Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-09-02

! llOn tIC pu-
rest b t Of the
absen here by
slaves area Of
the M, the best
watcre Il prep, alton of
man. in, our Gill; salubri.
GUS than Italy oTGreecc, and our uctions,
lor the wants, the comforts, and the 1t. :urics o
man, more abundant, excellent, and varied than
those of any other cline under Heavens high
canopy Moreove:, we are the exclusive produ-
GERS of cotton-and cotton now rules the COM
merce of the world, and commands and invests
the largest amount of labor and capital of any
other productionpf the earth. The slavcholdinG
States this day Stand in a position from which
they could wicld more real power over the ma
tions, the Kingdoms, the Republics, and the En-
pircs both of the New and Old World, than the
mightiest conqueror that ever strobe upon the
nccks of mankind. Napoleon made thrones and
diadems his play things, and held dukedoms and
principalitics in the palms of his hands, yet his
power, and the power Of France, at the meridian
hight of his fame and glory, never cqualled the
gigantic stature 10 which the cotton growing re.
gion could attain, without the shedding Of
drop of human blood, or without the violation Of
single duty, single obligation. Or single prin'
ciplc Of honor.
\ few years ago, the uses Of cotton were un'
known to man, and his clothing were was man.
u(acturcl Of the skins Of beasts and of wool.
and flax and silk. However,, after the United
States had achieved her Independence, the en-
terprisc of Souherners soon found in cotton, the
cheapest and Rst material of all others, with
which TO cloths the whole world of mankind.
The article wasisoon adopted in other countries
and the staplezzamply rewarded the cultivation.
From year to, year as the quantity of it raise''
was increased, ,ssits. trade Was cxtcndcd-and it
tended. on account Of its cheapncss, and the IA
cilitv Of its manufacture into becoming and com.
Portable wearing apparel, to make its own mar,
kcts. Now nothing can vie whit. 1t Is sought
by the whole world. 1t is becoming an aid to
civilization: for nations, that once could not al.
ford 10 be clad now find in cotton a cheap and
elegant attire that can be obtained even by the
humble and very destitute There was once
sad deficiency Of ramcnt iUr mankind, and hal:
the world absolutely went bare. That deficiency
no longer exists and there seems to he a landa'
bic emulation among al people to dress them
selves with nca;acss, and no longer shock the
scnsibilitcs oc the modest by glaring exposures
OF their persons.
| Of course the manufacture of clothing-cot-
ton clothing has kept pace with the demand for
it. The demand and the supply become larger
and larger with each successive year. and at this
lav, there are hundreds Of millions Of capital III.
vested in the manufacture alone; and millions o:
laborcrs employed therein, even in the two or
three most powerful and commercial nations O
Europe, with which We have the directcst inter
course. Any disturbance of the cotton tra'le:
would create famine and run both in England
and France, in the space Of u single year. Ii
thc savchuldng cotton.growing States were cree.
ted into an Independent government. their cot
ton would be I'M absolute security TO them against
war, not only with England and France, hut with
their own Northern brethren, and even with the
whole world and by the immortal Gods. if they
could obtain at the first. twenty-five years Of pro-
found peace, such would be their wealth, and
such the strength of their alliances that they
could contcnd with the world in arms. In n shor
time the prosperity and riches Of these States
would be absolutely fabulous-surpassins the
grandeur of Rome, in the days Of Augustus, OF
Persia, when her Kings rode i'll golden chariots,
and saL on golden thrones, and OF Great Britain
now. whilst she monopolizcd the wealth of half
the e'r Because: it has been proved TO de.
monstralon, that no region under the sun can
compete with lis i'll raising cotton; and there is
really none other adapted TO its growth. Its
culture has been tried every where, and princely
rewards have Lccn offered by royal hands, even
to the Egyptian, the Indian. and the wild Arab,
as the inducements to success, and every san
guine enterprise has resulted in nothing but dis.
appointment and miserable failure.
Such then, arc the advantages enjoyed by the
Southern Slaveholding States, and such are some
of tho inducements, and securities they have, for
erecting to themselves an independent separate
Republic.
Now, have VIC any other powerful motive, and
any other cogent inccntrics TO such course
Have VIC any other rcasons-nay, any other dire
necessity to imrcl us to separation? would
even wish not, for love my whole country, and
delight to contemplate its glorics undivided
But no Southern man whose scnsibities have
not been bluntcd by his numbcrless insults and
expressions, and fy the long period of his serv
tulc, can be BLING to the monstrous occurrences
of every day, antht the most appalling facts in
which child MIL sht read the future, and deci-
pher the miserable doom of q free people.
Since the foundation of the Republic there has
been a struggle for asccndency between the
North and the South, which struggle has dcgen-
Grated into Contest for Office, and for rspos, and
plundcr, and the overilowings of The treasury.
In contest to be decided by numbers, Of course,
We have beon forced to succumb. The consc-