Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-07-15

REV, s. J. McMoRRIs, Univorsalist, will preach at
Mr.. r. N LUNDYs on the third Sunday (l9th) at IL
o'clock A. NJ.
THE MERCURY's ARTICLES CONTINUED.
Six columns of the Mercury, in further reply to the
Adrertisers editorial upon Ultraism," demand our
attention this week. Our object is to answer them
briefly and ut once; therefore dispense with oil
"prelusire fashos"
The MEncuRYs 3RD ARTICLE.
This article may be found upon another pnge OF our
present number. Its first paragraph is purely DC
clamatary What We mean by the "alarmist schooi
of Southern politicians, that class
who magnify the evils that surround our section anu
resoutely ignore tho grounds Of our present strength
We have pointed out these grounds succinctly, and
respectfully submit that the Mercury has not explained
them away The very fact of its attempting so assd
uousy to refute hcm is ON evidence of the desparing
proclivitics of cotemporary We refer him to his
own past numbers to show that he has taken every
occasion to hold up the signs of enmty to the South
which was right enough-but has failed to lend the
influence Of his foreible pen to the many actual out
standing indications of the prosperity and power OF
the great holding division Of the United States
There are others who look to that prosperity and pow
er with gadness and who desire to push it on to VIC
tory with the only means Mt present available They
see no wisdom in bowailing the doubtful complexities
of the vista before u.s. yet doing nothing to clear up
its uncertainties shape the events Of the passing
hour for the good of themselves and their postcrity
They arc sangune and hopeful, and feel tho impor-
tance of working with whatever instrumcnalites lie
within their reach. Carpe diem is their motto,
while the alarmist gOomy folds his arms and says,
"Behold the night cometh wherein no man can work.
The Mercury next proceeds to distort our moaning,
as in previous articlo of course VIE do not imagine
that this is done except through misapprohension'
The Advertiser made no such Ecnt that the South
is in bissul state of satisfaction" Ours was de-
nal that "an apathy tho most deporable had spread
itself like pail over the spirit Of the South" and as
setting forth the reverse Of tht idea We said that
"the real sentinel men of our section were never go
,UeU foroarmed rs now" It WAS dem ial that eve
are soon to be bound hand and foot the of North
ern power;" and the reason of our denial was that
"the States of the South were never so completely
united" hereader, upon reference to our paragrah,
will ut once perceive the erroneous character of the
construction given to it by the Mercury; md really,
did we not know the manly fairness in discussion
which belongs to cotemporary, ne should conclude
that tho weakness of his had reduced him to the
necessity Of garbling in order that he might give to
his reply the appearance of point But the "rcal
sentinel men of the South p who are they? We an-
answer our Senators and Representatives in Congress-
from HUNTER of Virginia all along through tho line
| to RusK of Texas. These aro they who keep watch
md ward on the outposts Of our iltrcnchments And
they arc Nth tShat" emphntically asks
the Mercury. We answer, with full appreciation OF
the strength and intentions Of their adrersarics in
this Union; with assured confidence in the deter
minaon of their great united constituency to sustain
them now and henccforth in the most decided course
of action for the complete assertion of our
rights and the perfect security Of our interests
with the great argument SO recently made more pow
crful in their hands by the decision of the Supreme
Court; and, what is perhaps Of as much Importance
as any thing else to their successful prosecution OF
the political struggle agitating the country with
fuller perception of tho dangerous elements of So
ca and civil distraction at the North nt this moment
so strongly coarasted with tho Of feeling and
interests OF tho South. Will the Ncrcury say of such
scntincls, hus forcarncd, that they are "scnt"etS
not Of the .South-Jm Of the Northern National
Union Democracys" If, amidst that Northern Nation
nj Union Democracy these sentinels shall be enabled
by the power Of position and the power Of truth with
which they are forearmcd to make so many true
friends of the Constitution us will place in their hands
the ability to reform the government and save the
rhole country, will the Mercury on that account say
that they are not sentinel men Of the South? 1t might
as well assert that because they are sentinel men Of
the Constitution, they nro not 50 of the South. But
if they shall fail in doing this, and the two sections
are ut length placed in hostile array, the one against
the other, tho Mercury doubt that they will be
found true to their homes in that terrible hour of civil
strife Surely not. These then, say, aro the SELL
tinc men of the South If the Mercury can point to
any, deserving of that appellaon, we shall ac-
ccpt the information with satisfaction.
The last paragraph of the article before presents
the broad proposition that tho South is not more COM
plecly united than ever, except in abandoning her
rights And this is said, in tho face of the declared
resolves of Georgia, and of South Caronn, of Flor-
da, aud Of almost every othor Southern State. pre-
scntng palpably and boldly the future requirements
Of the Slave States upon the great question at issue be-
tween the Sections. 1t is said despite the tone and
tenor of the united Southern press, and in utter dis
regard of the stern purpose which has been announced
in the speeches of Southern men during the last sew
eral sessions Of Congress. In tho extremity of our
surprizc at our respected brothers most untenable
position, but suggest to him reconsideration
of the grounds not here gvcn upon which he builds
his conclusion.
THE MERcURYs 4rH ARTICLE.
We have but little to say of this article The Ian
guagc of ours, which tue Nercary here quotes its
subjcct-matter, is very plain. WO simply wrote,
"Thc South knows that enemy (Black Republican,
isn) we'll, and, with that knowledge, feels secure of
her ability to vanquish its endcavots for evil" 1t was
neither said nor thought by us that the AbotiOnists
now do US evil and arc endeavoring to do us no
evil" On the contrary VIC regard thom the foes of
our scction who would f they could) madly blot us
out of existence people. But from that worry ex
treme of demented hostility, we derive confident
hope of vanquishing them. Their falsehood and in
justice, their blasphemy against the Constitution and
contempt of the Holy Bible, their crnzy fanatcism
and hatred of every thing Southern, NIL denote them
a reckless, unprincplcd party, that must Gro long
meet in gnomnous defeat, tho reward of their high
handed guAtincss. Even now tho tide is turning
against them in several Northern States, Us the in
crease of Democratic majorities sufficiently show.
The sound of the North rapidly opening their
eyes to tho cnormities Of tho Abolition creed EYon