Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1844-07-03

Z Charge, will mot be prepared to 90 before Oc
tober, Mr.; Hilard will remain until that time. !,
:!.z'S - For, the Aduertiser.
Mr.. EDlroR :-Inthe Hamburg Journal of
the 26th ult. there was re-published letter
from the New York Express, dated Edge.
field s. C. Juoe7, 1s44.n We were pain
ed TO see a letter from this place. socftril of
hostility 10 DIR patitics; hostility to our State
--Government, and injusticeto one of Carnlinas
foremost citizens. The few extracts. shall be
enabled to make viii ahow the tone aud char
3 acter Of the whole communication: s:e r
..The nomination Of Polk and Dallas by the
late Convention at Baltimore. has taken us AL
I by surprise; bulis nevertheless very satisiac-
tory to both parties. MI: calhoun's friends
now think they have:a man in Mr., Polk who
acan carry the election without much difficulty,
aud who, if elected. will uphold all their ultra
views, such as Annexation, Free Trade, Anti
Bank, &c. &c. The Wings on;the other hand
think, now that Mr.. Clay is as good as elected
President
II needs no, the detecting spear of lthurel to
discover the political cast Of a writer who calls
Annexation, Free Trade. and Anti-Bank'
:. ultra. views" This phrase gives us the mca
sure oe his foot. Anuexation-a question SO
nearly affecting the very salvation Of the South
-thap which, none more important, since the
adoption of the Constitution; has agitated this
counuy-an "pllra view!!" Free Trade
under which The Agricultural interests must
fonrish-wi,huut which; they nnst pine and
decay-san ultra view y" Opposition to U. S.
Bank-that spawn of Federalism, and enemy
20 Democratic Republican pnnciples-an "ul-
ira view =" Iflhese are ''ulira views" we would
be pleased to know from the correspondent of
the Ns,o York Express. should he condescend
to answer SO humble an individual as ourselves
through SO humble, yet useful u paper as the
Edgefeld Adrertiser. what are medium views
in his estimation, on these important ques,onsl
True. the Democrats here are satisfied with
the nomination, and "think Mr.. Polk, can
carry the election without much difficulty"
Butwho and where arethe Wings, hereabouts,
towhom Mr. Polk's nomination is"very sails.
factory; aud "who think now, that Mr. Clay
Is as good as elected? Sin, this is mere phan-
tom of,he writer's own dis,empered brain He
magnifes bi.nselfinto party, ,& gives his owna
their concentrated opinion. His letter was writ
ten four days after the meeting on sale day in
June. Where are " the Wings" he consulted
in The mean time? Falstaff's men in "buckram
suits and rendal green" were not more fanci-
fnlor ridiculous; for he had the shades OF night
to excuse his extravaganza, whilst the cores
pendent Of the New York Express is covered
with MONDAY light.
:. Speaking of Mr.. Rhett and Mr.. Pickens as
the probable successors of Messrs. Hnger and
McDufie, he says: (" Mr.. Rhett remains in
Washington to confer with Mr.. Calhoun, who
recommends MIR. P. and Mr.. r. 10 the Legisla.
ture for the United States Senate" Now,
hazard the assertion and challenge contradiction,
that Mr.. Calhoun has never intimated wish as
to the succession of Messrs. Huger and Nc
Dufie, not even to Mr.. Rhett or Mr. Pickens
themselves, Why this attempt to injure abroad
the character Of the State, and traduce one of
the purest statesmen Of the age He makes
the charge unequivocally-letu us now have the
proof. 1t is reckless assertion without the
shadow Of foundation.
He speaks of arrangements for office being
Sin the hands ofa clique consisting of about
dozen men," Perhaps this knowing writer
will favor, us with the names of this clique of
about dozen men. We pledge ourselves to
go as far as the farthest to break down such
combinations. twas said few years ago that
sucha clique existed. Iftrue, it has received
its rebuke, and is probably extinct. Arpresent
there are not less than FIVE candidates for Go
vernon before the country. Does this show
that the State is controlled by cliqne7
He assails too the mode Of electng the Co.
vernon, and Presidential Electors and then
says in conclusion: "The Clay GLIB of Char
lesion published an address to the people of
the State not long since, setting forth the evils
attending such stale ofthings, which has to
some extent opened the eyes Of the people to
sense of their just rights" We will inform
sbis confident writer, in conclusion. that the
people Of South Carolina will scarcely look to
the Clay Club of Charleston" or to the cor.
respondent ofa New York Wing paper, whose
politics are better suited to the latitude of Con-
necticnt than South Carolina, 10 be enlighten.
ed upon the subjects of Annexation, Free
Trade U. S. Bank, and State Institutions.
a CITIZEN. 6