Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1851-01-30
FOR TIE ADVERTISER,

lfr. Editor Il fully accord 10 the people,
the right, on all such questions Us may deep
ly interest or deeply agitatc The community,
to ascertain the sentiments Of every man, i'll
whom it is proposed, 10 reposc Il high public
trust.
The people of South Carolina have now u
question to decide, the gravcst perhaps, that
has been presented 10 them siace their email
cila!ion from the dominion OF Great Britain
In all probability, it will become their duty.
il short time, TO prove themselves the only
indicators of the doctrines Of Jefferson and
Madison, and the only true asscrtors of State
sovereignty and free government, on the
American Continent. 1t may be left with
them, to solve the problem, and unaidrd to
maintain their solution of it-whcthrr or not
the constitution was originally Il compact en-
tered into by the States as separate sovereign
ties, and whether Or not the Union is tho re-
suit of such compact: and if so, whether
the right of secession does net follow as Il
necessary consequence.
lie that supports tho contrary unconst!tu-
tioaal doctrine, is no Rcpublcal!-ao friend
to the slaveholding portion Of the United
States, but 4 fit subject for consolidated
dcspotic or monarchical government. have
been brought up, with Il religious reverence
for the Republican principles, cherished and
promulgated by our revolutionary ancestors,
and for the constitution framed by their Wis
dom, and vindicated by their valor. 1t was to
maintain those principles and that constitu-
tion, in their parity, that was ready, in the
days Of Notification, to put to the hazard,
my body and my estate, in resisting the ell
cro"chmcnts of the Federal Government up
on the chartered rights of the South.
The cause is as urgent now as it then was,
and the cnormiics Of desp"tism pcrpctrated
against us, have only been aggravated, in the
course of time and the progress Of cvel.ts-
The constant agitation OF the subject Of
slavery, by tlic majority of the nation, for the
selfish purpose Of maintaining their suprcm.
acy, and for pandcring 10 the wild rawlings of
mad fanaiicism, furnishes ground of com.
plaiat, against the North, sufficient to enkll-
dc the spirit Of every Southern man, w!,o is
not dead 10 all sense Of interest, of honor, Of
patriotism, or of duty. The excitement on
! this question has been carried to such al ex-
trcme; that our very iiresidcs have become in
secure. Our section is dcluged with incen-
diary agents and C.natical publications., calcu-
lated, at any time, to rouse our slaves TO
instruction. That there may be no palIia;ing
circumstance attending The whole matter, our
Congress- instead Of suppressing this vile
spirit, are continually fanning ii into fame,
by encouraging the presentation Of abolition
petitions, by abolishing the slaye7trade IN the
such acts StiyseS Of The last s ession com.
pretended in,the system called Mr. Glars
Compromise, and contcmp:uously styled the
"Omnibus BILL" By this system Of meas
uTes, slavery has been completely circumscri-
bed our property has been doomed 10 GER
tdin depreciation III value, and the rcnonstr.n-
ccs OF shareholders have been spurned, and
their rights tr;nr!td IN the dnst BY the Ma
tlonal Legislature. brcause' Ii has been de-
cFeco' ana "llil"u'" ri'ahSe III 'l'e aclloh OF
INC congress All" government 'Aal decree Is
rs iFreVocHo!e rs Inc voice OF God' that no
sla'e-stats Shall hereafter be admitted INTO
tic Confedcracy' ana that no s!aVe-hoIaer
Shall lM'hlgr"le' with Ills Pr"perlT,to amy of
the territories OF the United ota''S' though
'h't very TERRITORY WAS "o'' WIN 'lr treasure
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