Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-03-28
From the dugastG Coasliintionalist.
WHY WAS NOT JUDGE BERRIEN'S
ADDRESS ADOPTED.

ADDRESS ADOPTED.
The address of the Southern member!
OF. Congress to their constituents is as
sailed by Southern Wings by strong de
nnnciatiou, and that Of Judge Berriel
receives their fulest appreciation. They
profess 10 have been willing 10 sanction
its sentiments, and TO regret that 1t wa'
not adopted by the Southern mecting,-
1t is Iauded as so correct in its delinea.
ton OF the condition of the slavery ques.
,ion, and yet so conciiatory in its tone
that it was factious and disorganizing tc
reject it, and iujls place to put forth the
sectional appeal written by MIR. Calhoun
One brealhed the spirit of patriotism
say these assailants, the other was the
voice of treason and disunion. The de.
feat of Mr.. Berrien's address in the Con-
ven,ion is arrayed as crime against the
repose and peace of the Union.
Let US inquire, then, who defeated III
BY wha, Influences -wasit-petea -ddoowH
Of by whom quietly abandoned to it
fate?
On the 22d OF January, the Conven
ton met second time. Early in the
proceedings. Mr.. Bayly, Of Va, and Mr.
Venable, Of N. c., slated in speechc:
that they made, that though prelerrinE
MR. Callroun's address, ye,, for The sake
of union and harmony, they were ready
to yield their preferences, and vote fol
MIR. Berrien's address, il that proved
most acceptable.
What took place next? Mr.. Stephens
offered his resolution declaring it mex
pedient for the meeting to take any ac-
ton. This was voted down-50 TO Is
Subsequently the vote was taken or
the proposition 10 adopt Mr.: Berricn's
address in lieu of MIR. Calhonn's. Il
was rejected by vote of yeas 81, nays
81. Tire diminished vote was owing to
a dozen Wigs who we've present refus-
ing TO vote. These were Messrs. Ste
phens, F6mbs, J. W.Jones, T. B. King,
Underwood, Morehead, Preston, Cooke.
Goggin, Crczicr, Roman and Chapman,
Fall sWiiss. Here twill. be perceived
that il was III Tie power Of any e1g6t d
tlrese, if they had chosen to vote, IL
have carried Mr.. Berlien's address-so
much lauded for its patriotic tone and
sentiment.
If The evils Of a sectional appeal were
so dreafill, why did notthe Wings accep,
the olive branch extended by Messrs.
Bayley and Venable, and aid in The a
doption Of an address conceded to be
unexcepIionabIc? The answer is, they
did not desire 10 see the South united
on this question. Their object was divi-
sion, discold and distraction. They
have partially succeeded. Their plan
seems TO be faithfully pursued by por-
tons of the Southern Wing press, who
have taken their cue and aie creating all
the bad blood they can in ,he South by
assailng in coarse and virulent language
The supporters Of Mr.. Calhoun's address.
In this malevolent work, the Chronicle
81 Sentinel is conspicuous: 1t thus plays
>inlo the hands of the Abolitionisls Of the
North in a way 10 win from them a
chuckIe of delight. "Dividc and Con-
quer." the cid Roman motto, is applica-
ble here, and The Abolitionists doubtless
rejoice in the prospect of lis efficacy
If The Abolion,ionisls had bought the
Chronicle * Sentinel, body AMI soul,
and sent the editor as an cmissary among
us, their policy would be to weaken and
distract US by assailing the motives and
impugning the patriotism of our South
ern statemcn. Their policy would be
10 SOW among us The seeds of suspicion,
OF distrust Of each other, when all South>
ern men should be firm and true 10 each
other and the South, and stand shoulder
10 shoulder ready for the onset of the
common enemy. The Chron. 81 Sent.
has industriously pursued this policy,
under what influences and sanction it is
yet 10 appear. Its Indignation has uni
iormly been spent upon those at the
South who have raised the voice Of re.
monstrancc and resistance 20 Northern
aggression. Its Indignation never seems
10 turn upon the aggrcssols, or TO breathe
the language Of a sense of wrong. lis