Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-08-06
IfI1.I lfII ,rERc1itR:Y AND ~, ~ THE ApYEsR;T1sER.

THE MERCURY AND THE ADVERT1SEA'
The Mercury seems nelted bya very slight allu'
sion of ours 10 its seeming inconsistency in rstndvo
eating PIERCE as the nah whom South Carolina was
bound IN honor to support for rthe Presidency, and
then, n,turning to BUCHANAN with equal ts'sor: We
have no fIE of the Mercury before4us;: indeed We
have been unable TO procure one Itiaimpossihle Tor
us;therefop to make tie rejoinder VIE could desire.
Oufimprsssion; which is also that Of one or oread,
ers of the Mercury with whom we have conversed, is,
ha. our cotemporay did take ultra ground for the re.
election Of the present faithful Executive; so ultra ns
to seem to exclude every other asPirant from It's
thoughts. And this accordingio our recollection OF
the matter continued TO be its position up 10 The date
of the Democratic nomination. Immediately upcn
the heels of that nomination, it s very certain that
the Mercury fell into The Democratic ranks as one OF
the most energetic aud ardent supporters Of MIR.
BUCHANAN. We say, there was about it The SEM
bance of inconsistency 1t so occurred TO ourseli and
others at the lime. 1t so appears to us STILL But we
charge no fault upon our cotemporary. II was per.
fecily right to change its cue at the very moment it
did because any other course would have been fiat,
stale and Improbable" Some have remarked that
the rapidty with which the Mercury turned the d.
rection of its fire is best accounted for by the facts,
that one of its editors was at Cincinnati during the
sitting of the Convention that he fell and bowed be-
fore the tremendous outside pressure for the man who
received the nomination, that he was himself by birth,
Pennsylvania, and was perhaps drawn to old BUCK
by feelings of ancient neighborhood and all that sort
of thing But ue believe the Mercury's course best
explained by these facts let, that it is most SEN
sibe and patriotic sheet, and 2nd that true wisdom
and patriotism dictated the support Of the Cincinnati
nomination 10 every enlightened and unprejudiced
Snulherner
The Mercury remarks that we are wrong in saying
that it ever held "ihat the State should meet in Co.
umbia 10 nominate PIERCE and no one else" We
accept the correction and regret our misrepresentation
In fact the observation penned, and TO which the
Mercury objects, intended as playful one, and
was certainly indited currente calamo. 1t did not
occur at the moment as being any cause of pro-
vocation. And We ale sorry it was so regarded.
But there is supercillious tone in the article reply
ing 10 u.s. which the Advertiser reshes as little as the
Mercury does our lhoughtless inuendo. No higher
ambition" than to carp at the Mercury! We should
he sorry to think that this in respect TO our.
self. We have just appreciation Of that journals
merits and readily place it alongside Of some dozen
other papers in South Carolina, as being equal, but
not superior, to any one of them. Toimagne though
that We look up 10 il 10 eagle from whUse wing
it is glory pluck occasional feather is supreme
ly absurd And 10 assume that We have no higher
ambition than 10 pick flaws in The Mercurys manlle
only proves that the editor who framed tho rrtort
knows nothing of record. To that record we ap-
peal with confidence, convinced that it will show, in
the last four years. as much independence, of indus
try, Of elevated and of consistency as does the
hercury's during The same period. And in this re-.
mark we are, surely, gully Off especial vanity.