Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1840-05-14
]. TERRY,
Chair. Of Comm te.
From tho Charleston Mercurv, Man 9.

From the Charleston Mercury May0.
The DEMOCRATIC STATE RIGHTS PARTY OF
CHARLESTON -Snc!l Il gathering of the people
us tnoH pace OIL rnnrS,lay night i. not ollrn
witnessed III our City. ! lie City Hal; was
C am:med o ve'fiowIng. uud er, ry window
and the wlIe steps were filled with eager | s.
teners. The leelinG thst relvaded t,ls great
assembly was worthy of the occasion. The
drieilcr of t;la principles OF which ourpur,y
is based by the successive speakers vii" ad.
d, eSsed the lhrnng. was rec 'ivel wIIh an ell
,!,.ls,snl trl; leaves no hope annng It's fnr the
oDerd. los ul thai new zeaio of lIIrri>o i<Iu
(nI,e vi tlr: oenaio;s OF South Ciro ini) who.
Oh Monday last mi thu Wing yoHng Mems
Convention al Baltimore. Ieii.Iri, g to !, Fed.
rr,l ca didnte, pledged himself ITO decoie TO
him his tabJr. his ttosghts, his person and his
parse" HIS abor, his tIinuy,ts and Ills per.
san will have us little ell CT h're as his Iullse
and he bal aS " I'll: nurse them all for his pri-
vatc c0molt
Tue ilon. Henry L. Pinrkney, Mayor, was
called t. the Chair. ad whi.e the Commit ee
were pr paring The Address a:.d Resolutions.
was ,lled upon 10 address tho nlre,irg. which
he did and iur an hour de iallted them with an
elnqueI.t ani vivid sketch. nf III" principles.
ann AMI character of the twn great rar les OF
the Ualui. We do NOT attempt any report of
tl,e spsche.. Mr.. pinc&ney WIS ;I"wrd by
AIR. Memm niger nn the parl nj th.. Cumrni tee.
WAC lo,d The Address and Resolution. w.,lc!l
the readcr will iiaI in orir paper. After
he altlrc sSed the lIce,i,g. There was in Mr.
Memm n.er's SI''rcll. Il clearIesS of tlhught.
O:enc. nfrraSnnirI. vi .or Of langaagc nnl
high.,oi,ed feeling that t!rorongy reused tic
win.e t,runs. The Meeting was alSu aidre<-
srd by MrSsfs RlIeit. i;llnnre ai,.l uiI'ers. ard
went on increasing in clihlS:a .n to the last -
The Address and Resrlu ions were nd, ptcd
withouta dissenting v0.ce. and are H. W put
l0 III tp tie world Us thu sci timens Of an ever
wlem,ng hIujurity oil the people o. Charleston.
The HeSO mliUi expressing Onr confideiirn n
Mr. Calhoun. and grateful appreciation of his
eminent services to the State, was received with
repeated t,rSt< of app aIis-, and wien the
Charlrau in submitting the different ReSo!,l-
tions To the approval OF the Meet ilg came To
t.Ia.. he said. gen lemen. will not pht the
question on Tins Resolution. m."-hr was answer
ed by Il s uIuitnneoris burst from every part Of
the crowd that inirly Silonk the Hall and tod
him in voire not % he nisakon that Ilr was
rigI,I in supposing there could be no doubt or
question o. that head.
We are now therefore in The right poslion.
united OIL principle and one in lee!irg. Our
frs: movement has been tn decl"re the princi
pies we lod. and which we mean To defend to
tie utmost. We have not arlvanceda moment
TOO soon IL the greni contest wliic, il nnderi;i-
bly p, ncins AMI nr the result of which more
ape d. than II OH any struggle slce tie days
of Jefferson. We have no. omlv a noble cause
the nob.est that can awake tho energies of free.
men, bu, a cause in peril. md which it man
depend mp nn orr woes and nnr moral infln.
cuce tn rescue from defeat aud disnst r. ltcnu
neither be denied nor forgotten. tlnt In oppo-
sing Fla rison. we are opposing u only The
foes of State Rights, bnt the foes of onr social
ins.ituti ns. Tie proof of this last was filiy
eauy.ssed and established on Thursday night.