Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1851-05-22

which would Justify anysmessrEes oi .fedf ID q
Truly your sovereignty should command the res.
pect and homage Of al your faithful seryanss. Ita
should be guarded as sacrcdly as the virgin
chastity of your daughters, and it should be-
equally as sensitive to ndignfty, and as readysto.
repel every rude attempt. Butt admonish you, !.
that You will appear to the world as very ridcu-
lous sovereigns, and exhibi. very inadequate
proofs of your claims to that high arellaton, if
your servants are the only beings on earth from
whom You can resent an injury. Every cow.
ardly little monster can tyrannize over his slave.
1t is very unbecoming in you to expend your.
wrath and fierce resentment on those who &C.
complsh your behests with fear and trembling,
while You are tneekly enduring from The hand Of
strong man, the foulest enormities that ever
blighted the prosperity Of once free people.
The truth is, you had no right to expect to be !.
consulted in relation to the calling of your State
Convention. It was impossible that you could
have been advised in that regard You ,cere
often asked, even until the question became ia
miliar TO your ear, if we should resist in the.
event Of the passage by Congress of certain OBJ =
noxious measures recommended by the famous
Committee of Thirteen, and Amen was the load
response from every heart and every lip.
Now, my Fellow Citizens, ought to know.
you well, for have lived long amongst you, and =
have endeavored to explore every avenue tha.
leads to your hearts. shall speak plainly to-
yoh, because I have enjoyed your hospitality sad
confidence, and honesty needs no conceslmeat.
You are reasonable gallant and high
toned, while you keep your tempers under a
manly control, and You never play. the tyrants,
until you are mastered BY passion, OF blinded BY
prejudice You are then, as mpractieabfe as
any other angry people. Listen candidg to my
argument, and if you have even the most mode
rate patience and capacity for reflection, WI
prove to you, beyond doubt, that you have not
the shade of q reason TO complain Of not being =
consulted about the Convention.
During the Canvass last year, for seats in the
General Assembly, it was not certainly known,
that the various Bills termed the" Compromise
would, at any time, receive the sanction OF the
National Legislature. On the contrary, we had e
good grounds to hope that they would not for
the passage of the Great Omnibus Billn was
entirely defeated, and it was not until late in the
year, that its various passengers were brought :
into Congress for separate hearing. The eor-
rupt bargain with Texas, and1the act establish-
ing Territorial Government for New MEXICO, :
did not receive the assent of the. President until
the eth of September; and the Act for the ad-
mission of the State of California into the Union,
was also only approved on the same date, The .
acts establishing Territorial Goyernmsnt scf
Utah, and amending the Fugitive. Slave tav ?
obtained the approval Of the Executive g lass %
he 18th of September, and i was not Hntll
10Th of the same month, that thse eroHnine e. q
njustice-to suppress the Slave Ifado .lnas = ~
District Of Columbia, became ataw g sAs sn'sea
States. S'et sss Y, ~ Az .