Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-01-14
SCHEMES AND coNJEerunEs.

and complexion.
or the schemes nfloat one Of tho most important
in appearance is that of Senator TooMBs of Georgia,
in relation TO the taxation by the Southern States
leach of course for hersen of any all such com.
modilies from without their borders not import
ed Immediately into their own marts. The Senator
coLtempla.es, hy this process, the establishment OF
direct trade with its many advantages, and the en-
riching of our State Governments. But others con.
tend that such enacmens would operate iyrannical-
", inasmuch as Southern merchants (who pre-
sumed to be the best judges nsnch matters) prefer
the present mode of obtaining their goods, through
the great port of New York, TO any direct road
of importation and that, ergo it is not better for our
people that direct trade be established by prohibition
upon all other channels. While there is some reason
in this objection of expsdiency il is yet to he denied
that the past practise Of Southern merchants is
fair criterion by which to estimate that expedencr.
Long habit has accustomed them to regard imporia.
tions. ria New York. sufficient for all their mercan
Tile enls and good enough for all purposes of South.
| ern economy Whatever may be the additional cost
incurred by reason of the State and Municipal taxes
of New York, The merchant does not lose it. !. he
comes part of the price of his merchandise and
| upon "HlCn Hc lHuhee uS IHuCi PioH' hS a.
that price, he had imported his goods direct 1t is the
consumer who sustains the injury, and no one else ;
and the consumer, properly enlightened is the man
to determine the eXpediency of the proposed change
upon its correct grounds While therefore, we de-
mur TO this Of objection to the scheme OF COL
TooMBs, we are not prepared say how much better
f any, the present condition Of things) direct i'm.
poration would prove to be than the present mode Of
receiving foreign goods through the manifold faclI-
ties Of New York enterprise. broader and bra
| Yer scheme Than that of Senator TooMBs il visible
through the policy Of Free Trade, already foeshadow
ed as part Of lie American Democracy's future
creed. Still the honorable Senator's plan is striking,
and there may be more in j, than some are willing to
admit 1t is very good thing to think about at all
evenis in the absence Of anything better.
Another of these Notwithstanding is purely anti.
democratic, and has been engendered by The belief
that the Democratic party must in short time fall to
pieces upon the slavery question. 1t is said with
great confidence by the man:uyerers Of this strata.
gsm that The Northern Democrats do not mean to
stand up The principles Of the Kansas and Nebraska
bs and that the party will split upon this rock Of
dissensinn. Wing, Know Nothing and Abolition pa.
pers and politicians catching at The idea with the
avidi,y of drowning men, and we regret TO few
journals in the Democratic ranks lending their
the proposition. From the evidence thus far ad.
dnced, the whole idea would appear 10 be but the
fgment of dreamers. Before it can become reality,
The great party that has batled for the Right
in any country, must prove recreant TO the essential
elements of its strength 1t must turn upon lha'
Constitution, which has been the basis of its power
/ 4, ;n,o ba J,,t Il
renounce lis great exponens of the past-its JEFFER
son, ils JACKSON, its CALHOUN, its DALLAS aye, and
its BUCHANAN too-and consent to fraternze with The
co-a6in,ors Of such men as GREELY. and GARRISON
and SUMNER. We are not willing TO indulge, for q
moment, the thought OF 80 Infamous back-sliding
Our source of Hope, nou, is the pillar Of fire which
leads on the great Democratic column Until thai
fire is ez,inguished we are Of those who regard these
predictions of Democratic overthrow with incredu
~, if not with
Other schemes are talked OF. Ey The annexation
of Cuba is no at present among them -! That o
r,openng the Slave Trade did not quite grow into the
! dimensions of scheme. The Pacific Railroad scheme
is floating IN in mist. An excellent scheme 81
on foot 10 make a new Slave State out of New Mex
co. These and few others, not forgetting the var
GUS SplcHulW LotiCIy SSHSheo, F'SSSHt wv ~!
the extensive mind Of brother Jonathan.
or the class Of conjeciures, the most notable have
peculiar reference to The incoming Administration
Who is TO be Secretary Of State who Of War! who
of the Treasury! who is to be the occupant Of this
that and The other post Of HONOR of protit who Is
to be minister to the Court of ST. James! who, Il
France or Russia ! or to Belgium! who, consul to
Havana? who, to Liverpool, the richest berth o
them all various the conjectures on all these
points of interrogation. Curiosity is on the wing
FROM morning till night, and Ingenuity is put TO iier
utmost stretch discover The cUrect answer to each
enquiry The ouly matter all Seem TO agree
about is that Senator CAss is to be Premier. As to
the rest snrmises plenty and az dissmIlar as
The birds of The Tropics. Each Quidnuac has his
guess, which he is pleased 10 call strong probability
Washington leiter-writers IA small hreling brood al
the best !; talk with the most impudent confitencs
abont the appointments, each one limiting significantly
that his information is from the best possible
and may be relied on. And yet each of these
best possible sources spouls forth different set OF
names or course il il all pure conjecture, made up
from street-corner conversations. Old Buck, we
have no doubt, will keep his own counsels until the
proper time for laying the result thereof before The
Union. We have confidence that his selections will
be made with view the best interests nf the whole
country. We believe he will gather around him such
men as will form, by The combination Of their genius
and patriotism bulwark for the Constitution against
which The muddy waves Of turbulence will dash in
vain Whether South Carolina, Virginia or Georgia,
Illinois, Michigan or Pennsylvania are to be compli.
mented with places or not, is secondary considera.
lon The first grea, desideaum is, that the Fedora!
appointments be made from among those who deserve
the high appellalion Of American statesment; who
have been educated in the school Of the Constitution,
and whose powers Of judgment and thought are fully
Trained and mainred 1t is such men alone, who can
properly meet the pending crisis in American affairs
and disappoint the expectations of those, The wide
world over, who secretly hnpe TO witness The disrup-
lion of our Government and the downfall Of Republi-
can liberty. And if the confidence Of the American
people has not been widely misplaced, such will be
the and mplexion Of The cabinet and ministeri
al agencies of JAMES BucnANAN's administration.
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SOUTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURIST
II will he seen by reference to the late proceedings
of the Executive Committee of the Stale Agricultural
Society," that this journal has been discontinued. 1t
seems that il was not aging expenses and was
sidered too heavy drag upon The purse-strings Of
the Association This is TO be sincerely regretted.
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