Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-02-22

Let's lift CTR taicn prothef,.
And rs we Journey down lifs's road, =
Do good to onc another.
5-11------& Gs-~---,
From the Raleigh On. C.) Confederate.
.:what viii They Do With 'Uss"
In our former notice Of this question, We
showed that neither experience o: tie con,
duct Of other nations where revolutions had
occurred. nor our knowledge of the pubic
enemy while we were ia political association
with him, nor since the rupture, afforded any
reason to expect that the consequences OF our
failure would be less disastrous dor deplora-
ble to individuals, to property and to society,
than had been the consequences CT defeat.
without exception, to .vanquished peoples.
No more than Ireland India Hungary or Pc.
land, mayiwe, hope for other fate than politi-
cal suhiection, with all the aceompanlments t
of humiliation aud wrctchedness-,hel late OF
subjugated nationalitles.
We have shown this! the North Is MOTTO
be trusted for good faith; for its government
has broken faith with us on all points and
we NAV carry the assertion further, that
scarce an eminent man among our enemies
is there. who has not violated the precepts
heretofore enioined by himself, and proved
false to the .teachings Of his own incubation.
Fillmore, when candidate in 1856, gave all
his support to the doctrine of secession, by
the pubic declaration that the South 1cnld
seceje III the. event of Frcmont's election,
aud could not be expected to do otherwise" !"
p!aiply thereby intending that such secession
would he justified. Since taen, lie has be-
come the mos. prominent Of war advocates,
urging the extreme measures Of war against
his former 81 pporterS. Dickinson, VINO was
in 1882 the choice Of Virginia, was up to the
very commencement of war, bold and un-
e,;uiyocel asserter Of the doctrine that States
couli 30. be lcgitiwatsly colrced; and on
one occasion, IN the:feryor ofse real devotion
to this principlc, i.he proniscss l.is individual
aid to the State that might be thus assaiiec.
Now, ae urges the employment OF hire and
sword with fanatical zeal not outstripped
by the. fi.rcest9of the tribe of Seward. So
ef Edward Everett, b. T. Bstler, Richardson.
Logan, and except = very, very few, aii the
leading men of the NorE,.
But eyeHif there were disposition other
wise-if successful fanaticism would be in-
cined TO moderate its -demands--thcre are
difficulties in tic way, which it would &c i'm,
possible to surmount.
Tie enormous debt of the United States
would be chicf difficulty. Our debt, State
and Confederate, would Of necessity be Ehol,
ly repudiatcd. What disposition would be
made of the Northern war debt of three
thousand million dollars 2 It is cw:cd by
the Northern people TO lheul-Hiii
they lose it? Will they pay any of it ont of
their own pockets? 70 suppose thst they
ti.-tk
war which they alege was. all our fault, and
for which they are not.ateall Responsibilities
to bcstow upon them o credit for liberaiity
and humanity which is without the slightes.
ground for justification. Let us suppose
case: 1t may be located in Ohio, New York
or Illinois, or in any other Northern States.
Two candidates present themselves for popu-
lar suffrage fora sest in the Federal Con-
gress: One pats TO the other this question
We have 3 debt OF three thousand millions,
ind several millions Grc held by our constitu.
cnts-how do you propose to pay it? Wen,
esys the other, the Southern people ara our
brethren we are-of. the same race and blood !;
it is true shay havedenc very wrong, have
committed grievous sins, burthey have been
sadly punished, and their suifazings arc many
and great; we can afford to be humane, and
generous, and iorgiYing; oar nation is great
and prosperous; the dcbt@il never be felt
ss burden; am for laying it as an ordina.
ry public debt. By provisions made through
CAngress, bearing uniformly on the people
of the whole Union, North and; South. To
which the questioner wnnld reply-I care
nothing for race. Or blood; these Southern
people were rebels, and they FILLED, ,and they
H., Y
Mey caused the war !. t6cy she'd the blood. oi
Northern people; they produced the debt =
it is little enough to make fhsms i,ay IL, and L
I om i5i' making them pay IL 10 tie lcsl
jarihing., Which ef dhese. two ,men You'd
sir in tie Yankee Congfess?- f's - y
So G'r .cRsioi.s and toitn!ics. When tf!t
war ends, they viii have TIC msim-d and
crippled soldiers on their hands, and The
widow: and orphans Of those who have dice
in their sarv;ce-ard they will be mary, fol
their slaughter has been great and thei
wouuded ard disabled great. These. pii
hsve to bo provided fUr BY pensions ans
bouu;ics Ont ci whose property are .thas
pension; and honnties 10 be supplied? N6ye
will tie Yankee ration a.rec 10 fasten an
portion OF such q bur2e.. on themselves
while &c have shoulders on which the Cat
pa. il. There would he the SANE tvo cnadi
dates for Consress-tke sane pro aId cen
+. and the sa@sresI!:.
Bl: ghera ere these bounty lands 10 b
located? There ;9e millions off acres {
Northwestern l4nds, but theE sro Wild forest
snJ unGalt;vated nrair:es u ts.s svn::: sg
faruas stil uadcsolatrd, s,ca ieTttle a.:s.s, in
,rcEci by crlti:at'cr., stocked with iupi.
isants Qf lGskaoary, VII. eat::'a AK. Jea.
or iur,irr,. ..'Ih ',.@l-i''' '.
houses, Which lands hsye atre.'dy been prom
iscd, ens t.o.e who rant them are hey vi
vii! c.s: t.e votes that s:'o to arct Ii, filr
WHO ere 10 s-y wLethcr or 40 til=y arc to
eircu. Can thcra be anY doubt that the SC