Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1851-07-17

The illustration is as inappropriate as it is beauti-
! tul aud brilliant. Tie glowing luuinary, that
erhshtens and quickens our earth, aud possibly
the innu'nerable worlds, that feat beyond the
blue expanse that bounds our vision. and our
Unite conception, whilst it borrows light and heat
from no star or satellite within its influence.
from none, but its original-its grand "Archi.
tect divine," Of whom it presents a glorious
type to man, illumines, enlivens, and cherishe, a
whole system of spheres, bestowine life and
blessings innumerable on all, without favor. or
partiality to any. But the great sun of our
system, whilst it derives its radiance and glory
from all the States, of which it is the centre. re-
fleets it back, with the distinction and strange
affection of capricious and wicked tyrant.EE
Whilst, some, it fosters, and encourages, and ami.
mates with its beams, there are others, which It
blasts, and withers and destroys. The Federal
Government, whilst it obtains it's power und sup
port from the whole country, VIGOROUSLY show
ers its favors and sweet influences on the West
and the North, and blights, and beggars, and
insults, and degrades the South. - - = : :,
Mr.. PREsIDENr-does your heart not tell YOU
that you are eDslaved7 Can you, as reasona-,
bic man, feel any security, in the enjoyment of
your rights and your property, against which an
endless warfare is waged by majority Of your
own brethren, under color Of law, and even by
false interpretations of Your constitution itseif7
Are you not assured, by the clearcst and most
unmistakable indications, that yon are doomed 70.
be disappointed in all your fond hopes Of, a con-
stitution, which was bequeathed You, by the ge-
MUS, the gallantry, and the heroism of your
fathers9 Are you not excluded, by an unfeel-
ing majority recklessy bent on your destruction,
from all the benefits Of Union, consecrsted by
the sufferings and sacrifices of our ancestors and
cemented by the blood Of the stohtest hearts and
noblest men Of the Revolution2 I know not,
what stock of patience you may possess; but,
by the gods, I can almost feel the manacles
grind on my limbs. The resources Of my PHI
losophy are exhausted-my hopes of the gov.
ernment are extnguished-and my only rel-
ance is my trust in God, "a heart to brave death,
and o hand to strike for liberty and honor!
If all the States were actuated by the same
spirit-promptcd by the same feelings of vencra-
ton for the Constitution, and love for each other,
and animated by the same desire to perpetuate
the high privileges and the free institutions,
they have inherited from the illustrious founders
of our Republic In q word, if oil the States
had in pursuit, the same laudable objects, BY, the
same laudable means; and, having one common
interest. were indissolubly connected by the lies
of fraternity as well as of consanguinity, then,
indeed, every new State would be but another
pillar of the great temple of American liberty,
and would only contribute tothe greater security
of the Tast structure against the winds, and
storms of the elements, and tho hurricane. of
events to be developed on the mighty continent;
Of the West. But if the opposite Of this.pic.
ture be the truth, and every additional State.
shall have new interests to defend, directly m
conflict with the interests of its sisters, and new
institutions to protect, and new principles toad:
vocate, wholly at variance with the Constitution
of our fathers, then, truly, has. every patriot
most serious cause FOE. apprehension, in,regard
to the condition of our country, and its future
happiness and destiny. The smallest particles
of matter that have an affinity for each other.
may be gradually united, and their mutual at-
traction will grow stronger as their general bulk
increases, until the solid mass shall resist the
fury of the tempest and the lighningsof Heaven.
But, If the atoms to be joined in one, possess
properties in harmonious and repuisive to each
other, the greater the number that are piled to-
gcther, the weaker will be the Union Of the, :
whole, and the greater must be either the cen
tripetal force, or the external force to preserve
its consistency, and to prevent its crumblng to
pieces by its own wright. A body thus formed
will be shaken by the gentlest breezes of sum-
mer, and will be utterly dissolved by the rigo-
rous blasts Of winter. -.
THE STAR REDOUBT.