Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1862-06-18
For the Advertiser.
Matters and Things.
By EARNEST.


The action of Convention, ro.eallsd, IL not
only contrary to our established system Of State
Government, but likewise to the Constitution Of
the Confederate States, o. we'll as to that Of tie
old Union. We huvo laughed at and derided the
people of the North, for their tame Submission to
tho unconstitutional acts of Abraham Lincoln,
and yet, before the broad grin is fairly of, We
quietly sit down, with faces singularly elongated,
and obey, implicitly, similar sets Of usurpation,
on tue part of our State Convention and ii they
were, and are fit subjects for our nirth, what are
we for theirs, when comparing the power of Lin
coin. backed by twenty States, the least of them
equal perhaps to the enforcing power which in-
sultnsly demands the obedience Of South Curuli-
niuu4? The Yankees always charged Us with
being governed by IN oligarchy, aud predicted Mt
the beginning of the present war, that We would
soon run into Military Despotism, if not brought
back to the Federal fold. How they must epj"y
vnr degradation! South Carolina, the leader of
this Revolutions So utterly false TO kcr professions
Of resistance TO ryranny-hrr conservative policy
inr Constitutional liberty all u sham, mi:era
bic delusiun And those who open their mouths
aguins, the Lhse uSupatiun ure taunted With the
term d,safectiuu z" Disufrsctioni What! To
love the free institutions OF our fathers, disGlsc-
tiou II To stand by the government they have
tried, aud proved TO bc umequaea for nearly u
century, is to be tainted with toryisn! To land
tho general goud-to Plead for the voice Of the
governed in the CsuRcls Of the Statc-ts defend
the sacred Inheritance Of rupubcanis,a, hcoueatt-
cil by our fathers, is no longer patriotism, with
many, but stigma and a reproach. Let iufalny
brand the rcrpctrator uf any act which trxmmrls
the free Lot the hiSses OF III injured people fall
upon his aull ear, and the nuttcriugs of their
gathering vspseances strike terror iuto that spot
where heart ought to bs!-apd il the existence
of soul may possibly thi contamination in such
carcsss, let it shrink fr"a! he rerihu,i"n which
awaits it, in life. aud in dsatk-now and forever.
There heng doubt, whatever, asto the u.nr-
patton Itself, Ss we'll as the dangerous character
i, has assumed, the only question "f importance
which presents itself is, how can ;ba outrage be
successfully met snd hrottled?
As there seems to be nu disposition On the part
kas inflicted, it evidently remains for TIE PEOPLE
to take il into their own hauiiS, AID treat the Eat
ter as th.se should, "who know their rights, and,
knowing dare main iu.'' suggestion ta"n:
l. i the issuv be man, tie ballot brr, in Octo-
Der, for it is presumed that policy, at least, will
restrain the Council FROM sho,ishins the election
Of members to the Legislature. and the Lpgisla
tlrs :tse!i-although, under The present arrange.
IN at, there can be but little more uSe for either
tisn for the fifth whcc! to . wagop)-lct the &C.
ton he uniform Snd d.tGrraineI in zach district,
upon nomiuatin. iall ticket, ior the e1prest
purpose of dis,o!e;py the present (assuined) Con-
yeutiGu OF the people, and its Council, and the
calling ui another, Ivr any 'pecinl i'qrpose which
thcy Il. Legislators. uay be 0nriUi"g. G"aIfe, or
cfruia 20 attempt. II The people 20 decide, the
Id concern mutt put it.ulf cut oi the way, NJ
VOL as its Council, or the Legislature will do that
iub [, the satisfaction OF ull concerned. Taas il /
will die naturally, uud easily: bu. refusing t.
Yield ", the ghost, under xuch circumstance, it |
ul,st 6e treated tho creature in oEen rebellion
against the Creator. 1t sastlers but little, ,arre
t.ro, what this l"gu. Convention aay thiuh oi It's
"wp y"~er> a;.i sers. Il May play the i."t o.
the LsHy ~ Il chnufes but il tho pcnp!e play dif
frrculy it will be vel! Tor it mol to LliiliJ !auore
the fact, but learn lii. truth of !he yrrverb be-
fire i, is iructcaNg too Lutte "a living dog il
better than y dead liou.'