Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-05-06
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The situation at,the South is we'll calcula-
ter, to excite apprehension. IF a remedy is
much longer delayed, we very muchiear rs
troubles Till be beyond, remedy; Hthere Is
ANYTHING which society and governments
should fear more than another, it is the ven.
peance of q people goaded to desperation, ard
that point IS well nigh reached by the South.
ern people. Startling intelligence of muir
derous conspracies, secret societies whose OBJ
isctgere assassination and insarrection, NUT
teriugsands aggressive defiance everywhere
noticeable among the people-all 90 to show
fortha stateof things very remote from peace
Radicals have. turned the SoEth into howl.
ing waste and they will soon lind it inhabited
by wild beasts. Our word for it, soldiers
must soon be dispatched to, the South, and
when they get there, there will be plenty oi
work for them. The next presidential elec'
ton will PROVO either the death Of radicailsIp
or the birih!of gigantic rebellion to when
the last will approximate In magnitude out
as child to giant. Scorned by ten millions
at the North, scorned by ten millions at the
South, cowardly minority, less than zone
third of the citizens of the. country, cannot
perpetuate despotism Ike the present. we
most earnestly hope that wisdom may enter
the f;endish brain Of Radicalism and arouse
il 10 a sense of the, common danger. If a
radical Candidate is elected next November
we will have war as sure as q f e. Radi-
calismi means despotism, it mears ieath to
our institutions and our laws, and If the peo-
nile will notsSe allowed to defeat it at the
polls. thew will summon it to the field. Every
State in the North will have out the militia,
the South will be in arms, and the two Sec
tions of the Democratic party uniting will
make short work of the besotted, feud, and
put q uuietus on their devilment. Radicals
lighting The thought excites smile. Rad
icals make good campfo followers, they talk
we'll, they preach well, they pray well, they
steal we'll, they play tyrant well, but they
don't fight well. Butler and Fremont and
Banks and Hunter may do very well stealing
cotton, or insulting women, or running oil
slaves, or prating loyalty; but they never
showed themselves much fighters. The most
of them got rich by the latezwar;;A they may
have chance of losing it in the same game.
Radicals fighting If the South were in
arms to-morrowyoc could not enlist ten thoa-
sand to cross the Mason and Dixon line. There
are no more pianos OF silver.ware at the South
and Radicals don't relish fighting, if gon take
the stealing out. Radicals fighting! The blood
hounds of AndersonY;lle would keep an army
of them at bay until they starved. Radicals
fighting It would not take the united force
of the opposition twenty four hours to hang
them, make their coffins and bury them.
When war was waged on the South we had
brave people toecontend dwitha It took our
armies four years to overcome them. But
thew were overcome. An army Of loyal pol
troons, however great will never fight but
one battle, and that battle ended, radical 10y
atty will never live to see another.
We must have war, because the people
cannot longer tolerate such peace as we
have now. If the same generous treatment
were employed towards the Southithat is EN-,
ployed towards the Indians. the case would
be materially improved. Conciliation,-prom-
ises-stipulation, ,-entreaties are used with
the Indians; insults-outrages of the most
CALLING kind are heaped on our brethren OF
the South. Why this diference2 The In
dians have no votes that the Radicals wish to
kill. The South has, aud the Radicals will
learn that they must not be ruthiesly torn
from her-Missouri Watchman. SO