Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-12-22

49,, -...v,rs. porn and educated IN >.
Carolina-with no aspirations beyond her bor-
ders, with no intention Of leaving her, notwitL-
standing the tempting allurcmonts of virgin
soil of surprising fertility elsewhere-in veal
or in woe, my last resting place on earth shall
be in her bosom. II these are not sufficient
hostages for my fidelity to the State, offer the
graves of my parents. the life blood that glShes
from my heart, my wife and children, whom
the solemn promise at the alter admonlSleS nc
to cherish, and the very instincts OF nature teach
he to love- honor and adore. Thus identified
with the State, i'll interest, i'll feeling, and in all
that pertains 10 her honor and glory, should
indeed be 4 recreant son OF 4 noble mother not
TO battle for her against any enemy, no matter
what may he the odds or the result oil the
conflict.
It is to be hoped that no OCCASION will arise,
recurring the State to call upon her sons, for
the defence of her rights and licr institutions
that our enemies of the North will learn wis
dom from the past and permit III to qnietly
manage our own affairs in our own way-tat
our friends at tho North BY the power of arsn-
mcnt and the force Of truth, will be able Gf
| not to convince the dclulcd Ianatics) to satisfy
the minds of the intelligent and patri tic of the
Justice If our CAUSE and the honesty of our
ends ant, thus avert the dangers which We are
threatened.
Lest, however, these hope should prove
fallacious, ami believe they will, letns endcavor
to har,nonze among ourselves, by toleratlng
differences of opinion, when no question OF
principle is involved. cncourag ing those,in the
rear to quicken their lacc, by pointing out to
them the dangers thar threaten US, and urging
them to come to the rescue. And If some OF
our people, with boolns overil9wing with pa
triotc zeal and love of country, and indignant
| at the wrongs inflicted without provocatiOn on
their own sunny land, should venture beyond
the bounds of cold, calculating policy, "wc
sl,uuld pardon something to the spirit oil lib
crty.n
By pursuing this course, orr State will he
conc united, and bc prepared to present an 'ln-
divided frunt to the common enemy. We arc
all embarked in the same vessel, and shipwreck
would he equally disastrous to us all. BY prll-
dent culu,scls, and an united crew, the ship Of
State may weather the storm and escape the
b cakcr. but it we should be divided into pet
ty factions at home, with men, and not meas
urcs for our motto, the trne States Rights par
ty Tin which mean {" include all those WHO
contend for, and will lie satisfied with nothing
less than equality i'll The Union, or indepcn-
,lrncc ont Of it,") will cease toeXist and Federal
ollicc.scckrrS. and corrupt politicians, will rule
and ruin the State.
We Should not only cnlcayor to unite the
State but the entire South, 50 that when we
can no longer retain our places as equals in the
Coniedcracy, we will he prepared to form more
perfect union undcr the style and title Of the
-nitrI STATES Sulltll.
There arc very few of us who desire the dis
soIution of constitutional Union. For my
own part, it was my pride and pleasure, in early
Joyhool, to read of, and hear recoun'ed, the
constancy and courage Of all part, of the Con-
feleracy the Revolutionary War, in resisting
the attempt OF the mother country to tax US
without our consent, and TO keep us in colonial
yassalase. When | read again that in 1872
America refused to yield the palm 10 England.
on her own tavorite element and chosen theatre
of war, the ocean decaimel my full share as a
lcsatee Of tho glorious Inheritance, and would