Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-07-15
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:. The Advertiser says that thee, South kHows'
the Black Republicans "weli, and with thaSs
knowledge feels secure Of her ability ovanqtist'
it's endeayors for evil" These words seem to-
imply that the Black Republicans or Abolition.
lists now do US no evil, and are endeavoringto
do us no evil; but that when they do mako
such endeavors, the South g feels secure of4hert
ability to vanquish them !, hence all agitation,
upon the subject is superfuous folly..,,
Now, unless we greatly mistake the true state
Of things, the Aboltionists of the North are not
only daily making endeavors for evil, but are y e.
doing us eyil-and great evil. It is the. who
have made our position one Of provincial degra;;
dation. in the Union, and who are daily endeayaa
oring to make it worse. That position is now
one of inferioity -interiority of power and in
feriority in dignity. That equality of power
which we once held in the Senate of the United
States is gone. That equality in dignity and
responsibility in the Union-the last which a
selfrespecting and manly people will ever Sub
NIT to have wrested from tlem-is also gone.
The great business of the Congress Of the Uni
ted States for the last ten years, has consisted
of assaults on the institution of slavery-an
institution which we once supposed was con-
cern belonging exclusively to the people of the
South. The South, whilst enduring these ss-'
sauts, stands in the inferior position of'the'asr
sailed and defensive. '''1'.'.::''li. ~ = -
The Abolitionists are doing "us evil, in the
general estimation of the world; by invokingits
moral condemnation on the basis Of q thousand
falsehoods They are doing us evil, by prevent
ing our legitimate expansion in the common.
territory, whilst we pay for their acquisition to
the country. They are doing us evil, in stinu-
lating our slaves to leave us, and numbering our
citizens, or the officers of the law, who attempt
their legal arrest. They are doing us evil, BY.
exciting instructions amongst our slaves, ,as
was distinctly proved in the late instructions
in Tennessee and Kentucky. They are now
putting forth " endeavors for evip against us ina
Kansas supported by trusted agents Of the
National Democratic party-and not only in
Kansas, but in portions Of the South ITSELF
These are positive living evils, which the Adver-
tiser seems to ignore. If these, in the opinion
of the Advertiser, justify neither indignation
nor cause for anxiety in the South, we do not
wonder that it stigmatizes those who have quite
different sensblities and perceptions as ultras"
and "alarmists."
Our cotemporary says that +" the South feels
secure of her ability to vanquish its endeayors
for the evil" We do not doubt this ability,
but when will it be exercised? :? The inhabitants
of Pompeii had the perfect ability to escape
from the burning lava of Mount Vesuyius. For
weeks and days the smoke and flames manifes-
ted the approaching irruption. But did they.
escape? They asked, just as our cotemporary
now does, where is the danger where is the
vortex2 We point to the past achievements Of
Abolition, and say to: our cotemporary, =. there
is the vortex 1t has meyer yet failed in SUCK
ing in its victims. it has desolatsd the mitest
portion of the world, and from civilization and
plenty has converted it into barbarism, wretch
edness and waste. With steady and unflinch-
ing perseverance, it has seized the mind Of the
Northern States, and has dragged us into its
resistless eddies. We are on the breast of the
current and we are sweeping on, inert and idle.
The North is fully organized against us. Our
institution of slavery is the grand controlling
element of all politics in that section. And tho
subversion of the South in this vortex of Aboli-
ton is the leading idea Of the Northern mind.
Does not the Advertiser believe-does it not
know, that if left to its unmistakable designs
its fierce and ruthless policy-the South must 60
down into its remorseess gorge? And yet it
asks, with an air Of noble innocence, where is
the vortex2 "Simple shepherd, tell me where"
Next to our ability to vanquish endeayors for
evil, our cotemporary, in the extract we have
made, ask as the vortex to be found in the
powers that be-? They are all for u.s."
By the powers that be, our cotemporary
doubtless means the "National" Democratic
Administration at Washington. Are they all
for US, as the Advertiser asserts2 1t is not 50
certain. If what Governor Walker asserts is
trutb--which we are 10th to believe-they are
all against as, in the one great matter in which
the South is momentously concerned-in the
one great matter that elevated them to power
by Southern hearts and Southern hands. Be
fore we are satisfied that the powers that be are
Government to the Democratic party Of Geor-
gia, demanding that Governor Walker shall be
recalled from the Governorship of Kansas. If
he is left to carry out his policy in Kansas-and
he has been already left too :long-whether
Kansas still be lost to the South or not, then,
we say, the powers thatbe are against the South;
and, however earnestly we labored to place the
Administration in power, We are done with it
forever. For it will give to the world one of
the most fragrant instances Of base political
treachery and disgusting ingratitude, for selfish
purposes, that the annals Of political history
afford.
But let US, for a moment, pat away distrust,
and suppose as the Advertiser asserts, that the
Administration is with us. This, to be sure,
will not help to make " the vortex" but can it
arrest it? Can the Abolition spirit of the
North be put down by any administration Of
the Federal Government If it could, it never
would have existed; for every Administration,
from the foundation of the Government to this
day, has been actively opposed to it. Yetit has
grown, until at the last Presidential election,
nothing but division amongst the opponents
of slavery prevented their seizing the power Of
the whole Government. Is there anything in
an Administration thus holding power, to justi-
fy reliance on it's ability to protect us, or q
state of contcntment and inactivity in the
South2 We cannot see why our cotemporary
refers to the present condition Of things, except
ing that we are very apt TO value extrayagantly
what we have just been in great danger of To-
sing. When before Fort Moultrie Sir Peter
Parker had only his silk pantaloons shot off
with cannon ball; no doubt he patted the
grazed part with feelings of unwonted selfcon-.
gratulation. So it is now with our esteemed
cotemporary.
An AMERICAN IN LoNDoN.-The North Ameri.
can Review tells the following good story: A
countryman of ours, of somewhat rude appear
ance, walking in. the Strand, earlyin May, saw
his favorite dish of Strawberries and cream blush-
ing at him from the counter of a restaurant.
Entering, he carelessly called for bowl, to the