Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1851-06-05

The yexaHens IND + S1i6efdef edsEondidon:o OF
things arising from This exercise of power
could not long continue without consequen--
ces that Congress, in view of the preserya--
tion of public tranquility. and toaroid South
ern discomfort, would be unwilling to meet
In contending for the necessity Of Navy
which South Carolina would be unable for
many yeasst to establish, the Senator is of
opinion, that our flag might be insultcd, even
by the Republic of Liberia. 1t is known that
more than one half the nations of the world
are without naval establishment. Why
are their flags respected? International comi:
ty. 1t is this practically conventional law,
with the incentive of interest, which protects
political communities in the. carly stages of
their existence. Nations, like individuals,
have their periods, of youth, manhood and
old age. AT two of these periods, both are
equally and unavoidaply liable to become the
victims Of lawless violence and oppression
The best protection for our ships is the rich
ness of their cargoes. Moreover, our Cotton,
Rice and lumber are transported abroad rarc-
ly in our own vessels. We do not send them
away.-They are taken away. While there
is not a single product of Northern industry
that South Carolina really needs for eonsunps-
ton, her staple commodities are essentially
necessary to the wei:being of that sections
of our common country. II, in future, we
should visit it for trading purposes, the sell
ler would scarcely offer IN indignity to the
buyer, although the latter may be- a,slare--
holder.
Our late United States Senator: Or. w.
Barnwell) for whom the public are we'll
aware entertain an exalted opinion, assunl'
ed. in his speech of yesterday, marked by
great ability, several positions which, feeF
assured, have made strong impression Or
this body. Reflection, however, enables me
to say that, in my opinion, they do not all
stand the test Of examination.-If he re-
marked, South Carolina being out Of. the
Union, her Southern sister States, by action
of the Government, or from any other cause,
should perish rs slaveholding communities.
she would inevitably meet their fate; in
other words, the Southern States must sink
or swim ogether-Whence, then, the policy
, or necessity of secession? If my friends
proposition be true, which admit, its con-
verse, I apprehend, is equally true: that is,
should South Carolina, as a seeded State,
be deprived, by force or otherwise, of her
; slave property, will not the same means that
effected it bear destructive1y on her present
!, co-Statcs, although members Of the Union?
1t is this conviction that would effectually
deter the latter from doing any act that
might injuriously operate Oh the institutions
. of the former. The blow that prostrates
her will be fatal to theln.-In the Union the
States of the South never have been, and
f never viii be, one people in action. Execu-
/ tive patronage. and passion for Federal
: honors and distinction, will alone forever
r prevent it. AS an Independent community.
, unless the character and motives of men are
. changed, they would be the moral governors
of the world. 20
: dissent from the opinion of my friend,
8 that the institution of, slavery rests on
f stronger foundation now than it ever, has
: done. 1t is true that, by the steady assaults
of the abolitionists, a portion of the copfeder-
j acy have been induced carefully to examine
: this subject in I'LL its aspects and relations,
S and the result is thorough conviction that