Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-03-08

I'VE refuse to recognize aasdirect inspiration
We nevertheless accord to them divine
I. character. They tolerate therefore no flrthel
5 question of mere expediency: tbs the law
4 of Heaven, and can not be gaiaSayef BY the
E-sophistry of selfish nature. But there arc
maxinls, the truth. of which, though they
have not the sanction of direct. inspiration
being prudential merely authentic icated bytno
] less universal experience than the moral law:
1 Z g In unity there,is strength. = So simple Q
proposition all will say slfonld not have need
ed the Illustration Of a father who, Calling
his sons ogether gave each single rod to
break end then bundle, that they might
know. the truth Of this maxim. Nor was it
needed for the mere knowledge which it inn
parted, but to en- force ITS IMP portance, and
thereby ensure ITS obse,vsncc among the broth
ers. Do we smile at the old mans simplicity.
He would put us to the blush should heres
mind us that's in all tho Confederacy there
was not the wisdom, to discover the moral of
his lesson.. That fonr years of dreadful war
against an antagonist OF three; times our mum.
Der and in all the appointmen and instru-
tneats Of war still more or superior, we're
insnfic to teach us that elght millions
were stronger than Eve. = :: z: g - z :
But this SO simple lesson had q ar.deeper
than.the occular demonstration
ofSa physical fact. Itswas the,moral 5infu.
ence or strength which unity of purpose.
gives to our actions, and which SO often in
life gives triumph to the less. againsttte
greater number. at is a power which mag
not be expressed with the precision OF fgnres,.
sbutwhich rarely estiihated. Who can:
tell how many it would bring back of those.
who have abandoned our.cause, 9as the rich:
mans W az and thepoor MANS ight, y to knGw;
that we hadsacfi6c daso much, .forp principles
as dear to the po0rsas the rich. "a ~
Wboscan say, what might not be; accomzs
.pIsbed by eight millions of freemen moved
bye singleSimpuIse. Nor is, this all, if We
would measure its influence to the. full. By
Whatever cypher the sum be expressed, de-
duct it fro.s the strsngt of the enemy. Il IS
moral inhueSce in the exaltstion and inn pulse
which, it would .impart toienr ranks, would
insno less degree depress theirs, so. that, if
there. be stimc.lsil with the compex machine.
ry;ot our government, to bring this mighty
weapon to our rescue, we may Ithink not,
without good reason hope, that Mr.. LINCOLN
was for cnce right, when be said that he
cculd not carry on the contest for six months
without tho aid of the negro. y!
And who would mot give him up Gas q
slayeI mean) "a thousand times, for peace,
and independen Who, If atange Eshould
descend and offer to lead our hosts to; victory
,nndcr the banner of .emancipatio you'd
withhold his slave: for. the property wbich he
held in his muscle? And arc mot tke laws
of nature God, though visible only to.the
mental eye, as sure III their operation as if
inscribed upsn banners and borne by a mes-
senger deputed from Heaven direct. The /
child Of nature loyes;liberty no less than the
philosopher. ~ u,
sWe-see it, have all sfeltit even in earliest
childhood How our young hearts have
bounded with rapture when the restraints of /
parental authority or Of: the school roomwere
'withdrawn.. Perhaps it had been better for
us if we had known less of this early liberty.
.Yetthis but proves all the moro clearly the
ower-the5srresistible power, of This all
,pcrvasing passion efzthe human heart.s In:
boyhood, though we recognize the rigkt.of
parental authority and its superior wisdom,
yet whg that did not look slrward with i'm
Iatieirt desire to the day when he shonldsbe
q free man. ThsHerg poetry Of youth, says
Montgomery, IS, "when shall be- q man.
e The love Of liberty, thenf Fl repeat, is an
instinct of the human heart law of our \
nature, and what is nature but; the outward, !,
visible, corporeal body. of,which Deity is the
soul. Men and children, and it is in the
child of which our own.expef pefieDcc furnishes
the best lesson, that We may with greatest
profit study ythenegro, the. nntaught dntu
tored child Of nature, 4de,s and children !
say, long forit, work for::it, suffer Tor it, live
and die forit. In this is that great truth, /
which sooner OF: later we must recognise, and
with which we mustp put ourselves in conformi.
ty five expect Nature, or Natures God, to
help us-for what is truth but Natu-e-the
harmony of Natures lays-co conformity to
Natures law-st.ae law Of Heaven.
Think not that God will suspend bis eternal
law to. help us forward. No; all our fasting
and prayers will avail us nothing, if VIC fol-.
low moi tiath-if we:conf ,rm not o the i'm
of nature. In jus SO far. not
a step, nor 80 much as the tenth part of q
hsir's breadthrfurther, VIII Ged be with US.
w. w.
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Lincoln's Joke Before our Commits
:, 0ioners.
The Chattanooga Rebel, o ther15thinst
gas off the following. Reaa:it .
z Itis welTknowns that the Yankee Presidest'
is. fl1 inveterlte and incortigirle joker : and ]
that nothing 5iurns upin his presence that
DOGS not remind him Of an anecdoie, which /
he proceeds ct. jncesto tell, whether i'll or out
of season. No matter hyw solemn the oeca-
sion, o. how augest the assembly, hiss
reminds me Of an aneodolc,n is certain to-
come up, ,,apd Of course all husiness,is Sllsgens.
ded until he gets thronghwithhis. narration.
Tie telegraphic dispatches have already IN.
formed our readers that Lsneoln's Joke wase
obtruded into the late peace negotiations at