Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-08-04

. lie therefore feared nothing now. Yet b
would say to the people Of the South, thel
, may be danger yet; stand to your arms, mar
time, and be ready, under any circumstances {
terms, to act promptly in resisting any actu'
interference with ou: rights. South Carolina
courage, and bayonets fixed like the brave Pa
motto at Chaputepec, be ready, but do nj
charge too quick.
The North is by no means wholly to ba,n
for the present condition of the sections. Man
of our grievances took their rise at the Soutl
Many false theories originated here, and man
others the South adopted. With the effects {
these we have long striven. The victory is our:
We should now suffer the clouds Of dust an
error to pass of, and then march boldly or
We lave achieved great moral power, an
should Use it, In looking hack at the error
built mp by the South herself, it may be seel
that she has been thirty years engaged in pulln
down the work Of her own hands during tn
preceding thirty Our proper position is #
meet the issue we have raised. Slavery is III
sin The slave is in Ills moral condition-th
right man in the right place. This We hay
taught the world, and it is Il great blessing
The notion of equality is Il gross abslrdity
everywhere contradcted by nature. In nature
no two men are formed alike-no two things
are equal. God has made it so. 1t WAS tht
poets idea of harmony, the spherical; yet, thu
globes are all irregular. This is the great mora
battle the South has !onght and won. France
and England, after long and expensive reilcc
ton, perceive the recitude and justice Of oul
position Look at the condition Of Exeter Hall
the rendezvous of fanatics, that has governed
London in its mock philanthropy-that has
ruled Great Britain in its crude speculative
! phlosophy-from whcnGa lIas issued all tho
edicts Of trouble to uS-Whcncc sprung ths
question of the right of search Of American
ships in American waters and in tic Gulf Of
Mexico. This Exeter Hall was at its last gasp
and had brought England 10 apologize to us
Mr.. Hammond then in>tanced the change ol
sentiment in England, and Mir. Bliglit's speech
in the English House Of Commons. The peo,
pie of Great Britain were coming to their senses
and great power was launching again$t the
fanatici<m of Exeter Hall.
lie then spoke of Great Britain and the Coo
lie trada-ot the French Louis Napoleon and
his African apprentice sgstcIn-charactcrlzing
both as the result of a correct conception nl
the proper sphere of these aborcrS, accompa.
MED by sickly shrinking from the avowal of
the name. Who ever, heard Of the Coole Or
apprentice returning home after years u Sert-
dom--who woud expect 10 hear it! lie next
referred to the nbsurdity nf Liberia and its
colonization scheme. 1t had to lie supported by
the United States, and, it is said there is a tax
imposed on all those who phlanth"pcally send
out negroes from this country. We now learn
a bonght at Libera t6G 6Y E6fs ssafOaBff
dollars per head This caps the climax of Exc
ter Hall philanthropy. And SO i'll the Northern
Sta:Ds Of the Union, the supporters o! this
crusade of abolition will soon hc reduced a
corporals guard of a few cid maids and fanatics.
Many of these misguided people he respected
for their honesty, and for that alone. There
were many others, however, i'll fact majority,
who were actuatc;l not by sympathy for the
slave, but To have a hobby which, i'll times OF
political indiscretion, woud carry them into
office. 1t was, therefore. question OF sectional
power, rather than tanaticisln. In the State of
New York he knew there were many good anu
true luen, ready to Serve the South and the
lnion-,nen whose word and honor could he
relied on--whilc st thp &uUlli Ihlrp wpFi u
great number whose fidelity was only iip-Scr-
vice. He knew Northern men who had Voted
to sustain the rights of the South when they
felt that, by so doing, they consigned themselves
to Il lasty political grave. These men gave us
strength in the national councils, and lie desired
their fellowship. Distinctions were drawn nc
tween aNatunal' and estates Rights Demo-
cracy." st this Eoriul there was no issue be-
fore the country or State, and hp did nat ap=
preciate their sgnlicancy. He would not laSG
South Carolina tied TO the organization ol this
party or any other party that did not act with
the party ol Truth and right. He believed that
il the good men of tho North offered aid we
should ACCEPT it, not GGt ourselves oil from their
sympathy and support. we OF the South arc
on a mine, and should be yigilant. Bnt We
must have the trnc and good uien Of the North
to sustain us. lie would not bend South Caro-
lima to any faction "fur hettcr or worse The
South should lie one We should be united
and observallt- awake to onr rights. and mind
| fu how. on the recent Kansas question, rom
/ out of our own midst, we were used. W g
should be firm and harmonious. All the opp"'
/ Sitipn measures Of which the South has com
planned in the last thirty years, she herself m
auguratcd Washington and Jefferson, IN the
matter Of slavery, set the evil example Iht
North borrowed il from them. The Bank d
the United States originated with the South
The South under some of our leatling men, wa,
godfather of the tariff. And it was the same
With the Internal improvements. Then, If thu
South had done these things and nldonc them
has she not the power, it still united, to con
troll? Hence he lad hope for the power ant
posifion of the South in the 4;nion. \ snb
stantial ISSUE should not induce us to seced'
slone with four OF tlvp States it may, Mhl!'
remaining in the UniGn ald stFy!Hg manipiI J.
to hold our own, we shoall keep ht nltrfuai!f
steadily not only in our own view, but in TIM
view of the whole country. We should no
fcp moment allow uur I'HnplS to Er lulled l.!
hopes of preserving the Union into apathy o
tue belief that to accomplish or secure strcngt!
would not require all their talent. all their en-
ergy, al their watchfulness, all their courage
and Il perfect state of union and preparation t
take decisive measures on the shortest notice
Mr. Hammond said he was opposed 70 mn
further annc&ati9n OF territories. lie preierre
that our manifest destiny should work out II
own results. lie wished the country to hav
nothing to do with Mexico or South Amerc;
Mr.. Calhoun was right in denouncIng the Mex
can war; It's results have proved iniiAi;liG;All
. and tug openlng OF CALIFORNIA routes has create
an unprecedented expense to the country, an
is the cause Of more corruption, DECEIT amt pre-
J fligaey than has eyer been known before, bot
r in and out of Congress. If we want any l'acli
route, let us have it by takkiln!gg-$se;;;:'g-4
: huantepee or i;anama, with the right of wa.
Progress was his policy, but he was not in ia!y(
t Of ss rash or spasmoddic action. We ought in a
, things 10 act calmly and boldly: take our pos
; ton. stand to our arms and mark time; waI!liT
e on Ihe G'o:arnsnts Of oar enemies: Ihe Sen! 3fR!!
slonld keep her poWder dry. For whatever
Inc hope. there are twenty free States again
fonrteen slave States, and it cannot be disguise