Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-05-04
From the Charleston Mercury,
I"'II TIC NIIuI ESsNVIF .'fS
THE GADsDEN TREATY,

The National IntelIigencer of the oath ult
-ontains communication upon this subject,
which deserves attention as well on account Of
ia ati;y, us for its application to the project Of
tie Southern Pacific Railroad, which excited so
muc!l interest in the recent Commercial Conven-
ton. We entirely agree with the writer, that
10 c'osc negotiations between the United States
ard Ms4isn, leaving all the various questions of
public a.d private right unsettled, is simply to
dcvclcpo The germs of another war. We know
tdat this contemplation is pleasing to the eyes of
f.libusirrs everywhere But their reckless dis
regard q the rights of others may be the grave
of the:. own schemes. Santa Anna is not de-
pendent solely upon the United States for such
aids as he may need to support his government,
ard to sustain the national existence of Mexico
She owes eighty millions of dollars TO England,
the lien for which is McXicans soil, which would
be destroyed if conquest or annexation were 10
take pi.ce. England therefore can and will aid
Santa Anna She will then assume, and with
out ans Just cause Of offence on our part, the
prolec;arate of Mexico and this would compl-
cate forever the settlement Of all questions be-
tween us. Into this vortex of difficulties, the
rejection of the Gad>dcn Treaty, and the
failure TO substitute in its place another salisfac-
tory % Mexico, threaten to involve US.
Bu: 20 the South, and to Southern men, what
lessons does not this whole matter teach? A
treaty, opened under the Instructions of the
Federal Administration, acceptable 10 its judg-
lncnt .sr in its details, and advantageous TO the
whole country, is sent to the Senate, and forth
with ;ae North rises up against it and reprdiates
it, simply because it contains tritling benefit to
the South. Look at the vote by which it is re-
jcctct and mark the sectional spirit displayed.
No, iae South shall have no more territory,
though all she has yet acquired has been pIuckcd
from TER submissive hands. proposition TO the
contrary is enough to damn any treaty. The
country may break its faith with Mexico, may
rush into war,-anything before this. And it
war does happen. and Southern blood and trca-
sure again adds domain 10 the Union, another
Wnu. ProviSo, Compromise, or the doctrine
Of Squatter Sovereignty, shall come forth, and
reprst the blow 10 Southern existence and honor.
This is the lesson which the rejection OF The
treaty teaches. May it not already have become
SO familiar rs to have lost its bitterness and
shame? The article alluded TO concludes with
the following extract. Il will be pleasing TO see
that Mr. PIKEs project is attracting attention
n0i only account of its originality, but because
Of ts believed praclcability:
Again: is there nothing ominons to the prac-
ti,ci eye in the resolution adopted by the
Southern Convention, the formation, Of a cor
r0ra:ion of Southern and Southwestern States
to purchase the soil and build the road through
Mexico? The idea is not only original, but the
most pregnant in results of any proposition put
forth in the last ten years. The Southern States
cannot make Il seperate treaty with Mexico
the Constitution forbids it-but it may purchase
proprietary interest in the soil Of another Re-
,t,1.. L,,y,,S Sto+n Inn
and of course the Southern States united can
make corporation among themselves Let
this idea be once carried into effect, and silent
but sure revolution is begun. The South have
for long period deemed themselves aggricved;
but TO united remedy but nullidcaion has been
proposed This the States deemed too stringent
and only one State adopted it. But the proposed
scheme is so gentle, so practicable so little start
ling, that It's adoption may cause little apprehen-
s:on, whilst it embraces in lis bosom the most
terrific clements The South must have 4 Rail.
road to the Pacific. She has one hundred and
f;v millions of annual income from exports;
Lei her but lay out her credit to the amount OF
oae year resources, and she commands the trade
OF ;he Pacific States and the direct carriage ot
tlo products Of the Eastern world. The Rail-
read may prove to her. if it be rendered eXc'u-
SIZE what the trade across the Eastern deserts
proved to the Levapt and the cities of the plains.
therefore urge my Northern friends not to ex-
ercisc u; once the entire power of the Union.
adopt the treaty make the communication be-
tween the two oceans /; lay aside part sectional
is.!, denl#gogism, flbus,ersm aid Mexico to
deveop ier rccources, and atone for our failure
to ieteesn our pledge under the nth article
make lc- your friend; form 4 tariff of mutual
cz.lIHnccs YOU increase your commerce, you
raise NJ sister nation, you advance humanity,
ana you strengthen, in the event of a foreign war,
your position in the South and upon the Gulf
ac; for the common veal, and arrest our rapid
drciue from the great epocis of this really pow
erfu but too frequently misguided ration.
SOUTH.