Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1851-03-27
The Leaders.

The Leaders.
"Sccesson has been determined on by
the leaders," Su writes u Columbia cores
pondent of the Washington Union: and the
only remark we have to make on the point
is, that the Unions correspondent is more
obserrant than the rest of US to discover who
are the leaders. We have been using a.l
the powers OF penetration we possess for
some time past, but have not yet been able
to put our finger on q leader in this secession
movement, as it is called. lie is not 10 be
found among those we have been wont TO
look to rs leaders, for large number of
them arc nowhere just now. They certainly
do not occupy the position Of leaders.
This constant effort to class the deep feel.
ing which pervades the whole people of the
State with the ef1crvesccns Of ordinary pol,i>
Cal excitement, or rs the result Of the machi-
nations ofpolilical leaders" is mischieyous
in the extreme. 1t dccevcs those whose
opportunities do not allow them to become
familiar with the real popular sentiment in
the State, until they begin to regard the
whole thing rs the mere claptrap of dcnago-
CUES. They will wake 10 the reality, how
ever, when it will be too late to offer media
ton, or plead ignorance of affairs as they ex-
ist and have existed with US for twelve
months past. The people, and not the lea-
dcls, are determined OH secession. Were
such 4 movement the mere instrument in
in the hands Of !" the leaders," the people
would have risen in their strength many
months ago, and crushed both them and their
pct scheme. AS it is, from one end of tho
State to the other, not q whisper from any
popular assemblagc, even limiting at subnlis-
sion, has been heard; and when single
press has raised lis voice in one corner of the
Stale in favor Of such 4 course, its first ap-
pearancc is announced in all the papers, from
Maine TO Texas as q most wonderful phe-
nomcnon-a luSuS nafUrr.
If secession were confined to the leaders
if it did not pcrvade every portion Of the
State to 4 greater or less extent, why is it
that single paper opposed TO it, published
within her limits should be regarded as much
wonder-a sanity counsellor in Pundem-
onium? This single fact in this age of in
dependent journalism in the best evidence
that but one spirit, that of resistance to tho
aggressions the Union has brought on us,
animates the great body of the people. The
grcatcst-if it can be termed q want, where
all are united in single purposes that of
leaders. There is enough Of the rlw mate
rial Fortunately to manufacture them of when
the time comes.-South Carolinian.
The following article Of the Mississippian
contains pregnant truth. In confirmation
of the last part of it, we should remark that
Mr. Owens of Georgia has received the con-
sulship to Havana, and thus "tlc price Of the
noble and patriotic stand" of Ills State, las
been paid with creditable promptitude
The WAY DIVISIONS ARE CREATED IN THE
SourH.-We have often argued that it is
useless for the friends of the South to post
ponc the adoption of measures of resistance
to the oppression of the Federal Government,
with the view Of securing unaninity. 1t is
idle o7expect such result, when so many
causes exist 10 prevent il. Prominent among
these, is the power which the Federal Gov
ernment possess Of buying up with office,
leading men in our own section. Tho
douceur is held out to corrupt aspiring politi-
clans, and they are sure by partizan appeals
to take with them to the support of the pow
ers that, be, sufficient:numbcr to create the
divisions which we so much lament.
Thus the National Treasury which ia sup
piled to great extent by taxes upon South
ern labor, is used for the purpose Of produ-
cling discord in the South and rendering her
powerless in the hands of her opprcssos.
Will delay remove this obstruction in the
path of resistance? Will it destroy the
glitter of Federal gold or break the charm Of
Federal office! Surely it will not. The
nature of man will remain the same, and the
means Of cnticng the dcpraved will but i'll
crease with each reyuIving year.
Who knows the extent Of the bribcs that
were held out to the corrupt demagogncs Of
both parties in Georgia, who deceived and
misled the people of that State! The WASH
ingtnn correspondent Of the Louisville Cour-
icr (IFhig) openly announces that the PrcSi-
dent promised 10 one of them, the most lu-
crative office in his gift The writer says:
"The consul.ship at Havana, the most
lucrative consulate in the gift of the exccr-
tive, has been placed by him at the disposal
of the delegation from tile State Of Georgia,
provided they present proper person for it.
This of course they will do, rs there is, no
doubt, as good material for it in that State as
in any other Of the Union. The claims Of
Mr.. Langdon, the Wing Mayor of Mobile,
We're strongly urged by his friends for this
consulate and, but for the promise made by
the President to the Georgia delegation,
there is no doubt but what he would, have
received it. From the noble and patriotic
stand, however, that Georgia took during
the recent slavery excitement, and Mississippi
disunion, and successfully checked the head
long course of succession; she WAS entitled
not only to this. but much more ut the hands
of the General Government
DEATH OF NJ. NJ. NoAH.-By telegraph, in
telligcnce of the death of NJ. N. Noah, has
been received. lie has been nearly fifty
years past associated with the press, to which
his intelligence and tolerance in matters po-
litical and otherwise, with that urbanity Of
style and manner which characterizes tho
true gentleman rendered him an ornament.
Asa veteran in this department of public
literature, his opinions were considered as of
authoritative value, which his judgment and