Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-08-15
A True Estimate.

Does any sane man, any rational political,
: if such uondescript can be found, suppos
. that were the South to accept the terms prt
posed by the Radicals in Congress they woul
be willing to see our Representatives bac
thsp? That factious majority, at the head {
which Chief Justice Chase now stands, the
President IN prospecta, who are opposing th
wise policy Of President Johnson, offer US II
storation to the Union if we will adopt thei
doctrine of negro suffrage. Thisthey deman
and insist on, knowing the South will not as
sent to such bargain. If the South we're t
accept their terms tomorrow no bndy woult
be more surprised or shocked than these sell
same Radicals. We much fear that not ever
the bouquet d Ataicana, in allopathic doses
would restore Mcssrs. Sumner, Stevens & Co.
from the collapse into which. they would in
eVitaby sink upon tue announcement that III,
South had accepted their proposed bargain ant
adopted negro suffrage. They offer it becaus'
they know it will not be accepted, and wou.
be excessively surprised were the South tr
adopt it, and their plan Of psrpetuatipg their
power by the exclusion ofthe Southern States
be defeated. Were We inclined to entertain
their proposition we would distrust their sin
certy, well knowing that it is but al excuse
Tor delay, and that were itaccepted, other OBJ
stacles would be thrown in the way of oul
restoration. We're the negroes made voters
to morrow, they would add nothing to the
Republican strength. In nine cases out OF
ten we believe they would vote with their
former masters and employers, who are their
natural guardians and protectors, and to whom
now, in trouble Or distress, they look for pro-
lection and assistance, and do not look in vain
To the great disgust of the anti-slavery socie
ty, we would wager that ninety-nine in hun
dred would vote with their former masters
We understand them, aud speak knowingly;
have been brought up by and amongst them,
and appreciate their comrnonsense views o.
their own interests. Their white employers
would have twice the influence with them OF
those nasal-twanged gentlemen of Andover.
those pious theological hedglings from thu
Cambridge divinity school, or the radian'
army of lovely "schoo!- -marms" that has inva
ded US. Good juicy Virginia bacon, corr
bread, hominy, and a tumbler of whiskey
would have hundred fold the effect that ali
the Goldfish and hard-tack the "Bosting'
market could produce. John Browns per
turbed spirit could never contend in this
world with Davy Grockett's style of election
eering. And this the Radicals would learn
to their cost, should they succeed in forcing
negro suffrage on the unhappy South. The
Southern planter, like highland chieftain at
the head OF his clan, @ould marshal his hands
at the polls with much more certainty Of con-
troll than the mill owners of Lowell or Man
chester do their operatives.
But the South will never consent to the de.
grading bargain and sale proposed, which pal
pably violate the letter and spirit of the Con |
under which it is now supposed to
be. 1t would rather await patiently the houl
when the conservative sentiment Of the North |
shall rescue it without sale from the political
degradation in which it now is. We woulG
lot accept restoration on such terms, if every
,ale Of, cotton, every article OF plate, furni
ure or clothing, that has been taken from US.
should be restored to its lawful owner
Richmond Tin:es.