Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-11-20
Ihe Uses of the War.
f.um s:onlius evil still eiuci' y ~ !"
THOMPSON.

If out of this war, which our enemy,
who has fastened it upon us, threatens
shall be long one, we of the Confederate
States eventually emerge with II ton
slty firmly established, Ill the eApendi.
turt ii lif;, and treasure it. will have cost,
grt".: az it may be, canr.ot reasonably be
ro' xo.led thrown away.
Already the war has had the effect of
developing our resources to on extent
taat, Il year ago, would have been thought
impossible. So habituatr,l have we leen
to rely upon the North for everything We
need for use and consumption, that we
had almost come to believe that we had
no resources of our own f,r the production
Of thnS'. articles.
Bat necessity is the tr,litful mother OF
invention, and now that We fund ourselves
thrown upon our u"n resources, we are
finding them neither few nor small.
Take, fer example, the articles of arms
ami munitions O.; war; Here, in the city
of NV Orleans, we have the means a.
tu- '.!:Ss out brass and iron cannon of a,
gc" lnslisv as the best that can he "h
tad nc the Nolhcrn f,undries. We
are making our own machinery, engines
AMI ;,nlS. We have demonstrated here
in this city, that We heed Hot always de-
pend upon the North for shoes or hats, or
fabrics for clothing. True, we have not
brought the manufacture Of these articles
into that general operation which is adc
qua,e as yet TO full supply of the de-
iil.ad Tor ,llein. But We nave exnibi ed
the fact that it is in our power to do So.
ii, absolutely required Anl that we con-
slider to be much, very much, gained.
When Sampson had slain the lion in
the vineyards Of rilnna,h and afterwards
found in its carcass Il swain Of bees and
their honey, iIe prupuuud>:, To the lne,l {"
the city Il riddle: .'Gn nf the eatcr,"
sud he, came forth meat; and out of
tho strong came forth sweetness" II olfl
o this struggle with our Northern enemy
Coming trinmphant, lruni the eater VT
gs,ier meat, aud frvEl the strong sweet
II -. it will be well. And it rests with
u alltthrr such shall be the result.
II can Jc obtained by !. careful and
conscientious husbauling Of all our re-
sources; 50 that of those things, for the
supply of which We have hitherto de-
pended on the North. we should deny
ourselves lie Use, if they are not alto
Scthrr vi, prime necessity, or, if they are
We should produce tiie"I ourselves. 1t is
the o.Iy way in which We can make strong
and inprcsaable the foundations of "ul
nationality. We must br self.reliant i!
VIZ would he in very deed and perfect!
independent.
II. as is so hoasttnly and insolen;ly
N nacrd by our foe, this war is to be Il
long oMc--and u long one it must inevi'a
b be, il it is no; to stop till the free
p...n,, of these Confederate States are
sl ;.rga'rd and forced hacl. into the Union
l!,.y has" thrown olive shall find onl-
Scise< compelled to adopt this policy. Il
will he absolutely necessary to our eXis-
tnce: and it will tend surely to the es-
tahlishmen; OF our status among the
nations. IN this point Of view, We may
accept the protection Of this war, even
with all that i: will cost in blood and N
treasure, rs n blessing.
The South must gain in Subtantial and
lasting benefits BY the discipline Of a long
war. white to the North it must prov,
lrnpor,;onahly disastrous. For what We
gain thereby is precisely what they LOST.
and the longer the strife is, the less
chance they have Of ever recovering.
Suppose it to terminate now, just now,
without another campaign, without an.
o.t.r ;,al,lc or skirmi>h and that peace.
with lnrwhte wings. once more stretched
over III. whole land. shonit bring the two
cnnfc.leracics together again, not as b'-
i;,r... into one bond Of political union.
b. u separate friendly republics; should
we not find ourselves for many of the
nrccssares of life still tributary to the
Voc.h And to the extent that we were.
s., sh"uld wc not have compromised the
,,:i!ci,,lc upon which our ncw nationality
had Decn based
Now. We Repeat. we have it in Our pow
.r and We arc hound in honor and in
,...l,cienc,., us the founders Of an indie,
pendent republic. TO lay broad and deep
!, IL. ,mly foundations upon which the
STRUCTURE can hc huiic'1. as W last for
ever. To this end we must
"--SccS hcreaftcr in ou.sc,ycs
The means oi sovereignty :;
It,..a:.s which, if vigorously adopted and
iuiicionsly used, will infallibly secure to
u, That i;,r which we are slriving-an
honorable, a real and q lasting indepcn.
laucs.-New Orleans Picayune.