Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1851-09-25
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FoaruE sAnsE EElsEss etsf:si
TO the CitiZeIrsi0f EdgefIesd.

TO the Citizens,Sf Edge efIeld l
propose to submit sgaie remarks through !
you to the two parties thas are now organized II
tho State, which, ifthey would not. entirelYfa
concile differences, might at least, tend gTeally
to allay excitement, by removing one of the most
prominent uaass SssSswitation, 20 80 .;z
hsasMs questions at issue, and.
canvassg with the sole purpose
of arriving 4 and ! am deeply p i'm
pressed with the befisf thatave are to fnd'the
true policy Observation-Disclosures.
Iearnestly submitthen, both to the Secession
lists and the co-aperssphists, that tile destinies
of the State have abts sycs been taken from the
khands of the peoplesaad hill not be 50 taken
I8ly object is not toseeSsure the Legislature Cor
its alledged premature Action in calling the Con-
I3vention, and in,hastening the election of Dele
gates to that body ;Enor 3 it to attempt justif-
cation ofitlie indiscrefoni iof some, who may have
Ebeen prceipitatcd into3intempcratc remarks and
rasfrfrss BY too much daring, and by too scns:-
tive honor. S
But the Conasentiun is ealled--tlrc Delegates
arc elected, naa5Sfssording to the views of the
Cooperation pdfsy men have been chosen,
either throusliaanSsidcnt or artiAcc, by less than
majority, to decide sapon the fate of S. Carolina.
Now, what is to sgained by bewailing an op-
portunty of lsass igaod, which we have suffered
to pass unimprovsd,or by dcplorins necessity
which annotkesyoidcd The people all should
have voted i'll the, February elections, and it is
their fault, if Mfority by the exercise of great
cr zeal, has:seenrsas itself predominant power.
The CsesSR1l6G Illus elected, through their
Seekaewlegcd refnissness, has the constitutional
fright of binding them by its acts. Let us seek
to repair ofr crrorsby preventing its recurrence
in future. eA,sr-
Thescccssioiiiss7aSn pitt, that they do not wish
the State to scccde before The very last day of the
legal existence olfhe Convention. The Dele
4 s safszx xx Probably b called to meet III next
,,@Ap PRIOR May, and thep twill be twelve months,
before they must of necessity, pass. their final
(, actG secession or submission. There is not a
Distrjet.or Parish.in the State, but will have,
sw,hin that period, the amplest means of accer-
4 tainingpnbiic sentiment. The two parties can
not faifto know which has the majority; and
when thatisfairly determined, no man can doubt
abouSthc patl, Of his duty.
4 If the Secession party have the asccndcncy
after that thorough test of one year, the Co.
Operation party must yield to the exigency, and
acquiesce in the necessity that will force upon
them the. separate oseeession Of South Carolina
:, ,llz6s Known as IeSon,end it n truth
the Co-opcrationists, as well as others, must re.
deem their oft-rcpeatcd pledges, to rally TO tho
standard of the State, to fight under it, and, i
f necessary to perish in bearing it aloft. have
no fears, that they will not accomplish their vows
for many of them are animated with the highest
sense Of their duty, with the purcst patriotism
the loNiest courage, and the most spotlcss virtue
Furthermore, this party has uniformly cor.
tended, that all they seek or desire is, that they
shall have true expression Of public feeling, and
that then, they are ready to abide the cxtrencs
action of the State. The most of them have
solemnly plghtcd their honor to stand or fall with
South Carolina, in any contingency If they
Know the opinions of the majority, it is unqucs-
tionably their duty to sustain those opinions, and
if the majority unequivocally express its wish
through the Convention, then they are bound by
their allegiance, TO carry out that wish, in its
plainest intent. If they decline to do it, under
such circumstances, connected with others that
may well be imagined, they will deserve the death
and the ever-odious memory of the accurscd par
ricidc. man who will not risk his all in obc-
dcncc to the call of his State, is dead to every
generous impulse, and is an enemy to all her
citizens.
The Secession Delegates themselves, do not
desire to misrepresent the public sentiment of
their Districts, but when the opinions of Dis
trict are discovered, without doubt, its members
to the Convention will feel fully instructed, and
will be bound imperativcly, to represent the ma
Jority of their constituents in Columbia.
Now the obligation of a Delegate to express
the wishes Of his constituents, at the time he
casts his vote, can be defended OIL the soundest
principles of reason and policy.
A Convention is supposed to be the people
themselves assembled on momentous occasions,
to consult for the welware of the State, and to
extricate it from imminent peril. If the Dele
gate, knowing the instructions of the people, re-
fuses to obey them in such emergencies, he is no
representative at all-thc Convention is npcr-
feet, and the beautiful idea in which it originated
! is not bourn out in its deliberations.
Again, when the salvation of the State is hang
ing upon the decision of the hour, and when the
dangers of the crisis arc so alarming MS to call
the people to exercise their first great right Of
sovereignty, if their mill is not fully represented,
they arc not under such heavy obligations to obey,
and the act done 9pariakes of tho character of
rashness, ifanot of wickcdness One Of the real
objects of calling ayConvcntion is, that in mo-
ments of extreme, danger and apprehension, when
no one is willing to take the awful separate re-
sponsibity of guidingathc vessel through the
storm, the passengers themselves, whose lives
and fortunes arc embarked, may dictate tho