Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-12-08
THE STATE RIGHTS MANIFESTO.

Upon our table is u pamphlet, purporiing 10 ac an
"Appeal to the State Rights Party of South Carolina
in several letters tho Present Condition Of Public
Affairs" Ttis in reality nothing more than repro
duction Of the letters of GOy, AP4Es Mr.. GRECO Mr.
TnApEwELI apd others, written last suEnmor, ir re:
spouse to invitations received from tho Committee of
Arrangements for tho Dinner given Mt this place in
compliment! !9 flfon. n n T. B99SSHAN NeaFo mistaken
i, is more thap this Fer II c9Atqias another letter
by Gov. ApAgs to the Ghsraw Dinner, and Preface
to the paIiro #pfk, tE;;lMAXeY GaEcG, EsqF
Gne intention Of this publication seemF to be, to
read saaut0F HAMMOND and all Eha qgFep with him,
out OF the ranks of glat0 Rights men. Another cpd
aimed Mt, as imagine, WAS tho promotion Of Coy.
ADAMS to the lately vacant senatorship The best
answer to tho pamphlet the late action Of the South
Caronn Legislature refusing to recognize tho claims
Of Coy ADAMS to theFud senatorshp, and preferring
man fr that R9st Rhe il understood to agree in toto,
with sonator lTAanlIR's POLITICAL principles.
We observe that Mr.. GREnG, in his Prpfacp, thus
speaks of Governor ApANs's unainching position on
the Slave Trade question:
"Geueral Adams first letter Ito the Elgefcd Dim
ncrj lgHiheA more specially the subject Of the Afrl-
can Slave Trade, beb4psp hp tsqk the opportunity to
defend himself against assaults recently AAa2 upon
him; for almost simultaneously with tho delivery Of
General Hammond's Beech Island Speech, in which
that Senator declared bis opposition to tho proposal
to reopen tho !rirRn slafetrale-l measure which
he had till SO Into p0rol approved of,Mr Orr and
Mr. Doyco took occasion to lenounco it also, III 0rms
and in n manner thst indicated unfrlenaly purpose
towards General Adams. He had, when Governor,
in discharging to the; best of his judgment consti
tutloual duty recommended this subject to the con-
sderatlon Of the Legislature, Since that time he had
said nothing further On tho subject In speech or in
carried on by others But if any Of our members of
Congress, in undertaking to shape public sentiment
and diroct tho politics Of tho State imagined that
thew could take advantage of this ns weaker point
of attack than his Stale Rights doctrines in an assault
on 1GYperal ldams, and that he would shrink from
vindicsatfng htntsIS my hist9ok the man."
And Governor Xp4ass II ii s ebsraw fettsr, thps
anAaka Of Mr Qnrnd.
escutcheon s withoutstan blemish iOreseong your
degradation, Gull you to "league" together in de-
fence of your rights "of with his head" Beware
great 9hhgervcr, and he looks quickly through the
deeds OF RfhfT
Very complimentary, and deserved Lt plSEI & En- on
both sides. Wea think we'll Of these two gentlclhen.
They are truc.heared, frm tenoces proposit and no
doubt "look quickly through the deeds of men,"
lutti like oil Others they are liable to mistakes
Here, they hayO iaaSp two very great Mistakes One
is, the attempt to draw party ling in South Carolina
when no real differences exist. The other Is the pun
leation of this pamphlet however luuduble and hon
est the purpose 1t is causelcss attack upon our
Senator and its only tepdencyis to bcgct heartburn
ings for future distraction.