Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-10-20


Ath56 gh au ugly chap in general,
Aud one whom folks were rather shy Of handling
Came out himself to take the toll and give him
Rough good morning.
This is enough. We do not say TINT We admire
this sty. Of prose umpositon,-eertanly not rs ap
piled to common narrative. 1t may though be eoc-
lively used Cf well executed) on subjects Of hor'd
poetca cast but there is danger in its too frequent
use. A pompous and turgid manner Of expression
may be thereby cngendered from which writer will
End il difficult, to free his pen when his subject shali
require dircctness terseness,-about abrurthess u
expression, to show it forth Alright.
STATES RIGHTS AND THE DEMOCRACY.
Attention is asked t. the following cXtrnct IRON
Hon. Janus L. Orr's Cruytonville Speech 1t repre-
seuts that geutleman's political opinions in more
favorable light than somc ore disposed to view then
Rejecting men will read and decide for themselves
the extent Of COL 0rrs natonn!sn. We nre NJ apol-
ogist for him or for any other politician. iet It
but fair to let him speak for himself while others are
90 freely cuuvassng his merits US statesman and
ussailing his purity MS putriot. Without further re-
marks we append tue extracts
al now proceed to consider tho power and purpose
of tho Democratic party to uphold the Constitution
and nreserye the Union was srnted to seu that Sem
ntor Hummond in his lutte speech, declared that hc
did not perceive the signicancy Of the term Estate
RIGHTS Domocruts" aud "National Democrats" ut
the present timc The organization Of tho purity IL
upun certain declared principles-they are general,
and address themselves to the confidence OF men who
subscribe to those principles residing in a sections
and if the party is designated the National De-
20 - knrun Ifs
any section but embrace the whole Union, and not be-
causc uny of it, principles cenrazing or consol-
dating. It has uutved the Wing party, the Know
Nothing party and trust it will survive the repuoli-
cnn party My observation teaches me that those in
the South who arc most bitler in their denuncinon
Of tho "Natonal Democracy" (as they pleased to
designate IT'D are either Know Nothlngs or per We dis
unionist and as hnvo no principles in common with
either of them, havo for years boon content to rc-
c,ye their structures and uumudycrsions with patient
pleasure.
,ny to YOU fellow citizens. that the Democratic
party entitled to your cordial sympathy rs VOL ~
YOUR Jealous support 1t is the only exponent OF the
principles you have cherished for many long years
and is the uuly party willing aud able to maintain
your rights in the Union. When it is defeated OF
disiptecrated you must choose between submission
to sectional fnnnticul domination ind dissolution o
tho existing Government. It's principles have re-
ceiyed the sanction of my Judgment from my earliest
ny and fellowship in its organization, aud why
There had been in 1850 and 1851, in most of the
Southern States, contest between what was called
the States Rights and Union parties, growing out o.
the passnge OF the Compromise measures 1t resulted
in determination the part Of the South to acqu
esce in and when the convention met at baltimore
in June 1852 to nominate candidates for the Pres
dency and Yico Presidency, found there los spec
tator, and not aa delegate) both wings Of the De
Satss Rights and unien I sT ThsX s PI
united in adopting platform Of principles. Th,
contest of 80 and 81 had revived into living ISSUE
the old States Rights doctrines Of 9S and '99. Excep
perhaps in Virginia and South Carolina previous t.
that time they had nearly become obsolete. The
State Rights men insisted that these resolutions should
bs. incorporated in the platform, and become vita
article in the Democratic creed It unanimously
conceded and the resolutions of '9S and 99-the very
corner stone-the highest exposition of States Rights
was incorporated 10 the platform. It made the Dem
ocratc creed perfoct, and from that determined
upon hearty and cordial afnton with the party ir
its organization. In 1856, at Cincinnati these princ
ples were re adopted and the Democracy from Maine
to Texas and from the Atlantic to the Pacific, arc
pledged in the most solemn manner to the suppor
and mnintanance Of the stctest reading of the States
Rights doctrines. Every man. therefore, of that faith
must affiliate with the Democracy, il he expects aid in
enforcing his views tie administration of the Gov
ernncnt. The Democratic party if it continues true
party rs desire TO associate with. 60 furthcr-no
conscientious man can he u Democrat standing o,
that platform who is not Il statos Rights man. With
these undennble ncts before u.s. does not the assump
ton of few persons in the South that they are par
excellence the States Rights Democrats rest upon
narrow basis' The feud between the two wings was
buried ut Baltimore in 1852 by all uniting on com.
mon platform the treaty Of anity and friendship va,
re-airmei ut Cincinnati in 1856, and is it good fah in
either Of tho former wings to make peculiar npprO,
pristion Of nny Of the tencs of the party II
Madison and Jefferson are authority then the Dem.
ocratic party is iinbued with all the elements of State
Rights If their views are considered too moderate
for any modern statesman, then such may except to
the creed Of the Democracy; but believing as do,
that it is the only principle upon which this Govern.
ment be safely or justly administered, ain per-
fecty content to ake the exposition of the able and
patriotic men who formed the Constitution, aud who
elucidated its principles during the administration of
Ar. Jefferson.
Mr., pierco placed himself the platform Of 1852,
when he accepted tho nomination. Did not every
Of his Administering sxhhit answering fidelity to
its principles? Alr. buchanan did tho same thing in
1855. In what single act of his Administration has
ho ropudiated the platform, ignored any article of
the State Rights creod' 81 it will bein 1860, and will
continue long US the Democratic party maintains its
organization. It could scarcely be oLherwise-tbe
Executive, upon his nomination, solemnly pledges
himself to his friends and opponents that he will nd
minister the Government in strict conformity to the
principles laid down by his friends; if those principles
do not reflect his sentiments, und be cannot carry
them into execution, every sentiment Of honor would
impel him to decline the nomination When he eN-
cepts, to prove faithless to his pledges would enta
on him such deep dishonor ns 10 drive him in shame
from the face of society; and undertake here to say
that no who will ever become the standard bearer
9f the Democracy for the Presidency will have the
temerity to raitor9usy abandon the principles and
lii L.. II. -,
Democratic party done to manifest its faith by its
works? The statute book Of Congress will show that
9 yeqr constitutional rights are mop more fully
iagaiEe4, and more eaectually protsctcd-that your
eheris4pd pFiaolPlsl arp ore intimately incorporated
in THO lays anl pulley af tho aqypFnMsnt than they
have been for forty yegra, ana you are indebted IN
the Democratic party for it all
Whenever the Democratic party ceases in good
faith to execute its professod principles, shall
to support it. Whenever that party fails to lay
down correct principles, shall ALLURE its organiza-
ton. Till the happening Of ono of these events, my
voice and vote will ever bo ut its service When it
perishes, tho wreck Of tho Union will its grave
and look upon the happening Of that catastrophe
with moro solicitude as grow older. A cobbler'in
few hours can destroy tho most splendid architectural
Eg to restore in its symmetry and grandeur is the
work Of YGgfs 9 patient toll master mechanics. 1t
is easier to pull doga lan a hula qP IF the alter
native presented to the South Of continuing iI the
union us lmeiors IN the rights anu privileges Oh
common Government, or to dissolve the Union, We
should not hesitate in choosing the latter Neither
States nor individuals Gun look upon life boon, if
i is to bo spent iu Of sclcdegra
lation Ny ardent prayer is that such alternative
pay ever como.
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New foRE, Oct, l3.
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