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


several good reasons for thinking lst that the con-
s,utona rights of tho South arc progressively in
the ascendant and, End, that the American COnfcder-
alton Of States is in no immediate danger of dissolu-
ton.
From sources apparently the best informed, the
conclusion may now be derived, that Kansas will he
admitted into the Union under the I,ecompton Coll
Stitution. Taking this as true the decision will Of
bc regarded in the light Of Southern triumph
and so be placed upon the record Of history. OF
course this triumph will not have heen achieved with
out tie aid Of the Consttutonasts of other sections
hoaded by the President of the Union himself Still
it is essentially Southern triumph,-soahcrn, IN
TINT it is gained directly over the pulpable enemies
of Southern institutions, ns,-Southeru, because the
principle in controversy hinges upon the question
of Southern savcry,-Southern, inasuuch us the
contest has arraycd tho South almost to man IN
support of the constitutional principle thus in their
behalf involved. Whether this triumph may or may
not result in any such actual advantage to the South
as the permanent addition Of new ally 70 her pres
ent strength is question which yet remains doubtful
The Hon. Mr.. CARR Of Kansas thinks thnt 1t Will.
In his speech it Charleston he says: The South
must and can keep Kansas q Slave State lhe SUI
is rich, the climate fno. Let Southern men come IN
and take possession. In two years the next election
will take place. Northern msn are coming IN. VIII
Southern men do likewise? II sjor them TO dcc'ae
the ultimate fate Of Kansus" We emphasize the last
expression of Mr.. CARn. 1t is as much as saying
that have triumphed the principle at issue an"
it will bc tho fault of the South alone if she reap not
I..1,o ..,.nr
permanent practical gain theretrom. But however
this may terminate, the admission OF hansus uhaer
the Iecompton Constitution will be rictory-not one
it is true to be exulted over, because it Is but justice
rendered and nothing more. Still, it's victory Oh
| the South aided by the sound men Of tho North
over Black Rcpublicanism aided by those who from
motives of ambition or moral cowardice have fallen
| in with its nefarious purposes. And it's eV'aeheo
that, whatever of insult and injury may have Deeh
heaped upon us in tho past there is leaven OF pa
triotism and justice at work in the great American
mind which may yet atone in part for the wrongs
from which the South has so long struggled III vain
to unshncklc herself and her evernrincIle prosperi
ty. Tho Disunionist per se will meet US WIN inc
exclamation, Impossible An empty deluslon 10
hold out such prospect We ask in reply, is the
abroraton Of the Missouri line "an empty delusiun
Il the conceded right to 60 into whatever territory
we like with our negroes Z" IN empty delusion
was said last year amongst us that the attainment OF
this right was, to the South, the gain OF u loss.
Does the exstant state of affairs in Kansas sustain
this wild assertion? Does not tho testimony of Mr..
CARR demonstrate it to DO falncy ?-Agaln, Is the
decision of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case
" Leusion ?" Is tho noble constitutional stand OF
President BUCHANAN ga delusiOn" Is the present
cmupIeyop of the United States Senate ga delusion"
Aye more We ask even in view OF MIR. DOUGLASS
admitted influence over members, Is the present
Democratic cast of the House of Representatives at
Washington I" on empty dclusion" DO not all tncse
things Indicate, on the contrary, returning sense oi
right in tho people and in tho peoples official agents
HIVE not tho last iii years changed our position
from that Of an almost down-trodden minority 10
that Of dreaded equal in strength, if not to con-
trolling majority? Is this m empty deluslon !"
But We eco before the prospect Of yet greater
strength, and of further approaches to radical re-
form of past and present evils. The prejud'ccs
against negro slavery are giving way before rcallza
,ion Of its ends and nses in the march of MODERN
civilization which, besides being Christian cvili-
zat;ou is also with reverence be it snid cotton
rice, tobacco and sugar civilization Tho value OF
our ainstitution" WIS never higher its permanency
never 80 well assured 1t hns not only WITH
stood the crusade Of Northern fanatics, but has been
improycd and strengthened by it, and has now pnt
nm u u uewncss of life" The lute financial crisis hns
brought out our domestic organization in bright con-
tras, with that Of the Hireling States All men see
this, and are compelled to acknowledge the powerful
sclCsusaining clements of social system. Fanati-
cm covers before the truth that "thc South" to Use
the language of another, never held so commanding
a pos;ton-co commercially, politically and agrlcultu-
raliy-as now" The tide must and will turn against
our foes iu their besotted madness Far away III our
Southwest lie new territories, adapted to snve-cuit"re
md slaycculture alone. Thithcr the star of South
erp rule must take its way, and that probably IN
large measure by the agency Of those WHO nave oeeh
our rcvlurs and oppressors. Mexico 100 Has her
untold resources to be developed, and the Queen VI
the Antilles spreads out her luscious length to the
eve of manifest destiny" How is this these, all,
to fulfil the end of their creation? How, except hy
the P:uvdcnally. established course OF our so"'herh
institutions But once moro, the indications ol re-
form in the administration of our Federal Govern
mcnt arc Frightening every year. South Carolina,
through ono of her most talented Representatives,
is likely to lead the van of this reform fur rs the
Tariff and its kindred features in our system are con-
slrrcd Progress has already been made in this re-
form. For one, we hure confidence that it will 60
OH. Expressions Of opinion by political leaders in
different sections Of tho Union seem to us to warrant
this conlidencc And surely reform could be effect
ed which would so directly and Immediately tell upon
tho veal Of the Southern people With Equal Rights,
and Free Trude and Direct Taxation, NIL established
and e,nblazonrd to tic world rs the fxoa principles
and policy of our Republic, it would be difficult to
set the bounds of our greatness, especially III refer
cuce to the wealth and inagnifccucc that must then
crown our Southern prosperity. All this then, we
believe is in the prospective of our future as great
division of tho American Union. Whether or not
they can be ours out of that Union is problem Of
immense magnitude, the solution Of which only diro
necessity will ever induce the people of the South to
hazard. Certainly that mind is badly balanced AMI
that heart is bitterly prejudcel against the Govern
ncnt Of our revolutionary fathers that would desire
TO see the test of this lust resort ut time like tho
present. when our section is actually in power and
hus grounds for believing that it will ever hereafter
be mighty in shaping the destnes Of our common
country.
The other proposition of this enquiry, may pur-
sue in our next.