Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-10-01
From The Charleston Standard.
THE CRISIS OF 1853.
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"To do that" that Il, to resist the snt,savsiy es
grssson of fixed majority OF nor'laVenoloins ssasn
2 concert of action must be necsssary-not 10 save
thu Union, for it would be then too aie-but to save
ourselves Thus, my view concert is the one thing
nesdful."-J. C. Calhoun.
Apart from the authority Of the great name OF
the reyered patriot and statesman who lett II as
u part of his diving legacy to his beloved South,
the obvious truth of the above proposition COM
mands universal assent. Just as indisputable
would appear the kindred proposition, that mar.
mony, unanimity, q common sentiment ana a
common purpose, here among ourselves IN oou1n
Carolina, are of the last importance in the pre-
sent crisis. Does not madness, then, rule tne
hour when those pretending to direct and guide
the public mind with view to eftectual resls.
tance. pursue course calculated to distract and
divide! Can it be supposed that "concert OF
action" in the Southern States is promoted by
assuming that, outside of South Carolina, there
is no sound Southern sentiment? Or that har-
mony and united counses are best secured az
home by arrogating TO the members OF minon-
ty party, defeated on past issue, all the WISDOM,
all the virtue, all the patriotism, and more thah
all the valor Of the South?
Isa concert of actor" among our sister STATES
fastened by deuouncing the truest and best ana
ablest of her public men-men who, though
they may not 1T the inexorable Procrustean pea
of certain of our friends, are yet manlfestiy IN
advance of the people they represent! Wnat
possible good can come of arraigning the mo-
lives and characters of those OF our own citi'
zens whose only offence consists in having de-
ferred to the example of the fourteen other slave
holding States, by uniting with them IN the
nomination of Presidential candidate approved
by all, and warmly advocated, by those VINO are
fiercest in denouncing the act OF nomination
Il South Carolina to be made unit by an al,
tempt to instil into the public mind distrust and
suspicion of those whose very position proves
them the representatives of the prevailing sentl-
ment Of the people! In what school OF human
nature has it been taught that defeated minori-
ty NAV successfully conciate-nay, make toI
lovers and subordinate co.workers of-the ma
iority which beat them, by indulging in lnces-
SAINT ibe., and jeers, and sneers, and paradlng
selfcomplacent assumption of superior sagaclty
and courage in the very subject matter OF the
contest which has ended {! The !" cooperation.
lists" of 1851, who constituted the majority OF
the ueople, and became the State, and spoke ts
mandate, are not conscious of nferiority IN de-
yotiop to the cause of the South, in patriotism,
in purity of purpose, in courage, or IN sagaclty'
when compared with their brethen who advoca-
ted the seperate secession Sof South carolina
They believe that CheYes, Butler, Barnwell,
Chestnut, and many others are individuals whose
lives have proved them as high toned, courage
ous, and patriotic, and certainly rs sagaclous as
any of the very best of the worthy gentlemen
who advocated separate secession. And, IN the
opinion of the 5co.opsralionists: the event mas
parIy Then enjoy It's own convictions OF right,
and its own self:gratulations in as full measure
as ittplease, but let Us have. done with sneers
and taunts and damnabe inundos" Never
was harmony and unaninity secured by means
like these. The selfrighteous Pharisee, who
thanked his God that he was not as other mel" !"
made himself az offensive to his fellow-men,
over whom he assumed this superiority, as 10
the God whom he thus irreverently approached.
Iwould not provoke controversy. If there
are any to whom my remarks may seem to point,
it is their own conduct which makes the appli-
cation. If my remarks in fact apply 10 none
then none have / offended" For one am
willing to set down the past 10 excess Of zeal,
but in all kindness would say "reform it alto
gether." In the name OF common sense and of
common honesty, let not those who really be-
lieve "concert the one thing needfull," like the
porcupine, fre,iully point their quills at friend
and foe Above all, let US have no erclusirenesS
in potrio,ism. Make it a free thing, and allow
even the repentant sinner to return. | shall in
another number, however, endeavor to show that
no party, hitherto existing in this State, has
occupied position inconsistent with concert
harmony and united action in the impending
crisis. A SOUTHERN MAN.