Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-01-16
Sc The Worldn Blatant.

That cuntlns unu seil-thHateu DulnDuS, tue new
York World-(God save the mark !)-has become
MS furious ms it is mputent in its threats of cOcr-
cion by the North. Ignoring the true nature .!
our cause ut every step, and bnscy calumniating
bent upon MI the mischief its miserable tools can
effect. As single instance Of its utter unrelia-
bility, we mention declaration in one Of its last
numbers TO thu purport, that Southern leaders and
presses have duped the "ignorant crostares around
them To expect, in their poor, dumb wny, black
rrvublic" upon the successnf tho Republican Par
ty. Witness the mean falSrhoud, bravo and in
telligen1 frecmen Of the South ! and mark for the
halter the knave who thus seeks to dshonor you
from his cnvert of security.
With this cnlumny IN iis brow, the same paper
in tho same article has the efrontery to address
vuu a. {" Friend. at The South brothers in JIood
fellom-citi=emscJ this yreat repub'ie" But imme.
diatey forgetting ts tone of whining hypocrisy,
this same decctable "brother in blood" shifts his
costume with facility worthy of Pr"teus, and,
turning upon you with Srowling phiz and awful
gutturul.-(Augrls and Ministers Of Grace defend
us!)-tlrcacns you ~ Municipalities your
patriotic vrs,-dcnouncrs you rs traitors und
hulds over you IN terror"m the prodigious an
nuuncemeEt:" There is no mistakc,-aetermina-
lion is the word. The people arc determined that
this Union shall stand, and that its laws shall bO
enforced"
What people, thou mundane madmnn? Here
are the people Of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia,
North Carolina, South Caroliua, Georgia, Alabama,
Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas,
Missouri, Tennessee and Kentucky you do not
pretend to mean the people of these States. What
pcoplo then. thou blatant metropolitan elf? There
are the people Of Culafurnia md of Oregon, and
of the other mnre recently formed Stntcs;-you
Distant and so peculiarly situated that her own
procivitics to disunion have already been watched
with interest While the other new States have
neither time nor inclination at present to do more
than take care Of themselves. Agnin then VIC ask
Your stupidity, what people? II is not the North
West; fur they nrc people satisfied with their
own resources and prospects, which will not he
diminished or retarded hy dissolution of the
Union. They are hardy free. born race" who
can appreciate struggle for right and justice
like that which heckons on the South ut This june.
ture They know that the Southern States are not
and can not he otherwise than good neighbours to
them, in or out Of the Uni"n; and they cannot he
stultilied hy your absurd assumption in regard 10
c. ,,uIy,l nr tl,a ,,nutb tI,.
p They are practical not z fanatcal people
nnd one of their greatest leaders has already told
you that "the revolution in South Carolina il
complete" and that any attemp, to conquer her
territory, ur 70 use any other than civil processes
against her citizens must be followed by di$unou
absolute and irreyocahle.
What people then? we would once more hammer
into your bccloudcd cranunl. You cannot say il
il the Democrats of even Ohio; for there PrGH
and EALLASnlGHAN give you the lie direct. So
with New York, Massachusetts, and nearly all the
divisions Of the Northern Democracy pr"per. No,
,ir.-it Is nnne of the eoud and true Democrats ui
the North that will u and ubct you in your hrags
of Cnion-~nri"g at nH ha=nrat. But it is your
BLACK Republican allies, your traitors to the Con.
siitution, your wooden nutmeg New Englantcrs,
yOur spiritual rrrers rcrchauca, your Higher
Law APOSTLES. yGnr Thrift dependents. your Gov
-rnmcnt ond. suckers, your calico and shoe and
hat and hro.m and bucket manufacturers, yuur un-
lersrpund railway stockhollers,-thrSc aro Your
p."ple VINO urc so vir:uously "defermined that the
Union shnll stand aud that its laws shull be en-
ro".l "