Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-03-25
Cultivate Good VIII.

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II" tile" feryor. offs great revolution,
men are prone TO- neglect many good
things, and to DO many evil ones. In
SUCH times as, these. wicked -props,saie~
are readiis INDUCED, audi ebullitioiis III
baa-passiondeveibp them Through
all,agtstlie iilnlail heart. lift 10. itssI!f,, rs:
Inaius., perhaps. the Sanle--bat mankind
ought to- gfuw.wiser, If rot"better: The
most noble qualities OF cur nature CONE
to light in tho most trying times, but 50
also do our basest. We believe, howev:
or, that there ia-saere good than evil in
the world, and We should regret to live
to-changs that .%opinicu.' Most of the vf
ces6f1ite ~arise1pore from NhongbtlsssnesS
than deliberate wickednsss. We are all
too apt. tetsorges- what is.duei from us,tr
Others: and especially II a time like thu
present. And at-al times, too, great
neglect is given to the cultivation Of those
feelings whose. result is happiness, in thr
household, in the community, inthe WHOLE
country Nations. are but aggregated
families. and when VIC secure. %hatTnoay
and good feeling in families and neighbpr..
hoods, we may safely expect permanent
prosperity and happiness in the nation.
Men are SO short.sighted as too often to
give loose rein to present enjoyment or
indulgence, at the expense Of lasting hop
Plnsss,
Of all people In the-world, we arc
those who should cultivate. the. -utmosl
harmony and goodwill, among and be-
tween all classes and callings. We are
aPceuliar people, Ourssocal .orgaAiza-
ton and ~our-laber> system are such as the
world; in this enlightened l!) day.. puts
under the. ban of. its depreciation. We
stand almost alone as toour peculiar in.
stitution-an institution which gives us a
national character, and which is the endu-
ring basis of the best Social and labor
system that the world has ever Known
since, the days of the ,pa%triarcAs.-~ We
make slaves, nos,of our"own race, as 9TH
er peoples do, butof the heather among
us, WHOM thereby We elevate from native
barbsrism, and prevent from relapsing,
and whom @we-tnaEe-of hal -v1tle ia the
world. The negro race is utterly value.
l-ss,5 unless made slaves. They are a
curse wherever they exist, unless .heldin
bondage by, a-superior race. All our
people are not Shareholders ; a large ma.
jority are not, andprobably never will be,
but none the less are al vitality interested
in slavery. As. the STAKEHOLDER prospers,
so does the MISUNDERSTANDING latter
cannot prosper unless the former does. 1t
is, therefore, important that the utmost
good will be cultivated between these
classes. There eaa15e ne clash or rivalry
sf interest between these two classes Of
our people. There is no success, no pros
perity, to the nor. slaveho!ding class, .ex
cept a. the STAKEHOLDER. thrivcs. The
more~prosperous the latter, the more
money does he spend to the man that digs
the ore, that builds the engine. that saws
the lumber, that makes the brick, that
dresses the. stene,, that shoves the plane,
that plies the shuttle, that measures the
silk, that pleads the cause. that teaches
the child, that tends the sick, that preach
es the word, that prints the newspaper.
All of II people are thus intimately
hound: together, not only in a common
destiny, but q common interest. We are
homogeneous-let there BIZ the greatest
harmony and good feeling. The man vito
teaches to the contrary is an enemy of
our country, aye, an enemy to his kind.
Not only should the utmost good feel
ing exist between the owner of slaves and
th7 man who owns none, but we should
C iltivate q better feeling than now. exists
between town and country. The coun.
,ryinan denounces the dweIlers in towns
as spectators and extortioners, and has
many u hard thought for them on account
Of the price he pays for salt, and shoes.
and clothing. The latter retorts that the
people Of the country extort from them'
The most exorbitaut prices fur corn, and
f,ur, and pork, and beef, butter, eggs,
I,uliry and fruit. ~'And 50 has arisen a
,<ry bad feeling, which is wholly uncalled
inr, and altogether wrong. 1t can-rcsndr
in 10 good, but teuds,to alienation, when
there should be the closest intimacy, and
The most cordial goed-felIuwsbip.' -:
Would: the, people Of the country on
account Of fifty ora hundred ravenons
SPECTATORS, lie doing right to withhold
their supplies from s~hudetewn? Would
it be kind, or ~neighborIy, or just, for.such
cause, to withhold food from ten thousand
women and children, and the families of.
soldiers9 Think again, friends, before
you 80 harshly visit your .displeasure on