Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-08-26
Gbe aopertiser.
ARTHUR SIMKlNS, EDITOR.
EDGEFIELD, s. c,
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2G, 1867.
THE CHARLESTON MERCURY AGAIN.
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THE CHARLESTON MERCURY AGAIN.
On another column may be found m article from
this journal, to several points of which We would
briefly advert.
l. A little more than month ago, the Mercury was
issuing notes of wailing over tho deplorAbe igno-
rance vacillation treachery and division which rogn
| at the South"-wo quote its precise language. Now
It comes to US with the triumphal shout of {" The
South United" and provedly arrays Georgia, Alsba.
ma, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Florida and
Texas, as presenting an unbsoksn line for tho defence
Of Southern Rlghts We congratulate our cotsmpo.
rary upon tho celebrity with which he hos thus vaulod
from the slough of despond up to this airy emnenco
of hope It is precisely the standpoint from which
many others of US have been looking out upon tho
political sea for months past; and now that the er-
eurys telescope has boon mounted beside us We shall
hope to discover yet moro of safety and happiness in
the unfolding future of our beloved South.
q But the Mercury's way of reaching this position
is peculiar We arc instructed that tho proceedings
of Governor WALKER in Kansas hnve effected this
mighty result, have giyon to our section light Tor
"icnorance" frmness for "vacillation" devotion for
"treachery" and union for "divison." With pro-
found Difference to the and eIpertness of our
cotemporary we submit that he is here placing tho
effect before the cause. It Is tho pre-estabshed
union of sentiment throughout the South-is can be
nothing else--which must account for the general
agreement tho Mercury announces as subsisting
among the people Of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi
Louisiana Arkansas, Florida and Texas" Admitting
it to bc correct that this agreement does subsst VIC
ask is it not the best evidence that the common henrt
| of our section beats warmly, and in unison upon
every question which touches our rights as connected
with our institution of domestic slavery? Could this
general sensitiYencss this universal disposition to
repe every thing liko injury insult, have sprung
into existence with the occasion Of Gov. WALKERS
transgression? Is it not more creditabe to peo-
ple and far less superficial to conclude that the
agreement here set forth is but the demonstration of
pre-cxistng oneness of sentiment in the Southern
| mind oneness Of sentiment which the Ncrcury
resolutey ignored only month since, but acknowl-
| edges to-day--with how much of consistency wo
leave the reader to decide
g. Again, it is apprchcnded that South Carolina
is moro divided and lower in her Southern feelings,
thnn any other of tho Cotton States" Now, what is
tho character of tho division here alluded to? Is
it one which involves doubt as to the devotion of
single Caronan to the best interests Of his State and
Section? Mott is simply this: portion Of the
Press of the State led off in violent denunciaon of
Governor WALKER Another portion, equally South
ern in its tonc thought it best to moderate
language in regard to that officials course. And
| why? First because they did not consider it just
towards Mr.. BUCHANAN, to create prejudices against
his Administration on the Of certain speeches
and acts of its agent, and which it was beloved the
President did not approve. Secondly, because there
were reasons for thinking that the proslarery party
in Kansas were at least quiet rs to WALKERS policy,
and that therefore it was but the dictate Of ordinary
prudence to await: developments in that territory.
This is the sum and substance of the socalled d-
vision" in South Carolina; And when the Mercury
goes on to speak of the State being Glover in her
Southern feelings than any other Cotton State" we
distinctly and emphntically pronounce the conclusion
n faacy at least in SO fur it has reference to
course and the reasons we have assigned therefor.
We point the Mercury to those reasons as heretofore
published, and defy its scrutiny.
i.
one single press ventures feeble apology for WAL
KER whilst in South Carolina, the Grcenve Pa
triot Edgefcld .Adrer,iscr, Columbia South Cvohn-
an and Fairfield Register have all We believe, defend
cd or supported him." To this VIC have simply to
reply that the statement is erroneous. We have
condemned WALKERS special acts Of intermedling as
they have been reported through the country. We
Lac, l,l III,
policy of the Administration in Kansas we have de-
fendod far the proprety of submitting the Con-
stuton to tho ratification Of bona fdc citizens is
considered distinctly saying at the tme with
the Administration, that the Convention s the only
power to determine who these bona fde citizens are
We have deprecated strife this question because
wc could not regard it as an issue upon which our
Southern cause was to be benefited. We have also
counseled against war upon the Administration be-
cause believed, and still believe, that is sound
conservative Administration, and one earnestly dis
posed to do equal justice to the whole country. From
information before us we have reluctantly yielded to
the opinion that Kansas never can be Slave State;
wo have therefore thought and said that it was well
st least to make it sound Democratic State with
strong eaven Of Southern sympathy in its population.
If in these positions tho fcreury Gun find anything
anti-SoutLern, lot it be pointed out If there is any
defence support Of Walker in them, we wish to
havo it exhibited in our cotcnporarys most searching
terms. If this cannot be donc he stands convicted
of nisreprcsen,ing the position Of brother journal
st who has always cndeavored to show him tho high
est respect and do him the fullest of justice.
In conclusion, wo venture to predict that i'll less
than three months the Mercury will see, and perad-
venture admit that the position of the Aarer,iser,
with respect to the Administration in this Kansas i'm
brogio has been the correct and the really indepen
dent one.
JsTJ- The absence Of the Editor, who is gone to
Charleston business, will account for tho meager-
ness of the Editorial matter this week.
RELIGIOUS NOTICE.
There will be proractod meeting to commence with
the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church on Saturday 2gh
inst. Ministers are solicited to attend.
PUBLIC LECTURE.
We authorized to state that DR.. WILLIAMS will
deliver lecture on the Millennium, Mt Stevens Creek
Baptist Church on Sunday next. Tho citizens gener-
ally cordially invited, and will do well to attend
feel confident the Doctor will furnish rich and