Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-07-05
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For the Advertiser.
TUI lHt hVNV.tISeEs :
Public Meeting at Abbeyiile e. H., $. G.

frScn: pn!rtlcS co.it'"i ihnu ln lIrthc[sxEe cS-f
ta!!itamcui af Giv!l Gveruuen' in :lsir Stare.
o. no,;na.yof Mr. Il. q! FAlR,sHon. q i.
WAsnLaS as c.!nd 10 the cbai,, aud MES g. .
cA,,ors a!7.in;='. sseretsry:
The Ciairmar i.aving -xr:sinel tile object Of /
The mcc,ing, o,su:tion Of Eoa. .A.eBrKr. i was
resolved lat Cnmuitt.c Of fifteen DC appointed ,
by ibe Chair 10 preYare business for the meetpg'
wherefore tie following gentlemen wore urp'iHtct
as,he said COMMITTEES, viz M.sirs. AnsIsrED |
BuRr, Tnos. C. pspRIS, THua. lHoMtoa j. Au-
cusrus BLAeK, RoBr. A. FAIR, J1SEs MccashAs,
Par II. HnADsEY. jAMss GiLLAa. II. i. JEFrEEs,
n. C. TAsqAer,.H y Z. llagY$a, ioHS II. MAR !
snALi, Il. 3. >M:Lpunn, JAMES N. Nonwoon aud
Rev. }. II. YorSo. who reported through their
Chairman the following memorial, w.ich WAS
unanimously adop;ai: a
To His Lrcstieaey tndrcr Jhasna, P-esiden: Of
the tnii*a States. -
.Y.e memorial If thc ci::zrs of Abbsville Dis
tric; South Carolina, assembled in mass niecting,
rcspcrttull. sl,awc;h, That south Carolina has
laid dnwu Lex arms--hnsiiliics have rersed in
her bo.icrs--an.:: yet her p;oplo enjoy neither.
the blessings Of peace nor the protection oil laiT.
We have not, and krow not amy persons in this
State who have the purpose or the inclinatioE to
renew tEc contest in any sfSrm.s Tho speedy and'
amrlete restoration Of our rclelidIs to Tho c"ns
stitution of the United States ant ;he Cninn, ans
the rcpcc and security wi,icl they guarantee to
! the citizen, Are our EnfGigrcd desir. and the.
great want pf cur wh.io country. In view of
these desirable ends, we pledge, in So"d faith,
ready and unreAcrvcd;srbmissiu and obedience;
to all lawful authority.
The stale of Gur exhausted mears a-id resources
rc.ilirys Tie fostering care. Of law aud ordsr'
! Parts Of our state are under tho inconven'ent
Restraints Of mill ary authority, whist large scc-
tiens including ibut iu who We live, arc without
cny 'f.rIu cr Govern .tnt AL civi. rule and
rulers ure suspended. aud mvu are subject to No
other restraists than ihG;e which ha5i. or their
own sense of prorte.J imposes. All expcrIenee
al,ss,s that these voluntary restraints afsinsde-
qua,c to replcss ths .Ipncioas and uthcr vicious
PASSIONS OF men. Crime, outrage, and wrong are
pcrpetra:ed with i,npuhiy upon tho pcacsablO
and helpless. Our community depends upon vol
untary and irregular organizations for the pro.
lection If persons and property, and Q sense Of
insecurity dcpresses the energy and disturbs the
rcpose Of our people.
The efficiency Of the great iaborins.clas' Of the
State has been seriously, and,Te fear disastrous
L.. impaired By iuconvenicnt military regulations.
This whole body Of laborers has been demoraliz.d d
by the removal of tho domestic FeEulatoas to
which they have been accustomed, and the fail
ure to substitute any other discipline or:goysrn-
mont over them. The able bodied men and wo-
men have, in many instances, abandoned 'hc
farms upos which they we're employed leaving
h.h;n.i them the children and the old to DO RAP
j oor,rdsby tie yroprietors. Irsome inst'ncos hus
brnds havo deserted their wives and children,
and we Save ksown both father and mother t.
abandon their infant TO be cared for by others.
:. we hay, not seen that these laborsrs havo been
required by any order to rern"n upon the farms
saa !. lnb., i'r .he PRINT ;e.r. or ever to a.
.i.! in n.a ii:; nd t:r""tns crops
,;..y-.l n - .ho -. -: f-ims have tEErn
with -:...., li.p u..lrs gtd horses which. we're in
t,i;socus .i.i,: for IL, furm work. Those who re
aain up,n Il! ;nr,rs generally ndispored t'
labor e. hcy L'.t previously done, or TO lie order
!. pa,, ir.;.s;- .ra. aad msny S7c Lettering 10y
and ujsehc-~,.siy through tho country,
IT,: icvastai,on If whole Districts of car State
ny ar.rie: OF riding p"rties-rs,ro'ins or dss-
:rovJng .vcr. :.,,mal for labor OF food, every NJ
tic r inr III sub istoncc OF mau or beast, ever!
i'm, icmen' uDd sppl,ancc Of a.rienlure-has !r,'
4 ,hc whole agrca,urs:l pcpna lien of hc'country
il n,s dell,natlo condition. The CO. ton eFot''
Of tho last Toar yea-s have bgen incoLsinerahl,
a. but y small area was all..we5 by law t. be
p,an,ed and even low The supply Of .hom"re
nscossaic. nf life il MT only mcasrc rYcTyrhe:F
but in somo districts wholly eahauttsi. Ihi'
section is without mali ac;ii,ies, and its c"mniu
n;cstioa ty Railrsad have been wholly interrupted
and sro na: lkoiy to bo S"nlresssTrd
These evils arc grea -" sratatcd hy tho'ta'a'
ahscrcs Of any circu!,fing medium. Gold as'|
silver are possessed by bi few, aud by these f'w
in arral ans. The stock Of cotton op hand will
supply tut little if any more money than will be
necessary To pay taxes aud wc. fear that large
nuclbcr of FERNS mpst inevitably. re sold isr that
pnrpose. Tho growing crop, Of c ton can add
but little-it is believed not ooo-feurth of MIL
lion of bales,-,o the existins stock, which prsba-
bly, dpos not amount TO Ons aud ha;: million of
h:les.
Amongst the great disasters which the wise and
the prudan; among, US beh,id in tho iinmediate
future Of our ulh;lppy2 county, isa conflict be-
tweep tho !.hite rnd black races. which there is
much Iu their suultred relations to n'ite, and in
many parts .pf onr stste no powcr If civil or
military government to rvprUss. Ttis danger is
:carsnl!y aue emcuied IN iissimminency and in.its
horrors, Ey he superior BumOrical strength Of
the blacks over thc u:tss, and By the f,ct that
The a!isr arc generality being disarlnsd of all
offensive weapons, v.ile mayy of tho former are
il the possession of firearms and are expert in
tho use Of tnsm
These polil cal, social, and industrial evils have
greatly raralszod the nechanioa'ani agricultural
fndusiry,os our country. and sadly depressed the
spirit and energies Of our people.
In tender consideration whereof VIC craveithe
prompt aid Of the government, hy remedial aud
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