Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-07-17

no moral obligation, and the amount ol ne
ligion is the amount Of influence moral OBJ
ligation to God has over the man. To be
destitute of this is to be wicked" and that
too in generic sense. 1t is to possess in the
heart the bitter fountain whence must flow
all manner of sin. In this controversy be-
tween the North and the South where do We,
with our Rulers, our Generals and our armies
stand?
The Constitution of the United States says,
(Act. /, sec. 9, 9th clause "No preference
shall he given by any regulation of Commerce
or Revenue to the ports of one State over
those Of another" Here is the broad ground
on which the Union was formed, EQUALITY
-"no preference" Of one over another-and
by contemplation Of law every citizen born III
the land is understood to be under oath to
support this Constitution, and tue only reason
they are not required to lake an oath OF ale
glance like foreigner is because he was so
Lorn in tie land which is regarded as The
equivalent Of an oath to support the Consll.
tuition. Was there "no preference, no ine-
quality in so taxing tue goods Of Foreign
Trade as to compel the South t" purchase the
Manufactures of the North at high prices, to
Keep her from purchasing the same chearly
from the Foreigner? Did not tins COMPEL
the South to bear unequal burden sin the sup
port Of Governmcnt-sh paying the tar"
whilst the North got a bonus on her indust
And yet she (,he Nurth) swore to support
Constitution of "no preference
In giving away the public lands by
NortEcrI mHjoritJfs lie common property
the States, did she not do SO with the cSp
understanding that it would require hig
tariff to support the Government, sivin
greater bonus to the North and greater
den to the South? Yet All cath to the ~
Preference" Constitution stared them in
f,cc!! Did not this same North, through her
msjoriiy in Congress, pass laws to damn, by
penalties Of piracy, the only mean for in.
creasing the laLor.power Of the South, while
ut the same time Congress passed Laws TO ELI
courage the immigration OF the laborin!
class from Europe, suited TO the climate and
industrial wants Of the North2 This, whilst
we were united with the North gave them
their majorities and swept our power aud
equality with them away. The stoppage /
The Save trade, in the Slave holding Repub'
lie, can have no sucl preference" for sec.
ton and is consistent with equality.
Every citizen of the North was sworn to
return our slaves who might fly from work,
but did they not kill the very men that they
werr sworn to help And what is their ex-
cuse2 "a higher law!" a higher law than
an oath to Sod!! A higher obligation than
one to God!! If this is not wicked, where
is sinner?
In the fiscal action of the Government,
with Northern majority, is there :" no pref
erence'' in throwing the Use of all the money
collected by Government in Northern cities ?
If the Government makes Bank with tens
of millions Of capital does that majority put
it where the great staples Of worlds COM
merce ccntres2 In Richmond, Charleston,
Savannah, Mobile or New Orleans? Not so,
but in some northern city. This is what has
built up great capitals in the North, whilst ut
the South grass grows in the streets where
the great trade was, before this preference
was instituted by men who had sworn not to
have any.
In making new States out Of common ter.
ritory has not the North moved Heaven and
Earth to carry out preference" though under
the highest religious obligation to Constitu-
ton forbiddng it? In admitting Missouri
was there not compromise made, which the
Supreme Court Of the United States, in the
Dred Scott decision, pronounced to be un-
constitutional? The decisions of this Court
have the same legal effect rs the Constitution,
because it is lis Constitutional expoundsr.
But what Is an onln 10 Weh no "icheu "S W
pretend 10 higher obligation
In making state of California was there
"no preference" Three-fourths oftl.e soldiers
whose blood and yaluur won the land Of gold,
AMI the tariff money which paid the "maE
of SOUP and his soldiers in that war, were
from the South, and yet Northern majority
would encourage a set Of half Spanish, half
Indian and half negro population, who were
whipped out Of their country, 10 say by tier
constitution, that tue very men who thus
whipped them, should MT 20 with their prep
erty there; but the North should.
go Justice thou hast fed to british boasts,
And men hnvc lost their reason.
Tae eh c ion of Mr. LINCOLN to the }sresi
dency was the crowning act Of sin against the
Constitution and the South. The platform
OF SO. Of principles oa which he was elected
was face to face fight against the decision
Of the highest tribunal on Garth known to
law and the reversal of its decision in the
Dred Scott case was the great end to be OBJ.
to;ned because it secured to the South equal
;ty in the Union ard the protection of her
nroperty under the Constitution. But the
perjury of the millions at the North, under
lou, ord Nonctituf;on