Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-08-04
THE EDGEFIELD ADVERTISER AND OUR POSI-
TI0N.

The ElgcGcll Advertiser in solN. very COM
plmcntary observations used towards ourselves,
and for which We cannot but express here our
grateful acknowledgements, speaks as follows
To the Indicated measures Of its policy we
Wild lcal;v aruuiescence--with the very essen
tial proyiso however that the being with the
Democratic party and the Administration eS'
tends only To our earnest cooperation with these
influences So I;lr as they are guided by the Con-
stitutiou, anil so Eu Us iSuiherA cOaItScfshld4
.Icci,s @nrh cooperuiioa |" M riyhi anh p,-IAs' III
rirm Of our 1u'y first to nMT&eIsrN o~t Arrtto CIR
w.toIr r,nn'1y. Lif eoYrsc, such is the Mcrcury's
meaning or this point we only express that
mcaHins to prevent the Inference that an Enre'
served comniiltal to the Democracy and the Ad.
mnistration is intended to I'e made for the first
time in South Carolina"
The Advertiser has correctly stated onr posi-.
,;on. The Mercury, W. believe. from its COM
manrcmout to thi; day, has upheld the plain
pyiu,inles of the Democratic party-somctlmes
AGAINST abuse and overthrow by the party itself
1T Washington. That such will be its course IN
future. We need only aIIujle to our carnrf ip she
last sixteen months. WhsH tht ,qal; Shnm the
Mercury had preirEf'! 70 Douglas. an! cary
supported ifr thr Presidency, was seated j" r""
or 1t Na$linstnn, aud We hMI aIe:y assurance
nr :lc coaldcnca ard valuable advertising pat
! rt...anc OF the Administration, We threw away
personal advantage. and opposed, with such
ability as We possessed, the Prcsnen' an;: MS
Cabinet, in their policy toward: ISanaa2 as it
was developed and dcclict:,si 20 be by Waller and
S,aurton Y; now support the Administration,
.aa has cast of these renegade DclnocraI:,
lekGd Douglas, and is altogether wor'hly OF our
support against. -lmericanSS popghsit"S and
Black RepubicapS, The principles we enter.
aine,l .,S., year are still enterlained aud shall
! he vinlicatel on proper occasioni nor Is there
the least disposition tn yiri4 to the keeping OF
any our ne;aormqy o. independence. When
| Tia Administration 6rthe Democratic party shall
seek ia hetray its principles and turn agans,
the Snvth os attempt to deprive her of her full
rtphs in the Confcderacv, il will not be hard II
thc Mercury to do as ii has done before. &c nil
lnaintain the right against power. :i,i. if nec2s
sary stand aluof from the ,-aesy y6ta tie " men:
clnsciia siJi rel ns reward. Dut SO long a:
the na2,..9 ~ guided bv its principles, and th'
Administration slist;iinsthG constitutional right
Of the South, so long shall i. haze the snppor
of the Mercury Charleston Mercury
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StES. NILllAM " hALhEN.-1uis ni)eeeiio"
and inevitable individual, who seems to be re
,tarled By class Of our !ellow-cltizens rs 9 XIV
! Of Of SPECIAL lispcnsation, and as holding tho ko
to all progress on the part ot tho good people
:. the United States. appeared again, few day
oro It New Orleans. and gravcly told his lister
ers ! that Mr.. Duchauan, through his SecHtar
. Of War, sent all ambassador to him Gen, Wa
kerr saying that if he would torcggo the Aisar'
| qua enterprise and engage in the service OF Ae'
, loo. and while in that service to do some nc
such as tearing tlopa the dag ofspain, renderin
war between Spain and Mexico inevitable, h
IWulker) would receive tho support OF the al
ministration.'
# is, hardly worth while To say that the Pres
auy other person, to speak for him to Gen. Wal
!. or personally, or through an Ambassador
q the e'subiect referred to; nor has the SeaFsiary
held any conversation viii sS f. Walker "a
i sentSg ] tho views Of the President, or the adm
istration, as declared in the report Of eea: Wal
,. er's speech,