Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1851-10-16
The Difference.

It is now but two or three years since the
States of the North and South, with great
unanimity and emphasis, declared their deter
mination, respectively, on the territorial ques-
tion. The North resolved that slavery should
not enter the territory acquired from Mexico
the South resolved that it should. Congress
met, decided, and adjourned. And slavery is
not there, and cannot 90 without a certainty
of expulsion. Yet, if Congress had not act
ed at all, and if the North had not resolved,
slavery would have been in every part of that
territory, and would have been permanent in
full share oft.
The South did more than resolve that sla-
very should 90 into the new territory. 1t in
sisted that fugitive slaves should be recover
ed from the Northern States. Congress act
cd on this subject also, and decided in favor
ofthat recovery.
Thus, in that contest, the Southern States
were driven by Congress from the territory,
and were permitted to recover fngiivcs-a
thing never formally refused by any Northern
State
Such result, of course, excited great in
dignatiOn in the South-but every one of her
States but one has submitted. In the North,
however, never before was such excitement
prevalent. The North has scorncd TO receive
the surrender Of the South, because there is
one condition 10 it, and that is that plain
constitutional right is to be enforced. Ac
cordingly, in Massachusetts, New York, and
Pennsy ylvania, the attempt to exercise this
right has been met with popular violence.
Courts have been broken open. officers have
been resisted, claimants have been hunted. in
suited, imprisoned. and murdered.
Is this the work ola few lawlrSs men! No.
The pulpit, the PRESS the legislature, have
resounded with repudiaion of the terms grant,
ed to the South. SUMNER has been sent to
the Senate from Massachusetts; FISH from
New York; and WADE from Ohio-al enc
mics of the measure. And JOHNSON has been
nominated by the dominant party for govern
or in Pennsylvania, and WINTHROP in Massa-
chusctts.
State after State has submitted in the
South, and every form ofquibbIe and shuttle
has been employed to disguise ille dcgreda-
ton. But submission is moi permitted to lie
down in quiet.-Each case Of surrender is sig
nalized by new Outrage. Georgia acquies-
ces. and we have the Boston rescue. Ala
bama surrenders, and We have the Christiana
murder Mississippi submits, and the Syr.-
cuse riot promptly succeeds.
Such are the results Of compromise-such
the triumphs of retreat-such the glory Of
Union.-Southern Press.
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SINGULAR DUEL.-A manola of Madrid, a
short time ago, sent challenge to a fair rival
who had supplanted her in the favor of 4
wealthy admirer The successful damsel
unhesitatingly agreed 10 fight, and both par
ties choose seconds of their own SEX. Fear
ing that the smell of glnpowder might prove
disagreeable to them, tie combatants resolved
to use fencing swords; they also determined
to fight until one or the other should be kill
ed. They went to tie ground each with IL
pair of fencing swords, and, in case they
should fail, 4 pair of poignards. They were
just ready for action when q pair of police
officers came up andtook them and their Sc
conds into custody; but one of the men hav-
ing called to mind tnat the law, though for
bidding duels between men, said nothing of
duels between women, expressed doubt
whether they were warranted in making the
arrest. It was accordingly determined to
release the women, ,ut pledge was exacted
from them, on thcirwords of honor, that they
would not renew tls combat.