Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-10-14
Let it be Understood.

Itis time the American people were
,tJeginning to understand each other. 1t
lis an evident fact that the Jacobins are
1calculating upon the Inauguration of
/ E6Gfrant5s on the 4th Of March, by fair
means CT foul. This is made unmistak-
able by the passage of the recent act
aitouching the electoral vote of the South
fern States, the message Of the President
IsEetoing which, will be found in another
Hcolumn
In addition, We notice it given out
llf5from certain quarters, that the vote of
lKentucky and Maryland shall be ex-
fcluded from the electoral college, if ne
tteessary, on the ground that the four
teenth amendment-denying represen-
ltatipn,, based, to any extent, on the ne
lggro population, unless the right of spf-
tt;frage be conferred on that race-wlll
ESQ operate as to render nugatory the
votes of these States. Then again, we
hear of ultra and clustering Radicals
l3propos;ng to "bct that Grant will be
tinaugurated," and if asked as to the
Ematter of election, they don't care a
Itda---n about that, &c.
These and numerous other signs Of
1.-the times indicate that the Rumpers do
lsnoJintend to give up theirleasc of pow
Eerwithout resorting to the extreme verge
fof,bluster and braggadocio at least; and
Eff the people manifest a spirit of sub
mission, they will continue in place,
Though to do so they must utterly sub
l,vert the government, defy the voice of
ffthe people, and spit upon the popular
ttwill. Further, it is evident that they
believe themselves competent to efectu-
ate their purpose, and to inaugurate
EGrant, though Seymour shall receive
ls,s no well-informed man doubts thathe
lmll-a clear majority Of the legal votes
l:of the people, and be entitled to an cleo
Etion at the handso Of the electoral college
We are not much disposed to wonder
||SSat their confidence in their own omnip-
|Sotence, or rather, their utter contempt
Flor the will of the people, for they have
I:gone on and on, from one step to anoth-
Eer, in. their scheme OF revolution, and
lhave violated provision after provision
fef. the Constitution with impnnity,
IE:lc,irushed out right after right Of the peo-
Eple without rebuke, defed the legally
Eexpresscd will of vastmajorities, by the
reflection of their representatives, and
|the admission of their own pimps and
Etools, almost without protest. In short,
Bike the surgeon in the use of caustics,
twho, by slight and gradual applications
lssatt satt. first, produces numbness with but
little pain, and then applies his more
syiolent compositions with no sensible
Setfect upon the deadened nerves, so
fsse In has, step By step, robbed the
people of power without resistance, un-
til it concludes the victim now to be
helpless, or at leastindiferent, and pre-
pared to submit to any outrage rather
than provoke any trouble.
Upon this point it were well that they
should be undeceived. The American
people are not yet the abject slaves those
gentlemen imagine them. The country
IS indeed tired of war and its conse-
quences, and will sacrifice almost any
thing short of the right to Constitution
al freedom rather than resort to violent
remedies, but there. are evils greater
than war, and among them is the de-
struction of ibertv-the deprivation of
rights dear as thememory, and rendered
sacred by the blood of the patriot fathers.
Tile qchite men of the nation ao not
intend to -Jc sold aaHo rassaltge. And
this point had better be understood now,
ere it be too late. If the people, by the
fairly expressed will of majority of
the Vhtte men in the several States,
choose Grant for President, we'll and
good the minority will acquiesce, and
he will be inaugurated but unless such
be the case, we notify all the minions,
and those entertaining great expecta-
tions of an Inauguration, noScns ro(cns,
that it will not be allowed
The Democracy have high hopes, nay.
unfaltcring confidence, that they will
elect Seymour and Blair and if they
elect they intcad to iuuy,u'ate them (" at
oH huzmy7s, and at a1y cost. This is
precisely what the nomination of Frank
Blair, at New York, after the promul-
CATION of his letter, meant If the Rad
icals are not satisfied with war, let an
attempt be made to defeat the voice Of
the white men of the United States, cx-
pressed in the election of Seymour and
Blair in November, and we guarantee
them all they may desire in that line.
Elect Grant at the POLISH you can; but
beware of. any attempt at q coup dcta1
in the matter Of inauglration.-Frank-
fort (Ky.) Yeoman.