Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-12-07
The Mercury and the Charleston Con- ''
yention'.

Conrention 4t the SouthtF" Sta - ::
assemLle at ALL" Il. ,,,,hot
The proposition in the abstract = - oe ,;o{ o
force founded Cos 1t ia on sundry rcas o
and justice. But We respectfully submit, that tde
Mercury has wasted its logic on foregone con- %
clusion The Charleston Convention ,riu Assem- IN
Bile as n Democratir Conventisn and delegates 20
from the Democracy of the NSfth and North West
,cM be recognized us members of that body. The Il,
time and place and occasion were determined pB2n
and fixed by tho Cincinnati Convention, ,'.'.'i ,'..
unmstakeuble intent of both the SouthetS7,.
Northern portions of that Convention wsyt (:
the whole Democracy of the Union should E<ss !!
rescnr.a, as usual, -! rlssIss -
.,,sn, trlt the chas-tsstoR meeting oughtEto hea
Convention Of the Southern States, and not Demo
cratic Convention rs designed by the partly which
arranged and provided for its occurrence may
possibly amaze that powerful political orsani1a'
tion but it certainly will fall far short Of thwaEt-
Ing the party in its contemplated rally at Charles
ton. Unless the action of the Cincinnati !conseh-
ton appointing Charleston as the next ace oi
meeting for the development of Democratic 'trase-
gy, be formally abjured and renounced BY the
Southern Democracy, good faith requires that the
Convention shnll meet and organize MS b thert0.
There are no indications that the Southern, smo-
cracy will pursue this course of ronuncision. a
gia i, about appoint delegates to Charleston With
out limiting at any such pcrversi0n Of the rnrpo-
ses Of the Convention. It is far from probable
that single Southern State will adopt tho Nef.
curys notion, in advance of the meeting Of the
| Convention. And even if any one, or two, or
even three of them did, the Convention would
still proceed to its work and offer to the country
Democratic nomination.
But the object of the .hereurys reasoning may
be, to dissuade the people of South Carolina from
participating, at ALL in the next Democratic Con.
veption. This, ut any rate, is the tendency Of it's
views. If such be the purpose and aim Of our
contemporary, we venture to suggest ono or two
considerations per contra.
l. The action Of the Charleston Convention will
probably decide, tor veal or for woe, the ISL
the American Coufedetacy. shs!! It be ss .!Wt
Oh such an occasion, South Carolina was SOo
St...--,l-.- ,iln.,- O. - i-iaTT"''""-E
e {iag that decision. It may be replied ,nat oar
influence will be as nothing in such convocaton,
t and that, being absent from tho Convention we
will not be implicated in the responsibilities Of its
If sponsibiity at such q juneture as the PRESENT.
Or is it rational to suppose, that her influence will
not be felt in the deliberations Of this Convention
We should remember with what effect tue voice .!
= South Carolina was heard in the important Con-
l. ventiun of 1914, and heard too (if we are no!
e greatly mistakcn) at the instance of Mr.. CALHouS
himself. Will you say that the Democratic party
is not now the strong organization it was then, OF
If strong, not conservative of the rights Of tht
South! Let lid call to mind that i'll 1874, as vel
AS now, it seemed us though shis great party
going 10 pieces. Did not the dauger appear ever
81 more imminent, when the Baltimsre Convention
ss amidst much bitterness Of feeling halvttcd near
u. " fifty timea without result, and the enemies
the Party began to reuice over its supposed down
I'd fall. The South then too proclaimed the Forther
Ie Democracy unsound upon the slavery issue,n
lg connected with the admission Of Texas. An
yet tho party after ALL united with perfect enthr
siasm on JAMKs X. Polk, defeated CLAY wit
o. all hs popularity and carried the Texas que
lie tiun triulnphsntly through. South Carolina Nj
o. therc through her delegates, ELuoRE and Plci
EMS. Tho State was called on by the convention
and her representatives responded from the Pre-
: te,lts retrum while the highest exeitcmes..-F
~ wonsI,, Soon Afterwards. the Con SantisH.1nau
for the p:rest principles. Had South Carolinasr roie
Of no influence at that momentuus crisis? Who wi
in assertit? And is it not to be expected that 81
ID ~iIl exert yet moic in the coming Conyeutiu
upon her own soil, in her own heightened and i,
telligcnt mctropolisl
2. But again, the selection Of Charleston as IL
" place Of meeting was in itself complimcntur
!, tender Of ntliliaiion and sympnthy hy the DEM
cratic party. This would not perhaps be p6ii
70 be considered, had it not been that the rest
the South warmly participated in this mark {
dc respect towsrds our State and eagerly jumped {
D. the appointment. They thus eyinced their carr
m est desire that South Carolina would co-op.ro,
Of with them in the Democratic fold. They cnul
scarcely have gone farther had they erprtssl
urged her to unite with them in the next Conven
:. ton. In this view Of the mstter then, not onl
. the promptings Of hospitality. but the obligation
- of duty also, demand that uur State meet hr
Southern allies and her Northern friends l.~ dull
appointed representation at Charleston
purtuo different c"Hrse, We will disup
i whole South, impair the m.rul and in
r force of our section in the Convention, j
!. incur the rrpr"arh of "Achilles in his
and this at u time when great dangers l,a:
Us in the estimation Of our leaders. and,
"f them euu deny that lnurc of good tn
is likely to result to our Stute OR Socti
r all-in-rll Of our best interests, by our
. . AAA>s -. r"-::.ii..,'o.. !. il:. iI..rl.ps
opportunity Of standing by our freu
' Uniun.
Without g'ins further, nc respectful
that these two considerations nrc uuou,
South Carolina into tue Charleston
For Que, We believe tLut with wisdom
: aud determination, tue whole DemUcr
c may still be united on constitutions
The nearer VIC approach disintegratiou
certHin will lie our union aud triumph
the great question Of our succcss Or
rpen ur to W. all the wido chasm upo
of which west and. and in whirh t,,e e
and with it tho i,rucc aud existence Of
itself, may be engulrhed.
Nc ask our contemporary then, We
: better to go into the Convention and
done all we can to vindicatc tho right
ton. ahids to the last tho wishes and
,iUn Of the South. AZ there asccrtai