Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1851-01-23
Unionism at Washington.

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Unionism at Washington.
The National Intelligencer, last Saturday
put forth an editorial of FIVE columns long,
on the subject of South Carolina, the gcner-
al object of which was to prove that this
State was really and positively aiming ut the
disruption Of the Union. 1tpromised further
eludidation of this obscure point in future
numbers, but thus far we have not been IA
yored with anything additional. The South
ern Press, in an article which we copy to-day,
replies to some of the positions Of the Intel
ligencer, and follows up the subject in sue
ceeding number It is not our purpose to
pursue this track. The Intclligencer itself,
as the pompous arbitcr of political morals,
the Judge, without appeal, of the rights and
character Of States, demands little attention.
:. As political press, the lntelligenccr is
something of curiosity. Ordinarily it wears
the appearance of digniied Indifference. You
might read it for weeks without finding out
what its opinions are on any one great qrcs-
ton. It is not merely that its edit orial col
umns are almost empty, but what is in them
is lifeless, and without any symptom OF inter
cstin the matters noticed. The smallest AMI
attest subjects are reduced 10 the same
ms, and wrapped in the same slcepily
.utrality Then comes wonderful
The Intelligencer starts up and
81; forth volume Of awfully earnest
on some State or some topic. and
Exhausted its strength, sinks back into
+ apathy. In its habits, the Intelli-
cscmblcs those monsters Of the sea,
r long intervals, rise to the surface,
rodigious uproar and smoke, and
: to repose in their favoritc haunts
reach of sunshine and Storm
:. fairly, perhaps, it may be compared
ther monsters of the fen and Jungle
ondas and the like, that rush out OF
-. retreats, and having gulpcd down
10 OF rhinoccros. stink back to indulge
onth's sleep on their elaborate dinner.
odeeper sense of existence than IN oc-
i dream Of being hungry, and satisfy
imaginary craving by approaching a
bullock and with no other outward
tation of life, than few faint dyspep-
mblings, like the bubbles that break
&c e standing pool. -
;ing by this phenomenal character
Intelligencer-its periodical re-
comet with q long blazing train
notable feature Of these occa-
assumption of superior dignity,
=. on and patriotism. 1t carries an
insolence towards those whom
its high tribunal, and it deals
nnations with that look of in-
.s .nsion that seems ever to say
expected to be as elevated and
nobody is cxrt cted to be that
ave n sphere, which, however
ought to fill in such manner rs
wn upon you the weight Of my
can 60"
foundation ls there for this NOR
of the Intelligencer? What
call lightly in question the mo-
atriotism of others? What is
ser? 1t is simply a party press,
y years, has owed its existence to
.ge of the Government.
lphatically hireling, bound to do
% party, as the consideration for mon
ed to it by party. This is the Judge,
:als before him States and statesmen,
holds them accountable for not coming
to his standard of moral purity and dsi,l-
-.erestedness. This pensioner on the political
corruption fund at Washington, who crawls
at the heels of party, like shark in the wake
of 4 ship, to feed on the crumbs that are
thrown out by the way-in TIE intervals Of
pampering himself at the public expense, is
to sit in judgement on the selfshaess and dis
loyalty of South Carolina
The Intelligencer makes 4 sublime merit
out of its Unionism. Why, it feeds on the
Union Without that it would not exist. 1t
has no position of its own, save its berth by
the Treasury. It haunts the confines Of
North and South, too cowardly ever to take
sides with either, and bold only in defending
the sacredness of the neutral ground, where
the one begins and the other ends. 1t knows
we'll that if the North and South split apart
it drops helplessly into the chasm. The ass
knoweth his master and the OK his owners
crib-and it is not accounted among the rir-
tues Of these animals that they cling to the
scenes Of their feeding. No more is it mer-
it in the Intelligencer that it adores the per-
petuity Of Government on whose very cor
ruptions it subsists.-Charleston Mercury.