Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1853-03-09
THE WESTMINSTER REVIEW.

Tho number for the first quarter has ar.
rived, and presents varied table of contents.
The fifth article, on American Slavery
and Emancipation by the Free States, is one
to which we, and every other true Southern
man, have right and ought to object
The effect which this article is calculated to
have upon the minds of those already pre-.
judiccd against the institution is to strength.
en- and confirm that opposition. 1t is a
snhject with which, we believe English au.
thors, editors and statesmen have nothing to
do. When it relates to the Southern States,
it is an assumption of power which they
ought not, and should not presume to take
but it seems that the English people, as well
rs the Northern people, are determined TO
press the sue of this question upon the
people of the South, until it will come
either to Il total emancipation Of the slaves
"A REIMBURSEMENT Of every right guaran-
teed in the Constitution under which we
live, or a determination 10 maintain our
rights under any, and at every sacrifice.
This article is a highly offensive one, and
we do not hesitate to condemn it, and place
the Westminster Review where it belongs.
among the incendiary publications of the
North, and as fit companion for the even
ing freside Of Horace Mann, Garrison g.
Co. Southern men have no business to
patronize it, and Southern Editors who puff
it ought to be indicted. 1t is true we have,
in accordance with the terms proposed by
Leonard Scott & Co., advertised the British
Reviews, &C.. in common with many OF our
brethren Of the Press And they have sue.
ceedcd in obtaining large amount of no.
toriety, which is all they want, and we have
done what we ought not to have done, and
shall not do again, and therefore shall cease
our advertisements, and shall erdeavor, 50
far as we can, to undo what we may have
uone towards assisting in the circulation of
these outrageous publications, and now beg
our friends, one and all, to cease their pa
tronage to all and every publication Of such
lk as the Westminster and Blackwood, etc.
We believe the doctrines they inculcate are
highly injurious and dangerous to the peace
and well.beng of our own homes and fire.
sides, and no man who is man, should
either countenancc or support, sympathsc
with or approve of any publication which
boldly asserts doctrines at variance with his
own peace and interest. 1t is the part Of
folly, gross objectionable error, for the peo-
pie of the Southern States to give their
money to the support Of these periodicals
% not fasiaiS, uS51G56hgfy ii hs face
reason and Justice to give publicity and cir.
culation to falsehood and eprescnta'
tons. Such language as this cannot fail TO
give the reader pretty good general idea
of the tenor Of the article about which we
are writing. "l'he South has lost its chiv.
aIrous champion in Calhoun, its able tatlclan
in Clay; there will never again he patriot
with the purity and the genius of the one,
who will believe that to keep the negro in
chains is the destiny and duty Of his conn'
try; nor statesman with the keen pene.
trating intellect of the other, who will think
that slavery can be proppcd up by protocols
or parchments; and even now there come
tidings of greater loss to the South than
even Calhoun or Clay. Death has struck
down that man of the North who, of all
others, most kept back her pressure on the
South. Massachusetts will send no second
Webster to the Senate, to help with his iron
will and eloquent voice the slave States to
give laws to the free. Peace be to their
memories. 1t seems to US that the one oil
them thought that evil was good, and the
other that good should give place to evil;
but it is not for us TO question their thou lights
for they are far away from our queslionnss,
where there is no respect Of races, where
there is no compromise" with truth, but
where there is higher law"
"And now that they are gone, how stand
the chances of the slave9 Law and force
are against him; art, eloquence, and genus
are for him; and they will have luick eye
for the winning side
This is a very moderate paragraph, and
we have selected it out Of many others,
which are much more pointed and direct in
their attack upon our rights. Now we ASK
how can any honest man, who lives under
the protection and blessings ofsonthcrn law
swallow these potions, which are equal to
inveterate poison, and directly opposed to
the very spirit and matter of our laws! we
might extend our notice to a much greater
lenghh, but it is unnecessarily men who
are interested will not be reasoned with
will not believe, neither will they hear
though one be sent from the dead!
We want nothing more to do with Leon
ard Scott d Co.'S. British Periodical Literal
ture, if this is to be fair specimen; and ms
such will most certainly discontinue all al.
vertisements in anywise thereto.
rCamden Journal.
CoRRUpr1oS IN TIE New York CoUN.