Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-06-25
TIE SOUTH CAROLINA DEMOCRACY.

and now look to concerted action with onr fellow
citizens OF the Democratic cree for security, are
f,iihless 10 our anreceles and untrue TO orr State
Never was more incorrect or more unknd PROPOSE
tion advanced.
We speak for onrself when we say that n9sIange
has or ever will, come The faith we cherished IN
the Secession movement of 1851. We still consci"n-
tiousIy believe that it was The true policy for the
lime, and that had it been carried ont properly ny
our State. The result would have been either an mnle
date and thorough reform Of The abuses of the Grnera
Government or the speedy establishment of southern
Confederation. But how stands the matter now i!
By The decision of 1852, the State of South Carroll
na was committed to the policy Of operation; and
when this decision was clearly manifested at The
ballot box in the fall of that yenr the storm of seces
sion had passed fnrever--and all acqnIesced, or
affected to acqniesce,- in The decree Of tile popular
mind However it was with others, we are one oil
those who claim 10 ave been honest in that arqnrs-
crnce. Never was truth more apparent insfantcr,
il;an thai our favore policy, Secession, lay dead in
is trenches And, turning from its contemplation
with mixture of pride and regret, we asked nurseil,
what next are we to do! The answer was obvlons.
Onr brothers in South Carolina, who had opposed
what they termed the rash experiment of Secession, SILL
occupied the worthy stronghold of Southern Rights.
They declared be their purpose to act in concert
with their Southern sisters for the preservation ol
those rights. They avowed that, even with Georgia
alone, they were ready abide 10 the last breach the
tests involved in that series Of propositions so We'll
known AS tile Georgia platform. Was 1t then Tor lie
na,riot.secessnnist because his chosen plan Of redress
had been pni aside, TO 81; down in spefnl clagrin
and do nothing more in the cause of his hume and
his institutions Was it no. rather his duly 10 fall IN
at once and as heartily the pccnarity Of his posi-
lion would permit with the views Of the dominant
parlv in Suulll Carolina! Tele is but reply TO
the qucslinn. Such assnredly was his duty; And
throughout the S,aie with few exceptions, such
vas The course of oar party. So generally has i,
been lhus that already, in the short space Of four
Years. almost every veslige of That heated internal
strife has disappeared, and we again find ourselves
in South Carolina, united people. 10 say that
spcessiunisls have recetled is as untrue to assert
that co o-operaloniss lave played false. Both parties
stand honestly where the trial of SO !elt them. They
have dropped their differences with nCblcness sell
dom witnessed in political life. They ceased rcrrl;n
nations almost rs soon The battle was lost and won
and have been in;erchangng kind tones ana acts Of
Cancellation all over The State, until at lel 9Th We are
sworn sons Of the same mother again. And what
now IS OUT position! e.,
There is but one party amongst us that deserves
name and it is the Democratic party. fragment Of
that party is disposed still to keep the Slate in tie
condition of isolation she has occupied for some years
past But the great holy of it, made up as mach ol
sccrssniSls Of cooperaonis,s, is convinced thai
The dag has come when South Carolina should stand
shoulder TO shnuier with those of her cu-Siates w"se
trsiinies are linked with hers for veal or for Voc
that she should no longer shun the heat ami burden
of The day in whatever honorable field Of exeron may
b, presented 20 her by lhnse whose object is at once
the maintenance OF Southern equality ana The triumph
Of the Constitution. These are our friends, wherever
found These re our brothers, who stand ready To
welcome us TO that only mole Of cooperation The cir
cunsances of the day will justify, cooperation with
lie free and bold Dem cracy Of the country Is ii
reasonable is il patriotic, 10 rcsst influence Which
now draws MS by the triple chord OF interest, honor
and duty, TO the great ruling party Of the So"'A! The
name and authority Of Calhoun are sometimes a!ver'
ted TO by those who urge() the Stale 10 inaci'mE'
But is there man in South Carolina who Greani'
ha. our msh!Y fsNFsb s at 5adss hsrf fRea
lion-and actual, industrious participation 'oo-in
struggle whose result may decide the fate Of The
American Uninn! Take Mr. CALHOUN where he
as when stricken down in death Recall his tlsrr
concern for lEe American Union, rs then expresses;
Rem.rn' cr his earnest wish lha; he could be spared
10 make one nlore speech in the American Senate ia
of Al,
Bear in misd his idea of Il double Presidency, a
scheme prompted l.? tie desire CT allayng strife b.,
tween Tie sections. AnL will any one say that his
intellect and patriotism iif herr) would not nnw grasp
the occasion Of SoulEcrn unanimy, IN: only TO vim
Licalc Southern rights bnl also TO save the C"nlrrr-
acy. Can any onc duuhI ha tia, he wou;l lead Iii:
State into The great political battlefield of 1876 ami
plant her cDGTS in tic Yer? heart OF each honorable
engagement: 70 lhni otherwise, wUnll be 10 es.
TEEN Him 4 d!sl"!onist PER Sc. Scch WAS no, Mr.
CALuurX. Such were nu, lia nni;rEs Of lS33
:;ncl We're not tic Sccess;uil;ss Of 1851. Snc:
not the Care lima Democrats Of to-day And it is bJ
wrong and superficial Ia assert that one who was
disciple IF Ca!!omn nrIliirr and s.crssonis:, can.
not now consistently acl with the Democracy ot the
country precisely as the irHc Democrats Of Son'
Carolina are nj this time doing. y plain and pa
,rutc course is theirs and il will !s aprrayed b. the
voice Of the commonwealth. Tie true grnl Of the
cuuutry is their aim, and the history Of The mex; few
years " i'll slow that they have been wise in time.
a. fur llc launts which have been unnecessarily
fang the Saith Carolina representation in the Gin
ciina!i Con"enlUn, there is need Of reor They
arc Of themselves 81 nmsy. rs 10 fall harmless half.
WAY Of the mark. That representation every urpc'
iIlired mind will admit, ac:cd fnr tie hest according
; 10 tie circumstances thai .Irrui;i rd rm. They
went, determined 10 llr"w tie influence of South
Carolina in favor ol PIERCE They dill 50 fairly and
s9uarry in conjunction Nth hsir southern diaiorS
But they failed. Again, they rallied 10 the BANNER u
DOUGLAS G!on$ mhh many Of TIER SsHihcrn coilic'
iri0fs And again they failed. The ma ory of!h"se
with whom they were assembled III cnuvnn"n over.
ruled their preferences by lie nomination Of i:ir!
man. BUCHANAN: and the Srnlh, and South Caroiiaa
,ch The South, vruuusly and wisely agreed 10 susal
that venerable statesman. And thus they went
through the Convention. What could our dele.
CATION TO! That Sunti Carnlma had but eight voles
was no fault Of theirs. The States real Influence
before the country (stn#ll rs some Of her children
chouse TO consider ~ de- ubtess far greater in
Convention than ont fit Was il not really as IS
100! Sh. was received into that Convention gladly,
especially on the part of her Southern allies and, as
compliment to her cGurse Of aclinn, her seaport was
selected as The place Of meeting for the next
lion She is nnw where size should br. in nnreservri
afaIion with her friends and sympahizers in The
Union. Let her continue To act with them warmly
and euprrr,iraIlY. Ii Is only thus that she can be nj