Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-03-26
ADMISSION OF NEW STATE.

How much tolerance does the South, the
parent of the new States, exhibit, in permitting
Them to enter the Union with constitutions pro-
hibiting slavery! They ask TO participate in all
the principles of the old thirteen, saying, at the
same time, 1--WE are holer than you" The
bot.of slavery is not OH our escutcheon." 10
the present slave States, they, in effect say,
.You,,it is true have given 10 the Union, or have
been chiefly Instrumental in acquiring for the
Union, all her territories; but you are wicked,
degraded race, and must not contarninate us with
your vile institution Of slavery" If the new
Suites were within the Frigid Zone, where the
negro would be at all times useless, 1t would
only add wanlonness 10 the insult, for the pro.
hbilion would be unnecessary. The prohlbI-
ton of slavery is always either @anton insult,
or gross wrong to the South. The Federal
Government, as the agent of the States, may or
may not admit new Siates into the Union, rs it
peases. In admitting them, it is bound 10 do
equal Justice to the North and 10 the South. II
does perpe,rale gross and pal pable injustice. TO
the South, when it permits forward child to be
remilted to the rights Of manhood, when its ve-
ry petition is accompanied with insult and wrong
10 one of lis parents.
If we of the South admit that slavery i, i'm.
moral or ilexpedent in new States, We connot
maintain that it is right anywhere. We thereby
WELD the great principle for which abolition con-
tends, and furnish it i lever and fulcrum with
which to upset our domestic institutions. Here
after, in admitting any Northern State prohibit
ing slavery, it should be with an understanding
on the part of the South, that it submits to
admission, not IN matter OF right, but Tor the
sake Of peace, and because it will not quarrel
about 4 useless abstraction" Without some
such procedure on the part of the South the ad-
mission Of any State excluding slavery, IL the
assertion that slavery is morally wrong and in
expedient.
Whenever the South takes the distinct ground,
that her institutions are righteous, honorable and
expedient, az those of tine North, she will find
her defence easy. Until she does this, until she
asserts her equality in morality, as we'll rs in
right, she invites, nay, she justifies, the attacks
of abolition.-Richmond Enquirer.
NEGRO DIpLomATIsTs.-The London CORES.
pondent Of the New York Herald says:
"The negro representative of Soulouque made
his appearance this week ut the Queens leree,
and in spite Of all the affected sympathy of The
English for free niggers," he was avoided as
something "odious and not to be endured" A
rood Joke of our Minister a: Paris, Mr.. Mason,
has come over here. He was ut Il Court ball
lately al the Tuilleries, and his eyes happened
to light on the Charge d'Aff'ires Of Soulouque
in France, fine looking black. Some one o..
serving his steady gaze, said swell, Mr.. Mason,
what do you think of yonder blackee in his en-
broidtred coat" Think replied Mr. Mason,
still regarding the negro with the eye of con-
noisseur, :.why, clothes and all, think that
fellow il worth thousaed dollars" This is
"OId Virginny' all over, and every body is langh-
ing at the bon mot"
WASHINGTON CRY IN lSOI.-One canscarcely
credit the description of Washington City, as
Mrs. Adams found it in 1901:
Here and there (she writes) is a small cot
tage without glass window, interspersed among
the forests, through which you travel fer miles
without seeing human Icing. Tho house il
upon grand and superb scale--requiring about
thirty servants to attend and keep the apartments
in order. could content myself anywhere for
three months but though surrounded by forests,
can you believe that wood cannot be had, be-
cause people cannot be found to cut and cart il
The house is made hnbitable, but there is not a
single apartment finished. We nave not the
least fence, yard, or other convenience without,
and the great unfinished audience room make
driving room to hang up clothes in. 1t is q
beautiful spot. capable Of every improvement,
and the more view it the moro am delighted
with it," .,...
"The great unfinished audience ROOM" OF
which Mrs. Adams speaks, ID the famous East
Room Of the White House.
Mr.. BARNES, asoap manufacturer in New Or.
leans, La, has manufactured new article OF
soap, made from cotton reed; it ispurely vegeta-
ble, and has the same properties rs CASTLE soap
the color is dark, for the reason that it is made
from the dir,isst portion of the seed. 1t is sold
at six cents pcr pound.
The people of Cincinnati are about deTising
means 10 establish in that city mortuary insti.
tuition, in which the bodies Of deceased persons
may DO deposited, that the possibility of inter-