Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-01-07
this Bombastes Furioso to the "squslching of the

this Bombastes Furinso to the squsching of the
Southern Rel ellipn."
These are the main political points in the copy
Of the Herald before US, NIL nf which have probs-
bly, hc-n reformed and tc,nsformei in various
WAYS Stree tn. ed OF December. One thing is
certain tho New York UeraLd is snull"g the
wind strongly in the direction taken hy the Dsn-
ocrstic Party. And wc rather think the real pl-
timatum uf thas.pa,ty has been (pcrlars Prenla-
tnrcly bat none the less sure!y) f"rcshnd"we'i by
Jonx VAyBunES's hap hazard use Of the express
sipn--" W"yrtnd sisters 1rpnrt j" p""re." The
Hsrnhi however, still proposes war to the knife,
and the knife to the hilr, for the Uniun rs it was;
Aud with unutlerahls disgust towards the cren-
turs that can utter such sentiment, ask par
don for noticing his opinions huioro decent south
crn community.
Not tn conclude however in so unrharitnh'c a.
frame Of mind, wc turn tn u communication IN tho
lnst-nalnci sheet which can hut awaken thouSht
o[asadncs.. however We dstost the present war and
its nefarinls authors II is Nh account Of the Pr-
nornl Obse,uiss Of General GEORGE D. BArARp,
NJ j on the 2O.h December. lie was yoong
and gallant Briga,lior in the Federal Army and
received his dcath-round while Leading the ad
vance ut fredericksburg Thnt be should have
lifted hia arm in what he conceived to be an hon.
orablc but what we know to he mn uuholy cause,
is enough to mako US Of the South say, "he has
met the fate he c"urtcd and 50 lot it bo." Yet it
is one Of those outstanding instances which brings
TO mind anew the conviction Of the ineffnbe woe
which this terrible war is bringing upon the whole
American people. There is u settled gloom now
lowering over tens Of thousands Of desolatcd homes
in the United States rs well as in our Confederacy,
and yet the rancor of the opprcssor orerlooks or
disrcgards the indignant resolve of the oppressed
Would to 6 od that Reason and Humanity could
open the eyes of all to the necessity Of peace on
the only terms that it can he hoped for: the inde
pendpnce of each Confederation, to be followed by
such prosperity Us each may carve out for itself
| in the future by the might Of its own resources
and institutions.
! utagain to tho drst branch Of our te1t;-"Now
| York, Philadelphia & CO,-tho once mighty firm
that huinbuggsd America, now lettering, we
trust, to their fall, if fall they must sequence
of suuthorn independence. we do not say that
they must necessarily SO fall; But We do say that
they have forever forfeited MI claims upon the
Southern Confederacy, and it will be passing
strange if they ever rcsssert those claims to any
purpose. There are unmistakable indications in
the papers before us, thst their commerce and
trade already suffer terrible decensipn. Their
warehouses are becoming tenantless and their
merchant princes are nghast ut the prospect.
Their political and comincrcial journals scarcely
seek to throw the AimSy veil Of pretentious fig
ures over the loss of their wontcd prosperity. They
may, and probably will, rally to tolerab!e share
in the commerce of the world: But, for the pres
ent at least the grandeur Of their glory is de-
parted and it is departed forever, if u restora-
tiuu of the old Union is an essential requisite to
the reillumination Of their late palata splendors
May they tind cumfurt in the reflections, sad and
solemn though they bc, which cluster in dropping
| beauty around the famous truth
"ISic trumrit Gioria man,h!