Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-11-12
From the Char1estonasf asfmdard.
THE CRISIS 0Rfs56. :.
NO. Y. g

"To Jo ,ho, % nbo, il 10 rssistshe slavery ar
gress Of fixed majority Of noniasshOlding States
Of action mast b. ,1 nesssssfy-no. TO saw
ourselves our + Thus, is my view, eoseest IS The one hn
needfaI.'-J C. Calhoun: r.,
will advert to Ole othesiuslancc iu evi
dence Of the true position ds those consii
tuiing the Co operation Paiy, and of The
earnestness and consisicnk5purpose witt
which they pursued their object. II will BIZ
observed that my effort in tiesc numbers i:
no, to prove that the Co.opsralionists were
right, in stopping short with the remedy 5
originally proposed by ,he;Statei as indicated
by the Legislature in its acton inglS4 aud
1910, but to show, first. whawas that RENE
dy; sccond, that IN: 1850 lhe; Legislature
committed the Sales TO nol8isns more than
the remedy; thira, that the Eo- operationist:
were 10 earnest in sustainiD8ethat remedy;
fourth, that as to this remeaH Hthey never fal.
tered; and lastly, that thealestion Of the
separate secession of SonqEsc scarolina, OIL
which parties divided, was1pew issue, mol
contemplated in tho progrsss Of previous
agitation, and in regard to Which those hith.
erto acting in concert migllkssasonably nn.!
honestly differ. 3Saip'
In the columns Of the "sSoahera Stand.
ard, were published certaif articles, with
the caption "OuR Mrsstoxls it TO he ac-
complished by the perpetuailSn OF our pres.
cut Union!" These articlesEwerc review
Of Bishop Capers' letter Ssf FEBRUARY G;
! 1881. and an article on the 9Egils of Disu.
nion;" in the January 1umbar OF the South
crn Presbyterian Rerietr lorahat year, attri.
buted to DR.. Thornwcl. Thc articles in
the Standard were subsequently, published
! in IA well got up pamphlet uf,$ome thirty-ive
pages, and came from the Im Of a gentle
man certainly not prone to aAmlion, or even
supposed TO be in love with 3ieltics-a man
Of integrity, purity and pirlyaand in general,
so entirely devoted to his Mofession, as to
satisfy even That Jealous mistress, the Law.
Mn. AICCR.py, in answer 10. the Reverend
gentleman, SAYS, !" in our Rmble opinion,
the much longer con,inuancaof this Union,
aud not its dissolution will 'tioopard nil ,,nt
our Fathers gained, and cover in midnight
darkness, the prospects, andRestiny Of our
posierity." We do no, tremblsat the thought
Of its dissolution, but the prospect is cheer.
ing aud encouraging to our G9ntenp ,lion,
aud we devoully y believe itsgrave' will, in
after times. be beresewed, nnt;asa sad mono;
rial Of death bat, "as the Shed casket Of
The Chrysalis, which had pre3sfYed the hum,
!'Blefthing onty aRa Usher it into
a more beauteous form and more active and
joyous life
think have succeeded in proving that
there is no good reason why "Secesslon'sts"
aud "Cn'operatI"nis's" should not bury the
past ana act III harmony '"Se'lsr'
now n"aefsaIe 10 snow III !e !.'' '"ose h'''w" ",
III i3'o anu looi as o"toals's' may M''n'
OUT uo','5 ',''e"c' 10 '''''' i',sI p's'''""'
s!a'la sa"a'aer 10 sn'u'aer IT. WIN oo''pc'"'
II 'n's,s ~ '"e coming eo"'i'.'. ~ a;,
""''lc'e'.. '''' ''.""e, ""s Hsro', i, 'a'"N' .:
','e'' gwen 10 'he 'ae'' .aa, s,:o" '"As ."s
'''e '.A .'' L." n"' SUM" ,'a.a;,. a. a' so,.ni;nn
,l,., .,,,,;,soo,.o or h,r r;,;y,ns Tb,i
,,;.a co., trna r ro,;n;,, !. roonir,d pnon
~. .II,,. .n,,.o =, r.s,oot Tb. ro,,l,. ,.nn.
sIi,ntin9,IIv assembled have uiyen to oindivid
ais their Liobest l,w as ,,sn SIS that Jaw is
nnrcrr,Irj and thav. ,nroiess themselves
r,i,bfnl citizens nr SnHtb Carolina.
On the aO,b Anr;I 1852 the following
Resolution and Ordinance was adopted by
, Constitutional Convention Of the peopie
of Sou,h CaroIina:
Resolved Ry the Pcop7e of South CAo.
linn !, Courrvyjou assembled, That tn. ire.
ouent violations Of the Constitution of the
II,;,od Sto,as Inv ,La Fod.,l Government
and its oncro, cbnsn,s anon the reserved
r;oh,s If tbo sovoreinn States of this Union
esDoc;,IIv in r,l,tion 10 slavery amply n.ti,
e. ,h;s Stats sn far IS onv dn,y and o5Iiga.
T., - La. nonc,,ior.,os i ;uvoIvel in dis.
''p" " ",' ~ eo".H IN '''i;,'i ",nma.t;nn will
s"N's "a. "'''e n ''I ,I', 's sIa C;rhn,rs ,I,o ex
"e' s,',1'ats ''," ,i.' s"ht S"t "r
r'e'se n, r. [rou ,s .onsidsrsings ] Of exneliencv
"",,. ,,I"' '''"' 'O'S'''e''''oi: "
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AN ORDINANCE I" DEoLANh , I'm" ~ n.c"a ~ M VI
4: THIS STATE TO sEcEph rN0" i''h fAD
hNAA 1:>t'''
we. me frope Of INC o1a,e y nous' a.
Cafo''"a, ~ contention asSsAoea, aI ,.sra, ~ aa,
c'4m dina "la"1m 1s 0"a |" GnI;ya "snaGy a ;n:,G
0nn o'a"lneI' ! Nv. .a .2""" ,;J, v as ,n inda
uapIaS, rs si,,a ~, ,ccedsd 10 ,hc Federal Union
e"ue'' n''.I' . "II," I1u;,I " States M Of America
n"s n"J ,h,t a. i; a ,ha exs,cise Of the same sover.
anu 'hat ~ '"o VI ~ i:r