Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, October 01, 1845, Image 2
MISCELLANEOUS.
From the Mfereury.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA -COL
LEGE.
Let good remain as it is-for lie haz.,
ardeth s6re-bat tnaieth wise by expert
enCe.-Rooxa AscuAm's " ToxOPUILtS.'
The liberality allowed by a latter day
grants each one. the right to express him
self freely under particular conditions.
Discussion will often produce good, by
elimigating and thereby expiaing evil, yet
there is no voluntary act requiring more
room for deliberation and extreme can
tion, than-en exposure in the public Jour
nals of supposed imperfections in public
InstitutiQne o$f a particular class. A
healthy restriction is given to the irnad
of losenese in irresponsible power by
timely notice-but we most be assured of
the truth of 'every point of our accusation,
where so much harm is likely 'to ensue
flom conveying a false''i impression -to tte
giublid Mind, depending as they do for
support on its favorableopinion. It isoh
vioushat its officcrs catinol with.pisoprie
oy 'reply in (lefence of themselves-an ed
tcatronal establishment of a high.grade
fronm a salutary delicieicyin the aien
datice on', its public examinations, cannot
shew demonstratively its as periority, its
qualifications, or its capabilities for the
purposes intended-these must ultinmately
be determined by its fruits. To none
then can unnecessary or falke blanie be
attached with more irreparable injury ;
and the nicest discrimination is therefore
requisite in condemning either its mea
sures or its men. Now that the South
Carolina College hiss not retrograted. but
is superior, both as respects the course of
instruction, its Professors, and its numbers,
to what .%e find at its earliest date and for
inany years succeeding, is not only de
termined by fact, but is otherwise the re
sult of tbirty years advance in the nine
teenth' century,-attended with all the
beneflts acquired by -experience and the
accumulated facilities derived from wise,
generous and contituid support. Its
fruits await but time to develope them.
We are apt, in quest of something, to
cavil at the present and venerate the past,
and from this very -principle draw cot
parisons between the scholarship of a few
of its early alumni, and the n*ut of it in
thoseof a latter day. An adherence to
early and by gone lays is conniiontiablb
in research for legal preceuent, and things
sanctified by hoary tradition may be re.
vered by antiquarians, but assuredly the
South Carolina College lies not this to
boast,-and it does not apply, when the
living witnesses of even its remotest in
ception are tselore us;,i is invidious and
unfair, for their locks are whitened b)
time, and in theni vve view tne results u
years of itdustrious study and lauuriuus
research. There are those of an ad
vanced day that can compete andare laat
hasting ejninently to vindicais.. their geo
~~b~i0WUL ~~co .,~ p'. . . -
adv'anced clas, twenty, years sinco -
stitute those of one fir iulerior Ow, anu
if our balls of learumigare not as crowd.
ed as those in regious more deuscly pop
ulated, is is the .tiavoidable effect~ oh the
halo thron around them by age, greater
variety of bianches and nuiiuer el .ln
structurs, frequently in donations fromt
private individuals for the endowment of
particular schools, cosmbinig at au ear
ly period to attraut our students and their
wealth in far greaser numbers than at
present. Tnst we casi expect to rival
them, can only be accoimpliistied by the~
steady perseverance of a wise arnd pasra
osic Legislature, aussisted by an euligniten
Cd and attentive lBoard ol Tirustees, piur
suing a course that wouud ensure a repu
table contrast with the imost favored
moss certainly not by curtailing tihe Oum
her of' Prolessors, abridgitug the meianis of
instructioti, or weakeniiig public confi
deuce. If the Press or its correspiondenjts
are to take cognianice in order to con
damn, wby did the state it t isdomi
see fi to e-nrust it specially to a Bloard of
lnspectors, selected from the feat nog and
the parents of' the land. To censure its
Prolosors because fursooth this one is dis
liked for that toible, and that ridiculed for
anoth,-r, this hioids a private opinion oh
noxious to a second, the other to a inrd.
WVheni can a set of mien, the wisest and
most competent, be ever free from the
abjnrations of a population comaprising
zome three hundred thousand. Where
woqlid we ask nas thete ever a depot
whbere young men are couaregated ini
numibers and there be nut dissipatioti
among a port ion? Is therie fess at the
Northern Culleges because we do not see
it?-consult tfzose wvho have graduated
elsewhere anid they n il t1 ell you iinitely
wnore. A conipairti etweeo them is
strikingly in our favor; so atrocious ate
the records of their extravagauce and vice
that w e meet tnom in the public press'
Aud when has it here occurred that war to
the knife has been n aged against a con
stitutional authority, either civil or colle
giate. And yet, in the veins of' the one,
is the stagusant blood of a frozen region,
and in the other courses, that of the - ex
citable $outhron.' If within o'zr own
limits disturbance is more frequent than
heretofore, it can only be referred to an
increase of number, and the liberality of
the age-those of an earlier date incon
testibly'evideuce that it is far less.
'We would refrain from referring to in
dividtuals composing its Faculty, were is
not to correct impressions that have gone
forth. Silence is less to be lauded than
theoriginali insinuations of supposed itm
perfections. It is needless to say we do
cot consider the S. C. College faultless,
there are grounds for improvement, and
laxity at a poifit or two, has crept iu here
as in all kindred estabilishmnents- tbese
*are all well known and coinneented upon!
--its advantages are disregarded, we will
canvass eacht but refer mnore particularly
to the latter- The correspondent of the
Courier justly bluames the negligenice of.
the Professor of Mathiematics on one
branch of his departmem,-Astronomy.
The' Prdressr gives ample evidence of his
itntimats acquaintance with every part of
his~ duties, from the satisfactory conclu
sions of the "Plaiin and Spberical"~ to the.
more imaginative 'requirements of the
ehaniqUe Celeste" of La Place to New
ton's "Principia." But for what is he
principally valued, and wherein* lies thiat
which would otherwise make him indis
pensably necessary; he is 'essentially the
disciplinarian. continuously solicitous for
the welfare of the luatituiion. if necessary,
life and limb is perilled in its b'ehalf
Three fourths of our rioters are deshtch:
ed to their fond and sympathiziuhanie
steads by his ever watchful eye and cau
tious footstep which neither slumbereth
tior sleepeth.
"Full well have the boding tremblers
learned to trace
The day's disaster in his inoring face;
And still they gaze-and still the wonder
grows,
That one small head should carry all he
knows!"
If the unsatisfied are anxious for the
description-if they think the actions of
young tmen should -becarefully scrutiuized
let them rest assured their wishes are a
bundantly fulfilled. As. regards his ca
pacity fbr action he plainly exhibits the.
commending energfimparted by military
education and has more than once borne
honorable testimony to his skill, patriot.
ism. and daring in preserving the proper
ty of our citizens generally. and we our
selves.have witnessed his promptitude' in
rescueug f-om the devouring element the
buildings of the Institution with which
we were inure intimately connected. The
Belles Lettres Professor is a Carolinian
and a gentleman, chosetn out of a number
ot brilliant competitors, from the heart of
Dur people, tie awaits but the lapse of a
short time to do that justice to his depart
ment which it so eminently requires.
''hat we should have gained one to adori
the beauties of this fasciUating study pe
culiarly qualified with the varied and ele
gant attainments of Legare or Everet,
was more than could reasonably be ex
pected, and should proTiably have been
attended with compensating deficiencies ;
what want of preparation and timely no
tice -id not allow, his zeal is rapidly a
mondiug and daily accessions are made to
the value of his lectures. A gentleman-'
ly bearing that teaches by example; lib
eral and candid advice, peculiarly fitting
him to win the conidence of the precipi
tate and disarm prejudice of its meditated
blow, how many will think of his kindly
feeliug in the hour of sickness, his prompt
ness in seeking out and relieving distress.
The writer says of the President, Dr.
Hlenry-To rival his precursor iniscapaci
ity for mnanagement, is impossible, but
that one so capable does not commandjihe
attention due to his merits, is as we said
before not surprising. The learning, abil
ity ani %aried cholarship dtplhiyed in the
adorinant of a brilliant periouical, in the
exposttiou and correction of the false and
erroneous impressions conveyed by Text
Books selected lrom atn early date will as
suredly obtain the satisfactiuu of the re
tlecting ; we have listened to lectures and
strictures on the various subjects discussed
oy Paley and Locke, of a civil, political,
intellectual and moral nature that fol
were uurivalled, when - early: prejudices
are disarimed this will be acknowledged.
Arduous duties devolving upon so respon
sible a situation forbid an attendance upou
uther tbrauches, ttotugh the troublesome
taski of cotiductiug a class in Aristophanes
was no, shuinned
'inul the Prolessor of Chemistry and
G;eology dues not pretend to lcctur-e on
ithe latter is so-aud it is rather disingeni
ons that it is-stid to be attached in his
name, thereby deluding the public into
the beliel that it is taugh'. Though we
do not nish to be considered as undlerval
uing its use to Suuthieiriers aud Agricultu
rists, yet w e belies e toe act requiring him
to lecture otn Geology is more honored in
the breaich than in the observance; there
are none who niould say they regretted it,
for it 'tis at the exyense of what is comn
muoicated in Chenistry, and it ceitaitnly
would be in titis its goowiug age, 'twere
tess irrepiarable. 'IThe Protessor of Chemn
istry can compJare fo~r ifoirmatiun and ac
curacy ntith any that the State could ub
taini througihout the wide extent of itie
Uuion. T here are others who have made
great.:r dtscoveries, - but there are none
who could take more absorbing interest
in the welfare of his depoartment-the
midnight lamtp and the unfailing experi
ment experiment equally attest his zeal
and superiority, his lectuires, combining
profound philosophical atnal3 sis with the
more suplerficial anid attractive graces of
language, are unrivalled. Agricultural
Chemistry has received his attentionl, but
the period allowed for imparting ilhe miass
of Iacus derived from so rapidly imnyrnvinig
a science is short. Th'le Professorsbig is
umost liberally enduowed, and all kow its
use. The gentleman who fills Old Hlisto
ry's Ubair, wse heritate not to say is anore
disparaged and less deservitig ol it than
any of his cuompeers. lie is a foreigner,
and though claimitig the -pithiet of thie
chivahious! the getnerous! the brave! tbe
sons of Carolina are not those oh La Belle
France! bt has been a habit to depreci
ate his exertions fromn principles stated
before. That gentleman's celebrity is un
qluestionable, his wvorks attest the- univer
eabty and the solidity of his attainmnetnts
atid ne regret to say that his presence in
tbis dtate is nut estimated as elsewhere,
both at the North and ini Europe; wvhere
bts genus and learning have met with
greater rewards. iTie - Prophet is not
withiout honor, &c. &c. Now we ask in
sincerity, froum what single individual have
the minds oh students been- most biassed ?
and front whom have they derived a
greater expansion of ideas-~miore-useful
hints imlanted, or rmore valuable infor
muation eenveyed on topics innumerablei
united with the readiness and actual plea
sure exhibited in pouring out the treasures
of his erudition, officially and in) private,
in comparison with which his compensa
lion dwindles to a pittitnce.
We profess the utmost astonishmnetit and
muortificatien w~hen we saw a late writer
congiratulating -himself upon the call of a
Chaplain of the South Uarolinta College
to the North; little is lie capable of fore*
seeiog our loss should he determine to ac
cept ! We have heard the expository ar
gumient on the abstruce Butler-have
hearkened to the thrilling private lecture
elucidating Scripture-and caught the
words of earnest expostulation as they fell
on the Sabbh, and yet never knnan nn
expression, tliat cther aetually orn
ly leaned towards the peculiar teutus
,his own -sect.-whose' capcity jnfores
the precepts.-if. Theology and 'e "e!
deuces of Christiinity? Whosi m-1gi
nation i Jding forth the forms of
thought," bas impetceptibly turibed ,many
an erring youth from the medit d vice,
and taught-him Ihat which leads to.heav
en ? V hose kindling elocution: tildec
lamation divinely powerful, aroi'(~their
dormant energies in the cause en
perauce, and waking -into-i 'slent
spring, nerved and sustained en re
pugnance was about to resume't -wrinted
sway, Whoso authority hasrestrained
the rebellious; and quelled the seditious ?
Many a parent,. did-i-hey kno'i it. .would
pulot.- with gratinide tO the iudividual
whose absence is desired -the' rewards
of conscience-are his:and *su icida.Yil .'be
the blow that sllow-s himn Outthat.onl) to
recur to.- "Fortunatus nimium- bona si
sua norini*." Let ever3 Carolinan rw :che
with siutiny the first att, pts toivaken
public confidence in this ie cherisliid off
spring of their State-lei fhenjevisti.i-e
to maintain its rank and exal; its posiioI;
in that dark hour when - ignoralce was
predominant over a portioq of the land,
one more: favored by early-seldement
contended, year alier year, toatistai it in
its infant days-when every pitance for
its benefit was gniuned by their mos't stren
uous exertions, wrung out at the price of
faction ad even the peril of internal dis
union, and -now n hen its original oppo
sers, enlightened by its agency, have ac
knowledged the value of that which they
attempted to crush and reap k-awards-imore
enduring than the expenditure of: millions
-now when we see the "joint force'and
full result of all" when kiudred uinstitutions
spring up in competition! shatiwe fail in
our exertions? or worse than all, listen to
the whims and caprices of the dissatisfied
few! We nould appeal to ifs stusients.
in recollecting the responsibility of their
positinn. to emulate the enthusiasm of its
founders, their fathers, and -yield not to
that pettiness and frivolity wich detracts
fr,.m the character it is Iitended they
should possess, and % ith whielithey alone
can investigate the iustitutidip We have
deviated from our nieutraliko poise a
lance in its favor-if it breaks.it in defence.
we grudge not tile fracturei,- We love
ihee, and it is our love that spaks"
'' 4T NS
From the Hamburg Mira
CORN ! CORN!! C I
Mr. Editor: I have conveiedwtb sev
eral friends from the up cotqir lately,
and am very much surprised to find, that
an impressioti is now prevailigib w many
of lhose who will be comfled to pur
chase Corn in lamburgh'4at the circu
cular of AMessrs. Walk r.-&Pearson. has
e..ded to raise the price of-Gorn instead
of lowering it. From whal.source this
wrong idea has been set forith, I shall not
attempt to point out ; one thing however.
I am certain of, and .i is ibis, it has beeti
kept movingby thosevhav orn to
ble speculation in the niarket, a'nd not from
those men, who have so kindly directed
buyers where and from whom they can
obtain at the lowest market value, as much
Curtn as they may stand in need at during
the next twelve months. The opportune
circular of Messrs. Walker & Pearson,
who always have the intt--reat of planters
first in mind, came rather ion soon on
those -corn-sellers and -corn-speculators,
and dis-arranged their plans-plans by
which they expected to reap a very hand
somte profit from the needy. Since those
rmen have issued their circular, corn has
fallen in price in Hamburg, and in fact al
most where-ver it is wanted; and mnoreo
ver the minids of the people have, been
greatly relieved, for they did believe, that
starvation stared them in the face, with
out much hope of relief.
If the people in the country wotuld for a
momiient consider rightly. they would im
mediately see wherein the circulation hais
done good, and the cause'of the great hue
and cry raised! againist it, by those very
persons who are willling' to set afloat
rmors in order to gain a fewv cenits. It
was not the object of gain that iniduced
Messrs. Walker & Pearson to send4 forth
their corn circular, hjt to inform their
friends in timte, in what way they might
procure a sufliciency of corn at living pri
ces- Indeed, so well did the puiblic ap-.
prove of their motives, that not only in this
State, but in: Georgia, did several papers
transfer gratuitously that Circular, so that
ev'ery person might profit by it. Abdo wshat
has been the ef'ect of their libresight a'td
husiness taletts ? The corn-jobbers havec
been bluffed, and prices are goiug down
ever since, and the articlefiowinig in. And
now that several men have been disap
pointed in large profits in 'own and coun
try, they are endeavoring to induce personts
t, think, thtat cortn wotuld have been much
lower, had not Messrs. Walker & Pearson
sent out their circular. lint the plans of
those speculators again will noi succeed;
antd the people will he served woht any
qtuantity of good eorn, even by- Messrs.
WValker & l'earson at the lowest prices.
ft has been ascertained, thst 500.000
hushel5 will amply suppily all those who
will have to buy ; whirch amionuit dtvided
between Hamburg and all other points,
will leave but a small quantity to be ship
ped to either place. AGRICO LA.
From the Columbia Chronticle.
AloNTIcELL';. U'airfiield Pist.,
Sept. 20th, 1S45.
Dear Sir :During the last fortnight. a
a specie9 of caterpillar worm has appeared
in ithis neighiborhooi, extending over the
fields suddenly, as if by magic, andit in
their progress destroying all sorts of vege
elation. They destroy the growth of the
fields secrundum artem, first using up the
grass,.and afterwards. going to nork or
whatever comes in their way7 The Cot
ton crops, I have examnined, are already
cut short by them fully ons-half, scarcely
a form a bold of the second crop hiaving
been left : and as to the Corn. albhougi
the greater part of this crop is too olc
fur them to injure it, yet wvhere it happent
there is a field of la~e or new-ground corn,
the proprietor has then to gather his fod
der before it may be ripe; otherwise, they
would spare him .the trouble. .Where
fodder is stacked in the field, which is
hero a comnan praictice, they ao ifot lke
to trespass on it in disregard of-the rights
-of both man and beast.-They aiso eat
potatoe and pea vines,.and turnip tops,
and'even cabbanges and polk stalks; Iso
that after all. State Legislation may yet be
called into requisition for the benefit of
"the dear people." With the extent of
injury and suffering, resulting .the present
)ear to the planters if the upper countiry.
from a drought of unparalelled severity.
and other causes, one could hardly haye
supposed fresh disasters w ere still awai
sing us. Such howeveris the fact ; for, if
these caterpillars cn'inue their desolation
in the way-they commenced, but a very
short time must elapse and our condition
will be sueh an one as may be found des
cribed in the first chapter of the Book of
Job.
EDGEFIELD C. H.
WEDNESDAY, OCTODEB 1. 1845.
11- W tilcling to the Pillalrs of the Temple of
Our' Liberties. and if it mus: fall, we wcill per
ish amidst the Ruinis."
H ARD TiMES.
Aq money is very sage. and the dronght hits
cntt off the prospect of the Planmer and Farmer.
we have come to the conclusion..to reduce our
terms to suit the timies. Ini future, we will piut
the Advertiser to Clubs at the following- low
rates:
For 5 copies for one year. $10 mn advance.
66 10 is - 17 50 "
"15 49" 24 00 "
20 "t 3 00 "
Either of onr present subscribers will be taken
as tine of the above Clubs.
We hopse ont friends will exert themselves4
in our behalf. and iry to get us a few more uil
scribers, as we are at this time very much in
want of the needful.
TaiE EDGMFIELD MECHANtC'S WASH
ingtoniat Society, will fmeet on Mond t
evening rnext.
. The public generally are invied loat
reud.
Fo W cpe are coneelred to om'in much
oritginal and selpred mtrber n bing to ke
great lengh i Mr. HImes' ad ver isem en
TrHE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
The Court of Comioi Pleas and Genieral
Sessions will commence at this plce o Mon
day next... The ,on. ohni B. O'Nmal widllre.
are docketed for thi a term. Sevedal old cases
are conted froo the last Court. The sess
ion will last two weeks. Several cases of con.
sideralble interest will probably be tried.
MA RRIE D,
On the 25th inst., by C. W. Presley, F.sq-.
Mr. John 1rasier t o Niss Elimrbeth Grice. n\h
of Edgelield District.
On the 27th inst., at M t. Vintage, by C. W,.
Presley. Esq., Mhr. Archibald Kemp.tso Mrs
Eli7.abeth Clorwd, all ol Edgefield District.
OGB I T U A gLY ,
Died in this Distrit, on the 15th str. Mlisn
SAt*a C. ROPER, aged fdies years tand one
month. The deceased was confied to the
bed thirteen days previous to her death, dmaing
which timie she writer ofthe pr esenit nsotice lhar
occasion to see her fregnen~stly. mind was plleased
to see her bear her aflitiona wtth such *1r.
ainounat ofchrisman fortitude ansd subrissi vess
*o the will of her heavenily Father. ais she~ ex
hibited dluring the whole time of hier illness
Sher unaited herself to the Baptist Churcti abiul
twvelve mnomnths previous to herdeath,zaller whsicl
uime thm.' life which she livedi bespoke hondigl
and conaspicuously that she had foumnd Clhrisi
precious to hem sotl, and that in all her doings
she lhad an eye siiogie to her God amid his gliory
She was asked by her father, a day or two pire
vious to tier dissolutions, (he possessing muecl
parental affection, and feeling a deep interesi
ma the wveltare of her immortal msnul,) if' ime wet
afraid to die. She replied esiphatically. that
she was not-amid expressed somse astontishmnt
at Isis harbeiing even thme slightest donht ahsoni
hier rcsignaition to the will of~ God. 'iTie de-.
cease~d was suniversally beloved by all wh(
knew her, ftor ini kimndness of disposition, chiarity
and amiableness site was nasurpassed, and
conusequenitly left a host of friends mind relamivem
to amournm thieir loss, which it is tr ne. is great
yet stil greater is her cuain. tfor shte lel'ttundonbt.
od evidence behind lien. that she was going
home to God, there to receive the reward of
all te just in Christ made perfect.
Sarah, thou arm gone home to praise
The Guid that gave thmee birth.
Ho saw 'twas best to end thy days
And cake thee homte from earth.
WVhy you ho took we do snot kmnow,
Ands ini life's very bloom;
But thmis wve do. that we imust go,
Whesn o'er lie calls us' hsosme D.
TO THE FRIENDS OF TEMPERANCE
IN EDGEFIELD.
A t the last meetinig otf the Edgefield Distric
Temperance 8ociety, a resolution was passer
making it the duty of the President to addrea
a communsication through tI' columns of the
Advertiascr. to the different tocal Societies is
the District, respectfuslly inivitmng them to sentc
four delegates front each Society. to attenid out
next meetiig, whic'h will be held at thme Cour
House on the first Tuesday eveniing in OJctobiei
Couart. and to regnest each Society to send tn;
such statistical intfirmaation as they imay be able
conveniently to collect. particularly as tom theil
numbers. both male and female, anud as to the
particualar state of the Temperance refor imatioc
in their respective commmities.
H. BURT, Prcsident.
September 10 tf 33
To Rent.
ONE or Twq of' the most desiirrbh
S tore Rooms in te village oif Edge
field. susitable for Dry Goods, Merchasit Ta'ilor,
Grocery or Drug Stores. Possessions givet:
immaedtactely. M. FRAZUkSR.
1u.01 nr. 07
To the Voters of the 9th
.kegemeeui.
FELLOWCJTIZaN.-W lien a few weL
ago, I yielded toLhe ardent i'ishes of sotme'
my de-ar firiends,.te staffer my name te be use
as a candidate for Colonel, then bit little dii
I expect the necessity would beinflicted upoi
me, of coming out in this communication i
disavowrrepofi'a hich are as false'as hell iisell
I say, but little did I expect this, but most sadl
have I been mistaken. Now. for the first tim
has it been proved to me. that man is deceitfu
and desperately wicked. Now, I believe. thie
iii the gallant State of South Carolina. in Edge
field District-aye. even inl the Ninth &egi
m-nt, there are metn whose ruffian principle
would saffer thrm to stretch'tipon a blood,
rock a radiant Atgel, cloithied in the iajesty i
things divine. Aould one perchtuce stray frot
the peaceful abodes of heaven. Thant njup
menasutes have been taken against myself I
bolster;pua.ehopelsCas cause Of a certain car
didate. let honest facts be produced. I sali
take up each repoit which.- has been use
againtstt mie, in the order in which thej have o<
curred, ani I will give to eact suci commen1
as they may..teed.
First if all-lIndt doming front the braze
molt of tle all-wise .1iu1jor of the range, wet
heiard mntterings concertiug the removal of th
regimental mu -ter ground, frtom wherA it no
is to the Red Hill. These mutterings if ti
Major's were' promptly net, and I belteve ritel
e0hoes are now anoig the things that were. I
lowever,'iere lives a man in either Battalioa
whtto wrahes to know the straight of tis, ti
first hobby of Settle's Irieid, the over zealoi
Major, ie can have it by calling on tme. M,
words have been, and shall be, the saute I
friends and loes. Alter the affair of the iustt
gronid was met and died away, there we
quiet for awhile. This quietus, however,
was permitted to enjoy uily for a season. 01
Ned, it seeian, must have killed lal bull, for h
.oi has suddenly grown very large-so larg
indeed, that Perrit and myself have thougl,
tite omy wiy that we coiud contend against tlb
growing ginut, was to unite on: lortorn hope
in tte lolluwinig manner, viz: we were buth t
continue caididates till near the election, an
itt the meaatiuam. n% e %%ere to lind out which a
us would probably get tla niust votes-it i
Coult get the most I was to w*iWdraw all
thraw ay weigttt into his scales, and vice verst
W to irat lea te tito the liight oftils dern
resort of the two used uap cataduoates, I do "t
now recohiect However, I resolveti to as
nettle's htoimse lfconcernitg the origin ol thi
report, tusutanch as I hd heard that tie ia
Made free to use. iL Accordingly I asked hir
eoncermattag it at Capi. blocker'- parade groumt
lie replied that le had hearu such a repor
but that he <mid not believe it-lie tioughl i
iere aurmtise. Old Abner W hite pernap
tad said tosome persoin that Perrin and in
bell were a little too thick art Urilin's duuin
tle day oit which Capt. Brunson liaraded there
Il tat attliir, I tinnk, Mr. deities acted do pal
wincti siould ime been beneathi the ditit)t
ary anua, and more especialy of any oue wh
would inure oiler timsell as a fit subject tit coir
uitad the h ietht Regiuent. -le cenidescende
tagive niutoiety to) a report, n itch lie acknow
edged ta mie, tie did not believe ; whici lie sai
was met ety the su tase oh Abner VV Ite. A
rega, u tes siurmise, I Call say that it was it
tall; ..ilouttued, at least so tar as ilouti is cot
eet it. d. I have kon if 'errin for ) ears.
have ainaays bcen friendly with him. I hios
ali a) s ao to be. I Wet him at Grillit a as
nitenu. oo did I Settle. I conversed ati
imut as o rend. do did I wita Settle. I5t
for 4 man so zealgusas Abater White, this wa
tiut, eatoigh. Accordiag to lis conceepriomi
,iu-y r.ared ie'gg '4j i Perns lnce, - id I
ientu mity ae ~ Settle. -
at lit.. aaia!-safe time with the above repor
there was aiother hate.hed agaimst,ie. It j
inflow i to tlte most of the people who are a
qatateued wvith tue, tthat A thelotig to a T'empte
unce nuetety, and that it is ntiu my practact
uteit cear I lake ant electoiieeirig tosur, I
plae~ntyself at a liquor heard, as is tite custoi
ot someic, and cry ocnt comrte good meni, coim
all, tand let us take a social giasa. Such we
anot mny custwam before I becomie. a caiadidarte
sticta , tihas anot been sance, atad was ary electie
to htang uiprn this hoo0k alune, suchi it enou:
iot be. Atl who have rseent rie since I becatm
a canidatne, have seen tte saine tanuiviOua
whomut tthey were accustomned to see baefore
was a candtcidaie M~y habaiaentts are tie sam
-uy conduict is the samie. I nmt enilrety a
untacaiged tnaa. Thelire is niothintg irn rI
pltetige ul Ite Society to which I behuoag,1
debar n..e from treatmag. I have paledged in
bcti to drlieK tno itqtau. So lir I have kept th
pied;;e laithtully. ' the ineembers of tire di
cety to wich I belotaged, alt of us are in ttl
haust0 nadvij taqur at our woark helica.
ii ere ir erms 1u '.isat mec at my house, wvl
rtoigiat that a deatm was iiecessairy tuor the
weie-teinig, I should certataty britmsh rte
witn it, nera it itt mty miy piowier. A temcpa
anice utnri itua tiot tmake his conducet a stai
dai d by which all must be ditected. Not itu
tie detionniee others, because they do not ai
parectaely as ltQ'daoes. y so doting hie will gai
trie tll-will o1 his neigitbors, arid crieate pre~j
dia es agamnst his cauese-prejudies, which ltm
itsell cart scarcely ever etface. Hie must wol
bty untd anid geattl' sneans-by the small 81
i atice of a sputess. examaple.
.I here are circnuistances under which
would treat, were I ntot a caundidante. The;
aire ciacettnstnces unader whtich I have treate
sinee I became a canidaare. For instance
wne at Mir. Gtillini's oat the same day of whi
Ii htave previously spouken, two of ary friem
called Ott ate to treat, anrd at the same lt
said. all would niot do it they would. I kite
that both ut these mien,. who called on me. wa:
depenidoent otn thetr uwne exertionts for a suippoi
I thought I lad as uch moaney tuspenud in ci
own behalf as tey bad to spenid for me. St
tretated to a quart-for which Mir. Griffint wv
kniows. Hie received fromt mty hands 37j ct
thoughil he itas ntever mietioneed it to anay pa
son, because ihe kuew it would give the lie
the report wi~'ich I htiinted at above. Now I
rte report. Mir Ratomour says that!I would rn
treat myself at Griffin's. but I gave Wait. I
mnoney, Lo treat for mei. What I have si
abiove, is einugh to cotntradict this re port. I101
ever if anny persont will call on Mr. Hiltt
n ill say mnat I gave lhuit o money to treat
ime at u..rthin's. t e will likewise say I has
never asked himt to treat f'or me. II there
in imy chtaratrer a solirary trail of which I hta
cause to be piraud, thtt trait is muy independenc
I nave ever pursued ant indepenudentecoat:
evern fromu earliest yatuth. Mly words, my deed
I have never tried to coniceal fron: any perso
Anid thougherro'r alter error mtay have markt
my coursae-thouugh they may stand forrth
beacon lights to tell oters whtere they shou
noet go-yet wheat backwards o'er the ocean
my bfa I Icook, 1 cart proudly say that niever
yet have I heart guity of a sutirty act of wvhic
I atm ashiamed or afraid for te world to kneti
W hat I dia I do it boldly. I do it openly-a
they whlo say tat I gave Hitt mroney to ires
far met., at tdriflina's, are liars, and the frath
atot in them.
The next report in carcnlation agaiast me
of a private'caracte.. It concerns Alexatnd
Slharpton and myself-and as IfIrequenitly hta
art opportunity of taeeirtg him. I do nor knto
that l ought to trouble the public with it; Ito'
ever, I will luere remark, that those men wI
have beer so active in htandling it ivontid nevy
have circulated it-, lied not his son have r
quested me to bc.onie of his attendants on I
occasion of htis wedding. detle and h
lriends baad all along expected Shiarpton's yo
and influence.' I had beard thait hte was gairt
to vote for Settle and when in M'cr. Cochratn
-4 - -eaunu u ammm'
tent at Alout t. ernon. we were jokinganel
'other. . I told Seit:es he would get rSb~ptonfir
voterand w1as glad of it. Hlereplii -und sd
Sain nd'further sandia he e fd get wore
I thaithat about-there. I replied, yes, you will
. get isiiin fluence, but it will only:be the mean z
I of me gehing three times as many. ire. Noxt
i gave the reason I expected, Sharpton would
not vote, for me. If Mr, Settles or his friends
Ti'ihavd relitted-ihis onvrsiisio as it occur -
red, I should have been satisfied, for no peraon.
I can infer positively froln- this that I meatdo
I impeach Mr. Sharpton's character, i'*itie
t character of any persoi whom lie can infhi.
ence. But how do they tell the story ? The"
. say, or at least rumour says, that) said that 1 .
s be damned if I wanted his vote, ortheq -oies
e of any of his damned crew, and thI tiCt
, I did not wish to be elected ban oes.
s I beieve I have given a fatifhal del'n n of
t the conversasion as it ccuned between'M.
a 6ettles and myself.
bome perhaps may think that wished Ao
1 detract from Ml Isharpton 'eharacter, by say
d Illg his not voting frr--m would be- the.means
of my.getting 'more 'votsa. But'I am able to
explais tws.salislajctorily to himselfor.to any
of hs ifriends. do believe Setges dif-Thr
n think he understo'od perlietlywell what.
e meant. Alexauder sharitnn lia4 always d
e ne as. gentlenatn. and if he 'is not ODE It IS
V more thai 1.a1i able Wo say.. Sfar as hip qotrt
e concerned, I can prove. werei i e-is bat
r I.las aiway a expressed a favoerabidpioti
[r of hsim. I deny ever-having spoken the wordi
, concerIm sag blsarptuni, which ruinour says I di.
e The respect, the regard, which I have fori r
,9 Cochran and his lady, botli of .whioam tiisl
y were present when this conversatios took,
o place, would have restrained sue from usiAr
r least some of' tc words, which iumour sayi I
a did. This conversation took place hetween
I bettles' and myself at a time' when we iwere -
u passing jokes at each other, and as a joke it
s should nave passed away. But,, a' drownin
e man will catch at straws
i The next report againist me ' of such a
a character, that it is calculated to do me a seri
o ous ijury where I am not well known-L-hoW
o ever, wisee I am 'well acquainted, I have
Sissisi g to lear from it Ail who know me cair
,f attest that I always wear the same coat. both -0'
e the coupany of the rich and the poor. I have"
j but one heart, w hich heart has sympathies as
much for the poor man as if ever did for tho
r rich. 'th e report against me is, that I said to
t some person, (Gud only knows to whom,) that
k I aud rathes have the vote of a certain little.
s was., who as very sich, that lives away up yon
d der, (uiod onmy knows shere )than to have the
n votes ol thri)-five poor inen. This report is
1. calculated Lu injure me abroad, bsut at home .
have noinig.tosbas f rosm it. Air. bettlesi~need. -2
It 'jot put isuacd1 to ;die trouble again to trans
, port his true and faithful' friends, his wet-lip.
ped 5iaptist, the 'deacon of his club, and the
Tiscvdie ainigencer, down amsong my neigh
ours, to sry to paii on them such a report.
rt Tiey cuss not iake my neighbors, many of
whsoini re p.oo, beheve that i have any more
o ' 10 nt e . Ii 1 i 11an Isuve for the poor.
.v ere I to kit thew myaeul thut I put a greater
esisntaLe on tie rich than I do oil tihe pooriman's
1. tote, they Would tell mse thtit msy words belied
U my conduct. . Actions speak lounder than
S words-and lahmes a retrospective view of my
0. ilc, $so Iiua cal reset to any action, to any
u ced-nis, not eten to. any word oif mine-,
I usat woul , hasuea ted -Lcy .o make any un
e prejudiccu isass believe thaLt I have ever wor
a tyippru tne rich and uespited the poor. N
h pour msan can say tsat I ever sneered'at his
n1 povesty, or. that I ever refused to treat inu
S With lsujimtagity %-fhenever I met him, whether -
, MaOne by oursenves or in a busy crowd,com
o posed bouhof ribi and poor.. Uonesty -is the
stasrarrdr by-wfi~ci ~nsanki:dand whe-;
t, ever I see a poor mar powssessing ire and -
.s noniest princtpes, lie is as mudh, in my. estima'
Uo uas Ie wouludbe ithe owned thousands. He
r. woo firat Lries to the 'poor an,'is not:always
-,u 1h: eN- friend to the poor. Nay, in these late'
o ter datys, it is a cry too oftens raise-d byounpinci
n pied muess, to obstin thadt distristion which they
e hKsowi th,:sr mierit will not entitle them. Evens
a ii any short fle, I have seaen men who wvhen not
- befjire the public for any oflice, would stalkc
n sibouit in tseir high-heeled .boots, their broad
d cisith coasts anid black g loves, as ii the utniverre
e nelonged to themi-as ii they disdained not
ml onuly tal who were nsotjas fine as themselves,
I but esen Use very grountd o which they trod.
,e I have seens these saime men, when candidates
sa for popusar lavor, stoop to the most abject
,.. t..sngs. A fnaveL se.en theumgrasping the brawany
o fiantds of those whsusi just nsow they hated, tad
y. whgipersg it ineir ears such honeyed tales,
is lnau surechy onue would think the poor man had,
is o otiser irsesnds but them. P'ons people should
ae avo~d senm niL as iliey would ste yery Devil
- sti ueh. I ley arc wolves ini sheeps-clthing.
0 :-shecy are ruhun s, tthat would gorge them
ir sesves with the tecsy ast drop of blood from the
in poor manet's hieart
s n no first g ave the circulation to thse report,
ithat I hsave a prefesence for richi men's votes, I -
st ams snot able to say. A Irsend of miine told me,
e tnat the wet-hipped lMaptist told him tant Johns
in aetue was fits sauthor. If' Mr Settle did
a- gate thns report to the wet-lijlped Baptist to
te circulate for hssuiad it, as his coniduct would
kseems to indicate, lie does favor anud encourage :
di that batnd of mercenaries, whlom he usually ~
carries with laun to every church and muster -:
I ground, in fabricating reports agaissit me,-I
re say, i lie does do these things, hse had better
ad pas anid calculate some o~f the congequences
- wisen aught arise Iromi a course of' procedure
:hi so unceourteous, so iflliberal. I shuld very
lis much hike to knsow why lhe has singled me out
te as it vactant on which to spend his rage. Why
W on ine or tsearly. alone, tias he thought fit to.
re sipens hits batteries I Has he done so because
t. I have takein any tunderhanid turn upon him ?
y lie cani not say ina autght I have treated him.
I atuisa. Has lie done it, because ne hates my
'II by boyish fooks-because iie despises my
-, measinjpearance. We both with justice to
-i obraeives can say, I aim " cheated of feature,
t' isy dissembling ssature's art'-I sin " deform
or eu, s-slsaped, ansd sent before my time into this
Ot oreatninag wiorld, scarcghalf' made up." Per
itit iaps the gemlimans has done so, because lie
id dhaugist ny friends were few, and-.that liko
,v- weatnercocks, they would turn to every breeze.
se jt suen Save been, or ii soch are now the gen
ir ntu an's thuoughsts, I can insf'orm him he is sadly
'." niustaken-for I have friends. Yes, I have
as irsius, though uscy may be few in number.
re k et I siave friends as true as the magnset is to
e- me pioar star, and as firm as are those majestic
e-. oaks oh' tue forest, which have so often mnistood
s, the fury oh the whlirlwinsd. Perhaps the gen
n- uemunan dotubts my qoalifications. It may be
d I am nfot so versed in the lore of the ancients,
as or the literature of the moudenss as he is. Per
Id cfsence -I have never dived so deep hanimeta- I
of physics, or scared so near the heights of math
as ensatics as Ihe has. If the gentleman doubts
:h use ou atny of these points, I stand prepared to
V. mee't in, as i likewise do on any other subj t
id wfsucn he im y propose. lint perhapii I S
mtiiistas n tiull-perhaps the gentleman has 4
:s wtared asgainsst me, because lie thought I was
.uievod oh couratge, sin ingredient that is issen.
itiaf o every Colonel to have. If the gent
r atnUnntks I um wveak upon this point
e sneeds onuly hssit such a thsing to. me, and c
Iv can prove t'o him by a deuponstration clear
-.1 am a soldier fromn the point of a bayonet'
0The mouth of a cannon.
,.I have said that:.a friend of moine told me)
e that the wet lipped Baptist told him that John
isSetl tldhim, taitodhew lipped.
te Ihap tist concerning this report; John Bettle "
g may be clear of this charge; he may be clear
's of countenanhcinsg or enenusraging his friends