Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-11-17

passed tne Olu Elm unQer Wllcl george WaSl-
ington exhibited his commission as commander
in-chief of the American forces He was
southern man and STAKEHOLDER, yet he drew
his sword for principles as dear to the South as
to the North, feeling that they were principles
common to Us all while We were struggling for
the rights, not Of free negroes, but Of white
men, and to establish a government for the An
glo Saxon race. Tremendous cheering.P Par
don me, fellow-citizens, for alluding to another
fact-for alluding to the gallant ancestry which
fought those battles. have no misgivirg that
in'recalng the fact that slave holders helped
to fight the battle of Bunker Hill the Demo-
Gratis of Boston will have less veneration for
their memory. 1t was only this afternoon that
visited your Museum, and there saw framed
upon the wall bill of sale Of negro, from one
citizen of Massachusetts, to another citizen of
Massachusetts,. 1t was In the yenr I'LL, and
only four years before the great battle of Bunk
er Hill. Afterwards, fellow-citizens, your an
cestry saw fit to get rid Of that institution
they did so in tLeir own wisdcm, in their own
good time, and in their own way, without in
humanity TO the slave and Without detriment to
their own pockets; they did so without dicta-
tion from abroad. They did so Of their own
free will and accord; they did 50 because they
believed it was for their interest to do so. And
now the States which recognise the same inSti-
tuition claim the privilege Of doing the same
thing, when and how they please; and only il
it shall please them SO to do. Whatever We do,
we shall scorn all dictation from any source or
any quarter upon that subject. (Cheers.)
Fellow citizens, when that great battle for
constitutional liberty was fought in this country
for the Anglo Saxon race; when the banner
then unlnred was unfurled over thirteen colo-
nies, twelve, if not thirteen, Of those colonies
recognised the institution of slavery. Gradual
ly, however, that institution leceded to that
portion Of the country where it. now lives; but
it did not carry blight and desolaton in its tran
On the contrary, communities, moral and religi-
OILS, exist and prosper where that institution
tiouriShes The same gospel, the same Christian
religion, the same principles Of morality, the
same love Of the principles Of civil and religious
liberty, as well as the freedom of the ballot
box and the purity Of the judicial crlnilie which
exist among you,' now exist and are cherished
there. -,
The oLjection to Democracy by the. Black
.Republicar'party Il that we adhere to- the great
charter Of American liberty and the great char:
ter Of the constitution, which provides that the
rights Of the several States shall be strictly
construed and sacredly preserved National
Democracy teaches this doctrine, and each
member Of the party cherishes It III lis heart.
maintain that Hs who cherfslies the warmest
love for tie reserved rights of the States and
the people, and Stands ii1nest and truest'tU the
Constitution Of the United States,:is the best
friend to his country. Loud cheers; That
Constitution recognises mo private in
any State or Territory that IS disgfacefdtF
d:creditable either to the American people of
the Anglo-Saxon race, or which, on the cuntra-
ry, is insulting to our forefathcrs and the blood
which was shed in the revolution, and in honor
of which your Bunker Hill monument is erected.
loud applause) l believe that while the
Democratic party holds together in its integrity
to principles, willie true faith is promulgated in
it. platforms issued ut Baltimore and Cincinnati,
that this Republic is safe, and that her'peope
will continue to prosper and bc happy-ant
that the American Republic will move Oh in the
great advancing march to. civilization, carrying
in It's train morality Christianity and all true
progress that. digpifes, and ennobles human na-
ture. :. But the moment those great principles
are lost sight Of, and the flag Of national Demo-
cracy is torn down, and trampled under foot by
the Black Republican party-when the Consti-
tuition crumbes under their feet, the Union be-
comes worse than heap Of sand, scattered to
the four winds, and those sacred rights for which
our fathers banded together are fnr.akcn. Tire
menlous applause) Eut, fellow citizens, be-
lipye the worst Of this great sectional contest is
past and gone. The issues which We met in
1851 have been one after another closed and
settled. Even bleeding Kansas" has ceased to
bleed. Her wounds are healed, and it is not
for a southern hand to tear them open. Fanat-
les and demagosues at the North may endeav-
or to stir up bad blood and again fan the fires
of fanaticsm and load the good sense of the
people of Massachusetts and New England from
their legitimate pursuis-trom their commerce.
their manufactures and their mechanic nrtS, to
plunge again in the strifes of dcmagogues and
rckinlle the fires Of fraternal hate. But they
will find no more material and fuel to feed their
unnatural fires. The South remains quiet and
peaccable, and is capable Of taking care of her.
sell, yet holding to that maxim declared by the
great Jackson, and which find inscribed un-
der his portrait in your beautiful City Hall
"They will ask for nothing but what is right,
and they will submit to nothing that is wrong"
(Great cheering). If, fellow citizens, you will
respect that principle on their part, the national
Democratic party is sure to achieve glorious
triumph in the land conSecrate'l by the blood
of Concord, Lexington and Bunker Ill., The
national Democratic patty will yet triumph in
this good old State, for the people Of the South
are unwilling to believe that they are severed
forever in sympathy from the people Of Massa-
chusetts. iCheers When 60 home shall
tell them that saw tuo much good Democratic
hospitality in massachusetts to pcrE.': such o
result, for good Democratic seed Is svwn upun
y IL, ptf
stony ground, yet hope to SEQ it grow up. aud
rise and huurlsl like green bay tree. Ap:
plause.
hope, fellow citizens, when you look alrusl
and sec all that has been acLicred by the na-
tional Democratic party for the peace, quiet and
prosperity o. our country, when YOU see it, rs
you now do, reposng in peace and prosperity III
its every department, when you see the tag OF
our country respected Oh every sea and in every
court throughout EuyopO, that you will find
samo moro congenial employment for your
Black Republican leaders than placing them in
the State and national halls of Legislation, there
, to stir up strife and throw insults i'll the teeth
!.uf southern brethren. (Applause). hope,
fellow citizens, the time will soon come when
tile people of Massachusetts will send such gen.
temen to some more congcnial employment
which will be as missionaries "a tue people IN
the continent Of Africa, Loud and long con-
tiRUed iAesTing.l
An AERri1 Snr-Mr. John LarMountain,
Of Troy, N. Y, Processes to have discovered q
motive power. requiring neither tire nor, water
to feed it,, for navigating tho air, and proposes
to build M aerial ship to start from Troy next
spring, cross the Atlantic ocean, and land in