Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1851-09-18
FOR THE ADVERTISER. 81
TIE SOUTHERN STANARD.

THE Editor of tho Southern Standard has
pierced the dagger Of his argument into the boz
som of the Chief Of his own party In his is-S
suc Of Sept 18th, after giving the table ofezpen-
ses for Separate Government in South caroi-
ma. as estimated by RUrLEDeE, he Proeeedsto
point out and rail against the dangerous eyib ofs
President, Cabinet and other paraPhernalis Of Z
consolidated empire. Does not the Editor. know
that this whole array of new Offices and Officers,
originated with prominent individuals of his own
party2 That in the beginning Of the eontrover-
sy these additional Officers were pointed out by
them IS asnccessary appcndagcs Of scParnte gov
crnmcnt; and that to support them ,thc people
would be orerburdened BY taSation3 Surely,
the Editors memory IS not 50 short, as TO have
forgotten these things! Yet he now condemns
and ridicules the plan-alledsing, tha. i sprang
from I" iSeccssionist!n' What prauks this wiley
Gymnastics . tactics
Orpheus in sylr:s, inter delpAiaos, Arion y
The argument Of the sccessioni.t, Is the .vcrv
reverse Of that he charges upon them. They
contend that little or no change will be needed
in ourpresent government They desire plain
cheap administration, not numbered by Am
bassadors and Secretaries with large salaries. but
with only few plain CoSsyIs in tho Sportsi to /
whichiwe may trade. They wish to- rctain,, ,as 1
'ar rs practicable, our present style o eereri,-
ment, believing it to be one Of tile best Of e1st.
ingpolitics. So says, also, RurIEpcE, only
line or two above the passage cited by the Edi-
tor. These are his words We hare nor. one
Of the best gorrrnmcnts IN the .oorld.' from
which it is clearly evident, he thought little
change advisable. This is placed beyond doubt.
when it is recollcctcd that in tile very article
rom which the Editor has quoted, Rurlrpor
was occupied in answering the views and ar-Is argu-
ments Of those opposed to separate secession. H.
had been said, that the new government could
not get on without various Officers. Taking the
Anii-seccssionists upon their own grounds, Rrr.
LEDGE sought to show, that they might hare the
ofneers they claimed to be necessary, and still
sufficient revenue could be raised without taxing
the people to half the extent they are now taxed.
The public viii Judge for ITSELF how far the effort
has succeeded. But what must the political
friends Of the Editor say, to the fierce and reck-
less onset he has made upon one of their strong
'st out-posts against separate State secession,
Way they not well exclaim- g Save Us from our
friends, we will take care of onr enemies ~
lile Editors views in regard to raising rcvc-
lue under new government will, we know,
'xelie smile from himself, il he win only re-
'eruse them. If they do not, there is no hope
or him but to return to his school, boy studies,
hat he may yet learn some smattering of arith-
netic, and little plain common sense. Hear
lin.
The million and half of dollars (for the
cw government cannot come to us from the
louds, neither can they be gathered in the pub
c highway. RUTLEDcE, says, "that one
,urtl Of the present Tariff would pay It.
'udgc! The public will have it to pay!!''
This is fair specimen of the Editors wit and
cnus. Onc-fourth of the present Tariff would
ny 1t! KuTLEpoE says no such thing. He did
", the present Tariff is about 80 per cent; and
lat 10 per cent would be sufficient for revenue
nder separate government. Is 10 the ono
urth of 3o' Fudge" says the Editor: the
ariif would not pay the revenue! No! "the
'ople will have it to pay" This is grand
seovcry in political science! Tho Editor d
rtainly at the bottom of the subject ~.
Feltr qua potuit rerum cognasetre cassas.
'c rEofLE pay the Tax! 1t is little surpti-
'g that the Editor should have made this ad-
ssion; for the recent arguments of some OF
party, so to show, that under the Tariff the
'pis do not pay the revenue, but, probably,
melody sin the Clouds" or I" in tho public
'h-way," or it may be some where else. Did
cally never occur to the Editor before, that
people noD pay heavy tax TO the govern
MT under the present Tariff u 90, why
uld it strike him with surprise that the pcoplo
have it to pay under 9 Tariff by the State
crnmcnt' Ono must be led to suppose, that