Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1851-06-12

grandeur to which under other auspices we
could never attain. 1t is contended, also, that
the State is not pledged to an extreme course,
although the morale of her position and char
aeter utterly forbids submission like that of
Virginia and Georgia-that medium is sug-
sestcd, which if adopted, virtually places her
at once out of the Union without any con-
fiict; and. mustleadao Southern League,
or at all evente, as she cannot secede, TO
separate independence By her own excrtions,
when the means of strength and other re-
sources shall be acquired. gSa ~
These are essentially the conflicting Pro-
CRANES. 1t is not proposed ut this time to
discuss them. Several clements eoniaiusd
i'll them, it will be perceived, are common,
Both advocate disunion-boths oppose-aequt
escence to past outrages--and In both, a
Southern Contederaey is . foregone conelu-ss
sion: In one case. TO- be formed by interest
and sympathy, urging to the assistance of a
sister struggling in common cause lin the
other, by the outward force Of fanatie agggres-
sion. While the points at yariance, may for
all practical purposes, be,reaily resolved, into
the simple question ot-time! The one par
ty with eager impatience,p carried away by I
commendable sensibllity to insult and injury, Z
would promptly strike the oppressor-would
early in the coming year, dissolve the per-
verted and despotic Union-the other, with 5.
caution, and what. they Term polite delay,
would only give the blow, whensupposed to
be fatarbeyund recovery, and in all als effects
would prove most efectual andamost wise.
Ifthese are, truly y,thetwo platforms in South
Carolina, OF ere long to become SO, here then 2
is the vital difference between them And
on this issue of time with such aistake in
controversy comparatively insignificant, there
are Indications that our people are about to
contend. Judge BUTLER, in his Hamburg
letter alludes to other meetings he maybe
called on to address. Mr. Burr speaks Of
the "madncss" Of driving the State into.
separate secession. A meeting has been call
ed at Greepville, to be followed in'all pro-
liability, by others elseWere; The minority
are organizing. With zeal and activity they
are stretching their xvi wires s through the, State.
The majority must'soon be goadedinto.acs
ton. What will be5theresult? From the !
ardent character of our people, laissensions
NAV ensure4bitterness and hostility imra,yysbs =
engendered@-the, ii present small breach may
be widened into gulf; the lamcnted cor:
tests Of The. epoch Of Notification may be re-
newed the fanaticism of party spirit may
induce eyen,a denial. of the right of secession
Mt allt-a possible reaction may overwhelm
both n,.atforms,a and erect upon theirr;nrnionthe
Monster of submission; and byNhers own ?
sons, the state be:degraded to. irretriesable Z
if,famy! God forbid, to realise an antieipa-
ton 50 painful, ana in mefcy. Il. noble peo-
ple,, maybe weaken and confuse the eounselsss
Of those,who, would cherish o.. promote, such
facticidal strife! y 4 Is
3. Let 30 n partiea, fore pause bsfotea
be too5late, and calmly euiewithrirpretcI,
sions, to orthodoxy j Let them,@ temperateiy,
argue this little matter Of stiMs,i iSndhs it is
involved to degree IN conjecture, array All y,
tie probabilities upon either decision, that :
of seeding next year, Of of adopting msa. <
sures to bring i! about at some future period,
The Convention will deliberately weigh them
all, and will be guided, also, by. the circum..
stances that exist when they assemble, and
that. may arise during theirisession. The
precise moment chosen~foraction may provo
compromise of the controversy. That body
NAV perceive the proprie.y 5:of abstainine
from instant secession: bv'u iConoressiopaI
manifestation Of tbe, ranpant arrooal,ca i tTff Of
Yankee bower. and by the CONSEQUENT hobo
Of Southern eo.operation. It NAV adjourn,
to meet aoain. Il NAV form a slonp parlia-
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