Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-03-19

IN common W1tn NOrt0ern OeInOcTAS lol INicu-
ardson, for Orr and for Aiken-in oil one hun
dred and thirty-three times. To be consistent,
she should do more and recull her entire delega-
ton in Congress-, for | assure you solemly that
if our political relations with Democratic nlem-
bers here were to conform to the relations which
some persons desire our State to bear towards
the Democratic States, the moment We set up
for exclusiveness and turn our backs upon such
Democrats az Clancy Jones and Cadwaader Of
Pennsylvania, (who would trust ms soon ms If
they were slave. owners, and because they inter-
pret the Constitution rs We do and obey it,) that
moment we become powerless and might as well
be at home on our farms. But in the matter OF
consistency, We are told that our State has uni.
formly declined all connection with National
Conventions Is this historically true! In May,
ls43, our people assembled in Convention at Co.
umbia, and appointed delegates to attend ths
Democratic Convention at Baltimore, and for the
avowel purpose Of promoting the nomination OF
Mr. Calhoun for the Presidency. The two din.
tinguished gentlemen selected 10 represent the
State at large, went to Baltimore. But before
they reached that city it was clearly ascertained
(so clearly that the District Delegates were not
appointed) that Mr. Calhoun could under no
circumstances get the nomination for the Pres-
dency, and THEREFORE they declined TO take their
seats.
Does any man in The State believe that If Mr..
Calhoun's chances had been rs good when the
Baltimore, Convention met, as they had been ut
the time of the meeting Of the State Conyen-
ton which appointed the delegates, that they
would have fes;tated about uniting with Nation
al Democrats and of nominating Mr.. Calhoun !!
haap olntad hp
of public Indignation had they dared to do 30.
sented in the Baltimore Convention Are the
facts not that two delegates were chosen 10 60
to Baltimore-that they appeared in that city
while The Convention was suggested by our
own delegates-that they made speeches in his
behalf at different points Of their Ionte on their
return home-thal district meetings were called
TO hear their report-that the State OF South
Carolina endorsed the conduct of her delegates,
and approved again The mission upon which they
were sent by voting for the nominee of the said
National Convention? And if this be not
"tampering" with Conventions, would like to
know what is. Why, sir, the mission to Eng
land was offered to each Of the delegates in
reward for services rendered" in their mission
to Baltimore, and was magnanimously declined
by them both.
Ours are a gallant but peculiar people. They
cavil about 1squatier sovereignty" while the
Abolilionists are taking possession Of Terrific
ry which has been re-opened to slavery. They
fiddle whiIe Rome is burning. They profess
an earnest desire for the reelection of Gen.
Pierce, and are yet reluctant to make the only
move which can, by any possibility, benefit
him. That they are sincere do not doubt,
but nm sure they are Influenced by motives Of
tAtriotism, >; = .-a .S3s'..- ~ :.
have deliberated upon this question with the
deepest solicitude, and have reached the conclu-
sion that we have every thing 10 gain and moth
ing to lose by going into Convention. We
should he there to unite our Southern brethren
in demanding platform of principles, and
candidate We can trust We should be there 10
encourage our friends, and urge them up 10 the
highest point of Southern sentiment. 1t no
other good results from the association, it will
relieve our State from the charge Of desiring to
dictate to her equas-from an alleged assump-
tion of superiority which is always offensive.
Waving every other consideration. would
have our State represented, in order to promote
Southern harmony.
Since the opening of the session have made
it my duty to confer with every leading DEM
ocrat in Congress from the South, and all con-
cur in regarding The representation of our State
under The peculiar circumstances in which we
are now situated rs high moral obligation.
The legislation Of tho last Congress Was in our
favor. and The present administ ration us true 10
the Constitution as the needle 10 the pole Be-
sides, we stand committed by the last Conven.
ton of our people to cooperate with the South.
Many gentlemen who cherish the EXTREMIST
South Carolina views-who earnestly desire
that South Carolina principles shall pervade
every Southern State. shall be engrafted upon
every Southern beart-tell me that it is all i'm
portant TO them, to their principles, and our
principles, that the South should present an un-
broken front at Cincinnati. They tell me that
"Soulh Carolina imprncicability is stumbling
block in their path, and in the onward progress
of South Carolina doctrines" Shall we strength
en- or weaken the hands of our friends?
have observed with painful regret the want
of unanimity in our State in regard to thi,
Democratic Convention.
It will require The achievement of very much
good to compensate us for Obstruction ut home.
In all internal States issues, however the will of
the majority must prevail and it is the duty of
the monority to acquiesce. Government itself
is 4 compromise between the strong and weak,
and trust that compromise may be effected
between our friends of opposing opinions. The
contest for the Presidential nomination will be
between Pierce and Buchanan. The antecedents
of Buchanan are good but those of Gen. Pierce
are better. Gen. Pierce is the choice Of the
South, and in our own State do not think that
one man in hundred objects to him. The
strength of Buchanan lies in the fact that he is
backed by the large State Of Pennsylvani with
her twenty.seyen votes. His friends urge his
nomination upon the ground that he is certain
to carry Pennsylvania, and that it il doubtful if
that State will vote for Gen. Pierce. If the
South is firmly united upon Pierce, Pennsyva-
MIA must yield Now, the compromise | pro.
pose to the people of our State is, to send dele
gates to Cincinnati selected from our ablest and
best men without regard to past party differen-
ces. and that they be instructed to vote for
franklin Pierce for President, and to use all
honorable means 10 secure his nomination from
first to last. The condition upon which our del.
egates will enter the Convention, will give
strength to Gen. Pierce; and if other Southern
States initiate our example, his nomination is
secure, and that is equivalent TO his elsction. If
he is not nominated, some other sound Demo-
crat will be; and as to support another nominee
than Gen. Pierce, think have shown that we
will do that in any event, rather than embrace
the other alternative and vote for Black Re-
publican. By the pursuance of this course, the
escucheon of South Carolina will be preserved
in its pristine brightness, no bolt denotins the
desertion of friend will rest upon it, and the
act will harmonze with her profession, that she
sustains the man who supports and defends the
Constitution of his country
nave the honor to be, respectfully, yours,
e., p'S RRflnkS