Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-06-05

De1n9 SaQQted ana the rqueStiota- thdI
was, uppermost in their minds was,
what shall be done with the emanci-
pated serf9
The Evils Of Slavery:
"Much as I deplore slavery, said
Patrick, Henry, Il see that prudence
forbids its: abolition Henry Clay
asserted that 'The evils of slavery
are absolutely nothing in compari-
son with the far greater evils which
would inevitably follow from sud-
den emancipation. And again lie
says: IF 1 were to invoke the
greatest blessing on earth which
heaven, in its mercy, could bestow
on this. nation, it would be the sep
aration Of the most numerous
races of its population and their
comfortable establishment in distant
and distinct countries Mr.. Mason,
of Virginia, went farther in declal.
ing EThe traffic is internal. To per-
NIT it is against every principle nf
honor and safety Mr.. Calhoun was
of the opinion that the existing rela-
-tions between master and servant
cannot be destroyed without subject
ing the two races to the greatest ga
lamity and the section to poverty,
desolation and wretchedness.
Virginia in October, IT'S, and
Georgia, in 1898, passed acts pro-
hibiting the Importation Of slaves.
The former act provided for a pen
ai1y Of 1000 pounds, and also seyery
slave imported contrary to the true
interest and meaning sof this act
shall, upon such importation become
free,' thus, to the everlasting credit
of the South, upon whose devoted
head the vials of holy-wrath- have
been SO unjustly and brutally pour
ed out for propagating, nourishing
and harboring, slavery, she leads the
world in anzearnest attempt to pre-
vent the very thing of which she is
accused. -
g How can the Onion be saved 2
thundered MIR. Calhoun from the floor
of the Senate ~ years before the be-
ginning of hostilitfes. There; lis but
one way by which il can be, with
tlsas is by f a sui 2andi
etkleneat on the principles Of
justice, ssM the questions sat issue
between tue two Sections. Fhe South
asks for justice, simple justice and
less she ought not TO take She has
no compromise to offer but the Con-
stitution.' :
"When ;the>< red! curtain of war
rolled upon the American stage lit
revealed the South in arms ready
and willing to defend all that
makes life worth living, the Free
dom of country, the honor of the peo-
pie, the sanctity of home. -
To Meet Next at Birmingham.
The, Grand Camp, United Confeder-
ate Veterans reelected its general
officers as followins:
Commander-in-chief General Steph-
en- D. Lee. ----=---------.z
Lieutenant General, Department
Army Of Nortehrn Virginia, Gen. IT,
vine Walker.
Lieutenant General Department OF
Tennessee, General Clement A. Ev,
ans.
!. Lieutenant General, Trans-Missis-
sippi Department, Gen. W. L. Ca
bell. "a
All the officers were chosen by ac-
clamation. izaaCE.z7Ia5Sgs
Birmingham was chosen as the
city. for the next, the. eighteen, an
nual reunion Of the veterans. Other
cities competing were San Antonio
and Nashville. The vote at first
stood about 1,600 to 800 in favor of
the Alabama town.
The report Of the committee on
resolutions was adopted without de
bate. 1t recommends that the speech
es of Gen. s.. d. Lee, Senator John
w. Daniel and Col. R. e. Lee, Jr.., be
printed in pamphlet form for distri-
button and endorses the objects and
aims of the Arlington Confederate
monument in Arlington National
Cemetery.
On the correct representation OF
the Confederate battle flag the reso-
lutions committee submitted as a sub
stitute "that the action of this as
sociation,' at its convention held in
Nashville, Tenn, in 1904, be en-
dorsed and reafirmed.