Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1851-11-20

prnllrr rs lhcv said. better rcmruy
secession. It is well. therefore, Ia allow
them The leisure and reflection Of few
weeks 10 suencst it. The result, perhaps.
may induce them TO lcdd where they would
moi tnIloc. If 50. we arc friends. and not
opponents. Perhaps. like the Apostle 10
tic Gcnlitcs. they may hcgin to preach the
cause they have heretofore rcrsccncd II
so, we will believe and labor with them.
Nor is this at all improbable They have
never yet pretended or dared TO abandon.
before the people, Tie idea of resistance 10
yasL caa 1rcscm 0ggresSions. They asked
only that the State might not be 7rccip-
tacd" into secession. They repellcd the
term of "submission they scorncd the
charge of "dcnyne tic right, or The cypc-
dicrcy. perhaps, Of secession, but asked on
" to be allowed to supcrscde it by Il b"iier
and spccdirr but as yet. undyulgcd remedy.
If in all this they were sincere. = few
weeks time is surely necessary TO disen-
cumhcr them Of tic strange allies and dis
corant materials with which they have been
aided in the victory. The submissioniSts Of
Grccnville, of Charleston. of Hamburg, and
such exhibitions as the yelling abolition pro-
ccs,ion in Chrraw--iacEc. surely arc no weak
or manageable clements: and vet these
mn@t rcrtainly be cypurcatcd from the con-
ii rrrr of any party which claims to control
the drstinics Of South CornIinr.
Powerful rs they doubtless have been TO
check the spirit of the people, cyasrcratcd
hy every wrong and impcIlcd by every mo-
tive 10 Il contest for iI:rir rights and instiiu-
ti"nS vet they are powrr!c$S, we fear. for The
''good" they have promised. and even for the
redemption of tie pledges they have given.
Will they be allowed by their own party to
convokc the convention which they have pro-
vilcd to assemble with so much dcbcration,
1T the last session Of the Legislature? Will
they di$band their. troops, abo8$ their ar
morirs, reduce the present rate Of taxation,
or hoprlrssly abandon their military prcp;rf,-
tiuns Or will they nave the magnanipiiy
to acknowledge that secession, ultimate or
immediate, is the true, the indispensable, nv,
and the peacefully remedy:
To know the course Of our opponents on
nil these questions is necessary, both to the
performance of our duty well and to the
preservation of our consistency. We would
/ not DO tic State the wrong, nor would we
do our opponents the iniuslicc-wc would
not do the submissonists of the State the
favor of foisting these latter into party
powcr, confidence. or patronage, by an ndis-
Greet iurcstaling of. or in indiscriminatc OPP
position 10, their ':as yet" undivulgcd mca-
sure of resistance. We will cndcavor 10 do
our duty TO South Carolina, and nothing
more nor less If they lead in our direction,
We will follow them; if they divrrgc, our
conscience and our principles iorbius us TO
follow.
In this view, VIC have heartily concurrcd
in the poSlponcmcnt Of tic meeting of our
Central Southern Rights Association TO Il
period subsequent 10 the approaching meet
ing of the Legislature 1t may be that cir
cumstauccs may unile all true and good cti-
zcns on one common platform Of resistance.
If so, we shall heartily rejoice. But il not
seventeen thousand l'rccmrn in South Caro-
lima are prepared TO do their duty; and be it
remembered, that scccs>ion-cvcn as de-
; velnpcd in the late clcclion-is the strongest
the best considered, the most decidedly ap-
proved, single and actirc measure yet pro.
pounded to the judgement Of the people Of