Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-08-09
From The Charleston Msrc,saI.

The nomination of Gems, Ta3lbr,eby
portion Of the Democratic party sofs Char,
lesion has come down uponEthesD Democra
cy of The country like thee eAssyrian in
The night" What is 10 be the KegiDning
aud the end Of this movemsnt What
are .he results 20 follow ffomIf Letps
nnw, before we enter INN ihs contest
which must begin 10 agitaie the Stale.
look honestly into the furure, The 'nomi.:
nation of Geu. Cass blythe BaIIfpore Con,
vention was dislasteful,lo tho Esmocralic:
patty Yof Sonth Carolina. thought
HSfs RHs. u tf1s hs .sfss sals. Gsb 'GRHI HE
contrary, was very populaft fthsous shoOfthe-
Stale; and, as an independents candidate,
would have been almost cerIaih 10. have
received the elec,oraI, vote ..S EGisswas..he
frs, sce6e in The political drama. Now
mark the progress Of events. Gen. aTay
Ior at first has no fixed opiniohai Then he
becomes moderate Wing; he tpn writes
bis Allison letter, renuunciug ihege,o pow
er; he then declines (it is so .updersrood)
the nomination of The Independence of Ma
ryland; and, lastly, accepts tlf nomina.
lion Of the Wings, made at P HiIalelphia.
Here, then, is Wing party uonila,ng
Wing for Presidenr and The Democrats
of South Carolina are called uIpn 10 sup.
port this nomination. How-in wtal man
ner-and for what purpose > it likely
should The Wings eiec, their calpidae. thai
a new complexion will be given TO their
hitherto obnoxious doctrines bIlhis fusion
of Carolina Democracy? Isalkely that
the Wings will recede from theFlong cher
i,hed opinious-from their ink ibed ban
ners, which they have been ffunting be
fore high heaven for the last lwAlye years
from their faith, their PRINCIPLES. their
great leaders will they reFounce all
these, for the honor of the suppsy of v hat
will prove bur forlorn hope u he De.
mocracy of South CaroIiua? FIs it not
having too much vanity to suppose this
What then! Their candidate Gen. Tay-
lor. elected. For what good The veto,
the only exercise of power in Hs prerosa
tive which could be of benefit p his Gao.
liniau Democratic allies. he hastepudlattd.
Il principles. and those of thsWEigs, are
what they have been fighting against
The result Of this movement i{cerlain dr'
asler. The same destiny Whitehall then
that has hefalIen The nulli6calidp dissen,en
Of Georgia: they will become.hopelesslS
merged and swallowed up by Ybe groaY
Wing party of the Union. Where is the
cohesion between the Charleston Demo
Gratis AMI General Taylor, the Wbie nomi-
nee :! A single Iie-a single bond holds
them together, which may be. snapped al
any moment, either Ly hisdea!h Or his vo-
Iilion. He is sIaveholder. fslhis suf-
licient reason why the Democratic slave.
holders of The South should tenounce all
their Turner principles. and claim pro!ec-
tion from the Wings and their champion
against their Democratic aliesa II the
slave question is 10 be the test. then no
man. however prejGdiced he lnay be, but
must acknowledge thatlhe Northern Dem
ocrats have generally fought with us-the
Norlhern Wings always against US Is it
Just that we should expecl The Democracy
of the North to be fighting ougsbaltles. and
we reject their champion for the Presiden
cy, simply because be is not a Shareholder? ?
Is il reason Is it wisdom for1s to lay
down the doctrine that none b1lslayeholh.
ers shall he Presidonts-lhatiWe we 20 for
stakeholder, be he Wing or Democral !? If
this is 10 be the future creed of the South.
the RESULTS as fixed as fate, noihing can
aver ii. The great landmarks Of party
and faith will become oblitera,ed- ---sec
al feelings and sectional parties;will prevail,
and this great fabric Of Republican Cow
ernment will crnmble into ruint ls.#S
Upon this question ofeislssery we are
free TO confess that we are noNYilllng that
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