Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-07-24
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The late Message Of President Lincoln
Mr.. EplroR: viii please allow me space
enough in yuar Saluab.e paper i"r the few re-
| marks may make OH the recent Message Of Pre&i
| dent LINCOLN, for it is certainly one Of the nos
remarkable documents Of the nineteenth century
After the lapse Of cigIry. five years he has madt
the wonderful discovery that the lhinn created
the States, aud not the States tic Uni"n lie
might with equal prorricty assert that man nrti-
ally existed before s great Creator. Was there
ever IN idea more prepostcrcus md directly at
war with cu.ulnun sense! Does not II man AID n
woman have to exist before they can possibly
form u matrimonial union, and can that sacred tic
ted to certain extent. Well, tyrannicai major
ity in the North have grossly violated rnc Federal
Constitution: und the Southern States have Wisely
Withdrawn tLcir allegiance frcm the rotten c"n
ccr,I. lfthc doctrine promulgated l'y President
LINCOLN and his associates be correct, then their
government is su,h;ng mn.e nor less than con
solilated lniltar;; deslntism. North Carolina
waa tic last Of the original thirteen that went ini"
the Federal compact Snc delibcrucd nS State
for some time whether she would go into the Tn
ion or not. Now supp"se she had decided in the
negative and had continued so 10 this day, w"u''l
she be Il State or not, according 30 Mr.. LlNcoiS'S
theory? or would she simply he Ncrth Carolina:
suppose also that no two States had agreed to form
II nion What then becomes &c the existence "l
MIR. LIscoLy'S uniun to create States. Mr.. LIS
coils admits tla, he has acted illegally, hut ike
all irfi.xiblc tyrantS pleads t!ie necessity u! thc
c..sr. The Northern people in sustaining h:s
cnurS. are rrcat;nga master fer thcinE:irr. VIII"
doubtless will see to il that they perform well their
part as .shewers uf wood anr drawers Of water.
But what else could h. expected fr".a true di.c-
rc ur the ighcr law school. who places his PERM
ciuuS doctrine not only above the Constitutions.
bu; also fur ahovc the Holy Bible.
The Message Of Mr. LINCOLN is rather strange
iy written document, and may he justly regarded
a. bundle uf aL.u-lites. The people ui the
South have just cause Of complaint, and we had
rather lie .rccmrn than to live slaves. We re-
qre but tw" important principles for triumphant
and complete success The FIRST of these is. II firm
reliance on The Supreme Ruler Of the Universe.
oad tho stcoud H. un!oI anon: ourselves. am
in hnrcs We will huye butl,---anri the day of uur
dcliyerance will yet c"nc.
1t tisa remarkable coincidence, that Nirgiaia the
mother Of Washington and Jefferson, the one the
Father os his country, aud the other the Author Of
the Declaration of Amc! lean Independence, slou'
have been selected az tie battle field Oh which to
contend scrua,i time for the glorious PRINCIPALS
of Sevcnty-siX. IL was cn the sail III Nirsinin'
that our heroic and Patriuric frrei,thers at little
York hushe,l the cannon cf Great Britain, and
transmitted uniupaircl 10 The best govern
mcn, then known 10 The civilized world, aild which
would lave continued 50 probably 10 the end of
time bad the people of the North granted us what
:cay be told in one wurd. Justice. Tic Su-cgiicd
President LlxcULS speak sparag;rg and dis
respectful ;crils uf S 4crS, the latchc:s "i
Whose shoes, il: pniut honesty ami la.f;rti:m,
be is not worthy ~ unuv.c. Bul we trust. and
sincerely hope the coase "t the Confederate, Suites
is onward and upward. In The namc Of our God
we huys set up cur banners, and NC SHALL so on
firmly believing thut prosperity, happiness and
independence %ill ultimately crown our efforts.
L, is to le .mlen,cd that the fifteen sl.yehuldins
States with common interest did not all scce.ie
defence against common enemy. We would
hen have ayuidc,i msny OF the dangers to which
we are now exposed. i.mly believe no attempt,
w.ull then have been made tu corrcc the South
then the rail splitter would not have had the adj
vantage he now possesses over Delaware, Maryland,
Ecutucky and Missouri. Why did he Emperor
{ fAh"timn not wage war against the States tha!
first seeded. and u"t reserve the rnS of lis wrath
70 h. poured oa n Ike people Of the bnricr States
without the scm''!an"c of mercy? The answer is
plain ono. air. LINCOLN knew war WAS tho life
oC .ecessi6n. and If ho made war upon the States
;ten seeded, or in other words upon South Caro-
lins,-olker State: would follow i,nmcdiatoiy.
Hence his policy to retain even AT The point Of the
,ronet the border States.
Tire right of Secession Is 50 clear that We are
not Disposed to d,sca*s thai point new. Ii is true
many S"utkcrncrs honestly differed us 20 the pro-
per time of it's exercise. 1nasmueh, however, NJ
eleven States have seeded i. now becomes tho
duty Of every Fincerc patriot To oppose coercion
with ZEAL with perseverance,, anil with undyinS
ar,lnr. Hitherto we have never asked anything
from the North .oniy t" let us alone) but what
wa: right aud wc are now clearly demonstrating;
to the world that it is our inAcXible determination
to submit to nothing that is wrong. Tho greatest
blessings of mankind when hasey perverted from
their original design, frequently become the mcst
insuGcrablc curses. Such is precisely the case
now with the government Of the United States,
controlled by party rs destitute of common hon
esty a. g dog is Of Immortality
have srun this article longer than expected,
and will now close.