Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-08-18
FOR THE ADVERTISER.

NJ ESsRs. EDITORS 81 Dc aulnOr VI ~ SECEboio'-
IsT TILL YET" has seen with some surprise, your
comments upon the short article you did him the
favor to publish few weeks since; and as ne does
not choose to be made TO occupy false position to-
wards Mr.. PicKsHs, he is under the necessity OF
again troubling you for small space in your col
umns, for the purpose Of correcting oil error into
which you scom to have fallen.
4 plain man, one unskilcd in the niccties snd
subtlcties of language, and untaught in that school
Of diplomacy, part Of whose teaching is, that Ian
guage was given to men 10 conceal their thoughts"
always uses such language as will best convey his
meaning. Such man is the author of " y SEcEs-
sIoxIsr Till YEr," and such the language he en-
dravorcd to use in the article referred TO-. That he
has been misunderstood, is unfortunate but he
feels that it must be attributed to your misfortune,
and not to any fault Of his. For, if to speak Of
gentleman in terms of praise, and to culogize his
talents and his virtues be the language Of irony and
SARCASM then, indeed, is the English language with
out meaning, and the less honest people have to do
with it the better.
The writer Of " \ SEcEsslcSIsr Till. YET" SO
far from insinuating that the casual intimacy"
Which exists between Gen. PIERCE and Mr.. PICK
EMS, should dsquaIify the latter for the office Of
Senator, actually adduecd instances, in which this
"intimacy" with former Presidents had failed TO
scducc Mr.. PIcKESs from the service of his con-
sttucnts And he can assure the Editors Of the
Adrertiser, that however highly the people in their
portion of tho State, may prize the integrity and
honor Of Mr.. PrcKESs, that at least portion OF
them in this section" respect themselves too high
ly to irsinuate anything Of the sort, or to make
covert attacks upon the reputation or character o
Mr.. PIcKESs, or any one else. lie deemed the
mention, by 'sJomN LAUEENs" and others, OF this
" "persona intimacy" rs unfortunate, and il coming
from friends Of Mr.. p, as imprudcnt for the rca:
son among many others, (Which is unnecessary tc
na,ne) that with no inconsiierable portion OF the
State, this fact (f it be facty would be no recon-
mcndation to any one for the high Office for which
Mr.. PlcKESs has been named.
a large portion Of the people of South Carolina
do not consider Gen. PIERCE to be 80 marvcllously
Southern in his sympahes and afinitics as some o
their politicians would have them believe. They
think that Gen. P. would not be untrue to the in
stiucts Of his nature, and that as President of the
United States, he would not be found in opposition
to that Free-So interest, by which he is surround.
ed. Entertaining these views, as honest and con-
sc;cntious men, they are unable to appreciate that
l----c-..1--..- which the conventional rules Of
modern society nus established, By which one is
compelled to hold social relations with those who
wait only favorable opportunity to appropriate te
their own use the contents Of his purse Besides
as was said by the author of A SEcEssIoHrsr Till
YEr' in his former communication, Gen. PIERCE
is in direct antagpnism to the two cardinal doctrines
Of the political faith of South Carolina viz Oppo.
snn to the Union and the Compromise. The
shout Of IIozannas to this glorious Union," from
a Southern man, has been aptly TERMED by one who
always occupied high place in the confidence and
affections Of the people Of South Carolina some,
thing akin to TREASON! How far those of the
South who are willing TO enlist under the banner o
that {" "band }" the blast Of whose bugc" rc-cchocs
this shout may be implicated in the crime, leave 10
you to determine. Respectfully,
y SECEssIoSIsT TILL YET.