Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1862-09-03
Wendell phillips on tic War.

Tie light of Ills peace 10 l!umine her way
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Wendell phillips on tic War.
lvcnlaI Phillips assisted at he celebration
Of Emancipation Day at Abingdon, Miss.
From his speech we Gull tue following:
As jefferson said Of slavery: "The South
ecn States have tho wolDy the ears, and they
ran rci,hcr mold nor let her 60" We have
Tic Soul, by tie ears, and We can neither
noA on ior lc, her 30, Lei her 90 to-mor.
rnw and yon Will h;,ve no peace She has
lived with Is or eighty ye:.rs, fearing us all
lat time. hating n> ball IF i, and keeping
us in turmoil ;:wavs Grc@:, naughty BY her
success in acquiring her ;lnan'!s. she wca''ti
nat le conien; 20 rcma;n oic year within al
Imaginary Iirc Of unIary-no, the n'omen:
SO Al; Tor lrrn,s she counts 1t victory.
Wr shall never have peace uni: slavery is
rlcsi:ryy.!'. As iongas you keep the p'esen!
inr;c ii Tie head Of tie Government, yon
make i nit with one hand and hji It with tie
..tlicr. Lei Tie whole nalion erdarse Tic res
buttons If Tie N.w York Chamber Of Com
! .:cicr, and l.rn he as,!i,' will f.ave 'ni"c-
:.ning To lilht for .Icii. Davis. ii he l:;:.; ;hr
a,w.r y.iI i'eyer let iS arm; take Washing
.an. T!,cla,om ST hi, canncn carrying; de-
;ru,;,.n into TAT So'lum, tho@@h i:=bc, would
wake tie wiloir N"yti upar.d uni:e t...c!u.
;!c know. I,c.t2: than 10 bpn.hard Wa Lii:::s
ts,n. Di,! liz d. So. liz kno".s vel! that Tie
North wouI,' cry CIT. IS "ilh ole voice.
.Down with slavery, do~n with eYc.ything.
Int save To us cur Republic"
II2 i: perfectly satisfied; with his successes,
fii;..y ere .rc;,;gr than lie ;.':!:cfatctl-far
.rca.cr; All !; lie can possibly G,at upon
!hrm and !; lew more, thus holding his own
70 liz IL! Of March. lcti%", England will, as
She cusI.t tn. recognise the Southern Con!cd
cncv twill ,IIcn have inaintancd its cx
is;cnce two full years and t!atiS all that Eng
I.inti #ants.
any man present believes he Las light
enough To allow him. let hiin pray that D..vi.
;nas ne permitted To make IN attack on
Washington City w,:tlina week. Tie OILY
;i.ims that secl::s to stir ,r national heart Of
the Free States is the expectation Of an at
tack On HAT city. Euhing less th"" that
will wake up :Ac reonlc. WouI1 tia: it be-
! Ia4Hicd
The President has moi followed M the act
OF coi.fiscainn. He may be hottest hut wl'o
ca:es whether he he !:nacst Or not? " hat
has honesty To do with the mater? IiacTi
,!ea,ly las nci,il,.' thought :.c: precision.
When in Washington hy' (';T. Philips lad
l;nrncd on the mos. trustworthy authority,
tIia1 tic President, tL;rc months ago, had
written proclamation o! general eiin:ncira.
.iof. a.m Mcclellan huliied him oGt oft AMI
Kentucky representatives baliis;i iiinl into
taining Mcclellan at tho head of The army.
when he Niacoln) had TO filth in McCieIiaa
as General.
4 year ago he (lIr. Phillips said he he
l;erc,l !hc President desired the ailvicc OF
prominent and leading bodies Of the people
l.u; even now, when tic New York Chamber
OF Commerce, the most respectable relrescn,
t;,,on Of the people Of great State. advise,
lie moves not.
:, Ii these len fabulous gunoats. that arc said
10 !avc arrived in Mobile Bay, were real: and
llely 20 ha there, and everything else hat
is nor isHrIy 70 cc,ne 20 PASS tool; place, we
nirhl lave some hope oi moving tl,c tur;'i
=, ;hc head Of tic nation. Ne would get st
l,w YET in our acknowledgement OF the South
tha! not cYcn tie Session Courier will be allt
to invent ;crlus of tlHgra'!aa'ioa sufficiently
oxrress;ye cl our h,,mbcd condition.
The sou,h az 4 unit in this war. Blu
, Cml has driven them mad, and tlicy will ac
cop, nothing thai can be granted. In this i
our horc. They won't consent to anything
and wc mast whip them, or they will sri''l u
t.,r,w,!er. We refuse 70 recognise the nc
GRO l,i. we vii! scun bc glad to have hir
G.l,, vii, ~. Bat c.en that won't make
p...i,!.ni Lincoln declare lor emancipation
/. So, wc viii have 10 wait ono or lwo years he
!. fore lie will see his way quite clear under th