Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-02-15
/ The GoYernor of the State
TO the People of SoutlI Carolina

is made manifest; and tho startling conYic
ton is now. forged upon all. The invasion o
the Stati has been commenced our people
driven from their homes; their property
plundered and destroyed; the torch and the
sword displayed, as the fate TO which they
are dc .tined. The threats of Sthe .insolent
4 foe are to be carried into. execution, unless
that foe is checked and beaten back.
I call now upon the people Of Sclth Caro-
lima torise up and defend, at once, their oyn
rights and the honor of their State. | cal
upon every man to, lay aside selfish consld'
erations, and prepareSto do his duty to his
State. Let the suggestions of ease and com
fort become inglorious and unworthy let
those eads only be honorable which conduce
to the defeat of the foe; let. all who falter
now, or hesitate, be henceforth marked. All
who have lived under the protection of the
Estate, who have hourished under its laws,
tand shared its prosperity, will gladly arm to
protect i, from subjection. II any seek es-
cape from duty aud danger at this. time, let
them depart. The hour approaches when all
who are true tothe State. will be found in
the ranks OF those who arm in its defence.
There IS. no room in the State but for one
class OF, men they are the men who will
/ fight in her cause.
Tgive now timely warming to all. The
period is near, when private business must
I be, for season, suspended. While there is
yet time, let all prepare to set their houses
| in orser. Let US hope that the interval may
be short in which We will pass from doubt to
hope; let US feel that, as we grapple danger,
we will pluck safety. In every District OF
the State the men will be organized. From
a portion of these Districts only will the
militia be drawn. In others, more remote, it
will be left for protection to persons and Sc
curity to property. In such cases, the duty
will be as mperatiye'as in others where the
men are called from home.
Insevery quarter of the State, in every Dis
trict, Village, and Town, let the men stand
with their arms in their hands. When re
quired tcsmove, let them d, SO with expedi-
tion and hope. Until required to move, let
them be vigilant, and prepared to repress dis
order and put down oil violence.
Itis tue duty Of every man to oppose all
the resistance he can to the approach of the
enemy. It's the command of the State that
he shall do So. The foe now upon the soil
of. the State is here to kill: let him be killed.
| The foe now upon the soil OF the State is
4 here for rayine and lust: let him meet res:s-
tancc uIto death. That foe devotvs US to q
doom worse than death:! let hitn receive the
fate he designs f6fus. If anyone is SO jgno
rant of the temper with which this war has
| been waged by the foe, as to suppose that
resistance provokes punishment, which un-
| armed he would not incur, let him be quickly
undeceivcd. He is only safe whois armed ];
he is only spared who defends himself. The
stale, aud not unsuccessful practice OF the
| foe. issto promise pardon and threaten pun
ishment. The threat is always executed
when be. dares the premise never. More;
over, the State, your country, requires you
TO arm in its defence. 1t is not given to any
man or any men within its territories to-
choose whether they will arm or not. When
4 merc;less foe is abroad raraging the fields,
wasting the property, taking the lives ot the
people, insulting the sovereignty, and i'm.
,esching the Independence OF the State :
where the State plants its banner, there will
all true men gather. When the Stare calls,
as il now Dies, to arms, all viii -echo tia,
call !; all must obey that summons.
Remove your properly from the reach OF
the cnen,y; carry whst,y can to a place OF
sa'ety; then quickly rally and return to the
field. What you caHnot carry. destroy
Whatever you leave, that sill be OF use to
to your foe, Whist lie will uotnced, that will
nc destroy. Indulge no s!ckly hope hat you
vii! Re spared by snbmiss;on; terror vii
but whet his revenge. Thnk not that ycur
property will 10 respected, and afierward
recovered. M such feeling prompts lin.
You lasYe it bnt 10 support and sustain him ;
you save it but to help Lin ON bis course.
Destroy shat you cannat- remove. tic viii
make yoir return to your hoines ever a
charred and blackened road; prepare you
the same way for hirn aS re advances. Let
| him real everywhere and in everything, that
in this STATE, fr.,m ore portion of it to tn"
o'her, there is but one purpose and fixed
rcsolvc-tbat purpose is to meet him at every
point; iish: him at every road. that resolve
| is 30 undergo lll suffering, submit 10 every
criiice, welcome any fate. sooner than sub
lection by isarmy, CT Submission to his terms.
You have led The way in those acts which
united tue people of your sister Stats in
this confederation OF States and their seccs-
sion ira:u 10 Government OF the United
States. You tiTstsfred the gun at the Nag Of
tho Uaile'i Sta:es, and eaus@d ihat llig to be
lowered at yonr common4. A5 ut, .oa
have suffered less than any other people. You
have spoken words Of dsfsncs Aiesf your
actc be cqually significant IL: year sister
States; with the people of these States;
YOU have common sympathy in the deter,
miDination to be free, ard. in yonribatred CT
the foe; you will not ialter in th;.t stronger
sympathy which is derived from a,commoa
suffering.
You have dcfied tyrsnt; do moi apprs-
bend his power You have dared to dc fear
not to die. NJ whorse fate can belall him
who has pride in the ancient honor Of his
State than to see it governed by those who
hate eeit; and Insult, with .their vices, the
virtues we here been taught TO, cherish.
Once more Isay to yoa. yoltr State sin-
yaled. Ooce more call upon yoa to aril
in its defence. All VINO uni;e with US are
more than brothers; all who desert Us are as
false as the foes which assall US.
1t is said there are scme who think they
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