Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-12-05
GOVERNORS MESSAGE.

To The Honorable The Speaker and
Members Of the House Of Representatives:
GENTLEMEN: You are assembled under
circumstances. in many respects, peculiar
! ly favorable TO considerate and sound legls'
la,ion. The year which is closing has
been distinguished in a very remarkable
degree for the general health Of our citi.
zens. From lie pesliIence which has con-
signed 10 he tomb so many thousands OF
tie people Of other parts Of our common
country, SouIh Carolina has been entirely
exempt. Even 10 those sections Of the
State in which ma!ariau diseases in SUM
lner not unfrequently occur, Providence
has extended the arm Of mercy. For this
signal blessing. SO widely difIused, may we
hope that deep and abiding impression Of
gratitude TO the Giver of all good has al
ready been made on the public mind.
While the earth has yielded all abuDd-
anl increase, our commerce is rapidly ex-
pandiug; manufactures and The mechanic
arts have been multiplied and extended; the
boundary of science and learning has been
enlarged; the credit Of the Stale is uusha-
ken. and the spirit Of The people. long de-
pressed from various causes, is again buoy.
ant, aud would quickly be excited TO lis
utmost energy. il every cause of discomfort
from external sources we're permanently
removed.
FEDERAL RELATIONS.
herewith transmit certain resolutions oil
the States of Virginia, North Carolina,
Florida, and Missouri on The restriction oil
slavery iu the territories Of The United
Stales.
The opinion Of South Carolina on the
grave matter at issue has been 80 repeated.
; ly expressed, that, al its last session, the
Legislature unanimously declared tina, the
time for discussion by The slavehnldins
STATES had passed and that the General
Assembly. representing The feelings Of the
State, was prepared 10 cooperate with her
sister Sales in resisting The application OF
the principles of the WiImot Proviso 10
The territory acquired from Mexico. al any
and every hazard. AT convention. alsu
of delegates Of the committees Of safely,
held al this place in May, it was among
other things resolved thai. in the event oI
The passage ofrhc Wilmot Provlso, or any
equiyaien, msasass, Tho GnysrnoE nor. be re- re-
in session, 40 consider the mode and mea-
suIe of redress"
Concurrng in the belief Of the utter lu
tililv of further argument. [ shall no, at
tempt to demonstrate the false position oc
cupied nv our antagonists, and the danger
TO the Union am,! themselves, by their in
goriously persis,ing in maintaining II
The enactment Of any one Of The conlem
plated measures o hostility would Proba
bly,, if not certainly, result in severlns 'ht
policIica ties that now unite US, but which
in such an event, would no longer serve
the elevated purposes for which they wer'
designed.
Already it is known that the Legislature
of Virginia. Mississippi, and South Carroll
ma, the former by authority of law, aud Ih
latter in obedience 10 the wish Of their con
} stituents, will convene as soon as il shat
be officially announced that sinister coun
sells had prevailed in The legislation o
/ Congress. To what specific mode of ac
ton The agricultural States will resort, I,
arrest The career of federal misrule. tim
alone will develope. To provide that
shall be such as the outraged rights Of free
men and sovereign communities demand
the honor of those commonwealths Is ire
vocahly pledged. Nor may conjecture b.
INDUCED concerning the course of conter
minous States, having with them com
munty Of interest, of affections, and Il
, fears. The same feeling, or y to create
: extent. that would arnuse tho slumberin!
, energies of the whole Union 10 crush for
ei.n in,ermeddling with the internal regu
! alions of the nation, would call furlh uuan
8 unity of the South, to repel wanrun At
tack on their domestic peace and security
e Our associates need no: be reminded ticl
a that The success of an attempt, from what
, ever quarter, to disfranchise any portion o
I the citizens Of this great partnership O.. co
S equal sovereignlies, and arbitrarily to con
n troll the authorities created by them,, ma.
1 properly be cIassed among the polical I'M
r possibilities Of the day.
4 If the states were, in all respects indie
Y pendent powers, tho agaressions bf tht
:, North, continued and multiplied in'despiI'
II of fraternul appeals to their justice, mag
c uanilnity and enlightened patriotism wnul(
a long since have made them pracIr ralIy ac
e quainted with war and It's attendant hor
r rors, why is il, that the strong est lega
!, safeguards against encroachmeils on Ih'
y rights Of foreign nations. have been 81
carefully provided By the Fedetal Govern
nent, with the assent OF every party il
} puwcr-whils! to overthrow NE consilu
J. iIona! barriers, erected by common an
. ccSlry, ITO establish Justice, insure done'
IS nc tranquility, aud secure the blessings o
II liberty TO ourselves aud uur bostcri'y," the
j. moral influence oC that vert government
J. under The stress of secIinnalI, lI,nd geosraPhI
l. cal combinations, is unccafngIy aud lnsu
>, rinely eXerled The trus answer exhihll
II a melancholy view Of hly man nature, AM
e enlorces the necessity fog providlnS o'he
n restraints than those oGpurchnent "ond
y TO confinc the central power and It's law
less abc''ors within lheF prescribed lIm'ts
e 10 this harassing controversy, rcl'anc'
e OIL the judgment and patriotism oil the re
:, flecliug portion Of on Northern brethren
il" it is unnecessary to db bguise, is rapidly dis
appearing. The q'fslion so long mo"le' %,
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