Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1876-10-19
Gen. cary's Ridge speech--continued

that we intended to put them back into
slavery has been the hackneyed lie of the
rpet-bagger for the last eight years
their presence here is like an irritating
cancer upon the body polite of the State.
: The second grand mistake that our lead
ers before the war committed, was the re-
fusal to accept the proposition made by
the North, of gradual emancipation with
compensation. This compromise would
have been carrying out Mr.. Calhoun's
theory of concurrent maiorities when there
was difference OF interest involved. 1t
would Seem that he had the genius to
evolve the rule, but not the practical Wis
dom to apply it, 1t is a remarkable fact
that ncne Of the great leaders of the
South ever discussed the difference be-
tween free laboraad slave, labor in regard
to its proftablenessi they seemed to limit
their inquiries to its moral, religious and
constitutional relatlonsto society and the
government.
In speech of Mr.. stephsns, OF Georgia,
he declared that African slavery was the
corner stone of the Southern Gontcderacy,
when the enlightened public}Spini9h Of
The world had proclaimed its doom, :
But, if our great leaders made mistakes
before the war, the leaders Of the North
have made blunders since, that FAR sur
passes them. Truthfully has Fouche said,
"that political fault, is more than a
crime"
By suddenly striking the shackles from
four million slaves at once clothing them
with all Of the rights and privileges OF
citizenship, making them the equals OF
freemen Of the Caucasian race; g race
superior in physical, moral, religious and
intellectual development: race that God
created in his own image. and gave to
them the dominion Of the air, sea and
earth. They have, from the earliest dawn
Of the world, b;en the champions of iber-
ty, and the standard bearers of progres-
slve civilization.
The dogma of Jefferson, that all men
are created free and equal, was adopted
from the licentious political philosophy
that obtained in France about the time Of
the Declaration of the Independence Of
America. 1t has no truth in observation
or the laws of nature. In France their
idea of liberty is universal equality. Be-
fore the law all citizens should enjoy
equality, but not equality Of position and
condition in society.
In the order of creation there is nc
equality. The Caucasian, Mongol an,
Malay, Indian, EsQuimaux and negro
are each superior in the order in which
they are named, and each dissimilar in ap-
pearance and nature. The lion, tiger, bear
leopard, wolf and fox are different and
unequal. The leviathan, whale porpoise
and sturgeon are dissmilar. The eagle
pelican and hawk are unlike. If we look
to the sun, moon and stars, we see "that
one star ditlereth from another star in
glory"
The sands OF the sea, the leaves Of the
forest, are all diverse. The rose bud o.
Postum whose bloom never dies, is differ
ent from The rose of Sharon, whose bloom
fades, withers and pershes forever Thus
it appears that inequality, dissimilarlty
and difference are in conformity to tbs
laws OF nature. Why God made the eau
casian the ruler Of races, the lion Of the
| lOIeSl, tne edSIG VI tlic iOhis Va tht IL!
the leviathan of the sea, is beyond the
ken OF man, il is hidden in the beautiful
mystery Of creation.
Liberty when forced upon people un-
fit ior it, invariably proves curse, rathel
than blessing No people can long en-
JOY more liberty than that to which then
situation, education, morality, virtue and
1 Ill L.. tan ~.
TO force upon them greater amount, must
in its inevitable Reaction evcntuaie in
confusion, disorder and anarchy. Liberty,
though a great boon, intended iol the ad-
varcement and development OF mankind
is inferior in It's influence upon the destl-
MES Of people 10 the great principle o.
protection that underlies the formation o.
all governments.
The protection of ,iie, liberty and prop
erty is the crowI.lewci in the diadem ci
every constitution, whether written upon
parchment OF tie hearts OF c!t!zens. Ii
Is this great constitutional principle tlai
throws lis broaSand strong shield around
the veal. and powerful. the rich and poor
the white sud black, the Radical and
Democrat. 1t is inscribed upon the stand.
attis OF Tiiden and Hendricks, of Hamp.
ton and Simpson; it IS Tic grand mono
gram Of good government II IS such
protection will restore peace in !he
| hearts OF those who have been engage
in great civil war 1t is such protector
taat viii establish the bands Of friendship
| between former slaves and masters 1t !:
such protection that :ri!l enable the people
OF The Union 10 dcyelop the resources d
this great country, and cause them TO per.
feet and perpetuatc the principles of self
government.
1t will make The United States, in fact
what it claims to be in theory, the land 0
the free and the home OF the brave. Thc
second grand mistake Of the would-bt
statesmen of the North, was over looking
the fact that was proclaimed by the mcr
who formed the Constitution; that they
made this government white mans gov.
eminent. The original Constitution ex-
cluded negroes and Indians from becoming
a part Of the body polite, thus making il
a homogeneous government.
The wisdom that they exhibited in thi:
exclusion Of inferior races is shown by
contrast with the opposite action Of those
who in the year 1924, framed the Consti
tuition Of the Republic OF the United
States CT Mexico.
At that time Mexico was the equal O
the United States, in all of the element;
Of National greatness and prosperity
with territory bounded by the Atlantic
and Pacific Oceans. stretching from the
Sabine River to the Equator, with a coast
on the Pacific nearly four thousand miles
long, with climate Of great saIubrity
with soil fruitful in the production O.
cotton. coffee, sugar, corn, wheat, oats
and all Of the tropical fruits. 4 lane
where whispering hopes" were breathcd
by the high bred Castillian to the dark
eyed maiden Of his choice, amidst orange
groves and lemon bowers; where, too, the
Indian wooed the belle Of the forest, in
the misty mazes Of the war-dance, and
the sooty breasted negro, mated with the
dark daughters Of Africa, without the
formal and irksome bonds of matri-:ony
Under the shadows of mellow moon
light they breathed an air perfumed by
the rose and magnolia, whose sensuous
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