Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-12-04

ou:red t.r Ilc ye;ir. An estimate ut fetn'!s
!, h,.r.wi, Il su,nui.trd inr the r1ainii'atii ui
y. ur committees ut KS early moniei't Us pos
sill. -
also desir. that yna will provide SOM.
satisfactory arrangement To indemnity 'ie
Rank of the State iUr It's mivanc"s Connect.
ed with thi. subject, and n prnprr system o'
tsxStiun. | most respe' tiuily raii Your "tten-
1ion 10 thu points urged IN NY recent u'e's'eo
at the extra ScHsh.
Ii the Stale assumes the payment oi her
ouvla Of the Confederate war TAX: IL "i'i DC
tor YOUR Wisdom 20 devise tn. ways anu means.
The provisions of that net seem To require
that it shall be done by the FIRST If DecemOrr.
If the State assumes the payment, II VIII
thereby save ten per cent. on the amount VI
our quuta.
Justice requires that Il stay Of execution or
lew SHOULD be directed by law OH all debts
that may be due Ivy our patriotic troops IN ull
branches Of >ervic". earnestly cuii y"ur
u,ren,ion again to this subject. II there Is
auy pure and disnlrrcsted service To Tie
country, rendered from patriotic der"tioi.
alone, it comes FROM the ranks oi our lofa'
.nd true soldiers. Perhaps, Tor the Prtsent'
all civil process ought to Ile suspended, even
before judgment is obtained,
We should take the earliest steps TO Sc
cure the Manufacture Of small arms, cannon
and powder in our own State. we have iron
in Spartanburs and York, peculiarly suited
b, its adhesive qualities for cahnpH lllere
are but two places in the whole country equal
! to it, one in New Jersey, aud one on the Gum
berland river, in Tennessue. Many OF our
best cannon We're cast there il eighteen hun
lr.d and fourteen, and hsve recent ln'"r-
| ma,iuu that induces me 10 believe The owners
are up.wrtt,, to cast them again. lm elsie'ea
huuired Ali GIurtren there WAS large rifle
factory in Crscnyilc District. There are now
in pickens District two powder mills, opera
! tirp only on small scale Tor want OF mate
rial, ,aI perhaps proper reimbursement. /
hope there may be some steps taken to en-
courage all these works hy authorizing liberal
contracts, and By placing ut my iislMsal S"ch
E,,urs A. yu,l may think advisable. The Slatp
should also gire encouragement 10 rnls'ng ant
manufacturing WOO! for orr lecessary wants
The slopes and spurs Of OUR mountain r''slnn
are emincmLlv suited for all these purposes
and the attention of our people cannnt lie
,urieh too soon to the Development nt all our
internal and domestic resources. There are
very few Sectiuus OF country letter suited to
manufactures of all kinds Than the rolling and
upper part at this Sc'
iniiv dual, are taught by reading an | re-
hection but whole peopio are only taught
by great events. Under free government,
necessity or interest alone c;tn force n country
to develop its resources. Driven to assert
2,,r separate independence by wrongs ana IN
suits ;lnt no people coIld bear without deg
raduti,r. we will find, III the progress of
events new channels OF prosperity opened,
and new sources nf enterprise and industry
discovered, which will make our country
what Providence intended it to be-wi1h its
baln,v cllmate-not only independent. but
equal in every particular to the freest and
hravest amongst tie tree and the brave OF
this earth.
These conftderatcl States embrace an area
equal to Europe, with rivers more vast and
miehty, and with mountain range. if not so
higu, vet the noblest and broadest that stretch
through any country. The mineral resources
of this rauge in GOA, iron, copper, gold, and
(if we embrace Missouri) lead ere such as
uf themselves alone make the basis of u pow
erfu empire. Then, If VIC include the pro,
ductions of cotton, rice, tobacco sugar, wheat
and lud;an. corn, when fully developed, the
Imagination has never yet gone beyond the
resources of these States, now rising, with
giant proportions, to stand an equal amongst
the nations of the world, after stranging the
serpents that encircled the cradle Of cur in.
fancy For the arrogant and supercilious
race of th. North to wage war for the per.
manent subjugntion Of such country, and
then their attempt to cloths ten millions of
frcemen in the livery of bondage, ony shows
that the gods first make mad those whom they
intend to destroy. In the formar ages of the
world the sabre, with brutal numbers, was
the arbiter of empire; and the ierocity of
Northern hordes overpowered and subjugated
the more civilized and refined portions of the
earth. But since the invention OF artillery,
with gunpowder, which gives few the ca
.pacily to defend themselves againt the many,
no brave and united people have ever been
conquered. If foreign foe has ever con-
qnered them, it has been by riralships aud di.
visions amongst themselves. 1t Is only in
this way that any free and brave people can
ever be enslaved by invaders. Let every man,
high and low, come to the altar of his country,
and sacrifice upon it every unhallowed and
selfish aspiration or thought, and laying their
hands upon that altar, swear allegiance to tie
country, and nothing but the country, and
that it Shall forever be free.
. :: Let this be done, and the country is free,
beyond the reach of any earthly power to
thwart our destiny or baIk OFT onward march
to independence, The God of Battles wi will
guide us Let nc man talter or doubt The
sword Of the brave and the free will fash and
gleam as it las ever done, high in triumph
over the perilous ridge Of victory. We may
have dreary waste to serve our pilgrimage
in, bu: the promised land is before us, and il
we look viii 4toadfast faith to superintend-
ing Providence, our Inheritance in it is as fixed
aud certain as the Star of fate itself,
+. W. PlCkENS,
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BURNING THE CRors.-We learn III graft.
iication that the patriotic " on the
seaboard are hourly applyir, {: torch to