We have since conrersed with highly
respectable farmer Of Jefferson county; a
Pennsylvania by birth, who informed us
that a sale Of we'll improved tract of
land near Urica, Indiana, (fve miles above
Louisville aud Two miles from the Ohio, J
was made not long since at twenty dollars
per acre. An eqoally we'll improved aud
sirualed tract, cannot be purchased on the
Kentucky side of the River, FOL less than
from forty dollars 10 seventy dollars per
acre.
The same gentleman had lately been
spending some time in Ohio, and he as
sures us that the value Of good lands in
Kentucky, is from len dollars toifleeG
dollars above those Of Ohio, location, i'm.
provemen,s, &c. being equal.
The Farmer who gave US these facts,
is, as we have before stated, Pennsylvan-
ian by birth, and is by no means what may
be termed an extreme man on the sub
ject OF slavery. He informed US of what
be knows 10 be facts, and leaves ii to others
TO make their own deduction from them.
His testimony certainly overlhrows the
1850 .ao.,I,,;o of Mr. Claw and The