Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-11-25
Goge6el1 Abtertlstr.
lathe Waru AlNost Over 90.
ny IMKu; DUElsoE & 90.

Every week sinr, the Wal began, every
Addition oifce-holdor aud newspaper ad'o-
cate of the Administrators negro policy ms
literally assured the people that" the war is
almost over" -..:,.. ,r;..
pos,,,r. the Government to honest sua pa,
ts;n.;o hands, and the war then in fact would
ha e almost over Continue the Admins
".,;.n IN the hands Of these men who are
sti.,;na fr the ~subiusation. of the States and
nsu. h,a.t;on of State institutions, and the
ma, = re be relentless and perpetual.
A military victory here and there does not
.,nd the war. We may take Gnariess2h AZ
We. have taken Norfolk we may take hooile
ns we have taken New Orleans we may lake
ali the Southern strongholds' and that \" gu,
RI, very beginning OF a war OF apoii'ioh anu
-sui,iusatiou. The pan dossnot1 h9e'who wiz
s-ar Ssao.a the end of the war aud the con,
.trsc,ion OF Union upon the principles or
the sectional party which now rules over us.
Those principles can never command the pop
Mar assent Of the South. AND, until that pop
ul,r assent is gained, thers 10 land can be io
peace aud Union.
fonsbt for nearly three years. We nave toaded
me ,iat;on down with sorrow and debt. Hun
"a. md tbou,ands of our brave and patrio'
t;c men have been slain. And yet it-ia God's
,rn,b, that. the Government can conmand less
S.s,wiIl ispppori in the. Southern States 10,
AN than when its armies were first hurled
aga;nst the enemy. Every month OF war,
nndsr the proclamation and for s%u6agation,
In, tended to cement, perpetuate and tradi'
t,on.l;ze hatred of the North in, every South,
ern household and as to everything winch
makes a real Union and.a real peace, we are
fsr.her off from the goal to-day than two
years ago.
INV and f.Ilacious uotion that conquest means
n.ace-rhe sooner shall we regain the lost
blessings of . real Union.
We have now solne military victories: we
have conquered Norfolk, but there is no I'm
ion there. We have sutjugated New Orleans:
Sut there is no Union there. We nave reduc,
ed Yicksburg, and Donelson, and srbJdsated
cartons other cities and towns-bat none OF
them are re-annexed' to the Union. We have
Simply subjugated men who hates US AUD our
,,olicy. Even where our arms prevail, war,
r.rnetiAl war, exists. The hich reishs
N these localities is the order which reigned
in Warsaw when the Russian chieitaln pro
claimed the s~ubiugaiion' vi the .lish capital,
ppd the peace We have gained is the peace Of
Poland and hungary under Russian and Aus
TRAN power.a peace to be hated alike BY sub
lugator and subjusated.
We might have had military succesa WITH
Onion. we might have captured citit'es AN
restored them. Whole States migathave re-
armed to the Union. and have SAINT their rep
resentstiyes to Washington. We see none
ri II s,e results now. The Administration
stands at the door clubbing back every stote
vh;ch would re-unite with us under the Con-
s,i,r,;on. IL is restoration of the old Union
u,b;cb the Administration breads. 1t hates
Tho old Union, because with its restoration
ner;.bes forever the Administration and its
uarty.-Freemau's Journal.