Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-06-04

North have planted themselves upon The Con
stiiulion and resist the combined assault OF
Know Nolhingisln and Abolio"istD. knew
when this Know Nothing Party was started
that it would fuse with the Abolition Party. IL
anayzrtl, it would be found TO contain nine parts
Of abuionism and one part "f non-aglalion n.
When during The recent contest for Speaker OF The
House of REPRESENTATIVES the plurality rule had
been adopted and The choice lay between Gov
Aiken and Banks, not n solitary Northern Know
Nothing vu,ed for Aiken. They preferred The
election Of II Black Republican of The deepest
dye 10 that Of Southern man. Yet this Is The
parIv, organized Ia divide and distract the South,
which mas found friends and supporters III soutIi
Carolina.
The signs Of the times are cheering: although
We have not carried New Hampshire aud Com
nec:cul, We have greatly reduced the opposl-
lion majority, and luuk forward to an ultimate
triumph But whether we do or not, canuot
but congratulate You upon the happy condition
that The South now occupies Sht is now uni
led while The North is divided E:en it Il Black
Republican should be elected President, We
| shall be united in any aclion that result may
force upon u<, while the North will be Divided
against itself We are now acting solely upon
the defensive, sustaining principles conceded. by
he North and if the Ininn is To be disrupted,
wr shall occupy ii vantage ground We have liev-
rr had before. This is IN additional reaSun
why We sl,nnId strengthen the hand Of our
| Northern fr!r,ld5.
The L"clrinr Of Squal'cr Sovereignty" or
ir right of the i,rnrlc nl The territories 10 leg
sI"lc upon the institution "f slavery. is also
made ihe ground OF alIick npua the Nnr!hrrn
I |, 4 y. ii H.
Of opinion, Mes>rs. Cass, Stuart and othnr>
holding That lie people Of the territories have
i!,i, right, and Mc>>rs DAug:as, Bright aud oh
rrs !'oi,:lng The opposite view.
1t has been "!-r.td Ia the Kanaas Nebraska
Act. that ii cmbmlird This principle OF ">qnat-
:rr Sovereignty )" hut these WHO say This do not
tell the whole lru'h--'he prncipl' is leti by the
ii#u>:s a!r! Mrhriska Act TO he determined by
tie Courts. Mr. Calhoun believed that slavery
WAS protected in the rrriiore- under lhc Gun.
ssi uliun, and The Kans;ls Act simply grants
power 10 the L"gi.l'iurr to enact all laws ot
"c.! necessity con.isIcn! with the Constitution.
| Ne :ui iil.t ie Legislature cannot prohibit
| .ilvvtr; for Congress- moi Possessing that pow
~ cannnl delegate il 10 The Terrilorial Govern
.nrHi. and The qnrSl ion must be left until th.
| pc"plc come together 10 form State C"nSilu-
ion. The pr Z. cal Result uf This "squatlrr
sovereignty" has been, that you have GOT local
!rri,i iiun in favor at slavery. which cannot be
'ii>luI b.rrd un;il lS57 and ;!lrrc is now every
probability. it tie South tXIIrrtS herself, that
halIs's will he slave Stale. Al amy rate, all
"ii"uS restriction has brem removed, and The
fcrri;orv upeurl to Southern emigration. We
are nnw sending aid and men 10 kalisis, and il
Ne rersevrrr. W. can Luiid up there slave.
Il"!,iing conrluuiiy.
Ii has been charged upon Mr.. Douglas that
after The passage uf the kansas-N, kra>ka bill
nr had gone hume and declared that il was The
Drs. iil,":iinn uIri>lrr ever passed. This Is ab
>urd. If i. hc true, why is every abollilomlst 81
ticrcrly opposed 70 it! II Mr. Douglas panCcred
10 abuIiiusni, why WAS he not allowed 10
speak in Chicago. !, city which his enterprise and
lbrrary had contributed 10 improve aud adurm
| have knnwn Mr. Douglas for some years. ana
havc narrowly watched his public course, and
have mrvtr seen amy man. cTcept Mr. Calhoun
who fully acls and speaks Du his sentiments
{; lly llrvcr evIdcs an i>>ue. but meets il bold )
and battles with and >Iauglirrs his enemy. Ii,
never uttered The words attributed to him. and
AIN sorry to see Southern men prostitute them
selves 80 far. or allow Themselves TO be so ia
!
peat The caunny say il upon authority tha
the Charge is ha-ry and u"quaIIticdIy false.
There werc s.ln, n.h,r p"uIs tt.I designed
10 ircal up"n. but have 900 "ng 'rcspassrd ol
the lime of tie C"n,enliun. | Repent that ] ;.n
Ll.I 10 see before Tue :" large and rc>prcIabE,
:; hn;. ;nd il must not be said thai This Gun
ven ION is failure If The war upon us, wh,
iiv. favored ,!;!s measure, i, To be continued
a, ,,,I bnp Al H.
opposition candidates in The different district.
are 10 be started, We are ready to meet the issu,
and go hrinre lie people upon the sluml
ynu may uppnsc illis Convention, but yoI
dare not vo.e against our n"lniiee. W,
have heretofore exercised great moderation, bu
Ne are liow ready for HE ti.ht If we has,
Cone wr"ug, let ltr people condemn us; i
otherwise, let gentlemen understand that ",
can exercise. Judgment despite their detracsiuI
du;y and sustain unr friends. and that the fuiur,
viii write Us down right and wise in our arliun
ADMISSION OF THE auRMoNs INTO TnI
t.SIoH.-I 1t is said that AN effort will b,
made by the Mnrnnns to come into lh,
Union rs a Stale during tue present session
nf Congress. The M"rmons are decidedly
in favor of union, and have attained the re
uuisite number for admission as State in +;
very short time. But the question of their
admission will not be without its difficulties
The religious and political Institutions o
Utah are Of such character that even /;
Black Republican Congress may be expect
ed To heSi ate before iuhrting such an indeli
bic stain upon the civilization of AmeIic;
aud the age as the admission Of Mnrmo'
State into the American conIederacy. Tho
Baltimore American thinks that If our re
representatives. in Congress may be taken II:
fair rxpnnrnis OF the mora rs we'll rs tht
pnIilical sense OF the country, they must fee
M IiuIs rrpugnancc t" sitting on. the sam,
floor, and holding personal intercourse will
men who have ign"red the must sacred O
Sncial ties, and whose religion embraces tht
very essence OF 'iccnlinnsness, involving a de
gree of criminniiy which in any one of the
liirv.onr States in the uninn would incur
the penalty of imprisonment tor lille. Doubt
less, the virluous and excellent members o.