Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-06-04
3Dolitital,
From the Charleston Courier.
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Delictrsd q! The Democratic Sac Contention q
South Carolina. IN CVLamd:a, .,iay 6, 1856.
Nj: Ps.;to:xr: When it WAS suggcs!c,! Il"
n b; s,n, iii Il +, in at should "iirr few
IL .rks upon The in utter which has called Us 10
rether did uol suppose mt the public ezpec
la,iun would demand of me i lcrgilIrnci
exposition of The Views aud purposes OF our as
hcmblage camc here sinpiy It's the delegate
uf nv friends and ,u.ti; uru;s, "In srH NE oil
account Of lhe deep Interest which they knew !
took in The Convention question. | greaiIulIy
responded to tial call. a,d am happy TO Glcrl
here so large and Respectable an .s>enlblage.
The numbers aurl character Of !his Gody c"n>:l-
,ute sufficient answer to the t;,,nl> aud slcrr>
which certain individuals aud pre~sc- of the
Stale have heaprd upon husc wliu favored this
project. This Mr.. President, is the n;.ugara'iI
of i new era, and the day is Eut far distant
when the gentlemen who have seen fiji 10 issri!
us vii! change their tone. The argument i,
with u.s. and the people also are with Us, dc>;'ir
the cti;,rts Of cque> and cabals to c"nlr"I their
sentiments. | commenced my political career
rs 4 delegate tc the Democratic State CUavcn.
t,on of 1913, and heard Il that line Ii" uhrttin:
ur.r.I, nor assertion made, that VIC were sacr:ii
cinr any lime-iloaored principle. That t"mvrIl.
,ion by Il u,,:,luuiuus vo!e. aud though c;:cn:,
stances NAV have since made such Ir;rc>ea'i-
ton upon subsequent OCCASIONS lilrxprdie;,i, lr
po;ivy OF our ar.un al that iinc has never been
doubted. r
am aware, Mr.. Chairman that many ohjec.
tiuns have been urged to the Convention sy>irm
but where is your remedy? know that i! i
objected that Mass 'cnuselts, which never casts Il
tn 81. triyu nirla in
Convention to eight from South Carolina; aud
adnli, The force OF the objection. But rrpra
where i, the remedy! Ii only the States and
Districts having Democratic Representatives, III
Congress are TO be represented 1T Cincinnati
we should have but seventy-tour delegates There,
which is the present Democratic representation,
in Congress. 1t would be equally unfair to I'D.
.nit representatives only frum lnusc STATES that
in the preceding Presidential CONTEST had v",et
for he Democratic nominee lin rnal case the
Convention of 1914 would haze been couipo.
only of delegate, trun the seven States that
voted for MIR Van Buren, in 1910, aud the C";l-
y.p,inn of 1852 would have been ro;npnsrd
soIely of representatives from the minority ul
States that sustained Gen. Cass in 1913. Nor
would it be proper that The ;wenty->cren States
.,h;rh voted for Gen. Pierce III 1852 should OlI-
IL be represenied 1T Cincinnati: because it i, not
impussiblc that six or seven of the SiaIcS thai
theu went for Pierce may in the neNt Presidential
contest cast their votes for The Black RvpuGii.
can candidate, while two Of the four States ina,
voted for Scolt-Kcnlucky and Teanc>see-arc
nearly certain TO sustain the nominee of the
Democratic Convention. Ii by any Of these
pluns Injustice cuuld bc avoided i! woald be WELL
but injury would be certain to result from ali
of them and The CoEscuilon system seems u
me TO be tie only one cutud ,Ing safely aud
feasibility. know that it is easy 10 Start OBJ
jcctions, and poor must be TIN. mind that has i'"'
Ingenuity sufficient to tnd flaws in every scheme
OF human d.viseu.enl, but we are left only !,
choice of evils, aud must select the best p!au
claim not perfection for The Convention system,
but great principles canaot be carried out With.
ou, party organization, aud that organization
cannot Le preserved save by the nleans which
have indicated.
The Cincinnati, Convention is Of the highest
Importance, for it is certain that this Stale mus,
sustain The nonBes Of that budy. IL is i'm
possibc for her 10 act Otherwise for it is certain
That the next Presidential contest will Le be-
tween the nominees Of tae democratic and black
republican parties, and this Stale could not but
prefer lbe must fshy deHorrat to black repub'