Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1851-05-08
Presidents PROCLAMATION.

1t would seem from this document that it
is monstrous crime in the eyes Of our
Republican President, to aid IN oppressed
-I,eerrieii, il, throwing off the yoke of despotism.
And as for the Cuban patriots, whom tyran-
ny has driven from their country into this
land of liberty, and who now wish to carry
back to their old homes the blessings which
they have hcre,-no words arc too insulting
10 apply to them. This proclamation strikes
us rs the most astonishing document which
we have ever seen from an American func-
tionary. In perusing it, we seem to be read
ing a manifesto from the court of Austria or
Russia. We object not to the enforcement
of the laws of the land and of nations. Let
it be done by all means. But when it is re-
membered that the Cubans are now ground
down by one of the most oppressively bur-
thensome governments in eXistcnce,-a gov
crnmcnt in comparison with which. that which
our Revolutionary fathers threw off. was an
inestimable ble>sing,-cvery one must be
shocked at the unfeeing cruelty of language,
in which the Cuban patriots are denounced
How different are the feelings manifested
Cuba, and towards those of Hungary! And
why2 Is the government Of Spain less bur-
thensome than that of Austria? No one
believes it.-The difference lies here: Cuba
is a slave Island I; and when independent will
add another to the slave States of the Suuth.
That it is, that chils the sympathy which 4
Republican President otherwise would feel
for neigbboring people painting for liberty.
That it is, that bushes in silence those North
crn presses which short time since, were
filled with words of encouragement to the
Hungarians.-We object not to the issuing
of proclamation BY the President We say
not Il word against the most vigorous enforce
mcnt of our laws. But we do say that the
terms in which this message are couched.
must shock the feelings of every friend of
republicanism who reads it.-Gcorgian.
A REMARKABLE WoMAY-On Thursday
last Mrs. Wilson, of Slipper-strcet, PIiladcI-
phia, relict of Captain Wilson, was consigned
TO the grave in Pinc-street church yard In
IN address at her funeral, the Rev. Dr. Brain
erd said she was eighty six years old, and
had worshipped in Pine-strect church be-
fore the war of the Revolution, and ever
since; that when the British held possession
of Philadelphia, they not only converted Mrs.
WHSOu CHuTCI iltO u StiOlc, OuL cSpCllcu
herself and family from her dwelling SOUTH
east corner of George and South streets, to
accommodate British officers; that, once sail
ing with her husband, Mrs. Wilson was cap
turcd on the high seas and taken prisoner
to jamaica, where her force of will and Ian
guagc availed to protect Il good part of her
property.
He might have added, that she was in the
receipt of two pensions from the General and
State Governments; that she kept up an un-
broken interest in all political affairs, and
could sketch to the life prominent politicians;
that her strength Of character was unaffected
by years that she carried to life's close, un-
changed by contact with new generations, the
peculiaritics formed in the carly days of our
land, and the most stormy period of our
history. She was character at once so
unique and resolute that she would have
been n treasure to the,genias Of Walter Scott !:
and we could not allow her to pass from us
without this tribute to her memory.
eY1" MADAM" said old Roger to his
boarding house Keeper, in primitive coun-
tries, beef has often, the legal tender; but,
madam" said he; emphatically, thrusting his
fork into the steak, @all the lawin Christen-
dom could't make this beef tender"
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