Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-03-08
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welded il with terrible effect asainst US, Will
sweshaye stood still snd locked on, if not witt
! stolid indifference, yetswith dogged sullen
tness, content with uttering nugatory plat
/ .tudes about the inequality of the races and
1.-the heayen.born institution of slavery. q
Fourth, that we can arrest the danger o
/ having this great EoRer thrown in the scale
\ against us, only by cognising the fact tha
Esfarpest;logic and loftiest eloquence, abou
the divinity ofslayery and the blessings which
| It cenfers alike upon slave and master, are
idle words uasted upon tho istless eaS Of III
negro, who, if he have not the poetic SgenIu'
tof, Pope, yet by his actionss tells u.s. :: q
II And REASON thus on instinct: IS you can,
Inthis ,tis God directs, in that: the raanS *
s. am no: :pharisee that I. should say 6 ]
am holier.than thou, yet. as, one who has
withheld nothisg of the labor OF alifetine,
may ! not add without offending the seasi.
biiities of any, one, thai upon this subject we
must put aside every consid ideration thatcol.
Efiicts with an honest search for t,sitE, and
when we have found it, acogshi itas The only
Deity i1ho cass SAGE us from pending e5saS-
ter. u
Fifth WeehaYe so long. accustomed our.
selves to Judge of the negro by what he ,as
s.sl1pe under the powerof the master or over;
seer, that we bring ourselves with: difficulty
/ tosthe belief thatsheis other than what he
seems to: us. In:combat;ng the error of the
aboiitionist who has just laid down s;;s.. ..heo
;ry, his general principleS (the unity and
equality of the races and of all men) and;
from thence reasoned to details zoe have look
ed, how ever unconsciously, for. such facts and
arguments only. as to confnte and confosndi
our adversary :: It is not Zoo lplich to SAP, nor
should it be reg garded as any disparagsm
of those whose every interest has been so
bound UP in the institution. that sitting as Wit:
mess, advocate, Judge, and .ilry, the scales OF
justice in our hands, no more thar they would
have been Id Others, have not always been:
evenly balanced. z3s - ,l. y ~, I,
5N1s-haVe still to sit in judgment upon the
same question, but with this difference that
whereas,the interest whic4 I'VE once bal Sin.
the adjustment, made US Rick the beam.
wherein it seemed likely to ta:n against us,
yet. now our very life hangs upon the deli
cately adjusted balance, even to o hair: But.
If pride Of opinion, obstinacy, hauteur, son-
tempt foe the slave ard the opinions OF 9th.
5ers, or ajaundiced view Of our present inter
es.s, si In S Az, &c
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eui s sS
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5s.o,,,ss JSs Saai s,;b;Iters.s
ossga.ss Ass l.,s ! nSo.
crsss . @ tb;s ws3. d bn &c t,e
...;i' ,,, n,l;cv soi have bee
u T,s o eoorsS aEasa,a - -.
te..seu ea,v nc No. T.sn
cluItis ~, i.s'a " sno eaen'y
auus To MS as II tioui oes
'numsers counts as Two. 8 NOT is tnls ms al; eys
~ day but increases the moral q q.
our @ Situation. Inc slave becomes eyefy aay:
more restless IN proximity 70. the -. enemy n
ne hardy recognises, even no@, sne aasnorlsy
OF tne master hven ~ :.enute1 po.is .h
master @ !, anu . POW Wa. ~ Io
true, thae ene relns OF sueno.isy eaailos ~
held SO tghIt5s nor WIN SO nfn. "a grasp as
iormeriy Hhat ne IS slIs M eoMlss,9e eyiPsss,
not tnat there IS no slnmperalg volcano WIZ
IN his own uataturea Heast, :out; only .oas
viii him, as WIFI ail men, haoit mas eeeose
scond naiure-tnatne Is sun uncopscioGs 9.
apower, concerning Wnicn, every
dawns brings new ilghs1o ms iong osnlgntsa
vislon, and la:e, !. VIII
upon him win the aazzlng spien4ors y Ilcs y.
monday sun, lightlD up the pathway OF me-
life 70 that paradise oil sunshine ana resi- est?
to Which alone We have SAID nus aspira.lohs
soar.
Ssyenth 4 y still, 1,srAafs,, ,s,s Ml.h.h OUT
power, Il we aes promptly, noiuay aaa
gencaly, py pusenS .oa.sssas -!
M:tn nature, :oy nnalD eus sse,s ~ tars
20 II Is lae olly SURE ass tl,e - ena.
TINS mlgnty ensne 5 posus nvs rno. ;nSanan ss
my, gnu secure ioS ousss.e aadsa,r Ens.
dence Whlca can alone save s ana yo - tiSs
lesily iroin .n i.,s. o,J .lsnp
VINO VIII mockS our c.san.sy ,.;s,s;ana sar a
when s oi's Iear.conlee. ca, w sI;cl
loYance Tor the restrslo!hs causes - mn M
,a!tuslon has lnst oeen nahe, ~ e31aE.
nicd thafathere are many ", VINO ssln es,u WIZ. VIII
;lilldilse affection 70 tne oia sna na, hna
sterand mistress, At whose panass & - Iass
Received an the k,noness lle sus;.
dent c2nhtlol. Nor gi !. osash,sa sa,,,
even with verg many OF .hsse WIG 4ase asa ~
fnNf hI,e lu.