Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-05-04

carloads Of negroes from Delaware passed through
that City Oh their way South. We ARE also advised
b. the 81. Louis papers, that the aboltionzing Of
Kansas, and the continued bigh price Of cotton,
making n, gro labor ln"re valuable than white
labor, have caused the -lare< of Missouri to be
shipped Souihwsrd. in xfeua.Ioat iunos, either hy
,s,-rs em.rsting t" til. cotton fields or selling
tn ir negroes to tho cotton plamters. Yet, when
tho last Cen MAS Ia! Missouri opl! had s7.uOu
sluy-s to 592.oO whites, and since that time it Is
we'll known that cheap white laborers marching
Suuthward have invaded the State in such large
numbers as To organize all abolition party through
out its borders. The question "f emancipation IL
now debated openly in Missouri On every hand.
It was the issue in the last Gubernatrl j election,
aui several abotionists were then chosen to the
Legislature. still Senator HANNoSD says Southern
industry at this nunent "re.ts OH the secure" oa-
sis"
lu Western Virginia there were ut tho lsst Gen.
sl,s only %, GOO slaves to 325.0nO whites. since
which time more chenp white lahnrers have driven
the high priced negro lahurOrs to the cnttn fields,
20 that now many Counties Of the Old dominion
have no slaves, and insny others have less than
100 for .everal thousand whites. John Letcher,
tho present Democratic Candidate for Governor,
" as an avowed emnncipationst in lSif. and nc
has been nominated by the pie-hald Democracy
on account Of his abolition yyInpathcs 10 catch tho
Stat and in the rites. In tue Richmond D'trct
another nvowed emancipsti"ni,t, by tho maine OF
Abrams. i. now standing for Congress. The pre-
sent Gov Wise, VIII" hxs tu"rs popularity with the
masses than any mum in VirgniS il uls"s squuttrr
sovereignty man, aud Douglas Democrat. lie'
an Eastern n,Sn of Acomac county, likewise over
thew tho old Constitution Of Eirginia snd IL the
father of the New 0n-, under which the psuper
Abolition rabbe Of Western Virginin has cot con-
troll uf the State. Yet Senatur HAMMOND snys
Sou hern industry this moment crest on the Sc
| curest Jnsis'
Tho great city Of St. Louis, with over l7o,Ooo
Inhabitants was represented in tho last Congress
by Blair, an infamous nbutioust, and the aboii.
fpnists have just carried the Municipal Elections
| BY large majority. Louisville with its7oOo0 OF
population Was also in tho last Congress
| by m opposition lemancipntion) member who
| voted with tho abolitionists upon all measures
affecting slavery in the Territories. Tho recent
Municipal Elections there have likewise resulted
in the choice of free soil Mayor and Council
| The word emancipation is "iencr heard in the
,order slave Suites than any other term Connected
| with politics. john Minor Bolts. foul mouthed
Abolitionist, frequently holds forth ut Richmond
| % attentive audiences. Several abolition Ee%s-
oapers are published in "a h Of the border slave
| States The sbolitionlsts have been Invited to
| nld their next Convention for nom ma ing csil-
didate f. r tie rrcsi lrney iu Wh.e ing Va. 4
| ,alf free so:l-half American psry-hnve had
possession Of Baltimore these mnny years, md all
| these things hsvs beon causol by high priced
| cotton drawn negroes Southwark. Yet, Senator
| HAMMOND says Southern industy "rrss on the
securest 6usis," because cotton il high, suppose
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