Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1844-09-25
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
To .'mony Officers o ofAe 9TH Regiment


| ble for me to determine, None is 81
deaf as he who will not hear But i
may be that did not make myself intel
lisibIe. The days we're hot, the drills lung
aud both | and The men, much ialigued
For these reasons determined 10 be brief
aud succeeded il seems in beiug obscure
shall attempt on this occasion to avoid
The latter fault even at the expense Of brew
ity. !.
have no copy of The speeches lately
delivered, at the Regimental aud Battalion
musters, lhelore cannot publish them
Whilst | have no desire 10 oblrude my
pinions upon the public, can have no mo
tive for concealiug my sentiments, from
those who desire 10 know them. / shall.
therefore, in this communication. express
those views, as clearly & concisely as pos,
sible, which lately urged upon The alten.
lion Of my Regiment, and which, it seems,
have been made The subject of some re
mark, and no little misrepresentation.
:. That my position as to The Presidential
election should not be understood, does uol
surprise me, for expressed no opinion as
to the course the State ought to pursue in
The coming contemplate scramble, be
tween The Wings and Democrats for the
spols of Office. There is in my opinion,
now, no principle involved in The matter.
So far as can understand, the action of
both parties. whatever may be their pro-
fessions, will be The same as 10 Abolition.
Texas, and the Tariff. |, therefore, feel
but The smallest interest in The approach.
ing election. Who is 10 administer the
Government, concerns deeply the Polili-
cians-he Statesmen Of the country, aud
The people are only interested in knowing
how tits to be administered. To those
Democrats in South Carolina who expect
to feed, for the next four years, from the
Public Crib, it cannot but be matter OF
absorbing interest to know who is TO carry
The key. Let them struggle for the cleo
lion of Mr.. Polk-lel hem apologize for
his party, and explain The meaning of his
Tariff letter. g The laborer is worthy of
his hire" and should Mr.. Polkbe elected
those " Democratic" leaders who so stout
ly defend the purity OF The party, t..God
snre-thu Inurk. anu me orthodoxy of It's
Candidate will surely get their reward
Though The Tarilfbe not epeaed-thoueh
Texas be not admitted, and though the
Abolition discussion be not discontinued,
yet any ofthese gentlemen could doubtless
find "u some part of his soul a drop of
patience" " bills, enjoying mission abroad
with salary Of eighteen thousand dollars,
or il he were even chi off with nine thou.
sand and place in the Cabinet at Wash
inslon, But am still 10 learn what inter-
est the people have in this arrange mem.-
In addressing those who must defend The
State, if she be defended, thought it not
out of place to descant upon the probabiii
ty, Of lkelr being called upon to discharge
that duty, THUS it was, was led into
the discussion Of the Presidential question
mot as 10 how The STATE should vote hui
whether. from the election of either OF the
Candidates, We were 10 expect that our
wrongs would be .redressed, and our bur-
deus removed without resort 10 State ac-
tion. :, !.
.. But before considering the probability of
our receiving relief from the Federal Gov
ernmept, il would be proper, perhaps, to
allude briefly 10 our grievances, and the
necessity of their being redressed. That
South Carolina will not submit 10 Tariff
oppression, if persisted in, take 10 be set
lied. Nay-she cannot. MOI her Lonpr
only; her very safely prevents. She occu-
pies that position 10 which it is better, even
TO. strike too soon, than to suffer ,oo long
THE flower safety can now be only pluck
ed from the ne,lle, danger, Whilst the
protective policy is rendering her less and
less able to resist aggression, by dininish-
ing the sources of her wealth, and impov-
erishins her citizens, it is, by excluding
European powers from her markets, ma
king it their interest to assail her inslilu-
lions. GraspinS aud avarcous, far-sec-
ing and polite as England undoubtedly is,
she would never have made war on our in
stiutons, whilst her looms furnished the
fabric which we wore & our people produ-
ced The raw material which her manufac-
,urels required. Free Trade would have
bound her 10 us and to our institutions
with "hooks of steel" To those who
urge that il is a feeling Of ffunalicism which
influences Great Britain, and point, as proof
of it TO her abolition of Slayerv in the
West Indies, reply, that was but a
''means 10 an end." She determined to
giul her vengeance only when she could
no, crafty her avarce. England is not
obnoxious 10 the charge which Iago.
made against his species-she knows "well
how 10 love herself" Make it her inter-
est, by throwing open our ports, and TO-
! pnrrnw che wnuId defpnd our inStifntions
Whal is eosier in government like that,
than 10 change public sentiment! Let her
Press bu, publish facts as 10 our: insli'u-
lions. and expose the falsehoods which
they have heretofore circulated, and In less
than five years the whole feeling Of the
shPeoPle would be changed upon this
subject. Then why not offer her Free
Tradee 1t would rendersecure our prop.
eny and increase our income. American
4. H.