Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-09-22
A GLANCE AT OUR POLITICAL PROSPECTS AM
MITES.

IT i. almost reduced to certainty that the Demo-
cracy of America will succeed in placing their nomi
nee, FRANKLIN PIERCE, of New Hampshire, IN the
Presidential chair Their promises to be sig
nal and this result will most probably involve the
entire defeat and dispersion Of the Wings. by this
we mean that no party, worthy of naEnc can much
longer hold together throughout the Union, upon the
principles heretofore embraced by what has been
known as tho Whig Platform The tendency to rtln
into two great sectional Divisions is becoming daily
more manifest; and We cannot believe that many
wears will elapse before both Whiggery and Democra.
cy will be entirely merged in the struggle which Is
fastening on between these two Divisions, and winch
will certainly prove be deadly struggle for the
ascendancy. The political elements OF the country
nrc in uncxamplcd confusion, and from oil the indica'
tons i, would seem that we nre about to take ne"
latitude and departure. CALHOUN and CLAY arc
dead, and WEBSTER will soon be off the stage. The
bias these great men gave to party operations will
now be lost aud every thing will settle down upon the
real sectional interests of the country. Thus let it
be. The sooner the contest is brought about, the
better for the Southern members Of the Conederacy
1t will bo hard. fought battle; but if the South can
be brought to stand true her best interests, the
victory may yet be ours. In risw Of the thickening
evidences of sectional strife. it behoves those who nre
now looked to for guidance in Southern Councils TO
study the crisis and prepare to meet 1t with wisdom
and holiness Delighted would We be 10 SEQ our own
South Carolina statesman land. although our Great
Light is ryinguiahed we Yet have much of ability
and experience cf) forgetting past differences, and
working together to place thuir State once more upon
high and common ground. 1t is very possible that
wise and firm course, given to her politics at this
time will enable her to rccovor her lost position and
TO command the sympathy of her sister States in the
future combinations which must arise.
And here we would take occasion to differ with
opinions which have been advanced in regard to tho
importance Of representation in Congress ii is
said by many that g it matters but little what de-
scripion Of poioians send there now" one
man will do as we'll AZ anoiher'-'' the thing is ont,
&C. &C. These are generally careless and unstudied
remarks it is true; but they wocfuy wide of III.
mark and should be guarded against most cautiously
1t is dangerous error to say that the struggle fol
Southern Rights is over and that now we can do no
thing more than sit down in patient submission. Or
the contrary. thar struggle has just begun. Wha
South Carolina attempted to do last year but
Of the first evidences of the indignant uprising of ar
outraged people. Her movement would cerainl!
have commanded the admiration Of mankind hnd i
progressed as it began. But Southern sisters wer'
not yet ready for the contest. Many Of the most in
Auentia citizens of State apprehcndcd, from thi
cause, n faurc-their arguments and appeals pro
vailed and South Carolina paused and set aside he
preparations for maintaining her equality declaring
her independence. This truly sad result in lh
estimation OF many of us and, at the Time, was but
reasonable subject Of modification. But that .deci
sion final ia the past. and there all have cheer
fully agreed to lot rest. To the FUTURE the par,
shu,l we now turn thoughts and bend our enc:
! gie.. The next struggle will be one between III
| North and the Suuili-bclwccn abolition and slar
labor-and here surely South Carolina will be unit
With the exception of n miseraby small and tain,e
minority, We will assurcdy be together in that grea
contest. In anticipation then of this restoration
arny and union in our ranks, let US begin even no,
to counsel together in former days. upon the dute
and trials which arc before us. The last great cfoI
to for,ify and secure our peculiar institution is n
hand And the most maturcd wisdom, the ripcst eI
pericncc anu the most consumate sagacity onr Stat
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and powerfully in the American Congress, where hi
great cause is pending and must soon be tried.