Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-07-28

nakedncss, and stimulate our youth to emulate the
intelligence and the virtues Of their ancestors.
CITIZEN OF OLD EDeEy,ELp.
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For THE ADVERTISER.
MEssns EDrrons IL have lately seen q think in
the Carolinian) an article signed "JonS I.AuRESs,'
addressed to lion. f. w. PIcKgss, upon the sub
jcct of United States Senator. The production to
which allude is u remarkable one. If the Ian
guagc used by the writer, is intended to compli-
ment, it is cxtravagant and fusum, if mcant TO be
ironical, it is too polished to be effective Plain
men might not be able 10 detect the point. How
e:er, with this have nothing odo. LAURENs'"
article is, doubt, properly understood and appr.-
ca:ed by the gentleman to whom it is addressed;
and if not, it is no concern Of mine. il it be the
production Of friend need only remind the wr-
ter, that the indscreon Of friends, is often far
more to be feared, than the open attacks Of enemies.
The writer's alluson to the intimate personal re-
lations of Gen. PIERCE and Mr. PrcKENs, is the
Only portion of his article, which gives any con-
ccrn. and about which intend TO trouble you.
Now, while am willing to admit, that Mr.. PICK
has claims TO the Office which the partiality Of
some Of our people has assigned him, fully equal to
those Of any Of the gentlemen whose names have
been mentioned in connection with it-and would
gladly see him in the position-yet am unwilling
that personal intimacy with General pIEncE, should
be considered forming any portion Of his claims
Mr. PIcKgSs has higher, and fair more legitimate
claims to the Office than those mentioned by the
Carohnian's writer. lie has high ability, lofty in
dependence, and devotion to the interest Of the
State, rarely cqualcd by any Of our public mcn and
cxcecd by none of them. II | remember rightly,
while in the service Of the people Of the State on
folmcr occasion lie proved his devotion to their
interests, by refusing high Federal honors, which
were rendered him by President TYLER, and sub
scqucntly, also, by President Polk. lie declined
to accept the missions TO Austria France AMI Eng
land, all Of Which, If am correctly informed, were
; sevcraly rendered him by these gentlemen. AS
one of his constituents, properly appreciated the
ground upon which these honnrs were declined by
! him. Mr.. PIcKEHs was unwilling that prominent
and favoritc citizen Of South Carolina, should hold
intimate relations with the Federal Government, at
time when the fetters which now bind and en-
slave her people were being forged. lie could not
be hired 10 forswcar allegiance to his State and
transfer it TO her opprcssor Has any public man
within the history Of our State, shown more gen.
erous devotion to her interests aud honnr7
But while | am willing to admit that Mr. PIcKENs
has, heretofore proved himself TO be superior TO
the allurcmcns and Establishments Of Federal Office,
and more than once, trumphantly passed through
temptation, yet. there arc those in the State who
would, perhaps, be unwilling to see him again SUBJ
mittcd to its fiery ordeal. Hence the great impru-
lcncc of his friend Of the CarOlinian. Besides, it
cannot be denied, that all subject To the
fraltics and imperfrctions which characterize hu-
impcrfrctions of man." WAS the remark Of one both
wisc and eminent And if !" lead us not into
temptaton," be maxim of the highest wisdom,
surely to avoid again trcaling its seductive paths
is not without its potency and force. Again, | am
one of those who of the opinion, that the Sta:c
of South Carolina occupies at this !imc, false p,'-
son. believe that her proper attitude is that Of
resistance to those Federal measures which General
PIERCE and his purity have $50 eagerly ;fuf0fscd. OF
the means by which resistance has been Il warted
and the State thrown into position so untrue 10
her ancient self, and 80 unbccomng to her honora-
Bile and chivarous people, may, on u future occa-
sion speak But honestly entertaining these views,
am not only UNIV ling that personal intimacy with
Gen. PIERCE, should BE- considered qualification
in those who seek to serve u.s. but are utterly op.
posed to the vote Of the State being cast for the
nominees Of the Democratic party. They are, both
Of them, Union and Compromise men! To each OF
which measures, South Carolina is uttcrl, opposed
BY the latter, she has solcmnly declared, ,hc has
been robbed and degraded and her hostility to the
former has passed into proverb. Is South Caro-
lima prepared to endorse the nality" Of the Com.
promise, and willing that portion Of that measure
by which she has been robbed and dcspoilcd of her
rights should be made the basis uf all future legs
atiun upon the subject of future territorial nc.
qui>tons7 II So let her cast her vote for PIERCE
and King, ahd cap The climax Of her inconsistency
But the hour in which she commits this act. and
places herself in position by which those high in
her confidence can chain her TO the car Of Federal
usurpalbn, the death kncll of her dclivcrancc and
liberty will have been rung! Until then | have
hopes. \ SEcEssioSIsr TILL YET
HEAVY FREsHEr.-We learn that the mill
owners of the interior are suffering severely
from the heavy rains On Friday night all the
dams on Horse creek, except that at the Bath
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