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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-03-17
EDGEFIELD, S. G, MARCH II, 1858.

The Senator from New York said yesterday
that the whole world had abolished slavery
Ave, the name, but not the thing; and all the
powers of the earth cannot abolish it. God only
can do it when lie repeals the fiat, "the poor
We always have with you;" for the man who
lives by daily labor, and scarcely lives at that
and who has to put out his labor in the market
and take the best he can get for it; in short.
your whole class of manual laborers and opera
tves, as you call them, are slaves. The differ.
ence between us u.s. that our slaves are hired for
life and well compensated; there is no starva-
tion no begging, no want of employment among
our people, and not too much employment either.
Yours are hired by the day, not cared for, and
scantily compensated, which may be proved in
the most deplorable manner, at any hour, in any
street in any of your large towns. Why, sir,
you meet more beggars in one day, in any single
Street of the city Of New York, than you would
meet in lifetime in the whole South. Our
slaves are black, of another inferior race. The
status in which we have placed them is an ele-
walton. They are elevated from the condition
in which God first created tLem, by being made
our slaves. None of that race on the whole
face of the globe can be compared with the
slaves of the South, and they know it, They
are happy, COULclll, ulitSpIitIs,, ailu utlSiiy liz
capable, from intellectual degradation, ever to
give us any trouble by their aspirations.
Your slaves are white, Of your own race; you
are brothers Of one blood. They are your
equals in natural endowment Of intellect, and
they feel CALLED by their degradation. Our
slaves do not vote. We give them no political
power Yours do vote, and being the majority,
they are the depositaries Of all your political
power If they knew the tremendous secret,
that the ballot-box is stronger than an army
with bayonets, and could combine, where would
you be2 Your society would be reconstructed,
your government reconstructed, your property
divided, not as they have mistakenly attempted
to initiate such proceedings by meeting in parks,
with arms in their hands, but by the quiet pro-
cess of the ballot-box. You have been making
war upon us to our very hearth'stones. How
would you like for us to send lecturers or asi-
tators North, to teach these people this: to aid
and assist in combining, and to lead them!
Mr.. WILSON and others. Send them along.
Mr.. HAMMOND. You say, send them North
There is no need Of that. They are coming
here They arc laundering at our doors for
homesteads OF one hundred and sixty acres OF
land for nothing and Southern Senator's arc
supporting it. Nay, they are assembling, as |
have said, with arms in their hands, and de-
manding work at 81 900 a year and six hours
day. Have you heard that the ghost of Men
doza is stalking in the streets OF rour bic cities:
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COMM UNI.CA TON S.
NEW YORK LETTER.
New YORK, March |

NEW oRH, March lSt 1898.
Before g. 90 down to the sea in ships may
not again commune with the gallant oil Ad.
uertiserf Such communion is to me, In the
midst of strange scenes and faces, like familiar
chat with an old and loved friend. 4 stray NUM-.
Der reached ME few days since, OF which left
not even an advertisement unscanned, and from
which learned that all with you goes well. So
may it ever be!
To-day in old EdgeGeld is the first of the
Spring Session, and all will be business and bus
tie, the old "square" will be as thronged IS
Broadway-but how different the throng. All
there will be of one heart and mind, South Caro-
linians and Christians no Observation-Disclosures nor
sentimental nisgcr worshippers no free'lover,
no spiritualist, no Mormon, no garoter. Charles
Lamb never lived III New York; if he had, he
would never have sung "the sweet security OF
strcctsr' 'Tis appalling to contemplate the
poisonous doctrines, in al sorts of hideous shapes
which are disseminated and prevail through.
out the North, and especially in New York City
And this is to be found principally among the
rabid anti.slavery factions; free,lovc and its at
tendant denominations extend ptri pass~ with
abolition fanaticism, and it may be safely as.
serted that where we find an invcterate hater OF
negro slavery, We find something still worse.
But better things must now be looked for, all
New York being under the influence of relig-
ious revival. ~ religious revival in New York
is certainly an exception to the general truth,
"nothiug new under the sun" In the City there
are twelve daily public prayer.meetngs, attended,
it is estimated, by ten or twelve thousand souls;
and the Lcnten services in the Episcopal and
Roman Catholic Churches are crowded as never
before. see these meetings and hear and read
o great deal thereof, but as yet the good seems
hidden in such large field of tares, it is diff
cult to discern the goodly wheat heads. A de-
scription of downtown prayer meeting might
lead me into unbecoming levity, therefore for
bear. Suffice it to say, that these meetings do
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Hampshire; and was glad to learn that-yester-
day he had come out and shown that it is ma
tured project of his that these words mean all
that I thought they meant; that they mean
that the South is conquered province, and
that the North intends to rule it. He said that
it was their intention to take this Government
from unjust and unfaithful hands, and place it
in Just and faithful hands; that it was their in
tention to consecrate all the Territories of the
Union to free labor; and that, to effect their
purposes, they intended to reconstruct the Su-
preme Court.
Yesterday, the Senator said, "Suppose we
admit Kansas with the Lecompton constitution |:
what guarantees are there that Congress will
not again interfere with the affairs of Kansas"
meaning, suppose, that if she abolished slave
ry, what guarantee there was that Congress
would not force it upon her again. Sir, so far
as we Of the South are concerned, you have, at
least, the guarantee of good faith that never has
been violated. But what guarantee have we,
when you have this Government in your pos
session. in all its departments, even if we sub
nit quietly to what the Senator exliorts us to
submit to-the concentration OF slavery i'll its
present territory, and even to the reconstruc-
ton of the Supreme Court-that you will not
plunder US with tariffs that you will not bank
rupt us with internal improvements and boun-
ties on fish; that you will not restrain us with
navigation laws and other laws impeding the
facilities of transportation to Southern produce
What guarantee have we that you will not ere
ate 4 new bank, and concentrate all the finances
of this country at the North, where already,
for the want of direct trade and proper Sys-
tenn of banking in the South, they are ruinous-
ly concentrated Nay, sir, what guarantee
have we that you will not emancipate our slaves,
or, at least, make the attempt! We cannot
rely on your faith when you have the power.
1t has been always broken whenever pledged.
Now, sir, as am disposed to see this ques-
ton settled as soon as possible, and am perfect
ly willing to have final and conclusive settle
ment now, instantly, and after what the Senator
from New York has said, think it not uninl-
portant that l should attempt to bring the
North and South face to face, and see what
resources each of us might have in the contn-
gency of separate organizations If we never
acquire another foot of territory for the South,
look at her. Eight hundred and fifty thousand
square miles; as large as Great Britain, France,
Austria, Prussia, and Spain. Is not that terri
tory enough to make an empire that shall rule
the world? With the finest soil, the most de-
lightlul climate, whose productions none of those
great countries can produce, we have three thou
sand miles Of continental shore line, and SO IN
dented with bays and crowded with islands,
that. when their shore lines are ail,ln'l we hnv"
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100000, leaving to ths.North less than $685..

100000.
In addition to this; we sent to the North
S3O,OO0.OO0 worth ofsEcotton, which is not
counted in the exports. We sent to her $8,-
100000 worth of tobacco, which is not counted
in the exports. We sent naval stores, lumber,
rice, and many other minor articles. There is
no doubt that we sent I'd the North $40, ,0O0 900
in addition; but suppose the amount to be- 1885,
100000, and it will giyeus asurplus production
of $22O,OO0OOO. The recorded exports cf the
South now are greater than the whole exports
of the United States ilany year before 1856.
They are greater than fhe whole, average ex-
ports of the United States for the last twelve
years including the twosextraordinary years of
1856 and 1857. They are nearly double the
amount of the average exports of the twelve
preceding wears. If lam right in my calcula-
tions as to 1920, 100000 of surplus produce,
there is not nation on3the face of the earth,
with any numerous population, that can compete
with US in produce peficapita.: 1t amounts to
Sl6.66 per head, supposing that we have twelve
million people, England, with all her accumu-
lated wealth, with her concentrated and intel
lectualized energy, makes under sixteen dollars
Of surplus production per head.
have not madea calculation as to the North,
with her $95, 900 surplus; but, admitting
that she exports as much as we do with her
eighteen millions Of papslation, it would be but
little over twelve dollars head at the outside.
She cannot export to usand abroad exceeding
ten dollars head against our sixteen dollars. I
know well enough that :ttle North sends to the
South vast amount Of ehe productions of her
industry. take it forFgranted that she, at
least, pays us in that way for the thirty or forty
million dollars worth of'cotton and other arti-
cles we send her. aniss:willing to admit. that
she pays us considerablyfmore; but to bring her
up to our amount of surplus production, to bring
her up to $500 100000 of surplus production,
the South must take from her $l25, 100000 j;
and this, in addition to our share Of the con
sumption of the $3.50, ,0OQ, 1000 worth introduced
into the country from abroad and pail for in
part by our own exportsf The thing is absurd; +;
it is impossible; it can peyer appear anywhere
but on a census statistic book
With an export of s$s2O, 100000 under the
present tariff, the South organized separately
would have about $40,Q00000 of revenue.
With ope fourth the present tariff she would
have revenue adequateb all her wants. for
the South would never go to war; she would
never need an army or IF navy, beyond few
garrisons on the fronticE4 and few revenue
cutters. 1t is commercGtbat breeds war. 1t
is manufactures that require to be hawked about
over the world, that give rise tn nav'hs and
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not exceed an hour in length, and one sees such
notices as this posted upon the walls, "prayers,
exhortations, experiences and confessions not to
consume more than five minutes, that all may
have chance to speak," and hears such re.
quests from the leader as this, "the prayers Of
the congregation are desired for withered
branch of the tree of life" Five minutes for a
confession! they must acknowledge their sins, to
use pney woods phrase, +" in the lump"
For ten days back people and papers seem to
be suddenly quiet concerning " bleeding Kan.
sas" and the Lecompton Constitution, and
think Old Buck i, no longer in danger of FIVE.
hundred.parson-power remonstrance." The de-
fection of Walker from his hostile position to-
wards the Lecompton Constitution, seems also to
have stopped the mouths of certain mongrei
democratic clique. There has been prodigious
attempt to get up q grand anti-Lecompton and
anti Administration row like Forney's in Phia
delphia. This demonstration was advertised
with flourish Of trumpets to come off at the
elegant and spacious Academy Of Music, but the
pr9ia magn!fqne turned up magnificent fail.
ure, and the leaders, Historian Bancroft and E1-
Secretary Stanton, came ont at the little end of
the horn When the crowd assembled, on one
of the coolest nights conceivable, before the
Academy they found the doors closed in their
faces, the management refusing to let their gor.
gcous theatre to political mob. The meeting
was pcrpetrated week after in the narrow and
obscure Chinese Assembly Rooms, hitherto de.
voted to negro minstrelsy and jug:lery, but hav.
ing been nipped in the bud, it never became
beauteous flower.
New York at present is pining for some violent
local excitement, some exploit after the fashion
of the Burdel murder; such things seem quite
necessary here, and the papers are often laid
down with expressions of disgust at the unim-
portant character of the murders, &c. Beck
Cotton, as candidate for Immortality upon the
score Of great wickedness, would here be consid.
cred quite an impostor, and stand no chance OF
lodging in elegant style up town as does the i'm
perishable Mrs. Burdell Cunningham.
The long expected Turkish naval disnitary,
pasha, is not yet arrived, but still nd
vertised.
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,f- -..- s....v III ETvlHg the slip to
street.sweepers, who pursue you at all points,
crying out =" penny, good sir, for sweeping the
crossing"
Some of the dear, delightful "profane stage
actors are gone while others have come i'll.
Matthews, Brougham and Walcot, have departed,
but Dion Bourcicault and Agnes Robertson,
which twain arc one flesh, draw throngs nightly
to Wallack's little Jyjiou of 4 playhouse. Bour-
cicault has added to his already blooming bays,
another branch, play called "Jessie Brown, or
The Relief Of Lucknow" and this it is, which Is
now turning all theatre.goers mad. 1t is founded
upon the following incident: Just before the re-
lief of Lucknow by the highlanders, young
Scotch GIRL Jessie Brown, starts from her pallet
where she is lying delirious from starvation and
watching, screaming out "diunaye hear it, din
ma ye hear it? The slogan of the McGregor,
the granlest of them ar They attempt to 81
lence her, thinking her raving, but her Scotch
ears are true, and soon "The Campbells are
coming is heard upon the breeze, and in o few
minutes the walls are covered with the gallant
Scotchmen. This is woven into tale or drama,
thrilling and exciting to the last degree, and
treated in most mastery manner. 'Tis put up
on the stage most gorseously, the mise en- scene
and tableaux battling description, all the splen-
dours of Eastern scenery and costumes OF High
land plaids and uniforms Bourcicault himself
pcrsonatcs the atrocious Mana Sahib Agnes
Robertson as an actress is far more natural, easy,
fascinating, than any one have ever seen, and
beautiful too she is Her voice is perfect, and
would desert the grandest Italian Opera any
night to hear her sing Scotch songs, especially
when incidental to such scenes as are portrayed
in the glorious "Belief of Lucknow"
Let me give you little scandal. The daily
papers in New York always chronicle diuorees,
aud will you believe that they are just as nu'
Inerous as births, marriages or deaths? Lately
there have been three among dramatic stars.
The beautiful Lizzie Weston Davenport was 'cv'
cred from her lord, and married next day to
Charles Matthews the comedian, he having been
previously, 50 says the injured husband, her "gay
deceiyer." And Jordan, of Laura keene's Thea
tire, the handsomest man in New York. parted
company with Mrs. Jordan, IN ex-dsnseuse, she
alleging that he bobbed round" too much and
sled captive too many silly women" He also
married again next day. AS third case,
Madame Ponisi, for several years leading tragic
actress at the Broadway Theatre, put away her
better half he being mo better than he should
be-" and the next day " married scene painter
or costumer of the establishment. Alas, that
these disciples of the buskin should so forget in
private life all the beautiful morality they speak
upon the boards
All, must wind up my chat with the old
"EdgeGeld Adcertiser,'' and my next confab will
probably be from across the Atlantic. To all who
deign to cast an eye over my idle nothings lnow
saw, {" a smile and kind word when we meet, and
a place in thy memory dear" J. I. B.
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Men are like bugles the mare brass they con-.
tain, the furher you can bear them. Women are
like tulips the more modest and retiring they
appear, the better you;love them.
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EXTRACTS RRox OUR CHARLESTON LETTER.

Through the carelessness of some officer Of
Uncle Sans" Post Office Department we
failed to receive HCLAuD's" ever interesting
letter until Wednesday, after the last paper was
out But as it contains many readable para.
graphs we have concluded to publish it entire,
with the exception of the markets, and two or
three other items that would have been rather
stale for this issue.
CHARLESTON, March 9Th 1885,,
The "Lenten Season" has at last somewhat,
frightened our gay young men and women out
of the passive relation which they have SO stout.
ly maintained towards its dreaded approach, and
some who were decidedly Of the "tast" order,
while balls and kickups were the order of the
day and night, are now disposed to play ,Phari.
see and make clean the ontside of the cup and
platter, "by paying tithes of mint, anise and
cummin," at the expense of "the weightier mat
ters Of the law"
The ladies are looking out with great interest
for the Spring Fashions. Our intelligence from
the Northern Cities holds out very little encour.
agement to the economically disposed. Every
lady must of course dress fully up to, if not be.
yond the mark of her neighbors, cost what it
may. This is one of those ancient and yenera.
BILE maxims in the Philosophy of Dress which no
caver, however antedluvian, will dare to CON.
trovert in this enlightened age. s
Many beautiful varieties, of Moire Antique have
been imported for the Spring season. Queen
Victoria having shewn her royal preference for
this material. Silk dresses are not to be worn
plain but tlounced, the founces having border
of flowers edged with fringe, in Difference to the
increasing mania for ornamental decorations.
Lace, tulle and thin tissues are prepared for ball
dresses, with rose colored velvet and blonde, and
golden leaves upon white dresses. An entirely
new sack cloth has been brought out from Paris,
ian old style of material revived) which is said
to be very novel and costly. 1t is black silk;
very heavy, and woven so as to appear quilted,
in small diamond or octagon patterns. A dressr
of it costs as much Us onr .c:. re!vet The
cloak is the plain sack in shape, with flowing
= - ''.cr ord, - !''~~E velvet. - -
-. Sr.s.r' i, u-e a- So :, ,sys &d ia
.E =, :, %, -. rt., -.. r-t:,A-;p- "a
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THE LONGER the saw of contention is kept in
motion, the hotter it grows.
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go you play by the ear r inquired, pupil Of
dancing school 6dler "No, my dear, play
by the night"
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WHISKY. sc.

WHISKY, &c.
O00 BARRELS julius II. Smiths Whisky;
,OOO 500 barrels Chenoweths do;
500 barrels Old Bourbon and Rye Whisky;
$50 boxes tine Brandies dozen each. In store
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VIN Pl.AVNI
FRUIT CANS.

AN now manufacturing FRUIT CANS which possess
Il trength and great ease in sealing up
1 Quart 81 so per dozen. Quarts 81 so per dozen.
3 oanrts SO so per dozen. Quarts 81 90 per dozen.
As shall keep large supply hand during the sea
SON. persons ordering from a distance may rely On
having their orders filed with dispatch.
j. W. WILSON,
iune26-u Il College street, Nashville
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The Superb Morgan Horse,
"VERMONT BOY"

YvNHlS nrst Class American uottcr VIII make -
Il the first season Ia Tennessee, at the n WI
farm of Mr.. T. Fanning near Nashville, ter 49,
ninatng July the 18TH, ls5S, al fwESr-Fv DOLLARS
the season. with the privilege OF returning mares that
prove not foal the second fe r., perhaps,
The only genuine Aorgaa horse, buth by and
in the State rich bay, OF tc largest size of The
breed was never a regular course, but trottcd Al
FAIRS 1851 under 200, and was awarded eN-
cry prize from fsr at Montpelier 20 the Con
river Valley show. We Terr, Win gtst Sst-
hdence, "a all gentlemen who have eAAsinied hini ana
believe We Offering the breeaers Of tennessee
the services CT good roadster as can Dc FOUND
North or South. livery attention will be given 10 mares
from a distance at the lowest prices.
In our absence Mr.. Glasgow or Mr.. staniy, both
good horsemen Will have The care Of this Robe ami
NAL.
Agents, and part owners,
Nashvls or Franklin College, Tennessee.
P.s.-we have also brought out with as, for sale,
four capital Morgan superior stallion colt,
~ which We respectfully inyas attention.
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and saturdays, at 10 O'Clock. A. M.
The new splendid passenger STEAMER NINETONKA
Capt h. {. MATHoNY viii leave Nashville on MONDAYS
and Thurs lays at 10 O'Clock A. NJ
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and Saturdays at 10 O'Clock, 4. NJ
The light-draught passenger Steamer BLANCHE
LEWIS, Capt. JoHN l. BATFNAN, will Beare Nashville
on Tuesdays and Fridays at 10 o'clock A VI.
The above named are arst-class light-draught Pas
senger Boats, and they wHg regularly on their
appointed days, making connections at Padncah with
the United States Mail packets for the above named
places. For freight passage apply on board or to
je22-u A HAMILTON AcFN,
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Rates of Charges.
References:
White,s Creek Nnrings.

THE subscriber will be prepared ts isoarderz
l. al thAs Naterlng place, II nles a.sstll 1t Nash
N4le iEg xacatiotl from Tie nfsf ii
Ialy 10 the uzst u september.
There siii be baf-Etoszi kept, IA - dcsiznsa
ehny slr sle accommodation Of families
Gals Who may ~Izh resort a quiet and heAshrai
place aafing tiss beat VI summer.
Ige sprizsss. FORMERLY much visited, too vel
knoeu "a require any elaborate descriptiaa
No pains viii be spared - reader tas sitnAfia 81
sistars pheasant.
fsacE % boksp al so per day Loo per week
Servants aad rnhasen under 10 years 81 ags. haiI
prize. l. L. SkUNAEk.
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use-wI last with care from fifteen to eighteen years
and cook with greater convenience and in less time
than any Cast-iron Stove. have also just received
the following
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