Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-08-01
WHAT Is TO COME OF TIT

the present attempt by the socaed American associ
alton, 10 pull down all pre.exs:ing parties and build
up something new upon their rnns
Let the people ask themselves, first, what is TO come
of this effort in National point Of view How is it
to a,nin the desderatum Of unanmity and good feel
Ing in our National Councils How is it TO save the
country from wrangling and discord' How is it to
quell the turbulence Of party animostes and pour oil
upon the troubled waters of sectional strife
Let us Observe answering this sett ofinterrogato
ries, that Know Noihingsm has placed itself before
the country In vaunting opposition to party which
has struggled to preserve the Constitution Of the
United States in its original purity Its object, un-
disguised and unmistakabe is to crush that party out
of power. We alude of course to the old Democracy
of the Unon-a party, whose hold upon the affections
of Americans can only cease when the memory OF
such men as JEFFERsoN, JACKSON and CALHOUN
shall have faded from the public heart. The upstart
of year, with motley banner of whose various de-
vices the unintiated can indeed know nothing, with.
out antecedents and Of unknown il not ignohle birth,
calls upon this old and faithful organization, whose
history but the history Of the true principles of our
Government, TO ground its arms and bow before the
tinsel scep,re of an hour What, let us ask, is TO
come of this. Can unanimity spring from such a
sourcea Can good feeling be engendered BY such
process, Is the veteran of many fields to cringe be.
fore the shabby volunteer Of yesterday! Imagine it
not for moment. Even though this new order OF
politicians had brought with them superior advantages
and real safety for Republican institutions yet
would the pride and obstnacy of an old and cherished
creed resist its oicous teachings with something Of
disdain. But they bring such advantages, no such
safety. Is the Democratic party divided upon the
question of Slavery? The Know Nothings are al.
ready far more desperately Is the policy Of the
Democratic party unacceptable to large portion OF
the people of the United States! That Of the Know
Nothings will assuredly prove infinitely more odions
And SO, for every defect that may be pointed out in
the Democracy, does more exaggerated one exhibit
itself in Know Nothngism. Superadded to this fact,
let it be remembered that all the good features of the
New Order are directly borrowed from the Democratic
PLATFORM Their free.trade, state.nghts" anti
tar," and stctconasruction," principles are copi.
ed from the Democratic creed perbatim ct hterahn.
We mention the circumstance, not as an objection IN
itself, but as showing to whom the Know No'hing'
owe all the es,imable parts Of their political faith.
And it to be expected that the old Democracy should
recognise superior, or even an equal IN this newly
PATCHED up scheme of Know Nothingism! Is the
great original to be set aside for imsy and uncertain
copy1 II cannot be- He is infatuated indeed who
antcipates any such result The effect will rather be
to array the old party more firmly than ever. This
has been shown already in Virginia. 1t will soon be
shown more decidedly in Georgia. And thus, instead
of unanmi,y and good feeling, the Know Nothings
are bringing nought but renewed anmosiiy into the
midst Of the land Tile fight between Democracy and
Whigeery, kept up for many years. was asfer as
il was long, Ye, there was bodness in the position
of ei,her party which commanded, for Whiggery as
we'll as Democracy, the admiration Of the world
around But there is no such admiration elected by
the approaches OF enemy, who, while affecting sym
pa,hy on many grounds and trusting largely 10 the
arrnory of his opponent for SUCCESS would sill thrust
that opponent into the dust Of defeat and disgrace
This coniras. between Whiggery and know Nothing
ism is already felt and will be and more felt BY
the American people. 1t will be too that, even
should the New Order be respectfully successful az
TO attain the power OF the government, there will ther
be less Of peace and less Of unanimty among Americans
than at any previous period Of our history Ihus a
between Know Nohngism and Democracy, the chan
ces are many for inc eased bitterness Of party dssen
sions in our future. But there are other elements
which must enter into these dssensions to make then
more terrible. They are, if we may so speak, the for
ecn and the Catholic elements. However feeble these
----y oosm in their incipencY rapid growth may @
reckoned upon unde: the combined influence Of pros
scription and persecution. And, TO the Know Moth
ings be the praise all given the day may not now be
far distan, when these sources Of spite and hatred sha
pour their dangerous influences with power into ths
history OF American politics. May the blame Of open
ing up such fountains OF mischief attach where it pro
perly belongs!
But let US enquire for moment, what is to come o
this Know Nothing Uprising in Southern point
view
If the order il TO have any success, it must be as
Na,ions parry. This IN doubtless the preference, may
we not say The ambition, OF its entire membership
Now, as National Party, let us ask ourselves wha
are the South and Southern interests to expect Mt lt
hands >, We answer the question by pointing 10 the
single fact that tvo thirds of the order North, (Which
is orer one half of the whole ordsr in the unonl are
given up body and soul, 10 the Ab2ltlonists'-bu'
even supposing that the late notion I'VE torget "ho
started III of Southern Know No,hingism siiall be
carried out is it not clear that its working must Ge
utterly aborve as any good results for the South
And this, for the single that there can be no
utilization with Il EN-, not only on the part Of Demo-
crats but of thousands OF others who abhor their nto-
ernn and proscripve principles as making up (f pos
sbIe) worse evil than sec,ionalinequallty. ltwould
seem indeed to be sefevident that party, having its
beginnings but twelve-month since and that too in
the very hot.bed of Free.So fanaticsm cannot enlist
q union of Southern sentiment on any question, espe'
cay when further appears that this party arrosanty
seeks to place itself in the lead the head Of one
more settled certain and respecable,vz: the Southern
wing of the democratic party. This wing is unques-
tiunably preparing stand together upon the Georgia
platform as the very last point of retreat before The
unsparng injuries of the North And, but for the un.
timely introduction Of Know Nothingism into our
section OF the Union, the Slave States might lave
been by this time almost in unbroken line. How far
this prospect hos been nterfered with by the New Or
der we do not pretend estimate We trust not lr'
remedinby. But, in view of the danger, We earnestly
hope that South Caronians, and Southerners every
where, will beware how they encourage by word or
deed This strange, unexpected and unwelcome intruder
upon The arena of Southern politics 1t is not only
useless and impracticabe for all purposes Of Southern
security but seems to have been conceived in iibera
ty and is certainly based in error.
~ A total of so patents was issued from the Pa
tent Office, a. Washington, during the week ending
July "a.
Ey FIFTY barrels of peaches, costing s3per barrel
were shipped from Norfolk on Tuesday.
N% WEATHER, CROPS, ETc.-The Winnsboro'