Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-09-09

strong tor defence. tOrDesri out Cohuiahe
the peace. Dothis, and whether you succeed
or whether you fail, you can stand proudly
erect, when the Grand Judge calls to accoun
for your. duty to your countr nd anawer
I. Donel' Done, as my Pr .otic ancestors
wrote it down to be .donr and my brother
sealed it with his blood ~
REMARKS. OF GEN. NJ. w. CARY,
FELLOW CITIZENS lit gives me pleasure
to meet you here to day, to give you an &C
count of the manner in which / have dis
charged the delicate and responsible duties
that were committed to me, as the Delegate
from the Third Congressional District, to the
National Democratic Convention, that Assem-
bled lately in the City Of New York.
You have all seen the result of tue delib.
erations OF that body in the Platform that
was adopted, and the nomination of SEYMOUR
& BLAIR as the candidates for the Presidency
and Vice Presidency Of the United States. In
my judgment, this ticket is the strongest that
could have been put before the people. SEY.
MouR has been Lifelong Democrat, end,
believe, it is universally conceded that he is
the ablest Statesman in the United States
irrespective of party considerations. The
Platform adopted was made by the men7el
the North West, and was known as the
"greenback currency" and "white mans
Government" platform, as these are the lead
ing features of it. and the most prominent is
sues now before the American people.
By taking the Presidential candidate from
the great State Of New York, and the East
where most qf the Government bonds are
owned, and Faciug him upon The Western
Platform, we harmonized all differences, and
thereby secured the strength Of the party.
The selection of BLAIR, as second on the
ticket, satisfied the Army influence, and the
West in the less of their favorite for the first
place. And we of the Soath were satisfied,
for East, West, North and South, all agreed
that the. Reconstruction Acts of Congress
were unconstitutional, and that the attempt
to place the negro over the white man, was
not only violation Of the supreme Law o.
The land, but at war with the noblest instincts
of our race; and "a foul SANDER upon the
record of the Caucasian, who has always been
dominant, progressive, and refined. and the
.invincible standard bearer Of Christianity
and Civilization. %
p The preamble to the Platform announces
that arecognizing the question of Slarea5
and Secession, rs having been settled for al
time to- come, by the war, or-the voluntary
action of all the Southern States in Consti'
tutional Convention assembled, and never tc
be renewed or re,agitated." This declaration
must give quietus to all The slumberine
hopes, if there exist any amongst you, as te
the reviva! of the question of Slavery or Sc
cessiOn.
do no: propose to be wise after the facts
and lights of the war, for no one was more
devoted to Slavery and the just cause o.
Secession than myself; but by way of conso
ling those, If there be any present, who still
cherish hope that they may be revived, and
to show to the North, East and West wha'
we now think of these questions, / propose
to consider them briefly, divested Of former
prejudiccs and opinions. believe now thai
the Emancipation of.the Slaves of the South
will rebound to her material benefit; and ol
the truth of this hare not the shadow of 8
doubt. 10 illustrate this proposition, sup
pose we take n practical case. Before the
war, tt, CARY Oh IL siral cotton faim, saJ
five hundred acres, required an investment
Of Seventeen Thousand Dollars; five hun
dred acres, at Ten dollars per acre, amounted
tv five thousand dollars; five mules, at two
hundred dollars per head, one thousand
dollars; agricultural implements, one thou
sand d liars; ten good negro hands to work
The farm. would he worth ten thousand dol
lars. What are the facts now,9 You car
buy tie sama land for twenty-five hundred
dolarS-tbe mules at the same,-the agri'
cultural implements at the same,-ahd you
can hire ten freedmen to work the same ialm
for Que thousand dollars, and, all things re-
manning equal, your nett incsmc would be
the same. So You perceive that for five
thousand five hund ed dollars, you will have
the same income that all investment OF sew
entecn thousand dollars gave you before the
Bmanc' patton of the slaves, with the liberia
ton Of eleven thousand FIVE hundred doHan',
from, an investment in perishable property,
ready for other uses. In the mind OF prac
tical business man, can there be doubt that
the free labor system is the cheaper, and
therefor. The most profitable?
TIE truth is, the institution Of slavery was
Constitutional curse upon the entire South.
At the commencement OF the war, tne ooutn
owned four million slaves, and at gu average
value. IF Eve hundred dollars apiece, they
were worth two billion Of dollars. This is
the amount that we lad invested in perisha-
bic property. A generation only lives thirty
years so you see that the people of the
South, at the expiration Of every thirty years,
boxed up its national wealth, to the amount
of two billion Of dollars, in pine coffin,
painted it black, and buried it six feet be-
meath the sod. sRch was the short-sigbted
system of the South, which was in violation
cr all the maxims Of Political Economy,
that look to national wealth and prosperity.
Tho raonle of the free Stotes invested their