Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1851-07-31
VOL. XVI.--NO.2S

| Pdit W couceal from tne SOuthern MINE
your selfish ambition, and your agenc,
in bringing upon the country so man,
fearful evils, is not the least remarkable
1t shows sir, the perfection to which yor
have carried the arts of political knavery
At times ready to offer up the South as; .
sacrifice, the victim of your ambition, to
make yourself popular at the North
thrice have you by your intrigues for the
President brought the country to the
verge of civil war. ~
And Notwithstanding your American
system has plundered the South, under,
color Of law, of a thousand millions, for
the benefit of your Northern allies not.
withstanding your Compromises" have
put in jeopardy fifteen hundred millions
more-notwithstanding your last Com
promise" confscated for your abolition
associates an immense territory, the right
full property of the South, and as con-
sequence, the Southern horizon presents
to your gaze now one unbroken line of
storms, fast thickening into a sweeping
tempest, and with the glare of the light
ming of civil war in your face, still you
have brought upon that Union which you
profess to love so much, and still true to
your instincts, aud standing upon the
brink of the grave, your thirst for power
is yet unappeased.
1t may be worth while, sir, to pause
and enquire why you have labored so
long in vain--why your ambition is not
yet gratifed, in a country which offers SO
many incentives 10 honorable exertions
To all save yourself, the cause of your
oft-defeated aspirations is no mystery.
Your domineering and tyrannical pro-.
pensities are wormwood and gall to those
even who acknowledged you as their,
party leader. Not content with being
the leader of party you cannot stop
short of being its tryant. The party to
whom you have looked for elevation:there-
fore refused to place you in their power.
Thirsty as many of them are for diri-'
sion of the spoils, they are sufficiently
circunspect to profit blythe moral ofthe.,
ton q oiss D e
the lions share Of power, at least II not
of plunder. Tho wire.workers Of. your
political associates comprehend the lea.
ding traits of your political. character.
They became aware, at,an early stage
of your career, that although at times
ready to compromise" away the. rights
of others, you are careful never to "scom-
promise" the objects of your own insa-
tiate ambition. The game at which you
have played requi,eda a heavy stake. The
property, the equality, peace and repose
of the South was too much for your
courage when, your political morality
interposed no obstacle to the hazard.
With the desperate spirit of the gambler,
of which you had some conceptions, you
placed the country--the mother that
warmed you into life-upon the board,
played the game, and lost stakes. Won
derful man what superhuman powers
of endurance you possess for you still
live, with mountain of political guiltup.
on you. But, sir, think not you will
escape forever. "There is q divinity
which shapes the ends of man." and the
worm that never dies will yet feel the
enduring punishment of offended justice
and violated faith. When the apathy
and delusion which now hangs so heavily
upon the minds of your outraged coin.
trymen shall have passed away, / would
not endure for moment the scorching
sentence Of reprobation which they will
pass upon you, for all the empty honors
you have received, or ever hoped to, ac-
quire.
You are still, sir, surrounded by fatter.
ers, who hold to your lips the cup of adu.
lation, which you so greedily quaff: It
may be deemed indecorous to disturb
your self:complacency and composure, by
selling to. your mind past "reminiscences
in your past eventful life, not so credita.
BILE to your character as statesman as
your best friends might desire. But there
is one portion of the country from which
you claim no title to forbearance, and |
am not aware that the arbitrary rules OF
decorum require that your selected bio.
graphers and partizans have alone the
right to be heard. You must be brought,
sir, to the bar of public opinion, and the
means by which you have inflicted in.
durable wounds upon the Constitution.
and lit up the torch of civil war, must
be exposed, that your power of doing
mischief may bo taken from you, and the
contagion of your example may cease
to contaminate the young men Of the
rising generation. shall present to the
public in a series of numbers, the adverse
side of the picture Of your public life
The task is not a grateful one, for the
material before ME affords ample evidence
that shall have more public vices than
nnhlic virtues to record. When the work
is done the candid man will find ii
difficult to determine whether to accord
to your merit the sentiment of pity OF
contempt.
! have the honor to be
Your obedient servant,
BRpTrs.
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