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

some time contemplatds sRithout emotion the
cruel seryitude which cSaita exacts of labor, all
world the over. There. Wfda. time when canting
nhilanthropists had insflfsd into Ms belief that
Slavery was wrong fhysstigation has entirely
thanged the once common sentiment on this
point The South now sleyes that mystic.
rious Providence hassbHiagEt the two races to-
retber OF, this contine1E wise purposes, and
tboi the existing refaffm has been mutually
beneficial. Southern sslusry has elevated the
African to degree pfaiviljzation which the
black race has never aitatnsd in any other age
or country. 6 We.seeif ifAaW tits trne light, and
REGARD it IS the most safgs sSnd stable basis for
free institutions in the sSfld" Had; the slave
trade never been closed the equilibrium be-
tween the North and tHesSouth, would not have
been DESTROYED. The N6sth has had the Old
World from which 10 DIR her supply of labor,
and hence the rapid sstsiement: J: of ia North
west. Since 1908, the k4hth has supplied her
own laber. and hasf necessarily made slower
progress in settling updse Southwest If the
trade were open now, Is4n persuaded that the
South would mot conssGt 10 close It; and this
is, perhaps, the best ans to tbs argument de.
rived from the mere ssa sment that is arrayed
against the proposition isapprshsnded that
the opening of this trad4 4Will lessen the value
of slaves, and ultimatsly destroy the institution.
| II is sufficient answer sbspoint to the fact that
unrestricted immigratio not diminished the
value of labor in the th-western section of
the Confederacy. Tie there is, want of la
Dor, Notwithstanding has the pauperisn
of the Old World toSpnesi into its grinding SER
vice. If we, cannot sanply the demand for
slave labor, then we mug expect 10 be supplied
with a species of aboEs@es do not want, and
which is, from the very yGEsure Of things, antag-
onistic to our Institutions 1t is much better
that our drays should 6Gdriven by slayes-that
our factories should bsy&orked by saVcs-that
our hotels should be- by slaves-that our
locomotive should be banned by slaves, than
that we should be:expoAed TO the introduction
from any quarter; Of a EGpulation alien to US by
birth, training and ;edlcl8 and which, in the
process of time, mnstlgadlo that's Conflict be-
tween capital and hboa (which make IT so diff
6cut to maintain free; lions iniall wealthy
and highly civilized nations where such insitu->
lions as ours do mol exfsssg In all slavehodng
Estates, true policy dicsAses that the superior
face should direct, andaheanfeFior performs all
me6ial service CempetHitn between the white
and black man, for thisSsSyiice, may not disturb
Northern sensibility, bgkS not exactly suit
ourlatitude. IrrespecHf however, Of interest,",
the act of Congresss bring the slave tide
piracy, is q brand upon hichI think il i'm.
bor m 70 f5hYJ a daaa 6a
Slave must be plunder; and no Ingenuity can
avoid the logical necessity of such conclusion.
NV hopes and fortunes are indissolubly associa-
ted with this form of society,". feel that
would be wanting in duty,iif did not urge you
to withdraw your assentto an act, which is
tselfa direct condemnation of your institutions.
| But we have interests to enforce course OF
selC.respect. l believe as Ihave already stated,
that more slaves are necessary 10 continuance
of our monopoly in plantation products: be-
evc that they arc necessary to the full develop
ment of our whole round of agricultural and
mechanical resources; /; that they are necessary to
the restoration of the South, to an equality of
power in the General Government, perhaps to
the very integrity of slave society, disturbed as
it has been by causes which have induced an
undue proportion CT The ruling race. TO US
have been committed the fortunes of this pecu.
liar form of society resulting from the union OF
unequal races. 1t has vindicacd its claim to
the appreciation Of an enlightened humanity. 1t
has civilized and christianized the African. 1t
has exalted the white race itself 10 higher hopes
and purposes, and it is perhaps of the most
sacred obligation, that we siVud give 1t the
| means or expansion, anu tnaL We Slloulu plesS
it forward to perpetuity of progress.
have received RESOLUTIONS Of the Lcgisla-
ture of New Hampshire in relation 10 the lae
acts of violence and bloodshcd perpclrated by
the slave power, in the Territory of Kansas
and at the National Capital" In the exercise
| of a discretion which think rghfully apPcr-
tains 10 the Executive department, decline TO
law these resolutions before your honorable
bodies. care not what may be the theory of
Slate intercommunication, will not submit to
be made the medium of transmitting from any
quarter, an insult to my own State. The con-
s,ituion imposes no such duty on the EIecu-
tive. The usage Of the better days Of the Re.
public commands my respect, but it cannot rec
oncil. me to acts of courtesy to those who
wonli gloat in seeing the torch applied to our
dwellings, and the knife to our llroats
cannot close this my last regular communi-
cation, without q public acknowledgment of
gratitude for tfe opportunity which has been
afforded mo of serving the State in my present
capacity. On retiring feel but ono regret
that my ability to serve hSr, has not been equal
to the love bear her. Whatever may be my
lot in the future, I shall never cease to take
deep interest in whatever concerne her welfare
and her honor. l invoke now, and for oil time
to come, Heavens choicest blessing on her and
her peoples ). H. ADAMS
| A HAY.FrELp-That is good story, which