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Excerpt from An Appeal to the State Rights Party of South Carolina: In Several Letters on the Present Condition of Public Affairs From the time of the great contest against the tariff until the death of Mr. Calhoun, the State Rights party of South Carolina preserved an independent position in Federal polities. Commonly, it acted in alliance with the Democratic party, because that party professed, after a fashion, State Rights principles, and pursued a general course of policy less objectionable than that of tile chief opposing party. But the bad faith and corruption which prevailed in a large portion of the Democratic party, and were tolerated by the rest for the sake of keeping in power, always prevented the alliance from resulting in a consolidation. A State Rights party, formed in some other Southern States, acted more or less in concert with the party in South Carolina, but had a greater tendency to become consolidated with the Democratic party. The State Rights party in South Carolina, to preserve its principles; was obliged lo remain separate and distinct. This solitary position, or to employ a term much used of late for prejudice, as of some dreadful import, this isolation, was no doubt a disadvantage greatly to be regretted. But it arose from firm adherence to the right, and was not to be remedied by compromising the principles upon which the party was founded. That others, having the same interest, exposed to the same wrongs, and professing the same principles, should consult a shortsighted expediency, and purchase the uncertain protection of a corrupt party, by submitting to its authority, was no good reason why we, to avoid being left alone, should commit the same error. Mr. Calhoun followed no such weak policy. Knowing that the Democratic party was not to be trusted, he took good care never to give it any authority over him by calling himself a Democrat. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

"Letters ... by several members of the old State Rights Party in reply to invitations to a dinner given by the citizens of Edgefield to ... General Bonham ... Added to them is a letter addressed by Governor Adams to the committee of arrangements for a dinner given to General McQueen, at Cheraw".--p. x.

Traces the evolution of voting rights in the Palmetto State from the Civil War through the present.

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