Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-12-03
WHY Ae1rArH DIsUNIoN Now1

"A isw, uiIr1 p,sssss infthe sonh mem TO be under
fit inauencs st q mGndmsnia for agitaiiOa." We
must agaSte" yth.y, to save our h.ms,Eand fro
,ide. dsitute Keep alive the tense a aat rong.7
agitate, to praxent our people from ruaniN 'dlotE
into the gulf ef=poli,ica psiahion." 81 ssithin ths
bounds of calra diligence AhI.a proper
A limited aegrss, even nftgE5alsnce, iSpsth,p' an
indispensable requisite 10 The perfs,tnr and purifying
ofa free government precisely storms are needed
to cleanse and clear The natural atmosphere around
But like those storms, ,nch seasons of e1citement
.honld have iacau'e answeIahle fortbeit violence.
Least of all should it he sought to create them, when
the skies have iust begun to brighten and new sun
beams to gid the dark.retreating Glands that lately
threstened destructisn Apd would mpst epr9sstly
ask the question of our Southern contemporaries and
respectfully thoEe of South Ga4oliH#,t Why asitate
disnnion now %
What have we tn gain by it.! The South is in
power. A President who cannot he otherwise than
Irne to her rights and interests is 10 be naugurned
on the 4,h Of March next. Congress TINT cannot
fail (uness great party prove utterly false to all
principle) to declare and establish her full equality in
the Union is TO succeed the present one. What more
does she want. Ifher collected wisdom cannot shape
these means into an instrument Of safety for onr ser.
tion we are weak indeed-too weak. It NAV well he
feared to save ourselves in anv wav. "Bnt," saw
the Aeitators must have ds,inon. ltis onr only
correct policy Nor should cease our crying aloud
until il comes" What seek disunion noU, when
III. great body of the Southern people stand e1utant
over triumph which they regard as synonymous
with triumph Of the Constitution nop, when we
present united front against the divided and dssol-
wing factions of the other great section of the Coned.
eracy! neu, when there Is issue exstant or likely
soon to arise, upon which We could even ruise
decent neighborhood stampede, Il there not rashne'i
In the very idea!
"Siill," repeat the Aeitators "we must agitate for
disunon in futuro. for disunon four years hence
(O, they might add, at some other and more suitable
time) "We must give no sleep to our eyes nor slum-
ber to our eyelids until we have attained our great
end II may not he next year-it may not even he at
the expiration of Mr.. BucHANAN's term. But it must
come, or we are lost lost lost"-Lost! with great
Captain leading on triumphant majority to further
and more glorioue successes Lost with the munitions
of war and provisions for the troops at our command
Lost, within mighty fortress manned at all points by
the brave and true. and upon which the light OF
Heaven rests with the peaceful assurance Of Victory
No, no, no! Cheer up faint hearts! We have coun-
try yot a religion and God To have coveted
d,unon, when overt acts Of oppression were crushing
your spirit into the dust and when The elements OF
empire seemed in league to ensure your degradation
was both viruous and brave; and History will award
to you for that the palm Of heroic patriotism Butte
strike for it at moment like the present, when all
things are conspiring to reform the government and
give us complete justice, would be scarcely less sense.
less Than gracele".
"But after ALL" cry out the Agilators, it s to
Disunion alone that we look for comp etc securi-
ty and it would be sinful neglect in us to hold our
peace willie that contamination is yet unachieved We
can only accomplish it by unceasing agitation; and
therefore we must and will aglate. Only accom-
psh it by unceasing agitation! Remember the fate
of one who cried "wolf," "wof," until 10 his sorrow
mono would believe him when he cried. There il
neither policy nor common sense in wearing out the
sensibties Of men before the time for action arrives
Admissedly, that time (or us is now postponed lor
four years. Whyag,as at present for dissolution Of
the Uniun when anobe course Of conduct on the part
of the administration and the democracy may stuify
your croakngs and falsiy your predictions before The
South! May you not thus lose the confidence OF your
people, bring d,credit upon your cause ard (wlat is
sill worse) render any future real cries OF alarm un
avaing, How much better, to buckle on our nrmor
for fght under tho Constitution and for Tho Con'u
don How mssh wiser, - improve tho day, in The
Union, for tbe perfect equality Of eur ssssion! Ho"
much more politic to reserve our fire and snhuhaim
in the cause Of Southern republic, for an opportunity
lha, may lend TO that end The eooring at once OF o
strong necessity and high probability! Can w
succeed in it otherwise Thoue who tell I'd that we
can estimate far too lightly the strength Of the bands
wrought by revered ancestry and which sill! enclr
eIe the States of the American COnfederacy.