Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-11-22
Harper and Putnam.

THESE two Monthlies are certainly at the head ol
that class of publications which they belong Ihey
abound in matter Of real interest and are doing much
towards disseminating useful information upon every
variety of subjects. Each one Of them has corps OF
excellent writers engaged in its BEHALF So that almost
every number of either Magazine is found worthy OF
being filed for future reference We think all VIII
agree in this estimate Of their general merits. cry
of warming however has been raised against them Of
late by The Southern Press, on The ground lhat hey
becuming the vehicles oflanli-sarery sentiments
OF an nsinus and therefore dangerous character We
fear that the charge, especially as regards pntnan Is
too true 10 admit of apology. Of Harper we have
better hopes; indeed, We have seen but little, even IN
the way of innendo connected with llarpers Monthly,
calculated 10 arouse the enmy Of even the most sem
sive Of Southern saye-holders Generally speaking,
whenever there is occasion 10 alude to the s"nih IN
the progress of lis discussions its tone is LIBERAL kind
and complimentary.
From the November number of earhnf these Maga-
zines extract below q paragraph The iirsts irnm
Harper and goes prove what We have just nuIted
regarding lis tone and temper. The second is from
Putnam and breafes a spirit of ignorant prejudice,
quite sufficient to justify every Southern subscriber IN
dropping him forthwith
From HARrER.
"The intellect of the South has never been tleo-
relic imaginative IL has not been psrpie%e ny ira
dilionary ideas cnslavrd 10 Precedents whenever
it has had lo grapp& with momenlGlls qlesllnns. 10
strike out new paths 10 adapt ihe fortunes o' e'nPre
to llic emergencies Of stirring occasions, To direct
thought communicate impulse. It has never failed to
win the highest credit for sagacly and Intelligence.
Its common sense ishuld, because il is spontaneous
and It's passions, earnest, singe-aIned, anu mpcOs,
always sustain its decisions. Literature has never
been suffered to destroy It's native freshness, nor the
enjoyment Of books osupplan its Inherent tendencies
Its consciousness is acute aud v'd once possessed
Of idea consecratcd 10 purpose, II VIII Stand
arlrasly forward against The world and teiy repr0acll
and assault. Its predominant sentiment Is The ure uf
personal independence Find il as ynn may, il seems
10 hr nslincvcly nssurrd Of It's natural blrthrsll.
| Without any argument, it lakes itself and It's position
for granid and asserts lis inborn dignity win an ell
lire indifference iD,Strver prrJrdrcs 1t may o!iend.
Its social affections tender slrnIg. and permanent.
Hospitality is n religious virtue, and kindness para
mount las. His ancestors are dearo HE SOnilerner,
hut he holds no public festival To celebrate their viz
tues. Scale around his ireside You will hear him
expatiaie their worth uniil every tone ~ eloquent
with truthful! love Beyond this he cares not 10 90.
The praise of The world is a ma;sr of cool ndItirr-
ence. and he is perfectly content 10 rest III what his
| f0rcfatlcrs are TO his own lIcar Pnbc opinion is
never terror to him. 1c he respects aud oheys lis
laws ii heraiSe 1t echoes his OWN conNlCIloHs lie
lives in no conventional atmosphere he can not nler.
ate Interference nor he hear excess OF fellowship.
Intercourse must eave him Us ii found hiIn-a free,
fearless decided man. If he can crafty his taste, he
will have his house in large lot o. secluded in the
country With all his soria5ilily he loves space. a
wide horizon is rs necessary 10 his happiness as il is
TO the beauty of landscape. There is very much Of
hc AnGo-Saxon in him, hut there are other prculiari-
lies besides The neighhurhond Of The tropics The
build and unre,ared life lie leads; the e%posnre 10
rronrer-tlanger which he So long eXpcrenced the
habits of authority and control belonging 10 his posi-.
liun, have all acted his temperament and history
From Putnam.
But, this sentiment Ia apro-sarery has grown out
Of the existence of slavery ITSELF the last kind Of drs-
pnlism ,n which we shall aludc. 1t is needless 10 re.
mark upon lis Character as such beyond the statement
Of the simple fact that four millions u" human beings
are held as property fact settling that p"in, with an
emphasis. From its very nature it is Il deSposGl OF
furce, of law, and of opnun cum'inrd, partially
mi,gatcd in practice by humane personal ronsi'era'
lions but in theory absolute 1t is administered, for
the most par:, by the WHIPS it is sanctioned by Iegisa,
liun and it admits Of no srrnny or discussion AA
at can he said of IT, in ic regions ~here prcraHs
eucn By Mosc mast deeply Interested IN lis rcsutts mHs
Dc said in its Ryor pain Of percnliory tanShm""'
or asSa$sina,ietl. Indeed the i''-'