Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-04-22

the indopenocnco OF tho ooutnorn ConiooeeAey. 4
For the Advertiser. -
To the People of Edsefe1d District.
PELLow. ClrrsBxs:-Ths President Of the Con-
fedefste States has sdaressed the pespts Of the
COnfsderley, upon the subject of the sab'istsnes
Ct the people, and tho army. He has distinctly
informed them that the only dany>r nous to. be spa
pretended, arises from the .sqAt Of food for the
poor st home, and for the ssidisrs 81 ns sorgice
of their country He tells them ,thatthe arny-is
put on half a.ionsj and we presume that tho
poor ct home, hare no r%ations a. all, if We may
Judge frum the recent food riota in some. Of our
principal cities. He administers q rsbuket to spscu-
laiora who are concerned, in the cadsation of the
general distress. and calls upon the people to
unite their energies and efforts, for the prevention
of the only danger that nOt0 msnfces the indepcn-
denco of the Young Republic.
You have then clearly before yon fellow citizens
the means bywhich thefreedon of your oountryean
be achieved, and maintained and Joa,nou' know
by whose fundamentally, this act can DO accom-
plishod, and upon whom now rests the. solemn
responsibility of its failure or success. Theirs ere
only too eia.ses now successfully engaged in the
accumulation Of wealth. And thoae are the pro-
duce,s and the spe0ulators; and upon those too
classes, depends the fortune Of the Confederate
States. If the mere grorslling instinct OF gain,
should induce the farmer to plant cultivate, and
gather, his Drop, solely that he may sell it ont Of
hi, District, for a high prize, when there is! want
at horne or if substituting the cultivation Of a
moro valuable product, for tho purpose OF gain,
be neglscts tho production Of The essentials Of
life, that class unqusstionably is imimical 90 fact
to the best interests of tho country, lOLattosr may
). it. intention, ssd prefe,sions; for it manifeatly
abstracts from il, tho necessary elements Of e1is-
tcnce. Upon tho farmer then rests the miserable,
and unhappy, or fortunate termination Of this
war. Our arms arc successful everywhere and
our enemies are only %jubilant now at the prospect
Of our sutjugation by starvation. Tho issue is
reduced to 3 singh poiRt. The h1atioh Of the
responsibility on a definite clas' is certain. Let
no man hereafter. of that elass pretend to have
been ignorant Of the knowledge or means Of sue
cess. The idea Of indiridual gain, or mOaey mo-
KING during thi. Hqr is to.be absadoaed az 'ne0"-
sis,ent pi.h National iuceoss. IL 4. .:neon''sse"f
pitS patriotism. The channels. Of nearly all OF
tho industrial occupations are impedod, if not dried
up. The few cannot bnttsn upon tho misfortunes
of tho many. The farming inters'ts are alone
prorperous. There is an imperious demand for
the necesssrios of life, and tho superintendent
money Of the spectators, seeks that channel OF
investment. Hence among other things, tho high
prices of provisions. Tho desire Of making money,
cause, men to be regqrdless Of the poor al. howe,
and Jorgeyuto of the soldiers abroad. Ersry cont
added TO the price Of prori.ion,, fn the pressnt
crisis, results from the cooperation ef tAs producer
and the spscslstor,-limiss the benefits. odtaina6te
BY tks soldier. from, Heir poy,-incrsast' tht din
Guilty of living, by their families at homo.-auE.
msnta tho expenses Of Govsrnmeat-calls for .
renewal expansion of the currency, which results
in the natural and unavoidable imitation OF
prices, by which alone the producers and the
spectators are benefited. Arc not the prodvcers
then csncerned.in tho elevation Of prices, and
are they not the only class in the eOsnfry benefit
ted whilst spectators 10 citi.s totns aud villages
are the othera
So long as the organ Of aequisitivensss pre-
dominates. in mankind, the 1svs Of our ieEislators
are mere ".bru,un ifulmeH," pa.aedby an ine1psIt
body I'd operate upon objects in regssd.to "1hiehi
the Legislature cannot be snidto be experts. -7Rere
i. no remedy by. legisiutiOn for theeoih under rdieA
zoe labor. The remedy i. alone in the'ferirg f"tes-
rity, lofty patriotirna, 'ona religious dsrotiOn efte
farmer. of tie State 10 the. cause efJresdor. To
them the appeal of the President is properly ad-
dressed Us the arbiters of their countrJ's destiny. |
To them we appeal in the name of the army,
where their, sons, brothora, relatives and fellow
citizens sro' battling for, the. sacred and Inherent
righ,s Of man; without oycn tho neee'saries Of
life; amid the priyations and hardsh'fs o. riate;;
naked and Aungry. To them We sppealsin tns
name of tho decimatod and heroic Regiments that
have borne proudly aloft the ensigns of tho Re-
public AMID the storm Of battle. To them We sp-
peal In the name Of the im p ortal dead; WHOSE
bones Wilton tho banks Of the Potomac, and the
fields Of Shiloh and of Murfressbeco. To them
appeal in the name of those mutfatsd soidieH
bruised arms arp hung up for mopumenta
of thoir proves In defence of their country. To-
thsm wc nppeal7by tho broken hearts Of the aged
mother, and the youthful wife and above all, to
Them We appeal ia the namo Of freedom, without
which life is dsspicable, to arouse Themselves to
the grandeur Of thu part they arc called on to-
that i.hsy NM. DO abs 70 ."sri'e to, tho
height of this gront argument" Upon their ac-
lion in this matter, hangs tho destiny of the Con-
tolerate Stated. What magnificent part in this
great Naiiop,l Dra,aa, farmers Of South Carroll
no, dsyolxss upon you toperforn /! Shall, you be
and found wanting? God forbid:
PETER TAE. HERM1T.
,yr4<-- TZ-nTTsF- 1880 .aa le 4.
At Tampa, Fla.,on the 9Th. ult, n boat curry h
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