Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-09-07
THE PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION.

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THE PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION.
The Richmond Eramincr, thus accepts
the action Of tho Philadelphia Convon-
tion. We commend the admirable spj,it
and sound reasoning embraced in the arli-
Gle, to The consideration OF all our readers,
and especially to those who arc disposed TO
find fault with tic action of the Conycn-
ton:
Ihls is no time to strain at gnats and
swallow camels. We should take broad
views of the political situation of tho coun-
try, and so accommodate ourselves to its
chief aspects as to attain The bes. results
We must net turn sulIenly away from the
prospect presented to us because certain Of
its minor features are repusive to us. We
should Judge Of it as whole, and take or
reject il, as its merits or dcmerits predom-
inate. Besidcs, it is the part of wisdom to
consider whether more promising picture
is offered to us i'll any other direction.
Can our anxious gaze anywhere in the
limits OF our horizon find a more inviting
landscape upon which to linger9 No, in
deed. The best Is before us. We NAV
most devoutly wish it were better, but we
shall be insane TO r,fi,se it.
In looking Mt the action Of the Phila-
delphia Convention, VIC SEQ enough that
plcascs to cause us for tho time to iguore
faults that certainly are not undesirable
to the Southern eye. Yet we take the
grand scope and tendency of that action
wish tho s'eetoAt e"t;sfAelion. If il had
been more in accordance with Southern
conviction and feeling it would havo been
more gratifying 10 lis as a mere phiIosophi.
cal or literary production, but We should
have had sad premouilion, q melancholy
assurance, that all these 6no words would
butter no parsnips. The fact forgotten by
those who cavl at the resolutions and ad-
dress Of the Convention is that these doc
uments would have been of 70 political
value to any but the Radicals had they
been calculated for Southern latitude ex.
clusiyely. The Convention was national.
its objects national, and it very wisely enun-
ciated national sentiments The proof of
the conservatism, and moderation and pa
trioiism of that great body is found in the
fact that the Eadicals in every section are
terribly alarmed by its action.
The Southern people should recollect
that Rsdicalism is the fierce foe which We
have to combat, and that unaided in the
struggle, we are already defeated. We
must not consider loo curiously, nor be too
nice in our objection, when allies volunteer
10 our assistance. Radicals themselves
wonld be very good material to array
against Radicals; but to esteem our North
ern friends in the Philadelphia Convention
as no better, would be to do them infinite
injustice, and to disgrace ourselves by
measureless ingratitude. They were,
doubtless, strong opponents of secession,
but they arc mono tho less the enemies of
radicalisn. At all times lovers of the
Constitution and the Union, we should bs
willing to trust them when those bulwarks
of our freedom arc to 6e defended or re-
gained. *",'- ss.s'.; =; 'Gftff4t.
Let it be ouco confessed that respect is
due not only to our convictions, but to.
those Of tie North, and then the impartial
MUD has no difficulty in pronouncing the.
labors Of the ConSepiion sui sssdy satis-.