Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-08-06
THE 81 mERcURY AND THE ADVERTISER.

The Mercury seems neltled by q very slight ailu:
sion of ours 10 its seeming inconsistency in rstndvo-
eating PIERCE us the man whom South Carolina was
bound IN honor to suppctt for'the Presidency, and
then turning to BUCHANAN. with equal ferror we
have no fIs of the Mercury before4us; indeed We
have been nable TO procure one. It hsimposshle for
us;therefots,t make tIie reuinder VIE could desire
Ourimpresson which is also that Of one or two read
ers of the Mercury with whom We have conrersed, 49,
that cotemporay did take ultra ground for the re-
election The present ilhfu Executive; so ultra as
to seem to exclude every other asprant from its
thoughts And this according 10 our recollection Of
the matter continued be lis position up 10 the date
of the Democratic nomination Immediately nprn
the heels of that nomination, it is very certain that
the Mercury fell into the Democratic ranks as one Of
the most energetic and ardent supporters Of Mr.
BUCHANAN. We say, there was about it The SEM
blance ufinconsstency II so occurred 10 ourse and
others at the time. 1t so appears to STILL But we
charge no fault upon our cotemporary. II was per-
feciy right to change its at The very moment it
did; bscaue any other course would have been iiat
stale and Improbable" Some have remarked that
the rapidly with which the Mercury turned the di.
recon 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 fel! and bowed be-
fore the tremendous outside pressure for the man who
received the nomination. that he was himself by brh
Pennsylvunan, and was perhaps drawn to old BUCK
by feelings of ancient neighborhood; and all that sort
of thing. But ,pe believe the Mercury's course best
explained by these facts lst, that it is most SEN
sbls and patriotic Sheet and 2nd, that true wisdom
and patriotism dictated the support of the Cincinnati
nomination TO every enlightened and unprejudced
Snulherner.
The Mercury remarks that We are wrong in saying
that ever held "iha the State should meet in Co.
lumbia 10 nominate PIERCE and no one else" We
accept the correction and regret our misrepresentation
In fact, the observation We penned, and TO which the
Mercury objects, was intended as playful one, and
was certainly inded currente calamo 1t did not
occur 10 US at the momen being any cause Of pro.
vocation. And We ale sorry it was so regarded.
But there is supercilious tone in the article reply
ing 10 u.s. which the Advertiser reshes az little as the
Mercury does our thoughtless inuendo. " No higher
ambition" than carp at the Mercury! We should
he sorry to think that this were so in respect 10 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. Tuimagine though,
that We look up 10 it to an eagle from whose wing
it is glory pluck occasional feather. is supreme
ly absurd. And 10 assume thnt we have no higher
ambition than 10 pick flaws in the Mercury's mantle,
only proves that The editor who framed the rriorl
knows nothing of our record. To that record we ap-
peal with confidence, convinced that it will show, in
the last four years, much independence, OF indus.
try of elevated tone and Of consistency, rs does the
Mercury's during the same period. And in this re.
mark we are, surely, gully of no especial vanity.