Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-08-18
,Iu xEITT,S POLITICS.

Sumo of the papers of the State thc Advertiser in
cludcd) have been censured by their old Secession
friends for not clnging the dead issue Of departed
political struggle,-fUr not standing alooi IN gloomy
wrath and crying aloud against the political deecon'
of the day, rca or imaginary. This has been regarded
as lowering of The Secession flag to our political
opponcnls of 1852, and we have been denied The
merit of acting with either spirit prudence or con-
ss,ency in tho premises Our reasons Tor this course
havu been repeatedly and fully given, and, we rejoice
to know, to the complete satisfaction of the great ma
ioriy of our political readers. But gallant few arO
still di..atied, say all We can. To these, We res.
pectfuy oler the following synopsis of some remarks
mado by tho Hon. l.. II. KErr ut the late William
ston Meeting, as expressing, in part the motives
which have impelled lis to the course we have taken
If they will not listen to reasoning perhaps they
will to one who has up to this very moment retained
the confidence of the EXTREMIST wing of seeessionsts
in South Carolina. That distinguished gentleman has
delivered himself to this effect:
ain 1852 continued he, we agreed TO stand upon
one paitorin-thc union of the South for the safety
of the South. The South was moving with measured
trend to this object. We stand together-Firginin
raises busle note-North Carolina sends her reply
the Palmetto State is rcady-the Empire Statc-gnl-
liant Observation-Disclosures Mississippi-Texas, with
her lone star-all are in line, marching together for
snfety either in or out the Union. AccurSed be tho
tongue that would utter words of distraction, and
palsetl the hand that would cast fire brand in the
Southern ranks. Wcshould stand together-whetEer
in tile Union not, time must reveal. lie would not
utter little prophecies descend to special pleading
What said he, is our duty; for Mnt we should dis
charge As for himself, long as lie was in the
Union he for dischnrging every obligation that
dcvoved upon the State the citizens Of the Stnte
Twelve months ago, he advised adversely, butnow he
would say, sustain Mr.. Buchanan's Administration.
lie won't to Washington Mt the beginning Of last scs
sion resolved to oppose the Administration. But
when he got there he found Mr. Buchanan upon the
platform of the South. It WAS then he determined to
sustain the President cordially and ungru1gngly."
"On the slavery question, also, he thought the
Democratic party worthy of NIL support The Demo-
crutc party and the Black Republican wore the two
great purtes of the day. These the two flags Oh
tho battle field. Those who stood under the banner
of the former were Of u.s. If it has been cut down
if il has lost its srcngtli-it was because it had
thrown off is gross impurities. If it be in n mnOr-
ty it was because it had clung to the very horns Of
the altar"
"Mr H. went on to say that "liltle issues" were
tho banc of the South. They injured W., and broke
the spirit of the South They were like the hundred
lightning g-rods thnt draw tho electric fluid from the
clouds The spirit Of the South should be conccntra-
ted, and launched forth Mt the proper moment"
1--WE haYe continued Mr.. L., nothing to fear but
division in our own ranks. 1t was the Democratic
party thu had won all our trumLhs. 1t had carried
our flag in victory on every water. That party may
60 down, and if so, are in danger. 1fit sustained
ITSELF there was much to hope from it. Three-fourhs
of its members were from the South. IF the South
could not rely upon her public men, upon whom could
shc?