Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1860-10-24

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tisementS for tic sale of slaves in some o!
the Cotton States, lur the simple object OF
getting rid OF them; and We know that stand
Ing Orders for the purchase OF slaves in this
market have been withdrawn, on Account Of
an anticipated decline Of value from the 20.
litical condition of the country. .
I. We suppose, that taking in view all
these things, it is not eXtravagant to estimate:
that the submission Of the South to the ad
minstraton of the Federal Government un-
der MessrS. Lincoln and Hamlin, must reduce
the value Of slaves in the South, one hundred
dollars each. 1t is computed that there are
four million, three hundred thousand, slaves
in tue United States. Here, therefore, is a
loss to the Southern people OF four hundred
nnd thirty millions Of dulsrs, on their slaves
alone. OF course, real estate of all kinds
must partakc also in the depreciation Of
slaves.
$. Slave property, is the foundation of NIL
prol.ertv in tie South When security in
this is shaken, NIL other property p'riaAes ri
its instability. Banks, slucks, bund>, mus;
bn influenced. Tmid men will sell ont and
leave til. South. Confusion, disrust and
pressure must reign.
.. Before MesSrs. Lincoln md lIamlin can
he installed in Washington. as President and
Vice President of the United States, the
Southern States Gun dissolve peacrably 1--WE
know what we say their union with The
North. MIR. Lincol', and his Abolition CO.
horts, will have no South, to reign over. Their
game would bu blocked. The foundation Of
TIER organization, would be taken away ;
and, LEFT 10 tie tender mercics Of r ballled,
iuriou, and troubled North, they would be
cursed ani crushed, rs the iiagitnls ca'lsc Of
TIC disasters aruurd them, But i; we sub.
nit. and do ut disSpl7e our union with the
Nurth, we make the triumph Of oilr Abolition
enemies cnrnplctc. and enable them 70 coil
>uINlale and wcd tie power oil the North,
for our destruction.
TO- Ii the South once submits to tie rule
Of AbolitionistS by the General Government,
there is probably, an end OF all peaceful sep
aration Of the Union. We can only escape
tue ruin they meitste for the South, by
war. Armed with tie power of the General
Government, aud their organizations at the
North, they vii! have no respect for our conr-
age or energy, and they will use the sword
for our suhjection. If there is any man in
the South who believes, that we must separ-
ate from the North We appeal to his humani-
ty, in case Mr.. Lincoln is elected, 10 dissolve
our connection with the North, before the
18th Of March next.
II. The ruin of the South, BY the cmanci-
patton of her slaves, is not like the ruin of
any other people 1t is not mere loss Of
liberty, like the Italians under the Bourbons.
It. is not heavy taxation, which must still
leave the means of living, or otherwise taxa
ton defeats itself But it is the loss of lib
crty, property, home, conntry-eyery thing
that makes life worth having. And this loss:
will probably take place under circumstances
of suffering and horror, unsurpassed III the
history Of nations. We must preserve our
liberties and institutions, under penalties
greater than those which impend over any
people in the world.
r. lastly, VIC conclude this brief state
ment Of tho terrors Of submission, by declar-
ing, that in our opinion, they are tenfold
greater even than the supposed terrors Of
isunion.-Charlesto Mercury.