Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-01-16
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As the State of South Carolina has seeded f,cm
tho Union, aud stands ready to Join with other
States in the formation Of 4 Southern Confed.r-
acy-it is useless now to waite words about tho
necessity Of immediate and energetic action. fur
all true mon South Of Nason's und Dixon, linz
haro made up their minds On the subject-uud tho
sentiment is spreading over the ent,o Southern
States like d FIRE in the woods.
AS resistance is determined on, the mode IF
warfare becomes u matter Of grave consideration.
and should be discussed at every GresiJe. And
here. let me add, that the ladits Of the South
(dod bless theu) are often found to possess r,ore
seli-sacrihcing patriotism than their lord, Ind
masters Let US not then full to enlist their active
corporation in cur cause.
Ihefe are two prominent modes of warfare:
one by the use of gun-powdor and Sharpe's Riaes.
ESQ highly recommended to the Churches of the
North, by Rev. Henry Ward Beccher)-,he other
is by tho most rigid economy in avoiding as far NJ
possible the use Of Northern manufactured articles
The Northern capitalists and politicians have
lod their laborng classes to believe that ther. I,
IN "irrepressible conflict" going on between
Southern capital and Northern labor, while tho
fset is exactly the reverse; the conflict really i,
between Northern capital and Northern labor, md
has been kept in harmonious thrift by nothing
else than Southern patronage, and tho .oduct of
Southern capital, which is slave labor. With.
hold either of these from the Northern States and
you will soon see the "irrepressiblc conflict"
looming up in every town and village. That
agrarian spirit which cries aloud for equality
among men, has its seeds sorn broadcast oyer
New England, Now York and Pennsylvania.
Had Mr.. SEWARD, with his exalted talents sot
nut to reach tho Presidential chair by advocating
the doctrine, That Southern institutions were sufe.
guards to Northern stability-thut our mutual de-.
pendence on each other. our diversity of climate
and soil, and slave labor at the South, were bonds
of uni"n which ought to be Cherished by all men
US sure means of preserving perpetual and har
monious Union OF the States, und reaching the
most exalted position amongst tho nations of tho
earth; We say if he..had advocated such doctrines
With the that hus followed hiai in hi,
adverse course, he might have enjoyed the enviabe
position of being the saviour of his country, and
the chief Magistrate of the greatest and happiest
nation on the face Of the Globe.
Had HORACE GREELy followed the snme course.
with his practical talents and misguided zeal, the
people, butL North and South, with one voice
would have proclsimed him worthy of the Office
he now much desires to fill (secrctary of ssate)
But alas these men have aided in producing
widespread discomfort. and IL revolution which NO
tainty abou, the matter is, that the "irrepressibe
conilict" is bound to be between Northern labor
and Northern capital. And these men, great in
intellect with host of other abolition politicians
and fanatics, will be held up as marks for scorn
and reprobation, ss tho worst cuepc, Of their
country, or be cast down into uttor oblivion.
We commend the State of South Curoina and
all the Southern States for tho arming and pre-
paratious for war they are making. But while We
10 this, we would be recreant to our duty if we
did not appeal to the good sense of tho whole
people Of the South, rich and po"r, to the pa'ri-
otic matrons, to the fair maiicns of our country.
who are seeking partners for life, and to the pat
riotism Of every FREQ man, to use every effort in
their power to punish those who ought 10 be our
friends, but have proved 10 Lc our 1orst enemies.
Let us "carry the war into the enemy camp"
by abstaining from the use of all articles imported
or manufactured by them, or raised ON Northern
nr Western soil-however nconrcnient it may be
let US set to work aud turn faces against the
products of abolition labor.
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