Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-06-08
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SLAVERY AGITATION.

are now impending over the country 1t is ;
fact winch cannot be disguised, that the passage
OF the Nebraska B!Il is The renewal Of the agt;
tUA OF the subject OF slarery, under circumsian
ces. too, Of unprecedented intensity and bitter.
hess. or several days past We have colla;ed
extracts from leading Journals in various quarters
and OF dil!trcnt parties, Of the Norh breathing
Il bitterness aGt resentment 1T what they pretend
10 consider Il gross betrayal Of faith, and Il
deliberate outrage upon them. They all unite
III procaming the renewal Of war 10 the death
upon The South. and her institutions. So, too,
tie Ncw York Courier and Enquirer, in an article
which dccrics all lorcible resistance to the
tugsi:e law, and counsels obedience 10 it so
long rs il rcu;us on the statute book, USES the
following language:
But here our daty will cease We shall
never bcccme the apolog lists for the repeal Of
the Missouri Compromise, or the advocates or
defenders Of The Compromise of 1850, until
the Compromise OF 1920 be restored to the
statute books and al who were concerned
in The passage of the Nebraska Bill, will very
shortly learn, that they have raised feeling
throughout the cntirc North. which argues evil
10 lie whole question OF slavery and destruction
10 ali the Compromise upon which it rests.
The yer; silence OF the Nortll-thc apparent
10 Us wears an aspect Of determination which,
threatens dlugcr 10 the Union.
Never before have We witnessed such intense
determination upon any subject is exists in
relation to the Nebraska outrage Every Union
iIln that w. have conyerscd wiih--cvcry Wing,
and every drAocrat--unile in expressing their
Indignation 1t this great National outrage, and
there determination ~ resort 1T once 10 tiIe only
constitutional rempdv-Repc,L"
The Ne" York Times holds the same opinion
though uttered in coarse and insolrnt terms.
I"c S,atc and press Of South Carolina can well
G"spise The abuse of paper. whose editor has
been h-p;i>cd in The sewers Of personalities,
which d.i!y flow from Northern journalism
Again, Mr.. Seward, in his last speech, made
in Tic Senate on tie night of the passage Of the
Nebraska bill, closed his remarks thus:
= Il ], an extraordinary circumstance, which |
YOU. Sir. Tie present occupant Of TIE Chair, Mr..
Stewart, ~! sure will not gainsay, that at |
Ills momcut, when there seems to Lc Il more
complete divergence Of tic Federal Government |
IL favor OF Slavery than ever before, the senti. |
ment Of universal Liberty is stronger III all The |
Free States than it ever WAS before. With
that principle the present Democratic party must
now come into 4 closer contest. Their prestige
Of Democracy is fast waning by reason of the
hard service which their alliance with their
sIarcho!ting brethren imposed upon them.
sec in ,h"t circumstance and in the fact that
they are brought by supporting the interests Of
the saYc labor OF the South in the new Terrific
ricS, in opposition to The free aborers of the
North in the mcw Territories and States, that
they are losing, and are destined to lose, by
preserving in t:i,t policy. the power which they
have held so t;:My and 50 long. That power
VII! not conc b.c! TO them again. until Tie prin-
cip!e established here now shall be reversed
and Constitution shall be given not only to
Kansas and Nebraska but also 10 even other
national Terri"ry, which will not bc L tu5Hil
rH&1. but Constitution securing equal, universal
End perpetual Freedom"
Aud now, us the first startling outbreak of
fierce passion, We have The meeting 1T Fancuii
Hail, the speeches Of Theodore Parker, and of
Wendell Phillips, declaring that although Pcan-
sylvai.ia h;;. rcpUdiated her money debts, a. she
h.d more i..an repaid them in the fact, that the
blood Of 4 Shareholder had been shed on her
soii"-the mob in Boston, and the chapter not I
yc indeed ended, Of riot, violence, and bloodshcd.
The language OF Philips carries Us back TO the
time when citizen OF Maryland was slain in
cold blood il Carlisle, Pennsy ylva!ia, i'll attcmp- .
ting 10 recover his fugitive slave while not only
tie mob. but even theological professors and
clccrs, looked on with appreciation We re-
member, TOO, how in Doston bu; four Years ago
li;,ra most tcdiCus and expensive suit, in the
syc oi ail suris OF dangers and obstacles, Il
SoU,!:rrncr succeeded liaa!Iy in rcyaim;ng his y
nrol cr,y-w!I;.t 4 >hGut of cougratut,un went
2p from comp:omi>crS crerywilcse, and how )
President hT,lnorr in the iunrSs OF his delight. ?
,ycr tas so-raIlcl triumph Of aw and the Con |
,ti,ution, addressed i letter 10 the people OF #
Boston. cX,oiiiag their orde--lUving spirit and
PATRIOTISM. There were some. and the Mercury =
II the number, who could see no causc, in all {
his, for Southern cnngrlluiaIion; no prospect c
,f :,ily real o. available brnctt. We recognised c
II her Fugitive Law plausible yet worthless l
,rrteXt for the Submission of the South, to tertns "
Which 40 Harty III least in South Carolina. s.
urcd 20 arpro,c. We p:cd;cie. increasing OPP J.
,n>;tion 10 il, on the part Of the North; and RI
lat il, eXccUiion would be 50 embarrassed by
c: soMal pggils and pecunary losses, that slave
Tfc-s wouId l"aIly abandon all attempts 10 a
ccoycr their p:"pcrty under its provisions I
lnd haw stand ;hc facts now! The New York tC
Icrav tells us ti :" Fugi,iye Slaves are daily
sra ing to tie North, and violence or fraud i, g
.mdrring the Constitution Il dead letter" that, s.
tx sold men OF Boston will not listen 10 "
Inc, dor; Parker when he calls for blood and fC
i>un:on: but the same solid men will permit II
he United States Marshal 10 be deferred from II
,charynr his duty, and will connive 1T the III
rcJk!ag open OF court touscs, the murder OF
oasiatlc- atd tic supremacy Of Il law!ess mob i'll
i :Aoliiioni>is.'' IL
The New York Courier and Enquirer says III III
lat hcncv!orwari it will be impossible to exc e &c
uIe lhc l;,", except by 4 rcSot 10 force Such 10
+, The prospect before us. Should it not awak-
n the deepest attention on the part OF the III
,od;!i Tmc peace which size Promised herself P'
) the return for lnuc oi!ccs>iun. is III an end :,
;hc read history with the eyes OF hope, rather I'll
.u OF truth. The Abolition party appears now 81
pom the field stronger llrln ever before. The =,
,pca Of the Missouri Compromise has struck u i.
chord in Tie Northern heart, whose echoes - -
lo,ioniS:G wili ring from one end Of the lllId W
, the o.Acr Il disncmbcrs the Democratic {, q,
artr, and compel. it to IN ssuc hostile to the VI
oli,l The W!.i-S stand Il unit on the qucs-
IN No. one from the North, in either House u
Senate. for the bill. 81
We lock, then, for ! renewal of tIe struggle "t "t
he Boston riot is i link III the chain. 1t is
lothcr warning 10 the s;ou;lt--anu,hcr lifting -.
p of the veil Of the troubles yet TO come. r., r.,
I'll! she rot learn from the past, the necessity II
union and harmony in policy and action, rs Il,
rong rs the interests and hopes which bind her G.
-stiny :-Chas. Mercury. III
TNE UREA, y. Y. Duly Ob>crrcr quotes the tb
flowing extract from speech delivered by the r,
on. edward Everett, in the House Of Repre- 10
n,atvcs in 1929 The Haven, Conn, Rr.iS- rp.
= expresses the bopthat the political clergy tnl m
en- ui New England may read it carefully: :;