Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-10-04
From The Charleston Courier.
LETTER OF HON WHITEMARSH
B. SEABRUOK.

d. SEAD MUM.
We have furnished Tor publication with
copy of lhe following letter OF Hon.
Whueinarsh b Seabrook 10 the Chairman
of the Executive Committee uflhe Demo
cratic party:
PAVILION HOTEL, Sept. %, lS4S.
DEAR SIR: have the honor In ack-
nowledge the receipt of your conimunica.
lion of this morning, in which | am invited
to address the Democratic party. 10 con-
sequence of severe indisposIiou, from
which am slowly recovering; | regret
thai shall be unable 10 comply with your
request want the physical power.
which, 10 do justice TO myself and the
cause, the occasion would require | EN-
brace this opportunity, therefore, OF de.
claring, that | am with you in principle,
and shall aid you n the hour OF trial.
Early in July last, a gentleman of this
city inle!roga,cd me on the subject TO
which your letter refers replied;
that with the lights befnre me. if were
then called upon 10 decide between The
candidates. my vote should he cast for the
Michigan Democrat. though to him lhere
we,c many aud weighly objections. The
dcvelupemeuts since that lime have CON-
frmed The opinion then expressed in
reference to The superior claims of Gen.
Cass. To The political creed "f his oppo-
nent, as far as it has been officially pr0mul.
gated. Cannot subscribe. My penetration
is moi sufficiently astute TO discover any
difference whatever between il and thai of
Henry Clay. If Cass aud the Kentucky
Statesman were The on y competitors for
The prize, would any purli"n of the Demo
cratic parry Of the S,a'e be(rieud the lauer!
He is citizen of plantation Stale.
STAKEHOLDER, and cerlainly was prominent
ly opposed, on constitutional grounds 200.
to any interference by Congress with The
domestic institutions of The South, either
in the Territories or States.
The studied silence Of the military
Chief" ON a mailer Of uitGt importance to
our and his sectiun Of the county. is con-
elusive evidence that TO him, elevation TO
Cffice is of more importance than the pre-
scrvation and integrity of the Unioa. lie
dare NO, speak the sentiments which an
honcsl upright and patrionc citizen. in
disregard as personal consequences, would
he proud 10 avow. IF his aspirations he
gta!itied, the Wig party, or on an isolated
question, the secedcrs from the ranks of
their opponents, will soon discover thai
they have bseu grossly deceived. He OBJ
viously designs 10 cheat one.of the other; !;
aud for this act OF moral delinquency
aloue affecting seriously as it will do,
should he declare against US, s,,ihe personal.
social and political right Of one half The
Confederacy, he richly merits, moi our ap
probation, but decided condemnation. The
Southern man who ia ashamed or afraid
TO say. whether he would repel or aid a
hostile movement by the constituted ;au
ftora pInel, &C .h;R. ,hirs' mad
the home Of his affections. is upfi for the
post which Gen. Taylor desires 10 occupy.
Should Gen. Cass be defeated by the de-
ieclioa Of the Southern States, tile Domo>
cratic party will be dissolved. Is not such
a result greatly TO be deprecated! Ad>
milling ,ha, in neither Of the parties, as
such into which the country has long been
divided, we can con6de, there is yet this
marked difference between them. Among
the Wings of The North we cannot point
to one friend, willie among the Democrats
of hai region there are many warm, able,
aud influential men. who uphold The c"u.
servative notions we entertain with un
huching pertinacity. If the former get
into power, il is delusion to suppose that
the old issues will NOT be revived. So the
present contest is one for place and not
for place and not for principle! VIII the
Wings and Democrats shake hands IN
that there is nothing 10
dispute about, except that one is IN aud
the other out of pow er? II, then, II be
true, should Whiggery triumph that the
great questions which Soulh Carolina, at
d heavy sacrifice has been conspicuous in
terminating, SO happily for her Interests
and those of the Naiion. will be asiIaIed
anew increased acrimony, can l, who SO
long have contributed my humble mi'e,
wilb all The zeal and ability which Gud
has given me, TO uproot their political in
fidelity, extend TO them the right hand OF
Thai party is aiming 10 %
l,erate The plainesl landmarks of the Con-
aud practically To subver the
1ederative principles Of the Government.
Indeed, in their hands. ihr Central power
would constitute Democracy, and in
time be utterly deprived Of its Republican
features. The will of an absolute ma.
iorily, unchecked by the Executive, and
not The Federal Compact, would control
the deliberations of Congress.
After all, The Presidential question is
one orsubordiuete interest. The union OF
the South. or Of any portion Of H. is alone
wanting 10 insure the perpe'uasion OF our
federal partnership of States. on The just
and wise terms 10 which our father sub
scribed their names, Should The WI!mot
Proviso be extended TO New Mexico and
California, we must lie prepared 10 stapt
by our arms. To such a fragrant act Of
usurpaion, and 10 the Slaves States, OF
degradation, it would be impossible Tor
South Carolina TO submit.
Is,ealy deplore, therefore, the unhappy
division, which, III relation 10 the Me-
,ropolis, prevails in our family circle ln>
tlocnced by motives which no one appre-
cia,ss more highly than CO. each OF the
,yo members of il aim al the same patrl