Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-04-08
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~ s4s e ain take this extract from the number Gf
the Adrsrtiser, ISSUED 6nsthe 18th February.
q In the meantime 1--WE are clearlyin favor Of
3 .buryingthe hatchet' at home, and Of bringing
.Sontir Carolina back to that condition Of, ,unan
Unity, which is necessary TO enable hcrsat al
future time, to do something worthyof theland'
of Calhoun"
.a.sI proceed now, to consider that finished edi-
torial Of yours on Southern Friendships contain
ed;ip Your nunn,beriof the 26th February, and |
Notwithstanding the pleasure it usually affords
MI ambitious men to see their illusions repro
duccd. shall give it but short examination,
and Dismiss your patient attention for another
occasion. when promise to offer you, if neccs-
sary, richer and more varied entertainment.
Let me trouble you with u few more short ex-
tracts. In that admirable production just re-
ferred to, YOU sny. 5.-st.--e.-
gNo,hins is now Of greater importance to
Southern interests than the business Of cement
ing these same Southern friendships"
| a little further down the column you state,
that to eradicate the cause Of the estrangcmcnt
of, the, Southern States should beaone Of the
chief purposes Of the Legislator, ever present to
the minds of those who have charge, of the
press, and food for reflection to every intelligent
citizen by the quiet Of his own heartlstone.' =
In another part you exclaim, fling tlannishncss
to the dogs, and in its place, let us foster that
more enlarged Southern pridc-those more
! comprehensive views of Southern a6flliation,
upon W hicll we are now instructed to depend as
the only efficient safeguard Of either Southern
or States Rights. We turn from the "old
love" to the new" with less Of sorrow than
we at first anticipated because, while thereby
bidding adieu to an emotion associated will
some of tho most brilliant "reminiscences Of the
sold Carolina State" We are colnfurtcd by tn,
belief, that what's lost TO our peculiar fame ma,
yet be- atoned for by our modest yet untirins
excr,ions in the common Southc,n cause" Thi
communication could not be better concluded
than by the concluding portion of this same
appropriate editorial of which, however, We hav'
space only for one excellent paragraph.
Then let US open the dooraat every prope
time, and in every becoming manner to the in
crease and strengthening Of those friendl,
relations, which should, and perhaps will, at u,
distant day, result in drawing the Southern
States. or majority of-thcm, into a pcrmancn
, and indissolublc union-an union Of confdin.
friendship as well as Of fixed and identical in
,tcrcsts. in what manner tliis should be done
we do not propose TO designate particularly a
this time Suffice tito cay that, in all onr futur
. legislation and general intercourse, this motive
shonld become our guiding star. If faithful,
followed, it will lead I'd TO the accomplishment
of many acts resulting in reciprocal benefits ant
+ mutual kindness--it will lead US to the cultiva
. ton Of constantly courteous and liberal inter
!, communication, ono with another-it will lea,
us to fur more perfect approximation of tom
and sentimcntth now exists. And thus th
, day may possibly yet come, when the Southern
, States shall be consolidated for alI purposes q
outward defence, while still single and indcpen
dent in the control Of their internal affairs.
, i am now prepared Sirs, to make my bow Il
you. am sure tIiat you viii acquIt me, in you
: mind, of any effort to prove Inconsistency j,
:: your course My sole object, intTe latter par
; Of this article has been to pass in review, you
real sentiments in order to ascertain whether w
arc of the same:creed. And ynu cannot itnag
I liac3witis whatdeeling5 Of qualification and prid.
Il is,
: Right, y and with onerdasb of. my bold pen Il
sign my name on your muster ron for III.
: balance off the war. 5' ,i; E;.-a So I.
j feel a disgust fora contemplate party name
even the name efa Cooperation, 'and shall
hcnccfortll write under signature cousecrated
alike by patriotism and by vaIor.
~ SALUDA Alias Co. OPERATOR.