Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-05-06
Criminal Artitles.
For the Advertiser.
REVISION OF KING JAMES, TRANSLATION.

last NO. Ol lnc 'oOuthefH LtSht, anu ut lnc
authors request was transferred to the columns
of this paper. 1t is our design to give this sub
ject Il thorough canvassing ullyimpressed as we
are, of its vast importance to the present and
coming generations. But Eeforc proceeding
with the work, We would pay passing notice to
two articles which appeared i'll recent issues Of
the Advertiser.
In the first article there appears nothing call
ing for particular attention, except an al cap
tanium allusion to the Northern origin Of
the Bible Revision enterprise There do indeed
appear in that, and also in the communication
of "J," several oft repeated and as often refu
ted objections to the work, but they will be duly
considered in our regular series.
But" says the writer to whose piece is signed
"TnE BIBLE this thing originated al the
North and money is the main spring Of its ope'
ration" What world of argument there is in
this thought-who can resist it, and who so lost
to wisdom and patriotism as to have anything to
dowith whatever comes from that Pandora box,
The North Stand back, ye Southern men
touch not-tastc not-handlc not the unclcan
thing. But hold a little, good friend, while We
ask You what is it that doc'em come from the
North Look at the corner of the paper on
which you pcnncd your article, sec if il has not
the stamp Of Northern mandatory. Who
made the pen IF amctalc onc) you wrote with
Was it Maynard & Noys, Or Thaddcus David, or
4. W. Harrison that supplied your ink stand
And, unless YOU are an exception to the rule, the
clair you sat on, the table which held the paper
and the light, (supposing you wrote at night
which shed the rays by which you traced the lines
which were intended 10 warn the South of dan
ger, all owed their origin to tho North )" while
the andirons that supported the fire wood which
shed its genial warmth through the room, and
the carpet which kept Your feet from contact with
the cold floor, and the glass in your windows
which barred an entrance to the chilly night air,
and the poker with which YOU stirred the fire, all
came from the terrible "North.n Indeed it
might have required hut little excrion of fan.
cy to have imagined yourself transported to the
very region which you seem to regard with such
horror. Your conpcer of y later date has shown
wisdom in this respect that he has not sought to
prejudice the people against a noble enterprise
by an alusion to the place of its origin-it were
greatly to he wished that he had not made an
exhibition of something that cannot be called by
that name in other parts of his article. But
having taken u sketch Of your immediate sur
let us take Il walk out and see how
the rule works in regard to Northern dependence.
it is not late see by your Northern clock
You are ready. .ih, that's Il neat hat YOU have
on. whose make is it? Never mirl though. YOU
seem to have sulnc trouble to make that lock
(Nor;hcru) work we'll The weather is cold but
you arc provided with good shoes (Sortherl.J
That oycrcOat too Novthcrn) must be com!ora
bic. What did your (NortLcrn) gloves cost?
BY the way did rct observe YOU had on Indian
Rubbcrs lNorthcrn. But sir tp stop this appa
r4mtv sarcasm, We ask again for what are we
not dependent on the North? Look round at
the thousand and one articles of household and
kitchen furniture. See the farming utensils,
axes to cut down the forests with, ploughs TO
turn up the soil, hoes to clean away grass from
the cotton, carriages 10 ride in, nails to build
houses with, spades to dig bitches with. Where
can YOU find school book that does not come
from Northern publishing house? Not map
is made South Of the Potomac-(thc people Of
Edgelield have some experience in Southern
made maps.) Get on a Rail Road Car and YOU
sec the name of some factory in Massachusetts.
The Northern engines are driven by Northern
men and the very wheel barrows with which the
are made come from the North.
Whence come the materials to build Southern
custom houses From the same region whence
VT derive our trace chains and piano iortcs.
The products Of tho tropics frequently come
through Northern Ports, whilst our own staples
arc carried in Northern vessels. And thus VIC
might go on to fill dozen pages with evidences
Of our dependence on Il part Of the country, 10
abuse which some people think the surcst way
10 acquire position or give force to IN argument.
Now we claim to be II Southern man, and We
should be glad to src The land Of the sunny South
freed from its dependence Oh the North and the
world and considering the extent Vi It's terrific
~ and its immense and varied resources, there
is no reason why it should moi be. Understand
lis moi to say that We desire Il dissolution OF tho
Cunledcncy for this would be, i'll the present
condition Of things, !; colsnmmatlon most de-
souty to be deprecated. Independence III the
Umiun, and not ont of it should he the desire of
every Christian and patriot. But this is not to
be accomplished by gasscy sI""rh-making, an
assumption of Southern superiority, nor M rtcr-
nal clamor about Northern rascaliIy. One such
company rs can hr found on lnrse Creek does
more for Southern Independence than an army
Of chiyary huaslers. In the name Of reason
l,.d Southern prosperity why is not the money
which is scnL North every year not used for pro-
ducing here the articles which We need? The
result Of three years expenditures at the North
might change the relative positions Of the two
extremes Of tic country.
But lest our remarks should seem to have a
political complexion, not suited to the main
question at issue, we conclude them by saying
that our design in writing this much was to re-
move from the public mind any prejudice which
might prevent its appreciation of the argument
1ua nropose TO make,