Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-11-27
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vert,pIc into Couied.rale sock, bearing eight
per cent. interest, nj the pleasure OF the iloI-
,irr, ii,Surcs them against derrccia:iop b.
low thu value vi lnal stock anal no consider
ale ial in tina; value need be feared so long
us the interest shall lc. IuEctualiy paid. Tie
punctu, paymen; Of This Interest has been
SESSION., impv.iug such Il .,e I'll taxation US
must provide satlcicst ity;tns ;pr That rur'
pD>e.
Fur the successful prosecution 'l iiis war
ii is Indispensable lllnt the means ul trails.
pairing troops and military supplies he fur
nlsIlcl ;ts FAR ~ pns,ihr, III Suca manner az
m,t lu in,crrupt the commercial intercourse
b.lwccn u,,r people, nar place 4 ca, ck on
Their productive energies. To tins cn'l the
, means uG transportation from orc section U.
our country To the utter must he carefully
guarded and improved ana tins should be
tic object ri' anxious ,as:e uu the lmrt oi the
! State and Confederate Governments, 50 far as
they may nave power over the sulJect. We
have already Two main systems OF through
| TRANSPORTATION from the north 10 the Soutll
one from Richmond along tie seabvard; the
other through Western Virginia to New Or
leans. \ third might be secured by compile
tins a link oi about fo.ty miles between Dan.
vile. in Virginia, and Greensboro, in North
Carolina. Tie construction Of this compara.
lively short line would give us q through
route, from north to south, in the interior Of
the Confederate States, and give us access to
a population and to military resources, from
which we are now, in Il great measure, de-
barred Weshould increase greatly the safety
and caracity Of our means for transporting
military supplies. Ifthe construction of this
road should, in the judgment OF Congre IS, as
it is in mine, be Indispensable for the most
successful prosecution or the war, the action
of the Government will not be restrained by
the constitutional objection which would at
tach to :. work for commercial purposes, and
your attention is invited TO the pract:cahility
Of securing its early completion, by giving
the acr,!lnl aid 10 The company organization
and administrator.
Il we husband our lneans and make Judi
cious u>a Of uur resources il would be diticul.
to fix u limit 10 the period during which We
could conduct war against the adversary
whom We now encoui.tcr. The very efforts
which he makes to isolate aud invade lis must
exhaust his means, whilst they serve to com.
plete the circle ana diversity the productions
81 or industrial system.
The reconstruction which he seeks to effect
bv arms becomes daily more and more pal
pah!y impossible Not only The causes which
induced US To separate still exist III full force,
but shry lave been strengthened ard what.
ever doubt may lave fingered in the minds
OF ;nv, has been completed" diSl'clIed by sab
sep,iant cvcrtS. If. instead of being :. diSo-
iutun ui a league, IL were indeed a rebellion
in which we are engageA we ight find am
pie vindicat'on iar illc cDur,c we have adopt
ed in tn" scenes which are HOW being cllncLed
hy the United States.
Oar people look Will: conternrtuol.s aston
ishncuI Oh those with whom they ha,l been
50 recently associated. They shrink will
aversion from the bare i,lea OF renewing Sucn
a connection when they see President max
in. var without thea of Congress-whcn
they behold judges Threatened, hccansc they
maintain the writ vi ha5c,i' 'o'i'u%, 81 sacred
to ireenlen--wi:en ihcy scr jlsticc and Law
tramplri rndcr tie heel ul military authority,
and upright Hleli and iunocanl women draggy-
Ell to distant dungeons, upon The mere cd:ct
Ola dcspot-when they iint al this tolerated,
appiauGc,! By pe"p!e who had been in tie
full enjoyment OF freedom but few months
ago, they believe that there must be so'ue
radical incoulpatbility between such people
and themselves. With such a people We liiay
he content To live at peace, but tie scpar;l.
ton is final and, for tue independence we
have asserted, re will accept no alternative.
The nature Of tic hosiIities which they
have waged against US must be characterized
iS Garbaruus whereverit is understood. They
lave bonn !,artied undctc,ded villages, without
giving notice TO women and children 10 cni-
be them to escape, and in one instance St.
gcted lie night as the period which, they
might surprise them nDst cilectuaIly, Wills;
asleep and unsrspicious Of danger. Arson
and rapinc, tic destruction Of private io::scs
and property, aid injuries oi the most wan,
ton character, even upon nor-cplE5a;antS,
have marked their lorays along Cur borders
aud upon our territory. Although we ought
to have been a'ilnonshcd by these things that
they were disposed TO make war upon lis in
the most cruel and relentless spirit, Yet we
were not prepared tu see them lit out !; large
naval expedition with the confessed purpose
not only Of pIunder, but to incitc a scrvilc
iusurreclion in the nldSt o! us. If ther cou-
/ vert their sOiGlcl5 !iltO liiccularlcS. anu H.
yoivc us il, Il species Of war which claims
no!rcoEuatant~, womcE and children Us VIC
Tins, t3ey ii!Ilst expect 10 BIZ treated as out
laws and cnclrics Of mankind. There are
certain rights oi' humanity which arc e:ltIc,i
to rcSI"ct, cYci i'll wa?, and he who refuses 10
regard t!:su :or!t;ls his cia;n,S, il captured,
to DC coasi-ercd Us prisoner o! wa:, but
must expect 10 br dealt With ~ an offender
against all law, human and divine.
But rot content with violating our rights,
under tie law Of nations, at home, they have
eXlcu,icI t!.cse Injuries to US within other
Jurisdictions. TEc distinguished gentlrlmei,
whom, with your approval at the last session,
! commissioned 70 represent the Co;!ic,irracy
at Certain courts, have been recently seized Ly
:l.a Captain oi { United Sia:cs ship-olwar,
OH board :. British steamer, Oh their voyage
from Tie Hcnirnl Spanish port Of Havana to
En.iant!. They have thu, ciaimcd Il general
jurisdiction over the his:r seas and entering
British slip, sailing u:iic' lis couatry's llag,
violated ihe rights of embassy, for !.c most
pa:t hcll sa:r-d cvca amongst bacbi.rialls,
! by sczing ministers whilst under the
| protection ANA domain Of neutral naiicn.
These gentlemen were as much undcr tie
protection of the British Government, upon
that ship and beneath its lla., as if they lad
been Oh lis soiI and Il claim on the part OF