Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-09-14
q Charleston Mercury.
The South.

The South.
MEssRs EDlTOks: We have been and are
sill looking anxiouslv for some decided action
some wide spread ard indignant expression Of
feeling. or the parl Of The South For months
past we irve read closely all the accounts that
have come to us or the startling transactions in
| Northern cities, aud ut each succeeding outrage
we have repeated 10 oursc!f "surely the united
voice Of tIe Southern people will now be heard
We expected 10 hear of associations being
formed in every State and village. and neigh
bnrllood we expected TO hear old men raising
their voices and crying out AT the indignites
,iIal have been heap, upon us: We expcc, ,ed to
see young men grasping their weapons aud
hastcn;ng 20 seek rcveuge. But in n! his we
have been Disappointed 4 spirit of passive en-
durance seems 10 have gone abroad in our land
>pil that above all others, is most calculated
TO encourage aggression.
Are the people Of The South no longer free
men? Are lhey so fond of comfort, or so Sc
cure in their rights, That no insult can rouse
them !
Perhaps they are dreaming Of the glories Of
the past. or recounling 10 each other lhe deeds
Of their forcfa,hers 1T is indeed pleasant TO
90 back into The past, and 10 be able 10 say That
our ancestors did This: and our ancestors did
lual ,iat they were men who sacrificed SELF
interest 10 principle; who fought, and in many
in, ances died, iOr The cause Of freedom. All
this. We repeat is very pleasant, but, nj the same
time, we have our doubts rs 10 whether Ii be
profitable privilege. Fei;ered by IN universal
love Of ease. mankind are apt TO lay loo much
stress upon ihe achievements Of the past. while
they discard The idea Of present exer'on. Ma
tons. like individuals, after season Of ease
and quiet, seem 10 shrink from the thought Of
contention. showing j disposition 10 sit with
folded hands. and cry ont, q " lille more sleep
aud lii,e more >lumber." But The time for
snmbcring in be South is past. The time, we
bad almost said. that ihe lime for dctiUn had
passed but that cannot be: il is never loo aie
TO battle for The right. Every newspaper that
We look into conhrm, Us n our opinion. Gill
1:cns oil The slave States are constantly eXpcnd-
ing large sums Of money, 10 say nothing oil the
personal risk they incur, for the recovery of
property, which, but Tor The hostile sentiments
existing towards us in the Northern portion OF
ihe Union. would be accomplished without eS-
nensr- Where theie are .inlcre>,s 20 conflict
those WHICH are III eSIsrgHre III urrrrvuv-
paris Of our now widespread Coniederacy. un-
less there be spii, oF mutual tolerance and ac-
another. puii ica union is not only unsatls!ac-
lory. il is di,reputabIe ard destructive. The
lime, though earnestly 10 be wished Tor. ls not
ye. come when The beasts Of The held may lie
down ,ouriher; and il ibe South is disposed 10
piav The part Of the Lamb, aud submit to g
grrssiun wi,hout al effort at Resistance, size
must expect 10 be Torn. Will he people OF our
State continue always inactive spectators OF
events? Will The spnit OF con>ervalism, which
has proven hitherto SO beneficial, now work our
ruin! Let US hope tlat such Ill not be the
case.
Saould citizen Of Virginia, who had paid five
thousand dollars TO- the recovery o. slave,
valued at one ihuusand, on MS reurn 10 his
home seize upon and appropriate 10 hi, own Ne
proper.y beionging 10 citizen of Nassachu-
sell, 10 The value OF fnrr Thousand dollars; or,
il the Vrsinian had been so unfortunate as 10
lose hi, lie in Inc attempt and tis friends by
WAY OF retaliation, were TO hang the hrs Yam
kra trader lha came in their way, either OF these
acts would be justified by that code which re-
ouires eve for eye tooth for tooth, and life for
life But lhe people of the South are mol the
advocates of mOb-law Our remedy Is not in
individual retaliation. Let US rather place our
selves in The light OF separate nation towards
those who wrong -, so that an encroachment
u2on the rights Of the lowliest amongst Us, will
be regarded as an attack upon the rights OF The
who'll. In the slavehoiding States, there will
he found ample material for an acceptable
ConSderac7, and the sooner it is formed, the
better it will be for Us.
We beIiye, with Others, thai the destiny OF
America is "manifest;' that in the fullness ot
time there will be spread over the Continent,
covering its Whole extent, great, self-yoVern'
;ny people. But We do not consider enduring
peace, and continuance Of The present union
Of States, absolutely necessary to insure ms
destiny On the contrary, the feelings OF bit.
,erness shown towards US in the treatment OF
our citizens the denunciations hurled against
our peculiar institutions by the pulpit and the
press n Northern cities, tell US plainly that there
must That there will, inevitably GONE dry,
however long it may be postponed by Compro-
m,;ss., when ina ties, that no,g bind US together
n. one Government, shall be bfoken.S When
e1uerienee shall have taught our Northern
brethren that the opinions, tho principles, and
the RIGHTS, of the people of the South are to os
resnpsred; when they have discovered, to their
.o.t tho vnlue of s union with the cotton-gTow-
;ng Sinies fSea connection may be formed
which snall prove H'' oI'J ioNoA~
lasting. sor,bo,r
Confederacy. There are thousands amongst u: Ss
who advocate the change. Let the question % oe
anitalrd let the subject be kept before Inc
people. Le, those who possess the gft Oh elo,
ou.nce, or who are ready with the pen, e1e''
th.r talents. Let us all be up and do,ng
let us speak one with another; let US 90 a'' "e
can' iof ours ID 'ne eA''' ~ VOYONS.
Aru,n.5cE OF WHEAT-The Richmond
W. psnny Post speaks Of the immense
sno1nt Of wheat now in the various railroad
depot, of that city, Oae Of them is literally
oroanior under ihe weight Of itu contents, ans
tbe writer for The Post thinks he "saw enoust
to toG feed lhe Russi,ns and allied troops for
tweIysmontb." There are eight large mills il
oneralion in that city, and two of them grind