Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-04-15
FOR TIE ADVERTISER.


ing, second time, that we, the Co-operationsts
have no idea of entering into controversy with
Our brethren, the Seccssionsts; because the
topics between lis have already been completely
exhausted, and we can sec no good to arise from
a heated debate. am particularly disinclined
to engage in dispute with your correspondent,
for can well discern his literary car-mark, and
have reason to dread the tcrrors of his gray
goose quill" He commands, too, suclt variety
of well-selectcd images, that it would be vain
for inc to compete with him, in my own unpre-
tending style, or to have the rashncss to bring
my very small crop of flowers to market where
roses and bouquets are literally avished on the
winds. If should pay him deserved compli-
mcnt, he would toss his head about like CO.
qucttisll miss, who had been spoiled by hattery,
and might openly and apparently disdain what
his secret heart dotted upon. One who has the
happy faculty of saying nothing so gracefully,
and who so fearlcssly, and with so imposing a
manner, makes no point and takes no position in
his communication, cannot expect me to contend
with him for am too old TO fight against the
empty air, or to cut and slash the shadows Of
moonshnc. From the billing and cooling OF the
Secession Journals over the delicate little morscl
he furnished them, a week or two ago, in answer
to me, should probably have no fair field to
fight in, if were disposed to make battle.
But that is not my object, and it is not the
object of the party to which l belong. We ask
for pcacc-pcace at home, and peace throughout
the Southern States. We earnestly solicit tie
help of our friends to unite the South, and to
still keep up fire against Northern tyranny
and oppression. Had the contest of last year
resulted in our defeat, and in proving, that, Of
the two contending parties, ours was in the
minority, we certainly intended to lcud all the
aid in our power to our victorious friends, and
to follow them, not only TO the edge, but even
into the very gulf Of ruin, which VIC believed
was opening wide its hideous jaws to receive
both them and ourselves. They had our pledge
to sustain them and it would have been rcdccm-
ed, il they had carried the State. One common
disastrous fate would have been the lot Of us all
and the hopes Of all Carolina would lave been
buried in the same grave.
Is it not manifest then, that we have the right
now to call upor the Sceessionsts for assistance
to apply the only remedy we deem calculated to
restore the life of our liberty, and to save us all
from poverty, disgrace and miscrg? 4 South
crn COnfederacy is the only sovereign medicine
left rs. But our courteous friend, suggests
that " the parties can never be united except in
action,n and proposes {" a marriage contract" :"
| agree with the gallant gentleman, that, in
matters of love, action docs lcgitinatcly succeed
after contract, and especially after the cclcbra-
ton of the marriage rites. But are the, fair
madcns always cnducd with patience sufficient
to wait for the tedious details of contract, and
must some preliminary action not be had to set
lie the terms Of agreement! Propose your terms.
Unless thev norrcsrnnd with those We have been
attempting ro-lay down, we cannot abide them.
To adopt the same strain Of your correspondent,
we are now looking up to the high hills Of Sc
ccssion, and anxously wondering what the in
Eabilants thereof will do. "Will they do, as
they would, that others should do unto them 9''
Shall we not only be compelled to sign a
contract with them, a term odious to frce-liyers
and generous souls, but shall its stringent stpu-
latons divorce us from those whose love needs
no contract TO bind it, and no marriage ecrcmo-
nal 10 fastcn its chains No, no-wc must
receive your sincere ovcrturcs Of lore before VIC
seriously consider the propricty Of contract.
SECESSION" has quoted portion of my first
article, aud triumphantly asks, if his party was
not cnlcavnring 10 do last year, when it was
opposed and thwartcd by us, precisely what we
wish it to do nowl To which | answer no.
moi according to my honest understanding of its
principles Of action. 1t did call upon the State
to unite, but 10 unite in what To unite in i'm
mediate separate Slate Secession. Some of the
more reasonable Of his partisans advocated that
course, bccalisc they were impressed with the
belief, that such prompt and terrible action would
force Southern Union. Others maintained the
doctrine Of solitary secession, because from their
excited temper, they deemed South Carolina
sufficient to stand against the world in arms, or
perhaps from IN ardent love Of havoc and dis
cord, which had seized upon them as a foul
epilepsy, or rather from an intulelGlble icrccncss
Of spirit, which from being baf1lcd by the wiles
Of the General Government had grown /" fierccr
by despair" and had rendered even the horrid
description of Nlolocl applicable 10 their own
anomalous state of mind.
His trust was with the eternal to be dccm'd
Equal in strength and rather than be less,
Cared not to be at ALL With that care lost
Went all his fear of God, or He'll, or worse
lie rcck'd not"
But the Scccssionists as party never occupied
the grounds have taken. Instead Of calculat-
ing how they could effect union of the
South, they were calculating the guns and men,
and warlkc resources of South Carolina. We
maintained then, and we maintain now, that
Southern Confcdcracy should be formed before
cutting the cord that binds State to the Union
they maintained that such Confederacy was
beyond hope, or was useless, that the tic should
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