Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-03-18

Of any pGhdins negotiations with any of
them, see in the personal characters Of
the Sovercigns, rs well as in the mutual
interests Of our own and of the Govern
ments with which our relations are most
ultimate, pleasing guaranty that the haf-
mony 50 important to The interests Of their
subjects, as we'll as our citizens, will not
be interrupted by the advancement Of any
claim, or pretension upon their part 10
which our honor would not permit US TO
yield. Long the defender Of my coun,ry's
rights in the field, ! trust that my fellow
citizens will not see in my earnest desire
10 preserve peace with foreign powers any
indication that their rights will ever be sac
rlhced, or the honor Of the nation tarnish-
ed, by any admission on the part of their
Chief Magistrate unworthy of their former
glory.
In our intercourse with our Aboriginal
neighbors, the same lberali,y and Justice.
which marked the course prescribed 10 me
by two of my illustrious predecessors.
when acting under their direction in the
discharge Of the duties of Superintendent
and Commissioner, shall be strictly obser-
we'd. | can conceive of no more sublime
spectable---none more likely to propitiate;
an impartial and common Creator, than a.
rigid adherence to the principles Of justice
on tho part of a powerful nation in its
transactions with weaker and uncivili-
zed people, whom circumstances have
placed at its disposal.
Before concluding, fellow-citizens, 1
must say something to you on The subject
of the parties at this time existing in our
country. Tome it appears perfectly clear,
that the interest Of that country requires
that The violence Of the spiri, by which
those parties are al this lime governed,
must be greatly mitisated, if not entirely
extnguished, or consequences will ensue.
which are appalling 10 be thought Of. If
parties in Republic are necessary TO Sc
cure degree Of vigilance sufficient 10 keep
the public functionaries within the bounds
of law and duty, at that point their useful
ness ends. Beyond that they become de.
structive of public virtue, the parehs of
spiri: antagonist TO that ofliberty and, even
tually, its inevitable conqueror. We have
examples Of Republics, where the rsHe of
country and liberty, at one time, wene tho
dominant passions Of the whole mass of
citizens. And yet, with the continuance
of the name and forms offree Government,
not vestige ofthese qualities remaining
in The bosom Of any one of its citizens. Il
was the beautiful remark ofa distinguished
English writer that sin the Roman Sen
ate, Octavius had party, and Anthony
party, but the Commonwealth had none.'
Yet the Senate confined to meet in tho
Temple of Liberty. TO talk Of the sacred.
ness and beauty Of the Commonwealth,
and gaze al the statues of the elder Bru-
tus and Of the Curtii aud Decii. Ard tho
people assembled in the forum, not as in
the days of Calnillus and the Scipios, to
cast their free votes for annual Magistrates
or pass upon the acts Of the Senate, but to
receive from the hands ofthe leaders of the
respective parties their share of the spoils,
and 10 shout for one, or The other, as those
collected in Gaul, or Egypt, and the Les
ser Asia, would furnish the larger dipidead.
aibs Tbs fb,it ;bs sfodas issr'1 I'D .;,1 asd1atei
sought protection in the wilds Of <ScytIi;a
or Scandinavia; and so, under the opera
tion Of the same causes and Influences il
will fly from our Capitol and our forums.
A calamity so awful, not only to our conn
try but to the world, must be deprecated
by every patriot, and every tendency 10
state of things likely to produce it immedi.
ately checked. Such tendency has OK.
isted-does exist.
Always The friend of my countrymen,
never their Aatterer, it becomes my duty
to say 10 them from this high place to to
which their partially has exalted me, tina,
there exists in the land spirit hostile TO
their best interests-bostile 10 liberty itself.
1t is spirit contracted in its views, sell
fish in its object. 1t looks to the aggran-
disemen, of few, even to the destruction
Of the interests Of the whole. The entire
remedy is with the People. Something.
however, may be effected by The means
which they have placed in my hands. 1t
is union that we want, not Of party for
the sake ofthat party. but union OF ths
whole country for The sake of the whole
country-for the defence orits interests and
IFS honor against foreign aggression, for
the defence Of those principles for which
our ancestors so gloriously con,ended.-
As far as it depends upon me it shall be
accomplished. All the influence that I
possess, shall be exeried to prevent Tho
formation at least Of an Executive party in
The halls ofthe Legislative body. / wish
for the support Of no member of that body
to any measure Of mine that does not sat.
isfy his judgement and his sense of duty
TO those from whom he holds bis appoint
ment; nor any confidence in advance from
the People, but that asked forby Mr.. JEFF
ferson, "to give irmness and effect to the
administration Of their affairs" -
deem the present occasion sufficiently
important and solemn tojustify me in e1.
pressing to my fellow citizens profound
reverence for the Christian Religion, and
a thorough conviction that sound morals,
religious liberty, anl just sense of religi-
GUS respousibility,are essentially connected
with all true and lasting happiness, and to
that good Being who has blessed US by the
gifts Of civil and religious freedom, who
watched over & prospered The labors Of our
Fathers, and has hitherto preserved to US
institutions far exceeding in excellebce