Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-12-18

j which, in ITSELF contends Huxley, would
q change brute into man, and which creates
4 the man of society and besides this gift of
4 language which at once confers ideas and the
j power of intellectual uctiveness-mysto-
syrious gift which makes men For is 1T not
4 by language that we think? What is thought
l,saye a speaking to ourselves, and what ideas
Il, can we form save, those we can express in our
4 languages And is it. not in language that
4 Il We put forth our human life most efficiently,
u that we learn and teach, and .personate, and
i Judge and counsel and command And
even by this gift received from God, the ne
4 gro claims his place among the sons OF Adam,
sland able like ourselves to interpret into speech
i the testimony which nature gives in silence
y sS,sssrher Maker able to worship as the voiceless
4C::lsrs are not, nor has earth, for inarticulate
4 ;murmurs are all that she can teach her chill
8,dren. He may also claim his place with
j prayers and songs Of thanksgiving among the
J sons Of God. .-s.s
There is no need that we should deny the
Il humanity of the negro in order to save our
4 Southern society either from miscegenatlon
Ior destruction. This would be simply the
Z philophy of despair. Two unequal races liv-
Ling in the same land should neither be in
4 famed with mutual hostility and summoned
t Ito arms-a conflict that would soon destroy
Z the one; nor be persuaded into an unnatural
3 lLsocial equality, and commixture OF widely
81 fdiyergent types-a union which would soon
{ drag down the other. A respectful subordi-
]; ;Enation on the one side, condescendipg kind
illness on the other, and virtue and religion on
& the part of both, will enable them, each In
n tha ha mi
4 Iof all. But if at time, when all good men
iswere striving and praying for this end, when
shthe relations Of these races were the most
Sidelicate, and were most difficult Of adjust
Elsment, some violent partisan should appear,
gEdeclaring that one of them had no soul, and
Therefore no responsibility to God, to la":-, to
|. .Isociety who so blind as not to see in him
y Ithe common enemy of both? Who SO short
!. Esighted as not to fOresee the result whenever
1.-THE doctrine should be carried out to its ne.
Y S;cessary conseQuences-the reins thrown loose
e Ipon the neck of passion-the encouragement
=, of every vice and every crime? %
"a Heretofore the Southern people have not
a flregarded the negro as brute, or treated him
B as q brute and it is too late to change our
6 lopinions or our conduct now. We have
4 preached the Gospel to him, as n lost, yet an
sSeimmortal creature and we thank God for the
4 xErestraining influence of that Gospel now. As
Give resign the charge of this race. tits with
n no unbecoming pride that we point to SO
sEmany, who, coming like their ancient kus
sssman, out of the heart of heather continent
4 Save here learned the name of Jesus. We
s have heard the simple story of their CONVEX
Z sion we have seen the tears of penltentla
a.zaioy through which they looked upon the Sa
41l yior's cross; VIC have felt the communicates
2 Arfassion of the prayers with which they wres
3gsltled with the God of Jacob, and thrilled to
shear their wild and plaintiye chorusses Of
IL. =a LED tteR, dolgp lqio tbs
water, as Philip LED the Ethiopian Ct old, aud
there baptized them in the name OF the trl-
June God We have felt our own humanity
exalted, animated by the same Dcnignant,
holy, heavenly spirit that guided the First
Evangelist, as we have stretched helping
hahd' to the humber brother OF our common
race. And now we will not abjure our past
history, or nrove recreant to the memory OF
our missionary fathers, or apostallse from
faith in the prophecies and promises recorded
in the word of everlasting life 1t is lmpo'-
sible.
Shall we whose souls are lighted,
With wisdom from on high,
Shall we to men benightcd,
The lamp Of life deny?
No. not with our consent shall this race,
heretofore an integral part oil cur Southern
society-this race which has gathered lbe
silver Heeces of our fields which has tended
our infancy, which has enjoyed with US com
munion of the body and blood of Obrist-be
degraded to best:al irresponsibility, and
doomed to eternal annihiation. We will not
heed the charmcr, charm he never so wisely,
who would consigu us TO. Mazeppa's fate-the
helpless man bound to the untamed brute,
and both rushing on with panic terror and
mutual rage 10 darkness and to death. No!
we will hope and wait for a better future.
And while we wait we will pray-if it be
Z only that chid-prayer, which, uttered by the
lips of genius, is now sounding over o conti-
nent: "God bless us, every one !" God
bless the biacl, man! God bless the white
) man God bless US, every one, by gathering
us. every one, around the cross OF Jesus
Christ! That is our only hopc-tbo only
hope of our country-the only hope ot our
world. Yes, we will pray. that the angel an;
tbem which once sounded on the plains Of
). Bethlehem. Glory to God in the highest;
on eartn peace anu Soou VIZ W tt.en '
swell the music OF every speech, that 1t may
return to heaven, blent with perpetual incense
;, of sacrifice and thanksgiving from every con-
tinent. Go forth, thou glorious, henignant
), Gosnel! not to the Ethiopian only, but to
ev y creature, according. to the great COM
mission of thy Lordl :
Watt, waft,-ye winds this story,
And you, ye waters, roll;
- Till, like q sea of glory,
It spreads from pole to pole;
i'-- Salvation salvation
The joyful news proclaim,
Till earth's rcmotest nation .-i
Has learned Megsiah's name, ..-s .
Till DER our ransomed nature,
80 The Lamb for tinners slain
f. Rcdccmer, King, Creator-
In bliss returns to reign!
Beautiful Legend.
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