Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-09-08

at nrSt tlmlQly anu Will 4uallHCaCOnS, DuL ny Qc
grees more and more boldly and broadly, Regart
and Love for the Union wonld be professed, un
til in fulness of time, Union chorus may agair
be raised; as strong ast that which first assaileC
the Nulli6ers at the commencement of the long
, contest against Federal usurpations; and as thai
which is still raised upon nch occasions in most
the Southern States. was against this danger
that seven years ago distinguished Statesman
, who held himself sloof from the contest between
the Secession and Cooperation parties, sought
to guard, when be, ,placed in the hands of Q
, friend, his plan for uniting on common resis
tance ground to be presented, if it should prove
acceptable to the two parties, in the meeting Of
, Delegates from the. Southern Rights Associa
tons, held at Charleston! in May 1851. That
plan proposed to keep the State in an attitude O.
readiness for resistances8 s8t the first favorable op
portnnity and its most important provisions
were directed towards wthdrawing our citizens
lurement, welded by tho General Government
After the defeat of the Secession party, it was
my hope that the sincere resistance men Of the
Cooperation party, would 5bring forward and sup
port in the Convention;sof the people, the wise
and far-sighted plan ofsthe Statesman referred
to. It was not done; mud We now see the opc
ration of those pernieious Union and Submission
influences against which, that plan was directed
by its sagacious author:2sa
do not see in the present head of the Demo
cratic party anything toincrease my confidence
in the body which he leads. can never forget
that Mr.. BUCHANAN, byshis casting vote in the
United States Senate, passed the black Tariff o
1912 being one of the two or three Northern
Democrats who did the act of pcrlily VI ust
enough, without requiring any more to com,rit
the offence against the South than the number
absolutely necessary. In Mr.. BUCmANAN's whole
course on the Kansas question:, see nothing hut
the dupcity suited to his function as manager
of the machinery by which a sectional conflict
might be so dealt with, as TO avoid q disruption
of the Democratic party. The object could on.
ly be accomplished by giving TO the North the
substantial advantage, and cajoling the South
with dclusivr appearances of victory. Accord.
ingly, the President allowed Mr. WALKER and
Mr.. STANTON to do the necessary work in Kan.
sas, to his affected dislfeasure, while by his ra.
radc Of impartial performance of Constitutional
duty, he succeeded in the Southern part Of his
game. have no doubt that it party necessities
had required the substantial advantage to b..
given to the South, and the delusion practisetl
upon the North, the President would have played
the game with equal determination and skill. In
the equivocal Instructions sent to the Naval OH.
GERS on the Coast of Central America against
Cen Walkers expedition see the perfection
of Governmental duplicity. The Instructions
equally warranted the officers in doing every
thing or nothing; and left the Administration
equally Mt liberty to avow or condemn, accord.
ing to the subtlest calculations Of. policy, what
ever they might do,sqg es%ss snadome ;ses in fine,
to accept the service md discfaim the "fesponsi:
bilily; censure the officer, but avoid bringing
him to trial, and make no reparation Of the
wrong
There is another matter, in which, perhaps,
from not making due allowance for the downright
blunGers which are sometimes committed by Cab.
inets from mere oversight, may suspect a sub
tie policy which was not really sohemed, But
the invitation given by the Secretary Of State to
the British Government, TO blockade the Coast Of
Cuba, if they wished eifectually to suppress the
slavetrade was felicitousy adopted, if it was not
designed to bring about an interference with
American commerce, without which the block.
ade would be nugatory, aud the occurrence Of
which would arouse storm of indignation in
the United States, and give the Administration
chance by great display of warlike spirit, TO
retrieve it's popularity, and effect u useful diver
sion from the Kansas difficulty; while long.
headed Statesman might well have foreseen, that
England, with her embarrassments in Europe
and Asia, could not afford to 60 to war With the
United States: and would not find in the terms
of the invitation to blockade Cuba, sufficient evi.
dencc to sustain direct charge of perGdy
against the United States Government.
As for those persons in the South, who expect
to repose under the protection of the Supreme
Court, their reliance appears to me as we'll
founded as that of a traveller on a Mexican
highway, who being beset by bapditti, should dc.
pend upon saving his purse by the exhibition OF
the ten commandments.
To me- the movement in South Carolina for
an amalgamation with the Democratic party,
seems portentous of all evil. If Southern unan-
Unity Is only to be attained in that way, it will
be unanimity in submission and voluntary abase-
mcnt Such "moral victories as have been
hitherto gained, will make that condition no bet.
ter. If, in consequence of moral victory,
public sentiment had i'll reality so far changed
in the Northern States, as to tolerate slavery for
the ability which it gives to the South to pay
tribute, consolidation with Northern Democracy,
under National Government would still be ut.
terly minous. Party consolidation is the grand
engine for converting the Conlederacy into con.
solidated Nation. Against consolidation, and
"National :" Parties, the State Rights Party has
been contending for long years. In that long
struggle, our great and pure leader wore out his
life The monument to his memory has not yet
been built. When the marble rises to attest our
veneration, shall its legend be false? Shall all
bis words be effaced from our hearts, and shall
We suffer an inferior strain of men to undo the
work of his life? Honor consistency, selEre-
spec,, and whatever of pride in South Carolina
is left to us, forbid it.
Gentlemen, beg leave to offer the old Stale
! Rights sentiment which the conduct OF your
high.minded Representative has suggested to me.
g DO your duty, and leave the consequences to
! Gods | am, Gentlemen, very respectfully,
Your obdt scrv't.
To S. S. Tompkins, Emmett Salels, j. j. Griffin,
Loudon Butler and j, w. Hill Esq RS, Com.
/ mittce OF Arrangements, Edge6eld, Sc.
COLUMBIA, August 2Sth, 1853.
Gentlemen: have the honor to acknowledge
your kind invitation to be present at dinner
to be given to your immediate Representative
in Congress, the Hon. NJ. L. BoNHAM, at Edge
field G. H., Oh Thursday the End of next month,
and at the same time to express my lnortiflca-
ton on account of my inability to accept it.
An extra Court of Equity sits here on Monday
the 9th pror. on which my professional engage
ments command me to attend, Many CAUSES
conspire to make my disappointment hard to
bear. was born OH the banks Of the little
stream that washes the Southern base Of your
hill, spent many hours Of early study in the
grove Of your Academy, and the ashes Of dear