Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-02-11

Mr.. Beecher may be quite sincere, and, to q
certain degree, consistent in his doctrine that
slavery is absolutely forbidden by the divine
law. The preachers Of crusades against the
Turks or the Alligenscs, Inquisitors and Icon-
oclasts have all been sincere in their turn.
There is hardly doctrine which man may
not preach with sincerity, particularly if lie
has spent all his life in preaching it, if his in:
tercst and reputation are stakea in it, and he
has no occasion 10 scrutirize it very closely.
Mr.. Beceher came some years ago to this
country to- assist Mrs. Deecher Stowe in reap.
ing her Just harvest Of fame. He told the
crowd at Willis Rooms that if they were con.
sistent they would leave of cotton, sugarand
tobacco. Of course he knew well enough
that of the very comfortable looking people
before him not one in hundred would prsc-
tice any such denial But it was easy TO lay
down the law, and it is not less easy 10 preach
from Boston to New York the determination
of the Southerners. If it is not too late for
these pulpit ,car, iors to adopt line perfectly
in accordance with Scripture, and much more
likely to succeed than either their own de-
nominations or the Federal arms, Let them
preach the ameliorotion Of the negro.
The more sensible part of the world is
convinced by this time that Mrs. Beecher
Stowe sacrificed the real interests OF. her cli-
ent to the pleasure of writing o story for eve
rybody to read and admire. She wished to
excite the interest and to arouse the feelings
l,p NIL the machinery in her power. Had she
described the good slaveowncr, and shown
what might be done within the regime OF
slavery. it might have reused generous emu
,lation in every Southern breast. Had she
scrupulously described things az they were,
none could Lave blamed her, aud truth woutc
have made its way. AS it ie. she and her
equally impassioned but far less able and
brilliant relatives and friends have done oil
thev could to widen the chasm into which the
whole American community, slave and ali,
appears to be falling head!png. It is difficult
to saw whether their present language, savors
more of fanstical faith in their own dogma
or sheer desperation. They admit blight
on their arms. The, even inves, it with The
terrible character of judgment for the COM
.nronise attempted Sish the slayeowning in-
a 5.irs;s IN: ssae .sa tand
every slave has been tod that he will besid-
ed by the North in bis struggle fc: personal
freedom, the cannon Of the North; aaystheae
reverend gentlemen, are unblessed and pow
erless.
The "Open Sesame" of an abaolute eunan-
cipation is to open every door and bresk eve
ry chain in the South. 1t ID to open the eyes,
aud at the same time paralyzs the arm, of the
slave owner al homs. for he will set: that lie
must remain there to protect life and proper
ty. Till this is s'done, say Mr.. Be"cher and
his friends, the Worth ia f',re'io"mea I" j"st
and utter de(sat. Ba: will the North .var
declare that slave grown coi'on, sugar anf to
bacco ara sn raclan tF::ng, sna E:a' n"t ''
touci;sd c.f or carried in Yankee sa;Te, or
Bought ami soil viii, Yankee money? They
viii hs apt to say that rlsy may as we'll "se
tte [ rtcn a!logctl:e. as 50 LOSE trace Nh
I.eecter Euous this. nr knawa that sTan The
Stripes and StarS. are not so precio'lS 81 !l'r
and rae things thai maas liia :.'eassn' III lhs
meroantil. ,hiad. So lie snoEa tss1 hia dc
nanciatios Of The Presidents lrTlekAog I"ii's
will have about The saline effect as his recon-
mendation to the English readers oi lhs als'
ters book 10 prove lleir sincerity BY weae.Hs
nothing but WOOL and linen, leaving oil c'gsn'
and drinking their tea without sugar.