Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-10-14

weekly, an epi.ome Of all the foreign aid
mestic news, besides items on varioqs sub bjeets
1t affords US great pleasure to recommend this
publication 10 the patronage Gf otnr friends and
readers. 49,. ssls
Our elections are just over; aud We venture
to say, there scarcely ever was Legislature io
assembIein South Ca, olina, Of mofein,eiesting
importance 10 the State .hsn ilIs one NOW slse.
ed ~.
The country is involyedeina ;Bariwith;Afex,8.
ico. which has grown out ofthe anrexaiiebofs Z;
Texas; and Mr.. Calhoun's powerful eifsrs:itos
MIR. King, developing the true Sobjecls Of lie
British government,;in opposing Ihai annexa:S !:
lion, and the deep interestwe IlaJsin il, maie ~
it a vital question 10 every Southern lndn. .:I'
is emphaticay: a war which will so adjust he.
bulance ofpower in ihe:confederaey,as togiye,s
the Southern States that controI'tin lie duture;s
so essential to protecttheiriig6ts and domestic
interests. ~ q
True, our arms are. victorious. but much IS
yet to be done. We will have 10 encounter,
heavy expenses, and many hard fought baiiIe::. .
field, before permanent peace can be procHr.s,
ed, giving US full indemnity for the past apdsea;
curlly in the future. Every blow struck ia thuts
quarter, and every dollar SPENT is hut extstd.z
InS the area Of Southern entei1riizs and South Y
cru poweri and surely ih,such war SouiifI
Carolina will be expected to lake lend; as
she has heretofore done nsosber wa,s, md 10
exhibit that spiri, aud tone due 10 ler ancient,
character and patriotism. 90:
Again, the Legislature abou, .,orasse.uble,s
will shew whether South Carolina will So Farfi
turn aside from the principles which size, has
acted on f"r twenty years past, as. give liefs
sanction 10 new doctrines. and to e1lravasans
'chemes of building up the iiarbors, aud eieaits::.
ins out the bouadlcss rivers oftle west bg,
heavy expenditures from lie Federal sTreusli;,
ry. If these appropriations he sanctioned 2ag,
constitutional on the Mississippiwaiers, ,thea,
In the future extension of this: Republic there
will be the Columbia-,he Rio Grande, and the
Cololado ofthe Pacific, all Of Which will ardn
through far more thin Three. STATES, and VIII
consequently come into demand Their proper;
'ion of Constitutional appropriations 100. I'VE
would like to know if the penpls Of Soutl,
Carolina are boilnd.by a compact, that their
iore!alhers entered. into, under whichwe arsfio
be taIedt for:thebene6t of,he falluvial ,galiessS
and unknown regions of The mighty wes,.s wiiess,s Is
it ESQ Nominated in The bond fn ifso, ,isii n:
deed arewe forever doomed to be ::.heWefis 6f
wood, and drivers Of water 5s,s
- We have Just abolished tie isbsunconsiiiu:
iionaI tariff ,ye illongl
aboat IS levy 8 ysss
hive, for Thirty years n,.de adcon.IiI {.
tional nppropriationsto roi,t olirriyersa aiis
build mp larborsin tie ;No-ihanlsNart Easii..
and now, that The people d th6se sections iiaSs ii
been gorged, weare drive thv d, piilf and rail
IN Swarm of The hungry and rt:,s yoracioas,
from the praires orlte west, . feed upoi, and
derour nllr substance. The government. ,we
had lohdly h"pe'j,was nhsnl 10 take a new tack
ann wewcre about to reaIize tie blessings ,of..
low duties and simple constitutional cxleirii.
lures. Blu, suddenly new doctrines have bdalir
pi"c la'med, and, we suppose we viii lie
called on to follow. We pr or The old land.
marks Of the Republican State Rights partyto
any new finser.boards. We adhere. ,o. .,lle. old
faith OF sl'ict construction, aud ifa new and,
mighty power, IN the. great and growing
West, is springins up,to rule this coafederacg
by brutal numbers alone, let it be done by the =
sword at once, rather than to claim the right 10
do 80 under the guarantees ofthe Constitution.
And they attempt to perpetrate any unta...
lowed schemes, we trust III God! /, is no part
of the policy Of South Carolina, meanly to ad:.
INIT The right, with some theoretical limitations.
for fear Of being compelled 10 bear. something,
worse at the hunds Of ors hard task snas,eEss :,
No our doctrine is, in the, language, of7A Ar.sti
Calhoun, Free tr nde; low duties :separatiohst
from banks; retrenchmenl; ECONOMY ); dad-Gs
strict construction Of tie Constitution" sss's s.
These are some ofthe greatpoints which viii
arest.the attention oflhe Legislature electeds
and we trust, that in the discharge Of their duty
they will acknowledge ds50tion TO no po,esrs on !.
earth, save South Carolina, her honor and her 2
interests. ~ ~. :s&s5Gsss.sz ~
We have on our liable, the tentli number Of
he sixth volume, new series, 6f the !. oushefi
Agriculturist" Journal devoted to the promo.
ion Of Agriculture and Hortic uI,lye, ruraland
domestic economy, in the Southern section:of I.
he United States. Thistperiodical ispubli.hed