Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-01-16

remains to be seen. In England they are
quite used to the tawny color Of the rast
India, but an ebony" "nigger" will lie nnv.
cltry, bedizened in gold lace, aud initiating,
with the accuracy of one Of the monkey
tribe, iplomatic airs and graces. One Of the
latest freaks of his duskv nobility is visit
he paid this week TO Mr. Buchanan, but that
distinguished gentleman happened to be out.
TILE DEMOCRATIC CONVEyTlN.
THE Washington Union, commenting
upon Col. ORR's recent letter in regard to
the Cincinnati Convention, thus discourses
upon the present aspect of the political
game:
The House of Representatives is now in
the hands of fragmentary fusion. il that
appellation may be applied to those who
are vainly struggling TO get possession OF
the organization. And, since Col. Orr's
letter has appeared, this fusion has practical
ly fulfilled more than his prophecies. We
find it the daily theatre Of examinations aud
recrminations, which we search political
history in vain to parallel. At the present
writing there is no telling at what point Il
Speaker will be selected, and, it selected,
at what point the disoryanizing purposes Of
the abolition majority will be arrested. 1t
is an appalling reflection that to this House,
should the democratic party fail to be uni.
ted in 1856, may be committed the grave
responsibility of deciding between rival eau.
ddates for the presidency in favor of one
who shall serve for four years from the 4lh
of March, 1857. We may have majority
of the States; but, unless we shall be fully
represented in the Cincinnati Convention, so
that the candidate there nominated may be
the candidate of all, difference about per-
sons may precipitate contest into this very
House OF Representatives; and who can
tell what the consequences will be: II the
House cannot elect a Speaker, how long
will il be in selecting President! Surely it
is no conception Of an exaggerated inagina.
ton to say that failure to elect the latter
by such a body is u much more rational
probability than the failure 10 elect the for
mer, aud in that fearful struggle who can
assure US that the contest for the presidency
may not be pushed IN the House of Repre-
senta,ives beyond The period when new
administration is to commence, thus leaving
tho republic without Chief Magistrate,
1 paa state of things not contemplated
~ .esf,the constitution! Wh,
& a)8 ssss ffsti9a will stay its ro'oas
X6lG yolutiosas cafeer! Who can protect
the future aS SdinsstTs mad andmenacing pro-
-IetcstS Aid shall we; eth -aehocratic party
of the United States, initiate this fell con.
fusion by refrainiug to come together AZ
Cincinnati in the spirit OF unioH a"d "i
harmony, in the spirit of the constitution
and of all those holy and impershable sen.
timents upon which the true construction ol
that immortal instrument depends? South
Carolina should not, therefore, be missed III
the noble circle of States which are 20 be
represented in the National Democratic
Convention. ! lie very fact that size has
been absent before is Il reason Why size
should be present then. This is Il progress
sive age. While we respect and vencrale
the past, we should be just to the exigenc!es
of the present and to the demands oi ,le
future. Nay, it is not going loo Iar to say
that if the illustrious son OF South Carolina
(AIr Calhoun) were now living he would
see in the Democratic National Conveuliom
certainly in the national democratic party
the only element to protect tic South from
its northern enemies, and also the invinciLle
champion of the federal constitution. ln
proportion rs fauaticism aspircs to new
wrongs, and more boldly lifts its hands
against the covenants we are all bound 10
obey and to fulfil, so is it necessary for those
who are placed in the trenches TO defend
the fortress Of our liberties TO protect them
selves by every means within their power;
and hence the importance Of South Carolina
emerging from the proud isolation which
she has occupied for SO many years, aud OF
taking that position in the National Conven.
ton TO which the intellect OF her sous and
the commanding weight OF her character
among the southern people eminently ea'itle
her. 1t seems strange to us, we mus: con.
fess, that this gallant State, which OH every
occasion throws her sufrages for the demo
cratic candidate for President, and ronses
in her behalf, by the disin'eresicd n'as:'';i'
nifty of her position, the ardent feelings "I
the democracy of other States, should re,
fuse to aid her sisters Of the South, and 10
encourage her sisters Of the North, with her
presence in those conventions upon The he.
cisions of which SO many grave interests
depend. 1t is, indeed, TO the credit and TO
the honor Of the democratic party that, while
South Carolina has not mingled in the cuun
cils which have selected our candidates, yet
that in all cases the principles there avowed
have generally met the appreciation OF her
investigating and Impartial Judgment. And
why, at the present moment, when the ad-
vice of the best friends OF the constitution
is needed to protect that instrument against
the efforts of its worst foes-why should
not South Carolina come forward aud take
part in the deliberations at Cincinnati when
the democratic party meets in national con-
veution7 We confidently anticipate that
the action of that convention will meet the
approval of South Carolina. 1t is easy to
SEQ that, so far as regards the doctrines there
to be laid down, they will bs such as the
entire South can approve, such as will bring
the democracy together as one unbroken
brotherhood. 1t would be a cap-sheaf to
the noble column if South Carolina could be
present when our candidate is selected aud
our creed proclaimed, to add her voice to