Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-06-13
SOUTHERN UNION. /.

SOUTHERN UNION.
Hang out our Banners"
IT is with gadness Of spirit that we call me sten.
ton Of our readers to the proceedings Of meeting,
recently held in Columbus, Georgia, to take into con.
sideration the proprety and necessity Of Southern
Union for Southern security. We refer them also 10
the welltmed, spirited and truthful comments there.
on by the Columbus Enquirer. The leading obec
had in yievby the orignators Of this movement will
be to be the buryng of all past political disren.
ces and the immediate formation of one grand South.
ern party whose purpose shall be the preservation of
the South and her Constitutional equaty--n the
Union poss be--aud, if that mny not be- their pre-.
servation at all hazards and 10 the last extremity
Along with thousands and thousands Of our fellow.
citizens Of the slaye.hoding States, We welcome this
stirring intelligence with unaffected delight. At the
same time, We confess to trembling apprehension
lest the dear word of promise here given to the ear
may but too soon be broken TO the hope have been
all such promises in the past history of Southern Re.
sistance.
And set there are some features Of the Columbus
meeting and its action, which would lead even the
most disrusiful and dispirtsd amongst us 10 embrace
the hope that day OF deiverance is near hand,
If indeed it has not already dawned. The pace-a
prominent and Influential locality in the Empire State
of the Soulh-the materal-seven hundred freeman
of high intelgence-their conciliatory tone-calng
as they DO upon Wings, Democrats and Know Moth
ngs alike TO sacrifice their distinctive platforms and
unite in the great common Of Southern Rights,
the prudential cast Of their policy-involving no
hazardous, single handed battle, rs was the South
o6a nc IL. n
cooperation upon the substantial ground Of self pre-
servationthe present unsettled condition of Nation
al parties and the probability that they all fall
before the gseat conflict upon the slavery issue which
is at hand these features and facts, we remark al
tach degree Of importance and weight to the Colum
bus movement we'll calculated to inspire the belief
that it may prove the beginning Of the end" of our
period OF insult and oppression in the American Union.
The occasion has awakened responsive expressions of
sentiment in various portions Of powerful and in
eIigen.sister State of Georgia. That these expressions
may ring through the South until every man, woman
and child within our borders shall become imbued
with lively and controlling Of their TRUTH is
contamination most devoutly 10 be prayed for That
the cause in which II bold men Of Columbus here
seek TO embark their section is holy cause, will not
be denied by those who appreciate the blessings of
Soulhrons fresde. That is righteous cause, will
not be doubted for moment by any who have watch
ed the history Of the struggle between the two great
divisions of the American confederacy for the last
quarter Of a century. That it must be successful
cause (if its measures for Southern unanimity be |
achieved) appears almost self.evident when we con.
sdyf the real dependence Of the North upon the fruits
Of Southern labor and the disastrous rererses which,
upon dissolution Of the Union, would clog and
stagnate her thousand and one channels Of trade and in.
dusy Thus, the South united hold. her destiny and
it may we'll be, the destiny of the American people in
her grasp. And surely an efort, whose whole and
sole aim is to place her securely on this vantage
ground Of power, ought to command The confidence
and aid Of every freeman from Maryland to Texas.
who, behoding in its admirable proportions that
perfect of Southern feeling here sought to be
Effected, can yet turn his back upon the organization
which asks his aid for Re attainment of SO glorious
IN object, must either 5e rty hack Of The poorest
piris or deluded worship! Of The Uaion as it is.
The true policy of the South in the present critical
uncture is assuredIy that indicated in the Columbus
esoluons, and we trust to spread the wings
If the wind through every part of our beloved section
let Georgia, Of right she onght 10 do, take The
cad in this noble undertaking. Let her show solid
ront in defence Of Southern Rights, and let the other
States foil into line promptly. As for South Carolina
he stands pledged before The world cooperate with
he rest Of ier Southern sisters whenever they shall
ecde to strike for equality Independence 1t not
er place now either TO agate or to occupy the van.
The world might have 1t again 10 say that she fumed
nd busered--and failed. Mo- South Carolina
either deserves nor will she again seek prominence
the cause Of our section But she is bound by all the
acred obligations Of plighted faith and recorded re-.
Dives enter the field when and as soon as her o.
ates shall give the sgnak for exertion Norw she
ser repudia.e those obligations. Whether co.opera-
unisls or secessonis,s gnide the helm, she will be
'und ready 10 redeem her pledges to The letter. Aid
D.. God speed the Southern Organization. ,