Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1840-05-14
Miscellaneous.
From the Georgia Consti.utionalist.

| MIR. Slade, Ul perilIniIE, Ote Of The high
priests Of Abuiilionsnl, and designated lu
be one Of The sacri6ral0rs " hen victims
will have To- he offered in expiration of the
crimes ot the South. deIivere, SpeeeI,
in Congress on abolition petitions. during
the present s-ssinn. which occupied eigh-
leen or twenty columns uf The National
lnIelligencer. Tie conclusion OF this
speech appeared in the Inrelligencer of
the l2Ih uIt., in which Mr.. Slade "dchnes
his position" We call the serious alien
liou of The S'uthern reader To the follow
Ing es,rac' from the definition Of his posi-
ton:
1.-The decided ground have taken on
the suhlec' of slavery, may have led some
10 'Iouht whether | should not abandon
my political associates, and withhold my
supp"r' from their cainlidate for the Pres.
nlemcy. take this occasion to say that
noihing can be further from my inleulium
than this. Beiure the meeting nf the
Harrisburg Conven!iulI, / publicly ex-
pressed my dete mina,iom To support The
n"niIlee of thai Convention. whoever he
might I've of The Wing candidates then be-
ire the country. And | ain happy 10
say That Il selection has been made of one
who. lo his firm support Of genuine Dem
"cralic Wing principles. adds personal
QUALITIES which very much eniear him to
me, a 81 greatly heighren the claim which
his principles give him 10 my confidence
AMI support.
Bear in mind. citizens of the South,
what this high priest of atnltiunism saws:
-"Ihot Gen. Harrison adds 10 genuine
Democratic Whig principles. personal
qu.hties ,Ohieh vrry much endear him 10
me. and greatly brighten The claim Which
ms political principles gire him to my con-
tdrnce md support"
The following il another extract:
IL Lam asked what are Gen. Harri.
SONS present views on The subject of abo-
ll''"n. my reply is, thai doror know. |
u" Know, lmwevrr, that they cannot hp
worse than 'lrse Of his competitor; and |!
am willing 10 assume for the present pur-
pose, that they are nn better with. how
lever, this difference, .omcIing his own
course, thai he would II II, as | trust. em
hodJ III his first offiriaI acr n pledge. in
adrdncr, thai he would exercise the veto
over, rIlher upon this. or any olhrr spp.
''flc subject. IEink he will have the de
'rney To vail i"r the proper occasion. and
The. I"nesIIy ard iuIrIlisenlly deliberate
upon 'i'e exercise 0r The pow er. in any
cHse Thai may he presented TO him. If
"ere SOufhern man, | would spurn any
prnErr Of aid tn sustain slavery made for
mere polilical effect. and in tligranr dis.
regard Of sound principle, us well as of
Ille I,r"rrielits of The hish station of Chief
Magistrate of The Country. should deem.
'hr interest Idesire 10 protect, safe in such
hands,"
Mind, citizens Of the South, nme of The
reas"ns WY this ab"liioni>t supports
tirn. Harrison. THE Grneral has given
no pledge in advance, aud will give none;
he will not have The indcrcncg In acr as
Mr. Van Buren, did. In some other paris
of The definition of his In,>ilion. he de
clarrs, that abolition is enlintntiy NOR
al and nheious enterprise" and thai "the
'o'rk Of abolition is but begun in his couH i.
fry." Mark than, citizens nf The South {:
1.-THE work of ahtIiiliun is buI begun in his
coun,ry"