Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-10-11
wi,lour Peace Offerings be Accepte4

Will Our Peace Offerings be .AccePieA =
Willing to accept, the viewa Of our saga
cious President, (who is proving -bimselftos
be superior 10 the clamors Of political atrs-. /,
ieis) that tip sacerd.ns States we're newer
out Of the Union. wo Contend that tie action :
Of our Convention, has accomplished al that
is necessary to entisle us TO a full Ee-unieA
with CIR sister States, and Sc may row rith y.
perfect propriety insist upon. and ask at the
hands OF ,hc people Of The Union, all cnr7,
rights under The. Constitution, save only she
right Of the property IN slaves, which right
us s,aked and lest in toe great contest which.
has just ended, and, which our CenvcDtiea
with ,unexampled unaninity surrendered as
the greit peace Offering Thought tu.ho neces-
sary to secure n homogeneous, basis upon
which our people everywhere, fromthes Likes
to th. gulf, aud from ocean to ooeeaa, might
harmoaiously perpetuate our institutiens. 'a,
Mississippi has taken tie lead in her exaa: :.
pie of loyahy. and We e1prct 10 reap The
benefits of that action. We shall DO disap:
pointed if tra standing armies arc not taken
from oar midst. They are, ,daugerpus.to the.
liberties of. the people. Athens WAS ohcs 6;
jrce, hae a fayorite Of the people occurring
guard Of fifty men,, managed s,to increase
their number that he finally dsstnYed the /,
. commonwealth and made hinaelt the tyrant
VI ,l,as..A,henians., Caesar arttully securing.
the affections O. his army made himself per q
lstual d ct.tnr ard it is not impossible that 5
smaller ,lespois in onr ls,"t might e'aea~Sr
! to initiate their ignoh'e example, Wr@can 2
never feel ourselyt free unit! We havr a ttn-~
stitutional check uRpa the power tdsoprI.ess.
Tho beam ol rebellion has been carIird away. ,,,,
from our eyes by the iloxiass blood 81 ogr
people ami VIC rl,w call for the. re.neyai .:
the mote. .iuths ayeser our. &oy,hssn hrs,bes,
We have; been s,eepisc, but-we Iksss.aeitbsrz
lost noe sold; sar birsh-righ ghtes treedoap We =.
are Jealous oa,oonr rights beea ise. ~e eluvs
tseeaon, and gaSspect thA e.rus men qfsshs7
North 70 don :deir political arrns: ssid como
to our raseue,-Juclso,t, NSs,) Asars. =
gE Tho csire 7apsts are IL .ss,aels. !.
! over ths fact that al = religious meeting hssss
in that oil, recently, "a gold dollar Wan placed
10 Tic contribution bes, Thsy accept ises !.
evidence that specie payfneat Ut Il czulileRi.s :,
um is approaching. y as@y,S as24ss:: s'-a=e 81 .
q The following: itom ten. shesinst S.
late speech at Lancaster. 0hio,s giyss t,sss.,
pretty clearly the. responsibility Of the
devastation in bis line Of inurcE:
so, soldiers, when we. marched;
througtrands ssonquered. the ceuntrys6f
ths4rehelas zsahscaine owners ofath they
/ had, and fsdaDeswant yoaetoshe troubled
| in your canscsences for.tahipg, While OIL
our greaspaareh, the property aot con-.
/ ouered reAess They torfsisedtheir rights
to is, and:k being agent to, ths sGoysrn.
mont to which I belonged, gave soq sa-
..hority te, keep al the qnarteIasstets,
l,roulant It take possession ss q g Ct +.
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