Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-03-24

she can pater and palaver
with us i'll dlat.ry negotiations and polemcS,
while, at the same time, secretly strengthening
her position and enlarglng her encroachmentS,
of course she will do So. There is but one line
of wise and eflicacous policy for our govern
mcnt in this matter and that is at once and
without delay or further parley, to abrogate The
Clayton Bulwer treaty, and then insist peremp-
t0rily upon the Immediate Withdrawal! OF Nrcat
Britain, in every shape and form Of occupation
and prctcnsion, from Central America. This
would cut the gorlian knot of 4 controversy
which can never be terminated by a less emphatic
and categorical mode OF dealing with it, anil
the adjustment Of which can not longer be de-
ayed without the greatest prejudice 10 our
! national interests.
With regard to Mexico there is already an
important question directly claiming the attem
ton of our governnent--already all OCCASION
for our intervention which demands at once to
be considered and acted upon 1t is in regard
| to Yucatan. There is no doubt but that the
white people and legitimate authorities of that
province have made an appeal t. our govern
| ment to come TO their rescue an,l save them
| from the horrors of the Indian Instruction
which threatens to roduco their country to bar
bars,n in very short time. Great Britain is
also complicated with this question, and her
connection with it evidences the aggressive poll
CIV she is reso!utey pursuing in all those conn
tries 1t is ascerlained beyond al question
that British agents have stimulated and Sis
tanned this war Of races in Yucatan. They
have armed and melted tile Indian against the
white, and are responsible for all the atrocities
and bloody horror, that have marked this de-
| az. ,sny,1. of fan
Their policy has, Of course, been to reduce tue
country to ruin; when they could step in nnd
establish protectorate over it, which would be
equivalent Of course to its acquisition. The
condition Of things they have been striving to
bring about is accomplished. The fucatecos
can no longer protect themselves. They must
find safety in foreign intervention. 1t Is Hues-
ton whether they shall be protected by Us, or
the British, or some other foreign power. II
we do not take them under our protection, their
country must soon fall in the hands OF some
European power, most probably Great Britain.
We are bound to protect them, or surrender
the Monroe doctrine entirely.
These are questions Of very grave Importance,
and demand immediate attention. There are
other important subjects III our internal policy
recurring consideration, which cannot longer be
DELAYED without serious detriment to the pub
lie interest. In view Of all these considerations
it is greatly to be hoped that Congress will at
once admit Kansas into the Union, and have
done with that business, 50 that it may turn
its attention to other momentou5 matters Which
so seriously challcngeits dclibcrations,-Nlobile
Register
CHICKEN FIGnrING.-Thc Selma Sentine
gives III account Of great chicken fight be-
tween Georgans and Alabamians in that city
on the 22d ult., i'll which the Gcorgians were
beaten nine fights out of fifteen. The same
result happened in number of private bacl
fights. The Sentinel regards it as a triumph
for Alabama, willie we consider it great com
plimeut to Georgia. In athe first fifty year
of the Republic" Georgia beat the world, il
gouging, chicken fighting, gGnder pulling, dc
but the school-nlaster and the preacher hav
E been abroad, and left behng them the heavenl.
impress of Christian civilization, in partial dc
gree at least. If Alabama wants a foeman wor
thy of its steel in this cruel sport we woul
advise her to challenge California or Utah; W
think she would find different result. Georgi
is too old, not to say too refined, to excel i
. such buccaneer amusements; and we hope, lo
: the credit of both Georgia and Alabama, tia
: chicken fighting will in all future time be nun
bered with the things that were.-Sparta Ex.