Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-06-18
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From Iic Carolina Times.
TIE EErTIsEL pISSTION.

Ly iii, mean, diisu,y luc:i pair,sl ;uai=l sc.
TO this'we reply -
lsts 1t is = ti:iSHikr to suppose that nu' great
Statesmen and urnlnrs e,;" go :laon..i"c people
Hnd ;karsnnue- ,!cin.. 4 l!tlss ftiisr it.i' Wiz
shpw .,la. this is, npnssiLle. a: tfw lncn--ana
such eminen. pcTsnnages are rare-lt: they 4id
nothing bit i;invratr the State (w%irh, uuter
this supposi:i"n, they lmtl-i ,iD ii l!,ir ow eH.
pense whether they are candidates Or nai.) could
no, pnssibly fad lilne ~ visit all te districts
IN Ill lhpaSlates IN Nbit l'" p"p"idr ie;ts' OF
Ills elec;ian prevai's ihese: re .crre th' mssirSs
fer th.. great occ,siu,s tvr l,- large mass meet
inns rf S,yrr, cuuaiirs, =. witch, is !ilry are
held nj Il distance fruu the l!I''st OF them, The
siail AMI o,detli pro;;s:ca:nI i!''d iine /" al:
T. tend. ,T.rit >pvtFh"s afr .i"''rtd cFria.rd
through lhe .fess; bat u::.nn siis i; nay tr ~
marked ih:.L V Z Etre,.d ;;.,,rtc .,'r.ss$. III.
usual ,Ion,ueO OF eIeciIunreraG >prec,,:n::h!"g,
is ,rospcaa al by. .tae plausible CrD; and eSpe-
f;r!ce wiii bear US rGl in i:!sa,>riln, That lor
The most par., these .rc, Put l,.:"a;t! bscS,,sr
they. l, talent, ant ad;i!r-s t.. cary pint,
wi9ut. too; much t,tlnci 10 StisEIe u the
n;cans Of doing j..
y So that, at last the great nissInn Hf instruct
ing lhs peeps I'll. ino lax i'ad' Of s'e'n; r'tr
ueu, or those who ase prnlni':cci IL iheir scVe-
raj counties. Now. Us all sic'. urn ire gric-
rally s;:nGip. CANDID .ss far !ha lrysiaiuse and
for Congress, ,arl in ibis character nus' address
t!,e peOpte upon Wiiaseyrr j. of pabIic Interest,
in wnat s,:spcct is OH n,!!c lrri,'r 10 ;hc ":hcr
as means of cI-ciuy dI>cNs>ion, aud COMMUNE
ca!ius nslrue;nn! We ilase eceI' ,l,.t the. leg
ishturr is. s.coaperel 10 eject The electors within
< month after the ciose ot the ca,'xas and eer-
tuny ihe Presidential question may al readily
be ti .cusscd by tl:a candidates, rs any, other
which * before Tile ruT:'ifE
2fd. We l.iink I,c i;=t 40 been useri'":Ied,
that tic reSspu lh& thcfc 10 rs excl r:rr. aid
consequently les, jisc&.>!nn tii"'9s t!s4.feutir
in ra;s Sss;:e, in r~.arl ~ the Pre- iaen; r'ec-
iiua brca;Ise tie S:t i ~ mi: ii is federal
poiiirs we have iGGhns' ;.l,;:liA:cd cpnirsls
on a:t suhvcts'u upon which ~ ::r@pc are disi-
ded and as much truth IS r'icitt &. Is c"l,'' be
cvi!th hy the s..;ae speakers aud hv:o:e the
same aucitnct,t nader any mode. What need
then for .achangee ..:,,f....a...
We iisve been too much accustomed to sup
pose, that the heattd tanraasscs, during the
Presidential election in our sister State Of Geor-
gia, mrrc questioned by the lmpde in Which their
elections We're conducted, rather Than By the
fact thatll:e Opposing parties were kEgs, apd
that the successor e*e:l 1rp:lIed upnn, The de-.
gree Of its activity. Eit ills Is dciu6nsra:ed
10 DC a mis-; AXE bY ,!:cir congress iJn;t elections
These are conducted in the S:ic Ininner Is ours,
but are atteuded white ul;'s. Intense excite
nlenh Nahiiaaeurs are ri.,aparlsi:elytqaici Prom
this, re i,..y 1easunatiy esnclu'!rt':t S..! !trif
pvr;oralrotipyc tcsn chp-rA ng' y 'ic: i>k'taft.
meeting, lis uli:h'dees, ".i.:. ri':'t,i'i %i;rf
WIS elected lie calv.s Uvu!t' I';:,c been cuN-
dur:cd by the party le:.:ets. .[,'.:r.fiiy more
Enp hr ~ IN II. Is
3ri. Itcannot be ,d,.ni;e that homest discus.
sion a3ways eii;iis.t.u,h; bui rr;!i!na:;Saud i'm
pariiaiy aia.Eo, characteristic ct s.nlHif-sreaE-
Observation-Disclosures culi,ii,cled in. Gcf State,
ui ,i.e:Union.. The very E!c::tms.-ach Speakers
are before The people, as members "f party.
and rpt,i: hsir resi,uu.l bic character tvs inGIr!;-
uas. gives tie key 10 ;.c sort OF info n;a.ioh
they usually, Qilu>e i,aruag Their hearers II
par. yelead.,rs c0a,i ttrHclHa,cd ey a motive sa
ds,crested ::ls that Of elti.t;i''i.g ',c people,
they tave uoYi full a.r.l ivr thai purpose as
The chaGge propose ear. a!ioti t!Itra. Bat i; l.
III. the ;,utposc Ct syshn,at.c .sun,r spr:. ki::S
10 Instruct. but to carry The rrnpc by i,tGresS.
Each party comes bctire the people, win the
sole intention of Securing !,yr votes; ;ni ITO
.cnc eyer expects, that ANY cher fort viii be
made, than 10 propagate nne sdci views.
4lh II cannot Se lrpie.! l:at eli i'arils do
now address the pchpie thrrag:l -the press and
The ppa5iu reason tina; tiero l. 10 discussion
upon the stump, upon federal po!;,ics is hccdusr
there is coiiipars;i,c'Y nn disi>9n III lr.lat no
open division on tsivral Affairs: aud i',any party
exists in opposition 10 the great party OF the
State, il is moi strong eiinGsh 10 rrr Gi:cG>io".
Now. if such party nr .';r;rs c'n:'d;, b! "Gdrrss,
succeed in making themselves >Etiiccn'iY strong
lj discuss their Platforms l"'"rc >iiie people,
there is no Eced.of 4 change 1t they can, we
certainly are ls1s ia.tTc>srti IN enabling tacin 10
do IT,: Ika. is 70 say, if they c.rrI"t succeed by
the merits IF their own cause. now before the
people, we do not feel undrr OBJ. ,,ions to emil
be them 10 do'it by iintssc
I.er as suppose Tie Wings had >'cceedctf in
their drsign. witen, in sihp Harrison r,;mpaisn,
they were The first 10 stir mp Ibis electoral que>
ton For, be il always rcInt.n rrrt, 1t was start
cd by. them. Though in 'ile hgin'jng, thcy
might not hrye had-::c ~rcngf. Ia rshil;; !lic::l
selves, rs party, befaa. HE people. b. his ;in;r
we believe iircy ,mgiu, tr nc!isi'y, have m''dr
themselves fell in every.canrasS. AHrt~"rk ct
party, organizations wouid. Indeed, up II il.r
very ips,nnt. Of The change, have c'Srscd the
State; but their tac'ics wrnt haze been, III IL"
first, confined 20 minor pu;nts. IN "hc! sucees>
is a,tainable by aiecbie- -pur'S.,lt is by SERIES
of small aceulpula;ioms Of ppwr!, iIl,l t!e Weak
eventuaily become strong. And in His view, u
change to the, popular mode Of conduciin. this
general election, would have been i perfect brii-
etscliun 10. the Wings =. Let who may bc vii
ling to pnrcllase Hght" lrem them, on such
terms, we are not.
An instance 10 illustrate brh The manner in
which a Party may accumulate power, and bow
Eight is shed among the people. where discus
siuns@pure:y partisan rrepnIi, may hc found In
Iass.chusetts, claimed by .',s Progress party
pre.effisleniG enlightened. ;nd in n!a.lr.of cd
ucation, rs; far i'll ,he .cad IF her s;:": STAGES,
There we sec one of tie ra-;rsronrfin2 The
Temperance men, 5p.i:c9rpo: ::ti:'a AfoI's i''ai-
form The Maine Iiqnor luw. Iae ~. .io: ;.a!n-
ra!y..u.ges,s itself, what '!s Il !.iatcr, purely
moral, aud entirely Of !. domestic :,a:ule, TO do
either upon The one side u, upon thu other ni
il. wifi The Presidency tie Aairrirnn Un:9:,
The Answer j., that II lie H;el!u4 ci temperance
can, by any meAns, be induced ~. enlist u.ldrrs
The party banner, they are. thereby fixed as par
iizans permanently. Now, tlere is q State which,
with great resc rces, has become contemplate;
and here is ours, which with few has always
been respectable Lei us ask ourselves whether,
for eSsafke !6f such discussions IA lhi1, We
should deliberately introduce inahg ourselves
iI,e low cunnin., that a6@sdaerttl3S the p"l.cs
Of Massachusetts, ,.orntirgnisiLtb he cunscrva;lse
tone that has car5ecrriz"d ear lenr'e, for nei:r
ly seventy years. = 49, t's'ss
5h ~ Il. nj Ion 81. M s,,rioreats oDI,iion iiitt