Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1851-09-25

tue Stute, WHICH,
concile differences, might at ieast, tend gregilS
to allay excitement, by removing one of tfemost
prominent eaass dsritation;
l hsssI questions t a: t:!ssae, sanos slal
canva with the SOB: purpose
of arriving !; and 4 ] AM deeply ply i'm n.
pressed with the befl hatase a:e1t findSthe:
true policy betwea Extremes. l5s,s;
earnestly submlttbsn, BoiIto the Secession
lists and the -eParstphis that eEdssstnes
Of the State have yes been taken from the.
shands of the people s1sIll not;be 90 taken.-
:ly object is not fsssensurs the, Legislature tor
IS a1lsdge action in calling the Con
srenton, and in.hastepipg the election Of Dele
Rgstesto that body ;nor Z: ii to attempt justif-
seati6R diseteGon iOff . some, whomay have
Bbsssn prcsipitated info5ntemperatc remarks and
praslfftss5by too much daging, and by too scns:'
tive honor. ssis
But the coiifiscnfipn is called--tlc Delegates
are elected, afaa saisserding 20 the views of the
Cooperation tmen have been chosen,
either throusliAassdent or artifce, by less than
majori to decide cMpon the fate of S. Carolina
Now, what is to assgained by bewailing an op-
portunity of lsjas SGD, which We have suffered
to pass unimproyea,or by deploring necessity
which cannot sgssoided. The people all should
have voted in the February elections, and it is
their fault, if esriiy, by the exercise of great
er zcal, has:sssafs soitself predominant power.
The cSAlea Illus elected, through their
Apsshealegcd refafissness, has the constitutional
ifffghs:ef Binding them by its acts. Let us seek
to repair olr crrotsby preventing its recurrence
, in future.
HeseceSsiOhisga hit, that they do not wisl,
the State to seccdebc6re the very last day of the
legal existence of,Ahe Convention. The Dele
E Probably b called to meet in next
44aprf6r May, and thepitwill be twelve months,
before fhsy must, of necessity, pass; their final
aSfW SECESSION or submission. There is not a
Disrjet.a ParishinEthe State, but win have,
eeithin that period, theampest, means Of accer-
iainingFnBiic> sentiment The two parties can
not faiffo know which has the majority; and
when that issfarly determined, no man can doub,
abouStfe, path of his duty.
Ifthe Secession party have the ascendcncy
after that thorough test of one year, the Co,
Operation party must yield to the exigency, and
acquesee in the necessity that will force upor
j them; the separate secession of South Carolina
Contend it Isa1kss-Ia tra1f
the Co-operationists,as well as others, must re-
deem their oft-repeatcd pledges, to rally to th'
standard of the State, to fight under it, and,
necessary, to perislfin bearing it aloft l hav,
no fears, that they Will not accomplish their vows
for many of them are7animated with the hghes
sense of their duty, with the purcst patriotism
the loitiest courage, and the most spotlcss virtue
Furthermore, this party has uniformly cor
tended, that all they seek or desire is, that the,
shall have true expression of public feeling, anc
that then, they are ready to abide the extremes
action of the State: The most of them have
sotemnly pHghted their honor to stand or fall witt
South Carolina, in amy contingency. If the,
Know the opinions Of the majority, it is unqucs
tionaby their duty to sustain those opinions, and
if the majority uncquivocally express IFS wish
through the Convention, then they are bound by
their allegiance, to carry out that wish, in its
plaincst 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 eyer1odious memory of the accurscd par
ricide. a 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, butw the opinions of Dis
trict are discovered, without doubt, its members
to the Convention win feel fully instructed, and
will be bound, imperativcly, to represent tho ma.
jority of their constituents in Columbia
Now the obligation of Delegate to express
the wishes Of his constituents, at the time he
casts his vote, can be defended OH the soundcst
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
extrieate 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 alI-thc Convention is impcr-
feet, and the beautiful idea in which it originated
is not bourn out in its deliberations.
Again, when thejsalvation of the Statcis hang
ing upon the decision Of the hour, and when the
dangers of the crisis are SO alarming as to call
the people to exercise their first great right of
sovereignty, if their is not fully represented,
they are not under such heavy obligations to obey,
and the actildone aprtakes of tho character Of
rashness, ifnotof wskcdnesS. q One ofthcrcal
objects calling d Contention is, that in mo-
mcnts Of extreme,danger and apprehension, when
no one is willing to, take the awful separate re-
sponsiby of. guidingstho vessel through the
storm, the passengers themselves, whose lives
and fortunes are embarked, may dictate the
measures of bringing her safe into port, and may
each share an accountability, which is too OPP
pressive for one to bear alone In this last great
emergency, the passengers arc only accountable