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

the idea of legalizing heslave trade, and at the
same time contempatGs. without emotion The
cruel serviude which capita exacts of labor, al
world the over There. WIS Q. time when cantng
pbilanthropists had instifed into us belief thai
Slavery was wrong. Investigation has entirely
changed the once common sentiment on this
point' The South now believes that a mystic.
rrious Providence has bpl1ght the two races to-
pether on this continenk5ser wise purposes, and
thai the existing relation has been mutually
beneficial. Southern slaIery has elevated the
African to a degree of5riyilization which the
black race has never attained in any other age
or country, {" We see itsnpw in its true light, and
regard it as the most safsEand stable basis for
free institutions in the world" Had the slave
trade never been closed, the equilibrium be.
tween the North and tteSouth would not have
been destroyed. The North has had the Old
World from which TO draw her supply of labor
and hence the rapid settlement Of the North.
west. Since 1903, the South has supplied her
own labor, and has necessarily made slower
progress in settling upths Southwest. If the
trade were open now, Am persuaded that the
South would mot consent to close It; and this
is, perhaps the best ansHer to the argument de.
rived from the mere sentiment that is arrayed
against the proposition. tits upprehended that
the opening of this tradAsWill lessen the value
of slaves, and ultimately yfdestroy the institution
II is sufficient answer topoint 10 the fact that
unrestricted immigratioHfhas not diminished the
value of labor in the Northwestern section of
the Confederacy. The 54Sy there is, want of la
Dor, Notwithstanding capital has the pauperism
of the Old World to press into its grinding SER
sI.v. I labor ,hen we mtiss seynect 10 be sunnyied
,,,;,h s,,nc;ao nf I,horayo do not w,nt and
'.h;a Es"r, tha rory 3tnrs of tb;nas ,nt,o.
"';', ;,;., ~ -, nmr ;nst;,niars II 10 mn,h hctter
u..','. W. .h"rld saJ,;,on bv sIaros ,h,,
s'"s o"' sbnmJ b.SSo,led hv snyos-tbot
Wv. i"I.J. ,a,s snnd bo sa;sSa hv si,ves that nnr
uu: I'o't.a 'uu .h,Id " ba ,Sno5 ' ,r .,v"s ,ban
,oc"lo'Ee si1uta Ta - ,Is ;a..a1s'; a",1s' '"a,'
,'at we s'ou'u oe eApessu ~ ."e In asrouu'''T'',
from any quaF.e' W s,u nd ,,h;aL "tT ~ uS ~
o'rl'' tt'l's ""u a. "'u "s"' ~ i'e
process oi 'in., ,.,.o :, AZ
e"ee' e".; ";u AianI ~, :, ~
lcGit tI n,.s baro snh
,;, aa cn,. H., m, oy;sssn n all ,Iav.bnIdiro
s,o"s 80 ,o,;nv da,s.o. ,h,t tbo .nrernr
"' .h.rI dirao,' md, tLa,irfaror n.,forp,s oil
'oN;o 0erv;ca Camnasifinn ba, ween tho white
~ ILL, r,.u en- az sSsv;oo n,, mt d;.,nrh
Nn..hnrn M % sans;,,;I;,y bnl;t5on. not eroctlv anti
on- @ i.t;,nde Irre:nsciias, however of io,s,es,
,hs . ,n, of congress "a dasiarinr The sIaye trodr
n;r,cv ;r ;s :, brond unonS;si which think It inn.
S1f ~ FinJra. rasa rs
rI,vn mnst he nlunder: and no ingenuity can
ar,;1 ,Lo Iori,al necessity Of such conclusion.
Wr y homes and fortunes are indissoIubly assoria.
,a3 w;,I, This form Of society feel that 7
,sorIi ho m,n,ino in dntv, if did not uroo Won
~ m'uI wiIbJr,w DR. vour assent to an act. Which is
itself \ DIRECT condemnation of your institutions.
Bu, we have interests to enforce course of
,.Jcrespec.. | believe, as have already stated,
,hat more slaves are necessary 10 continuance
Of our monopoy in plantation products. be-
ievc 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 thu South, TO IN equality of
power in the General Government, perhaps TO
Iae very integrity of slave society, disturbed AS
il has been bv causes which have induced al
undue proportion Of The ruling race. To us
have been committed the fortunes of this pccu.
liar form of society resulting from the union Of
unrou,l races Il has yudcatcd its claim to
the apnrobation Of an enlightened humanity. Ii
ms civilized and chrislianzrd the African. 1t
Las exalted lhc white race Itself 10 higher hopes
,,,d nurn,srs and il is p,rhaps Of the mos,
.,,r.d 'I,l;,, linn that v.r s.iuuId rive il the
mn,n. # oyn,ny;nn and thai we shoud nress
i; I;', t;'r,yord W ta ,'', nrrociniiv If nropress
have received "Resolulnns of the Lcgisa-
~ ,.;olo,nn nra hl,oJ.hnd prrn.,ro,,J hv