Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-01-07
VOL. XXE.-.-NO. Sc.

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j doctrine should prevail And thus We are ca
j9Ird into making this Gf it has not already be-.
collr SOY Il GEernment Of eXprdiency. For
my own part. prefer the Government Of the
Constitution.
have alluded, sir, TO these differences Of
opinion a:!.! construction which exist between
Democrats, "a elements of weakness in the par
y organization. No good can result from con-
c":'ling them, or harm from abiding TO them.
The differences are notorious; and it is tue part
OF wisdom aud Ot patriotism to reconcile them
ii once and for Us all 10 occupy Il common
ground. which may be clearly defined and clear
ly understood both III The North and the South.
1t the advocates of squatier sovereignty persist
in their construction of the Kansas Nebraska
, acl, they will Inevitably drive off many of us
from tie South, who desire to act i'll cOnrert
with t|lem Can they do without us! No.
party strength. We believe that a;luatter. SOW
cTeiyniy i, lis fatal 10 Us as the Wilmot proviso;
and beIie.iny, it would be suicide to wink ut
II. With them it is not Il matter Of life and
death Many distinguished Northern gentlemen
give adhesion TO the Southern construction of
The act. Why, then. should We not all. agree
open TO every citizen OF the United States, with
every kird Of property, slaves included and
"omed, until the people of the Territory shall
have formed State constitution, which act OF
sovereignty they may perform whenever they
number population Of ninclv-lhree thousand
four hundred and twenty, and not before; and,
" when admitted rs y STA c or States, The sud
Territory, or any portion OF the same, shall be
received into the Unins with or without slavery
as their constitutions may prescribe at the time
OF their admission.
My Individual opinion, Mr.. Speaker, aud
give it for wharcvcr il is worth, is that the prI,-
ciiir of The Kansas till: gcucralIy understood
ii Sc South, is wUrth more 10 the South Than
lnc Territory ITSELF ard, for my own part,l
wunld willingly given up The Territory to Sc
cure the principle, but Tor the fact that The
equilibrium Of the great sections '%cuid thereby
be EopeeSSly destroyed in lhc s:c.aie. and that
Tie permanent M. UriIy woad afterwards laugh
al The priacip'e.
take Tie following extract from the thirty
second section Of the Kansas Nebraska act:
THAT Tie Constitution and laws Of the Uni
ted States which are not locally ihappilcabie,
shall have the sai.ir ,rcc and effect within the
said Territory of kalsrs is elsewhere IN the
OhlcN ChCtpt tUc SSSh'o" "a va
&c. preparatory TO the admission OF Missouri
into Tie Un:ou, approved March sixlh, eighteen
hundred and twenty. Which hriaa iaGau.istent
IS recognized Ly the legislation of eighteen
Hundred and ty, commonly called tie eolnps'-
mise meas,,resis is declared imperative AK! void;
it being the true intent and meaning Of this act
not to lcgisate slavery into any territory or
State, nor to exclude it therefore, but to leave
The people thereof perfectly free to form and
regulate their domestic Institutions in their own
way subject ony TO The Constitution Of the
United States: Pr0ri'ci, That nothing here
la contained s.lalI be construed to revive put
in force any law or regulation which may have
existed prior 10 the act O: >Ni, March. r-lcen
hundred and twenty, either pro- 'ecing. c-;"b-
Ii,ail- prohibiting. or abcii,Ilin. l&yc::."
Tili> paragraph seems to br trcla:aIrr" Of
the intentions ni' 3D.: ;,,uers and supporters OF
the act IIuw understand it has already been
expressed II, meaning appeared clear 10 me
licn; Ii seeias 81 now. IL voting for tie bill
hoprd and believed 'iil' my ii.!l'rnce was bcin@
contributed towards transferring ihe agitation "f
slavery in Trrri"rirs from :hrsr Halls TO nc
Territories themselves. i:.nccl that the bill
rnhndiri pr.cipIc, Just ar'i risat in themselves:
an,! in strict conformity s.i.!i The principles "i
Sl.,:,s Right aI.i ;u Con>ti:uiinn. The more
sa"gunc cr Us cherished both lie hope a''! be-
lief ii:a m easy >ou.iun oi sccl".l ,iiilE"iiies
ha,i bcc1 discovered, and ihai o;ir GaI":ia area
would Indefinitely r%imHd-cacI S:a'e and
Territory revolving in il, own oroi;-i!ic whole
system warmed AMI rn.hcncI h: tie sun cf
jhr Constitution. and The DANGERS "' crnra.iza-
li".i be corrected by The extent of "rr national
dnniau and the remote separation fits sovereign
p1oprrlors.
Ii is vet within Inc power Of The members Of
;hc Democratic party 20 cause 20 hr realized
:h, dream nl r.!yos. VIII l!ey 10 it