Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-12-08
Tun yExr DEMocRAr1c CONVENTION.

point is sought to be raised in South Carolina IN
regard to tho States being represented In the next
Democratic Convention. Some would do no moro
than throw Geld water upon tho suggested propfety
Of our taking that step while others are making their
onnos;tion to it plea for the advancement of their
claims to Office State and Federal Let us for single
moment try the wisdom of this opposition by the
touch stone Of common sense.
What will the State forfeit by going into that conTen
t;on7 Not an iota Of her cherished principles; Tor
her delegates would 90 with all these cmblasoned up
on their credentials and charged to defend them
AGAINST attack or modification. Neither will sho sac
,afcc particle of her independence for she Will not
| be bound by the Conventions action II 1t does po'
meet her appreciation. Nor would she suter the least
dmipution of her dignity honor; for there WILL be
Virginia, and Georgia, and Texas, and Alabama, ana
all the rest of the slave States, to warrant by their
,he wortbipcss of her course. And MS to any
risk of her influence State, it would surely DC III
creased at the South by this more close aiation WIN
the representatives of Southern sentiment; ana II Is
onv at tho South and for the South that she seeks 10
guard that influence from decay.
But would Sue lose nothing by refusing to enter IN
to that Convonon7 Sho would atlcast lose the prea
ent privilege of assisting, by her advice IN giving ui
rection to the great current Of opinion upon which her
dosn;es are floating and must continue to hoat one
and insenarablc with the woa or woe OF the siapo-
, bo,d;n~ South, But there is danger that she would
,o.o vct more thau this Look at the peculiar rea-
tive positions of the Democracy and of the South
Look indeed ut tho truth, that now the Democracy
tho South Consiler that the States Of the sou'h as
matters now stanl must in the nox Presidential con-
test guido and controll tho action Of the Demoera-
party When they again together in Convention
they will expect every Southern State to DO present III
the roll-call because 4t rolcall will be the mus
terng of the Southern host for great aEa decisive
battle The banners of the South will come proudly
10 TO Tho gathering Those of our faithful frenas II
tho North vii; also pp srsp futtcrng in the Southern
: breeze though borne down at homo by tho superior
, numbers of the cncmy They will come to link the
. fortunes With ua to the last But the South will com
: pose tho centre apd thp right wing of he pom0cr@h
array; and sho muat and will rule the pF0gFesp p EA
porty And sall South Carolina nlOpe be absentFpp
such m aspemblage? Shall tho Palalctto Aug Rlon
be missing among tho colors that shall glitter aioh
TINT gallant lineY And this too, when they have OIL
come to her own territory to seek her aid anu cou
sell? Will it do to sny, that she has qualms OF con
science OIL the score Of consistency, and scruples
pride which impci her to StaHd asldeirom Inc nos
and fight upon her own accoun:9 viii any fRfh eS
cusc relieve her. when the cry of tho united sout
shall be " Come to the Rescue" In short, will not
refusal on her part to enter the Convention be )us
: censured as conipmncous in itself and at Tarianc
with her ot-repeated calls for evaporation anu South
cru Union? And must she not necessarily laSp PRFl
ton and influence by that refusal? 1t could not We
be otherwise.
We entreat gentlemen then to beware how th0
press their opposition to this matter Of the Charesto
: Convention And we especially warn tho people
j. the State to guard against the approaches OF sue
i. politicians They unwise couns0llOrs' and' SUI
ID fered to do go, will place the State in false attu
before tho South. Let us heed them not, but watc
the developments Of the day for ourselves: and whe
chilled for by the South in the Charleston Convention
we will be there in obedience to the dictates OF duty
Or apd common sense, and aelf-Preservaton.