Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-03-28
Democratic Whig Association in Phila-

bled in Philadelphia Josiah Randall,
ESQ. presided. The Hon. John Sergeant
responded to call, aud urged the Whig~
to prepare for the June State Convention,
M: S. concluded amid The cheers Of the
meeting. The Hon. WIN. c. i'reston of
South Carolina, was.loudly called for, and
addressed the assembly. We copy the
following speech Of the Honorable Sena'
tor from the United States Gazette.
...Mr. Preston expressed the highest de-
gree Of pleasure which he fel' in once more
meeting his Whig ,reihreu of tine city OF
Philadelphia. 1t is now. he said, i've
wears since he had visited this city OH the
Invitation of those wh,fh he had now the
pleasure of meeting. He then stood side by
side with men whose lead he was proud TO
follow his distinguished colleagues n sena.
tor from Mississippi. Stnator from Ala,
bama, Senator from Louisiana. ana
members Of the House Of representatives
from his own state. Those gentlemen
were now mostly estranse]from him. II
were unnecessary togointo causes ou' 'ney
had been such as to leave him slanulnS
alone the solitary Wing member OF the U.
States Senate, south of the Potomac.
But the cause which he supported was
the same now, that il was in lS3a-he
stood upon the same ground, malnta!nec
The same principles. aud batlled against
the same abuses Of power and executive
usurpa,ion now, that he did then; and, by
the help of God, he would MAINTAIN that
ground aud fight that battle 10 the last,
finch who might.
He alluded to the severe contest when
the Wings in Congress had hecn comP.i-
led to sustain. 1t required all their exer,
tiousho keep the riinous measures ni the al
ministration in check; they could do little
else: they had prevented much evil by de-
featipg the Sub Treasury Bill, but they
could do no more. Even under the defeat
of tina, bill-its suspension. for II was not
vet killed, only scotched-the country be-
aau TO rise from its depressed state, ahd TO
exert her energies. But II this were the
case when the career Of the present al
minis,ration has been only checked, what
might not be expected when the Wings
should displace the present powers that he,
and be able TO act efficiently anil to carry
outtheir own conservative principles!
MIR. Preston urged upon the Wings, The
necessity Of being UNITED. They must
sustain the broad principles Of Whigisn.
the oily ism, he SAID, by which they couia
sustain themselves, If they were "nttea'
,hev Nigh, look forward to certain triumph.
Tennessee, he said, was with MS, Geor-
eia was with US, North Carolina, LoulsI
ana and Mississippi were With us, and Vir-
cinia was coming, if she had not already
come; and what he asked, had brought
Them TO us! The principles-the broad,
the catholic, the conservative principles ct
Whisisn,. These principles. had sent
Wise of Virginia, Dawson. Of Georgia
Preutss. OF Mississippi. Bell, OF len
nessee, and Stanley, of North Carolina,
TO Congress, and nobly did they sustain
the glorious cause.
Yes, he repeated, it is Wing principles:
and Wing principles alone, which had
brought so many Of the Southern States to
sustain that banner. aud 10 array them
selves against this destructive adminl>tra-
ton. | implore yoa then he said, on:
and all. as you may regard The success VI
these principles aud this cause, 10 stand By
them and maintain them as the last hop:
of the nation. Donot suffer any division,
let US rally under the same banner, aud
supporting The constitutional rights OF all
sections of the country, stand by each otncr
Then our success will he certain.
Mr.. Preston said Il did not perhaps he
come him to speak, in this place. of men;
but as the Wing aas could not he suppor-
ted wthnu, hand to hold il alott whchrli
ed. he mus, be iudulged in remark u
two upon this subject. 'rh- 1ls and e
which we rally, he said, was nonle.. broa''
and expanded one, and proud we were OF
it: it should be placed in hand worthy OF
it, and able to spread it forth upon the
breeze. That hand is the hand of Henry
Clay. To him and to no other mau, must
our banner be entrusted, if we. would see
it gloriously floating aloft, in proud and
triumphant victory.
Mr.. Clay, he said, was noble man.
He, himself. came into the Senate with
strong prejudices against him. He had
warmly opposed him long before he knew
him. In the Senate he found himself by
his side-he watched him with suspicious
eye-but his prejudices had gradually
given way before the power of truth, and
from being suspicious opponent. he would
frankly confess he had become an admlrer
of the man. 1t was not his eoquence.
that was well known-il was not the great
services which he had rendered his country
and which must he familiar TO all, thai
won him; but it was his noble nature
his fearless .suppsrt Of what his judgment
told him was fight, regardless Of conse-
uuences, that called forth bis admiration.