Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-02-27
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corruption Id Higa. 'P1aSHs. 6

T.; T.; Ths ehEisFlspp, kBawg thatths .Wpsld
[is bad ,aaQAgh!4n Hee. kkppoTs 1T from
hbis. pwp. la1l,HTesEiencsa and frem, absera
lyati9pd and IfEen nths Bible which ,ha
adceptslasd the Nerd. of >,God... ...n He
fkhows thahtheqel is.none.ngpod, ,,nthat
lan eraorrppt.a that there is no a,mor,
| al soARdpess. IN our ,raea.. ..sinee I. the
tMLbg be. is loftan vewbelmed, at
1.-The Thoughts ofehis Inwn wickedness as
|.wel,r as The swirkednessr others.
But, just. now auz .cunntry, isiibaving
|:such an exhibition r,of,shendeprauity
tof human nature as ought,to c,hvince
1.-The most incredplgrs-eths there is a
fasep seated ana 9ai&s' 75jp5fssd moral !.
disease prevailing among our race,
.n lifting IT, head, not to OILY '' il the Tie
|ansYs spd PpfhtsfaSsg' q1,of ssoeilsFEn,,, But
E3u tAs4h 4highest d sadi ii Aosstt $ .sasysa. glaees,
!, Il, 9M o1Mnll ,1apEds fbSx liz IT, IN
5Ae S9qth Pe5haRs, gtbeb Eprld{l AGA ssGalse77
FE expects ax, anx othlRfg bs4tteeE.I b!ss4t1teeE.I IWlh!sga
k'g4Ssara?pcs. p F., ,spfhw pafhw a4snwel l.haye among
Tag, yh,eslds the reinsr q .oef.~ government.
Pald aaHarieeI and !lAst guide inthaiaf,
faira lt@ I,Statan eaEtaial lyl not much
ought tei be. expeetadnl.No, ), wonder
bat ,cosfBsiea i aud rauarchy,hreigni
NNMonder.th ~yiolenoe and ,blooel-
|shed are seenIsuaryuday inoilrstreets,
"a Id are making the land to mourn.
F No wonder othat,ih Arkausasi tend
Louisiaua and Alabama and Carolfa
| ha, black isI declared o'be white ana
white Observation-Disclosures distinctions
bof rightshd WRONG gate Wei1nigh oblltg
Grated. Mo wonder Ithat Governors
Ecome out pf the mud and 4mife| |.j3ftat IF ID: :
Fcietysfsssihg WITH Tie 'svs6ch op 'ths.'
| pit ffem whence they haee' besR
brought. No Hwohder' that mtohesYY
will buy passport to 'thsl Unitesdf
States Senate, -. These things, we ssyu
.ere to'be expected = While tEMipgs- tM-' re-. ie-'
main as s'thAy Are wifi ggsg.' THis, How: How!
ever, does bot change the fact,. does
not improve the cSndition 81. thinss,,
It ought to excite ;alaIbm. II ought!
to secure for ps hsIp # .thsrs ,,iaI
any patriotism; i, thArs is any lore,
;of country in the land, it. there is
any. statssmapship, sny where, here
is field where victory may: .,bs,wep, !
and glory achieved.
But in places where better zthings
ought to be expected, We are having
every day exhibitions of corrnpsioas
and. immortality that are enough to-
awaken the fears Of good men every
where. The Northern papers are
filled with stories Of i murder, and
theft,and bribery, and corruption in
every form, in, the town and in, the
country, in publicsplaces and in pri-
vate places, among the rich and the !
poor, among the noble and the ~igno-
BILE, until the heart sickens at the re-
cital.nu 4 a 80 h'ya f.lT..'1 A''H Il
Just nsw the United States Senate
is engaged in. tryinga member from
the Northwest who is charged with
buying his seat in that body, and the
proof seems to be clear and 'conclu-
sive, and the New York Herald says, /
that probably fifty out of the seven
ty-two United States Senators have
secured their seats in the same way.
The Herald is not very good authori- /
ty we admit, but when It raises such
a cry, the case must be bad indeed. I
How much longer CAN'T. be said the
Republic lives !"