Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-08-10
Northern presidential Canvass.

Mr.. Long, ef,Ohio, in late speech before
his constituents, thus SUMS up the issue pre-
sented to the people of the United States in
the approaching Presidential election
The first step to be taken is to declare for
peace. Let il be bold, manly, digniGed, but
emphatic; so clear and comprehensive that
the commonest intellect cannot be mistaken.
Lett be declaration as positive as the
Declaration Of Independence, and let it be
signed and adhered to with as firm 2 deter
mipation as, actuated the signers Of that in
str;:ment, and the work is half done. Go to
the people in this election upon the issue
war or peace; give them free ballot, land
t they viii! determine to have if you will
them the issue of war or peace,) and
no fear for the result. They are not
ling to yield up their liberty and become
slaves, they are not willing to see hundreds
upon hundreds ef thousands Of their fellow
men slaughtered merely to crafty the desire
Or perpetuate the power of asy one man.
This,is the issue desire TO see. In the
name of alhthat is sacred is it not high time
that this sangninary and cruel folly should
be arrested ? Has reason entirely fled to
british beasts, and have the American peo-
pie lost that sagacty and that intelligence for
which they were once distinguished among
the nations? Can it be possible that any
considerable portion of them imagine that
any possible good can result from the prose-
cution of this war, and from further immola-
tion before the bloody altar of Juggcrnaut ?
Do they not discover thst in the vortex OF
ruin which the war has created the material
prosperity and wealth is sinking along with
. the proud American freedom which was once
our boast and our pride?
From the administration of Mr.. Lincoln no
wisdom or common sense can be expected.
It will continue to tread rn the downward
carter of folly and crime IN the hope Gthat
upon the bloody car of revolution which is
crushing the masses to death, its chiefs can
ride to positions o! imperial splendor and IN
dividual greatness. In the dark vista Of the
future there is not,pne single ray of hope If
the blessed sun Of peace does not soon as.
cend the national horrison, and shed its eilul
gent rays upon our land.
Do not, my fellow. citizens, follow longer
this worse than will O. the wisp of Southern
conquest ard subjugation, which is leading
this country deeper and deeper into the slougt
and mire OF national degradation and ruin
Let US be j;,st and generous. let us stant
AESbe Democratic principle, that all jus
w Fernments derive their powers !rom th'
nsent Of the governed. Though every thin:
gSsalls, let us have no other Union THAI
: DAsed upon the consent of each and eve
State comprising it, and ict us spurn wit
infinite disgust and adherence the idea Of
Confederacy "piuned together by bayonets
AID only sustained and upheld by arbitrar.
coAreiun and despotic powers.
Sensible advice, says The Richmond En-
ouirer, the "will O. the wisp' cf Southern
conquest and subjugstion has been pursue
into the marshes of the James and Appoma'
tox quite far enough for any sensible people
In the resl slough aud rire Of those swamp
the chase had as we'll be abandoned.
Itrequires not only much sensa to max
peace, but a vast deal Of moral cournse-pei
hsps more than to make war. the mo1
New York city were the real makers OF th
var. II now the experience of three years