Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-07-31

tura: bu; there is on= tain- c,n tell yo,
! with confidence. and that is, ii Is going to last
ur;il Inc en.,ny is whipped and driven from
our soil Tremendous applause. Anl it
vii! require men and money 10 do II, and the
; best way to make il a short ny" is tG send
j men into the ii,.|i and 10 raise mcalrs cnough
to support ite;p in the field 10 drive the cr"-
nv uul. II.l.at is ;hc bert way. That is tie
way TO make il I, short Wal; and in tLi5 the
cotton planter: car Contribute and when |
! tell ypu it is an uncertain war, cuuHot AZ
c,.rIn: li,r IL duration np2n any rational srin
,i,!y. 1t is Il faGatical wal, and wherever
! lauatiei>nl gels ccl;Fo! ol reason; You can
make ~ speculation in regard to it. This il
:: 4 war acain>t reaaon in every sssse cf tae
term. In the first place. many vF those en-
gagged in il are engaged IN a crusade nominal
l. 10 nmeliurate The condition Of a portion VI
on population. They are engaged in q oTi'.
s;.,'c to make lj!ipgs better Laii the Greater
made them, or TO MAKE Things equal which
Ge i..adc unequal. 1t is iaipious in that 4
c;cat 'leal OF ,ir ianatici!n Of the war springs,
! / doubt moi: iroi.l thai :curee. Such az
,!t:rt navtr &onll succeed were t!!ey to over.
! run us ard drive Us away, These very peo-
+! plr would do as sume are now reported to be
doing in Virginia 70! Which neither affirm
or deny the th)-csptr:o the black l'opu
; lation and send them I'll 70 Cuba for sale.
But there is one thing certain, that they can
TO more carry out tiei- anaticu design; than
they eau make the Savannah run to the noun.
tains, tor the Great Creator-tbe Ruler of
IT,, heaven and the earth-lIe that made
man and fashioned Lin!-maAe one inferior
to TIC other, and !nalc some TO differ from
Others rs one star differs from others. This
C;,nalcal sentiment of The North will 70 more
make the negro equal 10 tie white man than
i. will make the lecparl change Eis spots or
the Ethiopian his skin. IT Is a war against
the interca OF these who wage it, and, Of all
the people who will suffer by it, the New
England States will suffer the mos. Their
trade cut oil, :hcir ,nnpiics cut oil, their
scarce Of Tc;llil cGi of. wl,"rc a;c ,l!ey to
trade hereafter? We furnish them market;
no other people OF the world DO. They can
NOT sell their syo,ls to Great Britain, Sor
they are supplied by British manufactures.
Nor can they furnish Germany Or France.
Ont Of those TWO iandrrd and fifty millions
of goolS they sold. they did not send ten
millions 10 Tie old worl,l Il all came to the
South. W. are their market. We wished TO
continue IN trade with them, bu' they would
M, perform their part Of the compact, and
carried cnt the old aliy@c o( the "lnsn who
crt % Ii, nose t" rite his face laughter;
mn; cannot account iar it except on the old
Roman maxim. that he whom the gods want
10 destroy. thoy first NAL .e mad" This is
war against the principles which their fathers
and onr fathers fought lnr-lhat every State
Govcrnmcnt should act cor itself, and that
the Government derived its powers from the
consent of th,. governed. These were the
principles of Hancock, Jackson, Madison,
Randolph, Pinckney and others. They were
the principles their fathers and our fathers
united in lighting for, and now they have
made them mockery Of all history and the
shame OF their ancestors. These people are
now warrirg against that principle, and Mt
tempting to govern us just as King George
did; it is, therefore, an unnatural and ira
ticnsl, and suicidal Ear, and you cannot