Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-03-22

I had never shone upon her; and have no
doubt he would regard her as daughter OF
Nox. But sir, | rather think he would not
have stopped to speak Latin at all; and he
would not have required an engineer TO show
him the straightest way out Of that palace.
! Laughter. If he would Lave said anything
at all, it would have been something like
Rip Van Wrinkles soliloquy when he found
that he and his dog Wolfe found no favor
with his sour spouse-whilst suffering under
the scorching fire Of her tongue, Rip said
there are two sides to the house, and think
the outside is the best for me.
Equality Equality! | should like to
see a play written on this matter. have
no doubt that the honorable Senator from
! Massachusetts, with his taste and talent
conld draw up one describing the scene
which have mentioned. He could depict
the negro princess in search of husband,
and could take the scene as practical illus.
traton of its results.
have treated these things thus far with
some little ridicue, but with fairness, hope !;
and now, sir, approach the discussion of
the questions which propose TO debate.
The Senator, having disposed of Messrs;
SUMNER, WADE, &c., proceeds to sustain his
first proposition which we have stated above.
In setting forth this part of his argument, the
speaker is clear and pointed. He illustrates
the great difference between the sentiment
of the Northern people on Slavery before and
after the Missouri Compromise, and holds
that the ".seeds Of discord," which have
come near dissovng the Union, were all
drilled" in the line Of 36e 30.
The second branch of bis argument is
, n,aiutai1ed by our Senator with much force
Under this head, another long and interesting
depression is made by the Judge upon the
comparative merits of northern and Southern
civilization. He quotes the last Census
which upon many material points is decided.
" in our favor. With all their boasted
philanthropy the excess of Northern over
Southern pauperism is shown to be nearly
in the ratio Of 9to We have as many
churches in proportion to population. 1t is
further exhibited that Massachusetts and
Connecticut, having together a half million
less of population than'the combinsd States
sof Kentucky and .Teunessee,s send. out an
nually,l ,ss6,s55 gallons more of liquor upon
its work of ruin than do the two last named
States.
Upon the subject of Northern isms, the
Senator touches as follows:
Sir, there are various isms at the North,
and there is but one of them for which
have any respect, and that is Puritanism
The Puritan, who came to this country with
the sword in one hand and the Bible in the
other, was an honest man, though he may
have made mistake in some of his pecnlia
rites; but when we come to aholiUonism,
Maine-liquor aw.ism, to strong minded w"-
man sm Bloomer.sm, and all the ism&%hich
now pervade some portions of the..Northk /
am fur from supposing that they do inluse
into the social system anything like health.
iu action. No, sir, they are the cankers Of
theoretical conceit, of impudent intrusion.
aud eerlessinideity. They are the fungi
of srIfcons,itutcd societies, or the organl.
za,ion of Church and State. They are i'm.
pudent usurpers. The most extraordinary
development of that class of persons and that
temper Of society, that gives rise to such
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who step fom the sphere prescribed to them
by God to enter into the political arena and
claim the rights of men. have profound
respect for woman in all the true relations
for which she is fitted. Man always has a
respect for woman. So long as she confines
herself within the jurisdiction prescribed to
her by the Almighty, she fulils the ends of
ber existence; but when she passes those
lines, aud undertakes to intrude herself into
a jurisdiction not assigned to her | regard
her as committing an impious act. Her sphere
is higher than that Of man-more sublime
in spirit. and more useful in moulding society
to the Obligations of virtue, the influence OF
religion, and the happiness Of affection and
friendship. Hers is the sphere of love. and
affection, and benevolence. What bounds
are there to the sphere Of a mothers love,
daughters and sisters tenderness, or a
wife's devotion? know of none.
Washington Irving has beautifully remark.
ed, that the heart is the woman's world. -
1t is there her ambition should seek for em-
pire and her avafice seek for hidden treasures
But when she unsexes herself, and puts or
the habiments and claims to exercise the
masculine functions of man in society, she
has lost the position which she should occupy.
In regard to Mr.. SEwARp's higher law
notions, we extract a spicy paragraph:
Whilst have given some attention to the
remarks ofthe Senators from Mass. and Ohio
TMessrs. Sumner and Chase, | cannot, in
Justice to myself, pass over some Of the re.
marks of the Senator from New York, Mr.
Seward. He entertains opinions, and is
inculcatng doctrines which are. perhaps Pc
culiar to himself. He is a kind of Moses Sc
far as regards the position which he has ia.
ken, as one having a right to give law by Il
communication with the Divinity. Whilst
Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Morris, and
all our iorefathers, were willing to be gov.
erned by Constitution to which they had
given their consent, and to whose obligations
they were willing to be bound, he claims a
sublime exemption, and PROCESSES to be
governed by higher law. He assumes tc
be the apostle of the law that would substl
tute his Judgment for the law of the Consti
tuition, as almost all others understand it
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