Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-03-29


Heaven!
yAbolilonists, and their "twin brothers Of
the same womh"-the Free-Soers-are
wholly exempt from the original sin of sla-
very. They have long since Washed their
hands OF this "pullution," and now, with one
hand on their Bible and the other upon the
price, they make broad their phylacterics, !"
and "thank God they are not as other men
are.' The responsibility of opening the
Territories to slavery is with the makers Of
of the Consttution-the responsibility of
introducing it upon the people who have
their election. The responsibility Of preser-
wing the Territories in condition in which
the equal rights of all the States may be repre-.
sented, and in which the unforstalled Judgment
of the people may be exercised upon all matters
affecting themselves in their internal relations, Is
the responsibility ofan oath rs binding upon Free
Sellers as upon other men. 1fthe decision of the
new States is for slavery, their "wihers are un-
wrung."
This universal difference of sentiment IN the
opposite sides of geographical lines must find its
solution out of the department ofmorlls. Good
morals are the same elsewhere, and undrfled re-
lision is US pure in the planter on the banks of
tile Mississippi as with the Puritan descendant
of New England.
have known of too many being converted by
having bought negro, and too many converted
by having sold all Of theirs, 10 believe in this be-
ing question of morality.
It's, sir, question Of political power between
the manufacturing and agricultural States: and
this cry about liberty, humanity and brotherhood
is but the cant the demagogue, who rides into
place by deluding his friends and endeavors to
increase the strength Of his section by present
ing false issues 10 US.
When, sir northern man meets me with man.
" frankness, and tells ME that slave and free Ia
Dor cannot co-cxst, that our three-ffths repre-
sentation is unequal or unjust, can reason with
him with patience. and, if proper, agree to disa-
gree. would say to him. sir, it is as impossi-
Bile for you to Judge correctly of the institution
of slavery as for blind man to jndge of colors.
Your preiudices were formed before your judy
ment had m.tured. They have been foslcred
through life BY association, misrepresentation,
and remoteness. You know nothing of the ne
gro character, or of his intimate and inseparablc
connection with the moral, social, and political
condition of the South. If you wish either Of us
we'll let us alone. lfyou would not crowd ship
already full, give us our constitutional rights in
the Territories The laws of God will regulate
this matter between u.s. He has given w pro-
duets which the multiplied wants Of a rapidly-in-
creasing population impcratively demand, and
has restricted their production to sections in
which you will not, and generally could not, live.
The incompatabiiiy of free and slave labor is
only northern notion. 1t is not so at the South.
You object to having three-tifihs of our negroes
represented, because of the political power it
gives us. If they were free the whole wonld be
represented, rs ut the North and the political
power of the slave State would be increased to
the extent of the remaining two-fifIhs.
But, sir when the positions assumed, and the
drift ofthe argument dcduced is, by necessary i'm
plication, to charge my people with the blackest
offenses in the catalogue of crime, Inject it with
srorn and detcstation.
The history of the African contains proof upon
every page of his utter incapaciy for self govern.
ment His civilization depends upon his contact
with and his control by the white man. Though
eleyated and educated by this association, taught
BY experience the blessings of law, and provided
with all the machinery of government ready to
lris hand, when he is left to his own government,
he desccuds to the level ofthe brute. Let Free.
Soilers read the history of Tic blacks on the Is
land of Jamaica since their emancipation, and if
one of drop of genuine philanthrophy runs Into
their veins, they will guard u population. of
which they are par excellence the champions,
from the evils of such Il liberty.
The institution Of slavery, which il is so fash.
ionablc now to drcrv, has been The greatest of
blessings to this entire country. At the North,
it has served rs 4 vent for fanalicism, commun-
ism, and all those Secretions ola morbid senli-
mentality, which, without this safety-valvc.
would long since have resulted in 4 social exp!o-
zion land which will be as cruel to the nure and
the good when it does come, as it is certain in
the future. From Maine to Texas the slaves
have been the pioneers Of civilization. The for
est has bowed before their march, the earth yield
-ed its rich harvests 10 their labor, and given us
commerce which excites the admiration and jcal-
ousy of the world. The power of commerce is
greater than that Of armies and navics. England
saw wherein our strength lay, and endcavored to
shear us of our power, by her experiment in the
West Indies, which involved the loss Of millions
ofdollars to herself and the miserable dcgrada-
ton of the very race which, with hyporriical
philanthropy, she proteSScd desire 10 elevate
and benefit
Every section of this Confedcracy is now in
the enjoyment the rich rewards of the labor
of the slave. He gives employment 20 Tie ship
ping interest of the East, wealth to the manufac-
turer Of the North, and market for the hemp
and livestock of the West.
The market of the slave State is the best and
most varied upon earth. In whatever section
either of The great Southern staples are grown,
that particular staple is grown 10 The exclusion
of the others. If raised in Virginia, cotton and
rice are to be bought: if in the Carolinas and
Georgia, tobacco and sugar; if in the extreme
South and Southwest, rice and tobacco. We,
of the South, are compelled to secure by ey-
change one the other of even these few staples;
while, by an injudicious policy, the slave States
are dependent for every other article in the wide
field of commerce upon other sections Than our
own. Not only do our slaves secure to the free
States the best home market upon earth, but,
sir, they are at this moment paying, by The fruits
Of ftheir labor, full two-lhirds Of The revenue of
this Government.
1t appears, from.the report of the Secretary of
The Treasury, ending June 30, 1852, (Which is
the last which has been. publshed) that the TO-
isl revenue of the country was S49, ,72s,366.
OF this amount was received from the sale Of
public lands $2,3S9,G60
From duties upon imports 47,339,326
S4a,72S,3S6
It is a generally admitted principle of com
mercial law, that the amount ofimp0rts Is .egu-
lated by the amount of exports, and since our re-
venue is raised almost wholly from duties upon
imports, it follows, if it can be shown that tyo-
thirds of the domestic exports of this counHy ire
The product Of slave labor, that The proposition
j. sustained. that two-thirds ofthe entire revenue
frfp, 10 mid nv tho |, ,hor nf vl,yoc