Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-03-11
PROVIDENCE AND POLITICS.

few reneriions unon the one as influenced by the
other in American affairs Some pen has rather wag.
gishlr written II down that ga special Providence
watches over children. drnnkards and the United
Sfnps;" and at least regards the last there is csr
tainlv much Of trnth in the asseveratinn The Jews
were no, more distinctly marked ont aiming The nm
clients as The guided and protected snhirris nf an
Ovsrrnling Rene6cencs. Than tp' nropa nf these
United States among the moterns il was P"wrr
frnm nm High that impelled the fathers "f this Cow
er"ment tn the hold asserIinn Of their rights and The
daring declaration Of their independence in l776. II
.as Wisdnm from on High that inspired Washington
and his co.lahorsrs in the direction and maintenance
of the long and glnnmv contest hrh'f"ll"wrd; And
wns Help from High lha, enabled ''rm to nchi-re
surcpss in he'end and to lift mp the banner Of Free.
dem hrfore the wnrld. For how, except under the
impnlss Of that Power, cnuld even the determir ed
spirits Of the rariot.colnniuis have conceived The
mighty undertaking Of resistance to The orer.shadow-
ing rule of The Mother Country! How, except by
the direct illumination OF that Wisdom, could the
Heroes Of the Revolution have controlled The chances
of an unequal war, and have preserved The cnuniry
from chars of despair and distraction! Or how,
except nv the nerpnsitinn of that Help.-sowing di-
visions and doubts amidst the Home Government.
calling their thoughts away To oIher and more threat.
ennq dangers their own side of the Atlantic, and
hliadng their Understandings to the reality Of Ameri-
can rphrlIion-conld the little armies of 'he embryo
Republic have fought TO final victory? As in The
rtinn and achievement of onr own independence
so in the formation of nur Federal Constitution and
tie prrfrciing nf our F. deral Union wasthe hand Of
Providence discrrn;hle. IF we come to the war of
1872, it cannot be denied that Grra, Brit,ain's
strength was even then gigantic compared with that
of the American Union; and. but for Ihe fact that
Prnvidrnce tempered the rcs Of thatconact accord.
ing to ability 10 it, the result would have
been defeat and overthrow. Even the separate
actions Of that brief struggle, higher hand than
man. seemed to di-play itself frum lime TO time. The
almost invariable success Of our ships against the
proud Aoating M.no ofwar of the best appointed Navy
on earth. makes up one of the brightest chapters OF
historical romance record, and can only be fully
accounted far by the supposon Of some supernatural
agency in their behalf. The very crowning glory of
that war.-when PAcKENHAM, with the flower OF
English chivary, fell prosIra,e before JACKSON and
his hunters of k-mtucky-aAords prnnf uf the belief
thai the God of Battles tas ever befure) upon our
side. 1t was skill and bravery, sharp.shooting and
coll OIL bags that carried The day. But who led that
array Of ten thousand soldier into the hands OF all
enemy numbering less by al least half! Call it the
confidence Of we.drilled troops, or the infa,uaiun
nf an ambitious general counting too hastily upon the
in.fTriency and weakness Of his adrersary,-lt was
after all Providence that stood friend, 10 decide
both the fate Of thar engagement and The result OF
that war. Inderd upon ,hn battle fell
everywhere have been almost UNMARRIED. Our worst
rrverses perhaps have been in the hammocks and
everglades ol Florida against The pnor Seminole, IN
war The result uf which could in no wise affect ne
POSITION Of cur country among the nations OF the
rarll II would almost seem that here too wns The
working of great Providence, ,-ihe same Providence
that gnaronteed our success on all other occasions
taking this isolated opportunity Of lmpressing upon
The American heart the futiliIy Of human wisdom
where Cod does not sanction and assist With this
e1c-p,inn,-we say, our batile.islds everywhere
spr,mf. piled up that we favored people in The
sight of Heaven and designed by the Almighty for
the establishment and illustration Of some one ut his
great ends with the race Of Adam.
But il is moi only in our outward difficulties that
this rn,h has bren rendered apparent. We find it
equally SO in our internal dissensions Once or twice
has the danger arisen, in startling magnitude, of
disruption # our Confederacy and the institution of
some new order of things In il stead MS the conse.
onence of heated intestine quarrels. These dangers
have been escaped at their darkest stages by the up.
rising of spirit Of concession and compromise. Thus
the oppression resulting from enormous protective
system Ind well nigh brought on violent array Of
huslil parties. The supp rer of that SYSTEM yielded
by degrees, and are continuing to yield until ihr
haven ur Free Trade and Direct Taxation is now al
moa, deserted in the distance. The Wiimot Provso
again was fas' ened upon terrnry south Of The Mis-.
souri, Com promise line and the people of the South.
rrn side Of this Union once more upon the point
Of resorng The extreme measure OF dlssoVlng ihr
honds of III. Cunfrderacy. Men reflected and paused.
The South adopted her ullimaum Of concession and
resolved To recede no further. The tide changed. Th"
Missouri Compromise itself soon abroeated, and
territory huth North and South Of that line is now
oprn to the people and property of our section We
n moi say thai justice is yet done nr that either END
of the Cun-deracy is yet satisfied We point 10 ihe
facts as they stand out in s'ury, to show that there
is some great pnwer moving upon tls affairs oi the
American people stay very tendency 10 impair lhe
integrity or diminish the fair proportions OF our re.
rnnrkahIe puli,ica fabric. But yeNerdny, as it WEIR,
Black Rrpnhranism vannled itself mighty and ready
to crush ont our Southern institutions at the peril oil
the Union and everything else that was sacred III our
Republican system. The country trembled 10 li'
c.nre and for a while the hnasl was regarded by
many as near its accomplishment. But The S"utl'
went up 10 the contest with frmness ami zeal; and
enough uf conservatism vet left at The North To
give us the victory. To-day JAMES BUCHANAN IL
President by Southern and Northern conservative
volss Black RrpuhIicansm lies vanqushrd at his
feet; hut gnasles lis teeth, ye swearing TO rise in its
dark strength and rample The Constitution md
tn. Rights Of the South under It's unlmowed feet.
Will il do so! Lonk over the conservatism Of The
past, the Providenlial protection therein manifested,
and answer for yoursef
We will next speak of the Prnvi'len'ial manifesto
lions which have hovered the Snnlh ih especial.
and which nre more remarkable (if pn'sible) than
anything in our history Confederacy.
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THE FARMER AND PLANTER---GRUM-
BLERs.
The last number OF our venerable agricultural broth.
er lies open hefre us. 1t il Handsomely and ustfuy
flied with variety Of original and selected articles
MAJOR SEABoRN we'll understands The business OF
catering for his readers. His Journal has too the ad'
vantage of bei,g the quasi rgan OF the Slate Agri-
cultural Society, and will be by consequences the me-
lum of publication for articles emanaing from that
budy-By the way We observe that the staunch old
Ma"r hns taken up Judge ONEALL upon one OF his in.