Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-08-12

sleeping many of them by the streams and
in the valleys Of Georgia They are sleeping
on the banks VI the deep rolliug Mississippi
they arc sleeping all over Virginia, grandcr
than the pyramids of Egypt and richer than
tire mines Of India. Enthusiastic cheers.
Spirit of our departed braves, we are not dis
honoredyet! aud though the vile, the low,
the corrupt and the perjured are seeking to
be our rulers, aud have seized upon our high
places, the noble. the valiant and the true arc
still left to us, and through all our borders
,, are taking courage and hymning the noles OF
coming triumph. Ye miserable spawns OF
political accidcncy, halched by the putrid
growth of revolutionary corruption into all
ephemera cxistence-renegades from every
law OF God and vioators of every right OF
man-we serve you With notice this day. that
this victory is coming. The men of the South
an the men of the North--patTiots every
where--are sending up their vows to heaven
that this is and shall forever be Union OF
equal States, and never hateful Union of uu.
equsl States. Wild cheers, lasting several
minutes. Men of pride, men of character,
women-thank God-without dissenting
voice, and evea children in theirplay grounds.
are preclaiming on hill top and in valley that
those whom God made superior shall not
be degraded TO the dominion Of the inferior.
A f.w more words and will close. If, as
now hope and believe, We shall again. haye
liberty and law uuder the Constitution, what
shall be donewith those who have taken ad,
vantage Of these corrupt times to insult limo
cepce, irample upon rights, and oppress help
,essness? These criminals will be among US,
ard mus; be as .igned appropriate positions.
What shall We do with ,hem2 Ye who have
Travelled through the blood and losses and
sorrows of war for asserting nothing but wba,
the very trainers Of the Constitution taught
was your right; ye who have been taunted
and reviled OF rebels and traitors; ye who
have been disfrauchised i'll the laud Of your
fathers aud made exies in the home of your
birth when this victory shall come aud We
shall once more be free men, and no longer
ihsulted and oppressed by Neutrality-suspicious.
and renegades, what shall we do with the
criminals? would not hurt hair Of their
heads, do them no personal harm, and dc.
prive than of no right. Give them Over-oh,
give over the miscrants to the ineXtnguisha-
bic hell Of their own cousciou'ncs' of infamy.
But some things you must Go for the protcc-
tion Of your children AID Of yourselves, ard
for the vindication Of your honor. / affirm it
and want it heard. 1t is going to be the
law Of this country, and o law more irrepeala.
bic ihau The laws of the Medes and Persians
Not one man that dares record bis vote for
the inequality aud vassalsge of the Southern
States and the degradation Of his own race,
ought ever to be received into deccut family
in Georgia or in the South now or hereafter.
FCries Of neyer.''] Aud this rule we can
make now. II we have not the power to help
make the laws for our Government or for
society, thank Grd we can at least pass social
laws for our own homes. | charge you this
day, Us YOU honor your children and your
household, and would preserve your good
name for your postcriy, never suffer single
native renegade who votes Tor The vassalage
Of these States, and the disgrace of your chill
dren and your race, TO darken your doors or
to speak to any member Of Jour family. Cries
of" goad,"" that's right" hurrah. You
condemn the poor victim to the Penitentiary
who steals p horse or hundred dollars, and
vet these miserable creatures. have sought to
0arguin away everything "a yea have -orgcsn
value. You scorn the criminal who. has vio
lated the penal laws of your country. These
miserable reuegades are faithless to every
law of Heaven and of earth, and have used
every means to sell you to those who hate
YOU. and to place your lives and your all in
tue power of the ignorant and debased. An
other thing iusist shall be done: A people
who will not resent such foul innovations of
their right are not worthy OF freedom. A
Voice true. You have been helpless
YOUR grea. men have been sienced you sur
rendered your arms to what you thought was
gallant foe; you surrendered them under
the assurances of protection, and yet these
men, YOUR own citizens Irauy Of them, who
hurried you to war have taken advantage OF
your poverty aud heI plessness. and OF the
presence OF tue bayonel; they have i.Vaded
YOUR households, tuey have stolen your pr"p
erty; they have robUed you of your goods ;
they have Joined the negro and tue stranger
to lax, Insult aud oppress you and they have,
contrary to the laws of the land, forcsd into
dungeons and before military commissions
tue proud freemen { this Country. You have
been powerless to prevent these things. But
nv vow.is recorded, and shah redeem It ii
find The people willing to sustain me-, Men
whu have trampied upon the rights OF the CIT
izrns of Georgia at a TIME when the laws were
paraivzed shall feel the po@er Of that restored
law when liberty is reaWaked. Ye vile mis-
creants Of The Convention, who stole the mon.
ey cf the St te 10 pay your per d'en, give
YOU notice that you shall pay it back. And
there is good legal principle here which l
want y;,u TO remember, aud that Is that where
number of men band themselves together
for the commission OF common purpose, each
one is responsible Tor what all the others 90
or get. fTremendoua cheerng.] And, there
fore. every nj IN who took portion OF that
stolen money is liable ior every cent that re-
proes and carpet 5aggers received, and we
ere going to make them pay it. Ye constltu
tion makers, ye men that sprnng at one bound
from the penitentisries of the country to frame
constitutions for honest people, ye men wno
oscillate from grand jury ruom' vita chasgss
Of perjury upon you up to irgisiatiVe nahs
aud other high places in the land, serve '
you with notice to day that the money shah
be repaid with interest And you who are
depriving the people of liberty, threatening
and conspiriog agans their iyes-thold me
responsible for what l say)-i tell you that
the day is coming when lae Judges shall be
in the prisoners box and tie prosecutors shall
be calnoring tor mercy. Thou shalt not
,ake the life Or liberty or property ola c'fl
q ms except according to tae laws Of the land
and by the judgment Of mis- peers" is the first
and great commandment in liberty's de;a-
lopue, and upol. it all tbs ether command
ments hang. It. was given as concession
from power to the people more than six hun
dred years ago at the political Horeb OF An
glo Saxon history, and no man fro!n that asy
hos yielatpd OF disregard ed il who was not q
tyrsnt or traitor, OR both. Great cheers
No man in English history ever trampled
upon those sacred rights without being called