Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-01-07
r.1snuoops AND hRsURD1T1Es.


can politics. They evince ngnorance ofcls-atahtic
matters, so profound as to blunt our indignation
hy its sheer caanicality. No mostrosty IS TOO
monstrous for these sapien scrhtlcrs to recognise
as credible in connection with our country anu our
institutions. Any hoax can be crammed down
their throats by commonly saga .ious was, and
Horace Grcelcy's most naetiouS wIlidcrings arc
accented as holy writ f,r all purposes OF argu'
mcntation
We have before lis the Dcccn!bcrnumher OF Tie
Dublin Uuircrsity -Naga=i"e,' which Contains
an article of this chimcrical cast, cntitici SLA-
VERY" 1t purports to be review OF MIS-
SrowE's last anti-Slavcry novel, and is made tie
medium OF wild and hish-h"wn attack upon
American dcpravity in general and Southern tur-
ptule in especial. The United States GovcFil-
mcnt is spoken of as an Anti-Christ, awaiting but
the fiat of Heaven to he swept into the vortex OF
revolution and destruction. 1t is compared to that
of Rome in the days that Immediately pr,ceded
the fall of the Empire. Then, says The reviewer,
it was a conflict between slavery and Christianity
that wrought the grand finale of Roman power
Now. it is 4 war bctwc IL slavery and the Church
that is to scatter tho feathers Of the American
eagle to the four corners of the globe. slave
holders in America are set down as limited num-
Der OF overbearng aristocrats very nabobs, VINO
by the force of their wealth ami pride control the
government and shape its operations to tlelr own
nefarous ends. They are supposed to be at war
with truth, virtue, honor, mercy and love- and are
placed in q particularly hostile attitude to"atoS
the Christian church But the day of their doom
is said to he near, and an evident chucke is DIS
cernble in the stSe Of this monarchst reviewer
whie he predicts and depicts the subvcrsion OF
every thing American No doubt, great JOY would
sparkle along the crown Jewels of Europe at such
an event; and their plant tools find profit as well
as pleasure in panderng to their anti-American
hopes after the manner Of the stupid article before
u.s. Let them deude themselves as they list. Let
king or subject, emperor or parasite, hope and
prophesy us peaseth tie fancy or folly OF each
Our fate is not in the keeping of fools; nor canal
the powers of earth and hell shake the foundation:
of our government If wisdom and patriotism shal
now prevail in our councils. 1t is just such rabid
comments upon American affairs, as this Dublir
reviewer delishtedlS puts forth, that should con
strain the great American people to eschew the
common cause Of American Liberty. The help o
Providence has been signay with us from the in
cpicncy of our government to its present fulnes
: of wealth and power; ana it will remain with IL
and cherish lis into tci,-flS greatness if we ar
but true to ourselves, to our Constitution and t
the memory of our revolutionary sireS.
We cannot deny oursclf the pleasure Of layin!
before our readers an extract or two from the arti
Gle in question. In regard to the present condi
tion of things amongst US, mark the following
At present, indeed we see no break in the clouds
Thcpro slavery party seem everywhere triumphant
AS We write the Presidential election has bcel
carried in their favour. In defiance of all compact
slamciulIy violated vi-ii1ancc Committees Sit il
every district to watch over and protect slavery
the ballot box the crown-iewcl OF Il sovereign peo
pie, as an American senator has finely described il
has bccn pluudcrcd. Preachers who dared to bt
true to God have been ridden rail tarrcd, tict
to log and thrown into the Missouri. 4 rcg
of terror has set in, uncqualcd since the Frcncl
Revolution 4 senator who had the courage u
raise his voice against these things III the Senate
of the United States is brutally struck down. am
left stunned and bleeding Oh the floor Of one o
the greatest dcibcrativc assemblies in tie world
nor was the act the act of single bully As th'
Spartan mother thanked her God that Sparta hat
many more such sous. so Carolina subScribes t
show there are many more Brookes. silve
cane, bearing the inscription g" Hit him again." il
the elegant trophy Of slave state to its puglstiC
hero. The Upton Slasher, or Tic Brummagen
Pet would rise, no doubt, to tie honours of Con
gross, and sit bcted among the Cuascript Father:
of America, could they be induced to cnigratc.
Was there ever more egregious little chapter
of unmitigatcd b!uatlcrs and falsehoods7 1t i.
only exceeded by the stupidity Of tho writer's at
lempts at argument a brief (hut iarJ sample o.
which we can barely lind space for. lie is discus
sing the chances of killing ont slavery by finding
ior Manchester other cotton markets in India and
Africa, which arc to undcrsell niger labor and
play the deuce Immediately with slavery And
this is his profound deduction:
But this monopoly OF slave cotton in tho Man
chester market depends upon slight difference in
price The price of 4 full-grown slave ut work in
the cotton fields averages $40 dollars aud his aiil-
tcaanrc for Ole year averages ut least fifty dollars
Lie prOnt he SiGluS his owner Is calculated 3l Hot
more than one cent Oh the pound Of cotton as it is
landed in England. To ehcapca cotton onc cent
per pound in Manchester would abolish slavery
an evil which neither religion nor reason, Uncle
ron nor {" tho underground railway" American
abolitonists nor English pilanthropiss have been
able in the least to check
The long-car ass lie has no conception that
cotton has luctuatctl from to Is cents pound
throughout its whole history and yet slavery still
ourShes in healthful rigor. lie seem not to dream
that the profits of slave labor in the articles of
cotton is regulated largely by the amount made
per haRd, o that this amonnt can vary from Ger
tain fixed and unincrcaseabIe quantity lie takes
it for granted too that the produce of American
save-labor can be easily knocked out of the mar
kcts Of the world by the competition of Indians
and Africans; and this too with the fact staring
him in the face, that the munificencc of an ambi-
tious Emperor has thus far failed to foster into be-
ing even the initiation of such competitions
article is too absurd to dwell upon longer And
yet such is the wisdom, such the veractv, of wri-
tcrs who give direction to the anti American feel
ing of Europe.
DECISIVE BATTLES.
An English paper thus enume,ates the decisive
battles Of earth:
The most decisive battles recorded IN history
tt.~.x.