Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1844-09-18
4 Voter Of Edggfsld District.
For tie Advertiser.


All hail POLK, Of Tennessee-worthy
descendant The brave General Polk Of
North Carolina, as President, and 0ALLAs
of Pennsylvania, as Vice Presden, of the
United States, ,naugre the squeamish gal.
limatia ofthe sciolis,ic Editor of The Ham.
burg Journal respecting them, as vege
table pair Of candidates, by labored witt
cism, inverting the patronimic Dallas into
"Sallad," on such futile ground of objec
ton, s,ultiied IN the extreme! Can this
whimsical losician hope to decry their
meri,s, or impede their success? Bolh
polk and salad being universally recog-
nized as exquisitely medicomenlive as well
as nurilive-in both qualities infinitely
more essential 10 the vitality of The body
polite than morbid Clay, 100 deeply i'm
mersed for the rays Of a sana,ive Denoc-
racy 10 fructify, analogous 10 the entire
batch ofrhe frigidregion aboitionists, OF
which he was avowedly component par
ticle, however now thereffom atiectedly
broken of, for 6nesse. canvass purposes
But let such recognize in revolutionary
annals, the uear affinity Of these worthics
to the glorious Palmetto before which and
their ancesroral coaduIors, let them bow
with due respect, recognizing as most
prominent, the gloriously conspicuous
names aud deeds Of Gadsdcu, Pinckney,
Ru,iedge., Moultrie, Morgan, Marion, VI an
ming, Sumter. Butler, Blake, Proctor, Pos
tell, SIoney, &c., DC.
'Gainst whom, loud ranco ululata, frogs will
cry, SO 5l5Ii6s.
Exciting to uproar, th' amphibious fry,
Till, ali.extaused, their leud fuss shall cease,
And Biddle's swarms, pclfgulted, sink to
Their Clay. too poor. to coin true chrissippi,#
Or coin'd. SO hoarded, followers ne 'er descry
ObIiquy shading each contempt. bIurr'd name,
In dark contrast with patriotic fame;
For sordid miscreants can't in fame survive,
Where Wasbingtun's thro' endless days must
live.
1t will be generally, presume, admitted
that editorial matter, al the present advan-
ced state Of literary and political science
in this country, is readily collectable from
books Of science. preclusive of the neces-
sitv of filling up vacancies, in journals,
with sallimatia aud gallimaufry, disgust
ing to literary meu, and tending TO vi,iate
the taste and relards the progress of tyros;
hence, then, it is to be wished, that scio-
listic editors would prefer TO ornamen, The
vacancies in their journals with some such
extract as the following. rather than mis-
lead On honest aud confdins Democracy,
from the efIervesence of hectic impover.
ished brains. by grossly fulso.ne censures
On candidates meritaliDg praise, ar by
similarly fulsome eplogies, where nought,
save cepsure, is With equal Doloriety do.
merited IS. So,
mo national government holds out TO
ITS subjects so many allYring motives 10
Obtain an accurate knowledge of their own
country, and offs various interests, as Thai
Of the Uuited States. BY the freedom of
ils elections. public honors and public off
GERS are moi confined TO- any class of men
but are offered to merii, in whatever rank
itmay be found. To discharge the duties
Of public Offices with honor and applause.
the history, policy. commerce, productions,
particular advantages and inieresls of the
several States ought TO be thoroughly un.
ders,ood. Il is obviously wise and prudent,
then 10 initiate our youth INTO the knowl-
edge oil these lhings.and thus prepare their
minds, upon correct principles. for future
usefulness and hnnor:'' There is mo sci.
ence better adapted to the capacl,ies of
youth, and more apt TO capliYate their at
renliop than Geography. An acquaintance
with this science. more than any other,
satisfies that pertinent curiosity, which is
the predominant feature Of youth. The
year l789 received The frs, edition ofithe
Rev. DIR. Morse's Geography. Previous
,othat PERIOD" the DR.. in its preface Justly
remarks, ave seldom pretended to " rite.
and. indeed, hardly to think for ourselves.
3According,,o Fielding Virgil meant guineas,
or other royal coins, assi .-5z.s,.ct