Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-03-29
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parel, and umbrellas, and sun shades. and in
books and maps, &c, &C., such as spirits from
molasses-it is as impossible for me AS for the
purchaser to ascertain. But enough has been
shown 10 prove the Indebtedness Of every quar-
ter of the Unun to the humble slaves
But again The total value of the domestic
and foreign exports of the Ilni!el States, in the
year 1852, was S2O9,65S 1856, and the total value
of foreign imports S2l2945,4i2, making IN ag-
gregatc of S422, ,6O3,S0S. In The carriage of this
amount of goods 10 and from foreign countries
were employed S,SS7 American vessels, with 4
capacity Of $780, $50 tons, and employing ] l5-
253 men, and l,7SO boys. How many Of these
vessels or of their crews belonging 10 the South
it is unnecessary to ask.
! have not been able to procure full reports for
1853 but the duties accruiIg on imported mrr-
cllandiSe show an increase over hose OF 1852
of Sl3,62559S and, rs 4 consequence, Il propor-
ional increase of the value of slave labor 10 the
people Of the North.
Sir, ] venture to declare tho opinion that slave
ry has been The strong, s. bond of uni' between
these States Every section OF the Contrd.ra-
cy has reaped is blessings, and the people of
the North hare been too long accustomed to
levy black mail upon it now to deny themselves
so fruitful source Of thrift and OF profit. The
South has been the goose of the golden egg to
the North, which Free Sellers, in their mad Gu
pidity and fanatical tamperings, are threatening
to destroy.
If by some conclusion Of nature the slave
States could be sunken beneath the level of the
waters, il would involve millions of the inhab-
tants of The North in bankruptcy, and ruin, and
unutterable miserps.
Your lordly merchant and fattened mannfac-
turer, your omnibus men and porters, might ali,
| with truth. eXcau--
'sOllcllos occupations gone ~
Your cities, now your pride and strength,
would dwindle into towns your crowded har-
bors grow empty and wild and thousands who
now live in cUntrnlment and comfort would beg
for bread.
Reverse the picture, and suppose the free
States blotted from creation. Why, sir, the fact
would be fell only by our railroad conductors,
captains of steamboats,, and few pnlilicans with
II: t:onal aspirations. Our harbors would be fill
ed with foreign shipping; our marine towns
grow into cities. rivaling in their magniticence
and prosperity the present condition of these of
the North Every kind of manutactory would
spring up over our streams; our revenue would
be collected and expended among the people who
now bear an unequal burden in supporting this
Government, and who are uncqualy protected
by it.
Mr. Chairman. the cry that the Union is in dan
rer has been so often raised, that men have cc;l-
sed to regard it. But, sir, disnnion may come
while we are sleeping in security. Before God,
believe thatif this bl-whicl simply estab-
fishes the principle that the people, in their con-
dition of sovereign States, should be permitted
TO decide for themselves upon all matters afirc
ting their internal governmcnt-failS to pass this
House, we will be in greater danger of disunion,
than at any time siacc tie formation of this GVv
ernm NJ.
make no threat Of iisunion. The failure of
the passage of this bill may not so result. But,
sir, our young men are becoming familiar with
the sound of a word which was brca,hrd by their
sres only in secrecy, or forced from their lips by
the agony of accumulated wrong. The South
is now united, and she is sustained by the intel
ligent and gallant spirits of the West. The
Southern backsliders Of 1850 have vanished be-
fore the breath Unpopular Indignation like "cl"nds
retore Biscay gale," and their seats have been
filled by true men.
ltell You, sir. It's n dangerous season to preach
constitutional hereSieS, and more dangerous tn
enact them. + use tile word lunger~because i
emotion whenever The stability of this Govern
ment is threatened know, sir, that there are
thousands at the South who, goaded by repeat
ed acts Of unequal legisalion thirst for disuniOn
us the hart pants for the wafer brook. But sir,
am rot of them yet; and it is my fcrvent de-
sire that no circumstance may occur which will
drive me into their ranks We have too great
country for me to contemplate its dismembcr-
,;,i,< ,,1, b,,.o
country great in lis history and its institutions:
great in its science and arts; great in its states
men and warriors; great in its wealth and the
variety of its resources. We will continue To
have 4 great country, country continuing aud
increasing in greatness, ii we are but true 10 the
principles of the Constitution. 1t is distinct in
letter and equitable in spirit 1t is sanctiied by
The blood and the wisdom Of patriots, and has
stood the surest ofal teSts--ihe test OF time. l
call upon the good and the true men of every
section to array themselves before H. and tell the
;ssailants it is sacred thing, and not 10 BE- pol
lu,cd by their fanalical touch. The South asks
for nothing more.
If the natural laws of climate and Of soil cx-
clude us from 4 territory uf which we are the
Joint owners we should not and we will not COM
plain. But, sir, when 4 coalition of tenants in
common attempt monopoly, and, by laws ut
once unconstitutional and unjust, endcavor to
restrict u.s. and by surveyors line, 10 part OF
these United States, while they are permitted 10
walk the Whole domain, we cannot and we will
not submit 10 50 odious distinction.
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THE INVASION OF CANADA BY THE RUSSIANS.
1t seems that an order of some sort from the
British government (whe,hcr from the Privy
Council or Secretary of State for the Colonies,
does not appear) has come out from England,
directing the seizure of letters sent to foreign
parts, if suspected Of being intended for Russia;
and, it is asserted that, two days after the COM
ing out Of the order, i letter for the EmRsror Of
Russia WAS actually Intercepted, 10y tile authori-
ties in the Quebec Post Office, subjected to the
deliberations Of The Council and the opinions Of
the law ofiicersswho expressed the opinion that
the contents amounted 10 high treason. What
the contents of this letter Were is not positively
known, but sufficient h,S lrai,spired 10. lead 10
the belief that it embodied The following ssnro.
granue:
That many thousands of Russian veterans, too
old in The service to desert it, Influenced by large
promises, should be inlrudur into the States in
the dress of peaceful .enigrants, without even
their nationality being dccttred--an easy matter
from the difference Of language and race in the
Russian service-a depot of arms formed on.the
frontier, and at one moment The whole 10 rush by
rail- unarmed and tt,lanneiunted, 10 the crossing
point, there to- assume weapons, badges and CO.
lors, and at once dash into Canada and attempt
Quebec by coup de main from the plains Ii
was further suggested that'sople attempts should
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