Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-12-28


swn; and !. ever will be 70 the cisizsn.ef Geor-
+ gia lhs same as his own. For while Georgia hes
been second to NO State Of this confederation, to
South Caassna her attitude has been that of
u earnest syrnpathY and cooperation. Her action
in tho seizure of Pulaski Sss the result of o de-
liberatc, yet not concerted, purpose to make com
mon cause in war, if war would ensue, with South
i Carolina. Her action in her Convention, when
she voluntarily rcuounccd any advantages she
1 might hsYe secured, and prepared herself for 20
ether fortune than would befall this and her sis.
ter States, has given her right to our affections
and eur res ,ect, which should be cherished as an
honorable record of hor ,aaSnanimity and aoIr-
/ age.
! Ts what one ofthese Confederato States can
turn without finding the evidence in its fortitude
and endurance, of unspsri3g devotion. to tho
cause and upswerving fidelity to its sister States?
AIrars alike sonspicueu' yet oil unite in paying
homage 10 ths heroic partyrdon which, Virginia
i has 20 nObly illustrated. That brave old CON-
monwealth, bearing proudly the traditions Of the
past, and sclipaipg, if fthatwere possible, the ip
! perishable homer they have secured for her sons,
in tho sublime oonstancy with which she has do
lGod the power which has wasted hor soil md i'm
mslsted her children, butlcayes her spirit ua-
shbdued. On her hills still blaze the watch sres
of tLe Confederatien;in her valleys still riv-
ers of the blood of the brayess Of the sa of these
| States. The mouxds which arc scattered over
her limits will ia ell tims mako her tAc spot to
which, in after years, that pilgrimage will be
made by those who will visit the graves of those
| gallant spiritsWkich will hsyer over the spot, by
4 their deeds in life, mado forever memorable.
And rnsy Inot especially 1T this time, and
! With the circumstances which surround her, ask
| you to pause aud consider this our own State?
| The tide of Hsr, crue, an6 unrcontng, hos rolled
round tho limits ofthe Confederation, and is now
| approaching eur State. The passion of the foe,
stimulated by the energy Of hate, is now invoked
to its utmost limit, in the attemp. which wi be
made to invade our soil. The State has sum-
raoned her sons to the field aad they are hasten
| ing to the scene of bate. Every man knows the
| prize for which he contends. We fight for r4ore
| far moro, than lifo. If VIC were ooatelt to yield
up our rights, to surrender property, to barter
| liberty, for the mere privilegeof existing; if we
were 80 degraded that we could fsrget tho disni-
| ty and lutY of manhood, and calmly submit to
tho viest scrfdem the world has ever seea. there
woald be still enc motive to our action, enc ap-
| peal to our honor, which wonla nerve u: to tie
lat n peasure of reSistancs-to death, ts willing
1 death, in the contest which is impeding. The
women OF our land; the mothers who bore us;
the wives who share with us the dangers asd the
cares Of our condition; the daughters vhs givo US
siren 9Th, wbilo they cling 70 us for protcotion-
these make tou: appeal which, II all else fails
will make danger our duty. For them, there is
no hsso bat in the courage Of sur ren; for them,
there is re safety but in the devotion of those to
whom strength is given fer He defence of ths
weak. Ther hsRor shallbs safo while Asre b
lifo in our people. yio ooaaiot VIII soRe, tss
strife will be stsrR; sut the trirUph uil b jay
sus- May God save sur State.
FRO werli MS soon those stern osa ffsts in
which the passions Of nsn have rainsd the ooa-
duct of those Hhs have yieass to ies sway, and
humanity has grown sick il tho esAtemplaiea Of
the oxcosscS 10 which the malice Of our race Gay
lead us. But 10 wsr has cror dosoiAted the fuir
face of eur globe, sLch, in lis inception has bacR
less justied in its progress, lcss ncreifs in it's
accom- olisbment by thoso who wage it, less hor-
rihle. IF there can 'ba foued any who doubt tho
temper with which the war was somnesces, they
may we'll contemplate tho spirit with wh;eh it hts
boon prosecuted, and the end, which is now AVON
cd, as tiat which is co bs aecopsiishsa.'
Of the wanton, cruel, me.cilssr Ticlenoe which
has marked tho conlusb Of .es oacmy, il does not
recu;ro me now to speak. The tale is told in the
destruction of property. the.yislenee ts persons,
the t!Sresart oc srI, the torrurc OF the helpless
the desecration even OF The temples ne have rails
cd for the worship Of our God. Their hatc is
manifested in that terrible presanation which is
exhibited in their insult to that God, who is our
dud, rs lie i. their God. Beyond this the hate
of man cannot go than this, there can be no more
terrible manifestation of the truth that neither
in. that humanity which is so essoa.al an Gle
ment in our morsl csdej nor in the progressive
influences of that civilizations which so recently
in another hcmi.phere has smoothed the grim as
poet Of war, and enforced the noble truth that
thorc should be no violence beyond that which il,
necessary for defence; nor in the prcospts Of that
Christianity which are everywhere acknowledged,
can we look fog p-otsction,or appeal to them to
stay tho visitation, OF that wra;k which has been
the fsia of cur friends, whsn their fves could
match thoiIS power with their will
We have Tot sought that which they ever claim
ed to be theirs. DESTROYS Of tho successful ac-
cCmplishnent of The great ends OF eur being, and
to secure tbs greatest amount Of human happi-
aoss uuG.r that form nf q - -.,:,, nm,
>.sterninent, which comes
from tho consent, and is founded in the "iocuons
Of the people, who hare given to it existence "Dd
rendered to it obedience, We have proPosea 1o'
ourselves, the Oxercisc Of that rlght, whicn was
established in the separation OF thirteen elstnet
colonies froa the Government OF Crest britain,
| and recognized by that dorcrrment, when It &C.
knowled ged the separate indopendsnee OF eash.
Tho right,tO self government, the right so plainly
set forth in the Constitution of Ibis STATE, in its
declaration, that call power il, originally vssted
in the people, and all free Govesnm ents are found
az on their authority, and instituted for their
pcsee, safety and happipSss," is new questioned
in the prosecution Of this war, and will DO over
thrown by the success of our foes.
What then would roman? Would the HShts
of private property be respected? These, SO far
as It could be done by their legialassr, have bass
already cytiagnishel. Our property they claim
10 be their property, and tsat frsn which the
owner is expelled By the force OF their arms, il
COON vested in another by the forss of their laws.
The rights Of rnsan nre still less to be protected
than tho rights of property, and the great safo-
guards Of personal security whisb have come down
| through so many centuries; secured ut the cost
| Of 50 nsch blood and suffering, and wrung from
the enacioss grasp of kingly rule; detected,
tramplod and despised, will mark the consumma-
tion of that Government, which was instituted to
SECURE ";ho blessing of liberty"
II there will remain to us, neither the right Of
,rivatepreporty, nsr personal security, csn there
be in case OF tho SUCCESS of the enemy, oveo that
! esiet, which is found in the WEAKNESS OF the CO.
ar;so tbo / belongs to power? Not oven will this
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