Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-04-19
For the Advertiser.
How to Achieve Southern Indepen-
dencc, and pcrpetuate the insti-
tuition Of Slavery.


BY this time it must be apparent to the most
casual observer that speedy reform is absolutely
necessary for the achievement Of Southern lnde-
pendence. Reform should commence forthwith,
rot only, as has been properly suggested. in the
Quartesmasters, but in every other department. OF
the Government, until every able-bodied man,
within tho proper age is sont to the front, and
their places filled by disabled soldiers, and old
men, Let this be done, and lei. for time, all
jaror:.eism cease, and every boy and man, from
1G to 30 years OF age, be put into the field Yea,
go still further if necessary, and take all up to
GO years of oge; for their are many able-budied
men of that age who have figured largely in pub
lie assembly, and resolved from time to time, that
awe will never give up the contest until 100 gain
our Independence" who have never smelt gun
powder, but lie up in feather beds and halloo,
Hugza Boysp Let this be done with as little
delay as possible, and venture to say, although
it is hoping againt hope, that our Independence
may be secured without the aid of negro soldiers.
The great bluuder of the Confederate Congress
is, and has been, in making too many Bomb procfs.
| Why should members Of the Legislature for in
| stance be exempt from Confederate service !?
There is no good reason for It !. and certainly ne
justice in it. Justice demands that they should
be in service, for all Of them were acknowledged
Secessionists and many of them members Of the
Convention that voted South Carolina out Of the
Union. 1t seems to Inc, the time has come when
the more strategy man can use to keep out OF
the army, the more ho is respected by tho CON-
munity, and the higher the estimation in which he
is held by the citizens generally. This should
not be so. do not profess to be military man,
but I 10 not understand how it is, when We need
all tho troops in the service 10 oppose the onward
march of Gen. SHERMAN, that whole Brigades Of
cayalry are permitted to remain idle for weeks
yea mentbs, III time, without doing any thing
for the good Of tho country. have ,said if every
able bodied man be put Immediately in the ser
vice. II pean active service,) wo may possibly
secure our independence without the aid OF negro
soldiers BY ,lis remark, do not wish to be
understood as heing opposed to arming the ne
groes so far from it, after we have made o full
and fair trial with the whte population, am in
favor of ar,ning two hundred thousand, or even
five hundred thouaand if necessary, and sending
them to the front. Nor do ] consider it at all
necessary to offer them their freedom as a reward
for their faithful services, as ain satisfied they
will fight MS we'll for us, without such au offer, as
thoy will with it. Hundreds and thousands of
negroes, both IN Georgia and South Carolina,
have eyinccd their inlexible fidelity to their own
ers by refusing to follow impcrious Sherman in
his desolating march through thcss States; and
hundreds Of others have displayed no little wis
dom by forsaking the cunning Yankees, and re-
turning to their comfortable homes again.
The Constitution of slavery is now passing through
a fiery ordeal, but it is like good brass; the more
it is secured by Northern fanatics and Southern
traitors, the brighter it shinca.
But We arc told there are men Of position and
standing in the Confederate Statcs,-yea, in
South Caroina,-who arc in favor of abolishins
slavery. All such are wolves in sleeps clothing,
and nothing moro nor less than traitors to their
country. The proper authorities rill no doubt
j take the earliest opportunity to expel all such
from Southern soil, tc 4 more congenial climo,
where they can freely minglc with their kindred
snjr;ts of abolitionism, who have long since de-
nounccd the word OF God as covenant Sith Hell,
and a league with death.
We have tho best soldiers in the world, and We
have had fighting enough to have gained Our In
dependence dozen times over. but the enc is
not vet. If we fail to establish eur 1ndcpen-
denco upon a firm foundation, venture to say it
will be more for tho want of Craftsmanship, and
on account of the influence Of traitors, occupying
high r!eces than from any other cause. There
is no difficulty in proving that men OF pos ton
and stunding have been the greatest traitors on
record and will give an instance or two. Judas
Iscariot was certainly e Eian Of position, for lie
was one Of the twelve Apostles, and he betrayed
the Sariuor into the bands Of his enemies for 20
pieces Of silver. How much Yankee gold may
have born sen. to the Confederate States as
reward for treasor. we of course have no means
ar ascertuining. Benedict ArnoId was Il man If
position und standing, for he was Major General
in the American Army, and at ono time had tho
confidence Of the Fatl + Of his country; and 1t
! is we'll known that Arnold WAS traitor to his
country In the last war between Great Britih
and the United States, William Hall, of Massa-
chusstts, man of position and standing, "as
prominent officer in the American Army, and
he too proved to be traitor. Many other instances
laisht be uddueed, but these sufficient to cs
;alsh our position, that men of Standing and
rosition have often been The greatest traitors that
ever lived.
All true Christians in every age, and Of every
dencmina lion, admit that the Bible should be TIE
man of our council and slavery is not only tol
Grated, but even sanctioned by both the old and.
new Tcs;ament. But we are tull if slavery is
abolished it will always exist in some form. Now
VIC n..inraii that liu present farm os savcryfs
the WY n'st that can possibly he devised: for
bo.ll intc.c,I aud humanity will prompt owners
10 feed and eIottc aad otherwise "are for the CON-
. iort of hc:r :layvs and when srperanatcd they
will su"uorl them 20 the end Of life. To onr
n.u,;, it la. -vc hccn :iroos philanthropy that
wauld erslave The whi;c lnau !or tue freedom Of
thr ncpru