Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-02-19
WIRE-WORKING EXPOSED.

TIE Standard. of Charleston, seems TO he de-
cidedly and emphatcally Of the opinion that tic
Secessionists arc still cndcavoring to manage the
political wires, so as to carry the State into the
measure Of separate action. We are not, as the
Standard is, the organ of 4 party-but all indepcn.
dent though humble member of the corps editorial
Of South Carolina. 1t is not our privilege TO
know what is going on in the Secession ranks
Csub rosa) throughout the different portions Of
the State. We verify believe, however, in spite
of the Standards trcinulous notes Of warning,
that there is perfect calm in said ranks-a calm
snperinduccd by the Cooperation showcr-bath
of last Fall, and which argues no good for the re-
mutation of our State-but one which an irnpe-
rous majority Of Carolinians have decided uFon
rs necessary 10 our safety. The Sccessionists on
this side Of the State Cand here we do not write
unadvisedly) have, under the influence of this
calm, ceased to nurse and keep alive the useless
and vexatous flames of party strifc-and 50 have
the Co-opcralionists, rs far rs we are capable of
Judging. We are beginning TO feel like brothers,
firm and true again. We were opposed on ques.
ton of expediency, which question has been de-
cidcd, for the time being, by the decretal order Of
the Sovereign Peope-and we, who advocated
the policy Of resistance by Secession, are ready to
abide that decree, (until revokedl rs we would
have expected the Co-operationists TO have done,
had the decision been in our favor. However
earnestly desirous of saving (as we thoughp the
honor of the State by the bold and commanding
stroke of separate action, we arc yet aware that
ii was policy which must have been carried by
n decided majority to have made it fully effective.
We are conscious that any such course can never
almit Of tamencss or uncertainty in the execution,
without losing its most essential features Of power.
And we have therefore felt that we are called
upon, rs we'll by common reason as the voice Of
the balot.box, 10 quell this unavailing strife and
turn our thoughts TO otllcr things, which it may
be possible for us 10 consummate without the
chickering's of internal agitation. That the proper
I" time and occasion" for action was the winter of
81 and so we yet firmly believe. Butwe believe,
with equal faith, that the time and the occa.
sion" are now irretrievably lost, by whose fault
we leave the future historian TO decide. And,
being lost, we cannot see aught OF wisdom or pro.
priety in still urging measure which Is, TO say
the least, out of season in this latitude. When
the fitting moment shall again arrive, we hold
ourself in readiness to battle heretofore, or the
united cause of Secession and State Sovereignty
And that moment, even our opponents admit, will
have come when the Federal Government shall
attempt repetition of the outrageous legislation
of the past. In the meantime, we are clearly in
favor of &c burying the Ratchet" at home, and Of
bringing South Carolina back to that condition Of
unanimty, which is necessary 10 enable her nj
future time, to do something worthy of the land Of
CALHOUN. We are mistaken, if this be not the
feeling uf the Secession party in tins section oi
our State.