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bet the unenviable fraction of nothing. When
next he wandeta from the awful shades of the
university--the member represents Cambridge
to give us the glorious maxims of olden tites,
let him not mutilate them. Let him give them
to us in their full and solemn import; let him
tell us-" de morTuis nil, nisi bonum alque re
rum:" nothing of the dead but what is good
and true. When next he is moved to speak
upon this floor, let him speak to us of both
goodness and truth. God knows, Mr. Speaker,
that it is not my province to point out to the
member what he should do ; but I hope that, in
asking him to speak in both goodness and truth,
1 am not asking too much ; that I am not impo
sing upon him a luxury, which his scanty means
will not afford.
Mr. Speaker, it is recorded in a treatise on
physiology, as an evidence of the power of the
imagination, that a poor water-carrier once
dreamed that the king had conferred upon him a
patent of nobility, and that he arose in the morn
ing a lunatic, weeping over the stern necessity
of divorcing from the instincts of his nature and
the habits of his life. Now, Mr. Speaker, if
the words of the holy seer have come to pass ;
if we have fallen upon the days when the wo
men of Massachusetts prophesy, when the men
of Massachusetts" see visions and dream dreams'
if the member from the Sufiflk district has
dreamed that he can speak what is both good
and true of the living or of the dead. I trust, sir.
that in his waking hours he finds the reality no
violence offered to his nature, or no burden too
heavy to be borne.
Now, sir, I have to perform the last act in this
legislative ceremony. A majority in this house
has passed a resolution of censure upon me.
For what? Because I did nut turn public in
former. Informer against whom? Against my
then colleague, [Mr. Brooks]-against my friend,
my bosom friend, and, as the black republican
journals have charged complicity on my part and
a conspiracy, I will say, informer against my
State. What, sir! turn public informer against
my colleagne, against my friend, against my
State? Sir, those who wish-to be galvanised into
walking satires upon honor and decency and fidel
ity may turn informers; I never shall. And turn
informer in favor of whom ? A man who has
slandered my State and one of her most distin
guished and trusted sons [Judge Butler.]
Sir, I knew that my colleague intended to
punish the Senator from Massachusetts [Mr.
Sumner] unless lie apologised. I knew he
would punish him, for he told me so, and he al
ways performs what he attempts. I did not
know, however, when or where the punishment
would be inflicted ; and I did not anticipate its
infliction in the Senate chamber. Had 1 antici.
pated that act of justice there, I should have
been still nearer the scene of action than I was.
Sir, the Senator front Massachusetts [Mr.
Sumner] had 'landered South Carolina and one
of her distinguished Senators, [Judge Butler.]
Sir, he had slandered a man dear to my State,
[Judge Butler;] a man whose name is interwo
ven with her history; a man in whose veins flow
only patriotic blood, and whose family escutche
on is bound with laurels won on many a field.
Sir, when this man was slandered-this man,
distinguished by dignity and usefulness, by his
service and reputation-this man crowned with
all the honors of a well-spent life--when he was
slandered in his absence, is it strange that the
blood of a kinsman should run swiftly, and boil
up with indignation against the slanderer? Sir,
had my colleague acted otherwise than lie did,
he would have deserved contempt.
There are wrongs, sir, for the redress of which
no appeal can be made to a human tribunal.
Wounded honor can never be redressed by an
attorney; nor can a manly pride be weighed in
legal seales. My colleague redressed a wrong
to his blond and his State, and he did it in a fair
and manly way.
Sir, in the feudal code of chivalry-the only
code of chivalry the wit of man has ever con-.
structed-the churl was never touched with the
knightly sword ; his person was muleted by the
charterstaff.
Sir, wvhat a spectacle has this H-ouse presented
to the world ! The adherents of Mr. Sumner
say : We hold a man's person sacred, but his
reputation out of the pale of protection. We,
on the other hand, say that character is sacred,
and without it a man's person is not worth pro
tecting. Sir, let us go to the country on this
issue: Sanctity of character on the one side,
aind impunity to slander on the other.
j ask, again, sir, did this House expect me to
turn informer? Informer, sir, again.st any col
league and intimate friend !-and that, too, in
favor of a slanderer. Sir, of all characters, sauve
that of~ the informer, the slanderer is most des
picable. Even after he shall have breathed the
supreme breath of his hideous life-for cold.
blooded and measured slander is moral hideous
ness---even from the worms, fitly battening on
his disgraced remains, even after the flesh that
wraps him shall have dissolved away and mingled
with the tainted earth-even then will history
select, his name from among the dishonored
names of earth anti condemn it, in stereotyped
infamy, to live amongst her most witherinir re
cords. Sir, whoever wishes to be pillorfe~d in
dishonor may turn informer-never will I. If
the constitution only protects the slanderer, it is
wvorthless. If its a-gis is only thrown around a
man's body of flesh, wvhile his cha~racter, which i=
imnmortal, is left to be blurred, and stained, and
sullied by obscenity and slander, thena the light.
nling of an indignant people should blast and
consume it. Sir, never will I submit to slander,
or wvill I betray confidence.
For the inidividuail opinion of those who have
passed the resolution of censure upon me, I
care nothing. For their oflicial opinion., formally
recorded, I have a proper sensitiveness. From
this recorded act of a m::jority here, almost en
tirely black republican arid aboli:ion. I shall :ap.
peal to my constituents. I shall appeal to thiose
who hold character sacred, and among wvhotm
honor is maintained. I sha~l appeal to a coni
stituency to whom are given our revolutionary
records, as the primer of learninig is given to in,
fancy, to turn over its leaves like those of an
illustrated volume ; for those who have umas
tered the hornibook of fame and the alphabet of
patriotism may dec upon the ebharacter of an
act.
I have only now to add that I have placed my
rcsignaition in the hands of my colleague, (Gov.
Aiken,) to take effect whean I make the a,'.
nouncement upon this floor, and that he has al
ready transmitted it to the Governor of the
State of South Carolina. I wish only to say.
in justice to the chairman (Mr. Camnpbeli) of the
special committee. that I haive no complaint to
make against his conduct in this matter.
I now deelekre, sir, that I atm no longer a mean.
ber, of the Thirty-fourth Conagress of the Unai
ted States.
EXECUTI0N0F . E. CHANEY.
This unfortunate maa convicted at the last
springf term of our Court otf negro stealing, ex
piated his crime on the gallows ont Friday last,
the 11th of July. It had long been the impres
sion of~ persons in this commuitay, thiat the pris
oner was one of a regula.rly orgaanized clan, who
were engaged int enticing and abducting slaves
from their masters.-Vario us circumst ances led
to this impression, and many efforts were mtade
to induce the prisoner to conaieuss his own guilt.
rand to reveal the names and whereabouts of his
confederates; and we believe inducements were
held out that his doing so neight lead to a par
don in his own case; but lie persisted in assert.
ing his ininocence-maintained that he bonght
and paid for thae negro that lie was convicted of
stealing, and that lie was ignorant of any law
less clan of which he was supposed to be a
member. It was believed, however, that when
broughtt to the gallows aind convinaced that there
was no hope of pardon, and that onuly a few mao
ments seperated iaim rrom eternity, he would
make a clean breast, and an open exposure of
his guilt.
He addressed the people for abont one hour
and a half, and during that timne, lie was repeat
edly urged by persons present to make a con
fession ; but all to no purpose, and if we un
derstood the substance of his remarks, he main
tained his innocence to the hastm; though we be.
lieve the main issues wvere. rathc-r evaded.
The parting words of the unfortunate man to
his old friends and aequainlanceu, as lie shook
them severally by the hand, were truly affecting.
About half past 1 o'clock, the fatal instrument
of death was drawn around his neck ; the horrid
cap adjusted, and soon the wretched criminal
was launched into eternity.-Lancaster Ledger,
1MA ingi.
From the Washington Union. I
TO THE PUBLIC. t
It is with extreme reluctance that I am con- t
strained to transfer a private quarrel from its <
legitimate field into the public press. The fault,
however, does not properly rest with me, as an I
impartial public will decide .after reading the fol
lowing card from Anson Burlingame, member of t
Congress from Massachusetts :
A Card.
I am informed that the memorandum of a re
rent conversation of myself and friends with
the friends of Mr. Brooks has received, in soni
quarters, from i's position, as appended to Mr. ,
Brooks' speech, anfinterpretation which does
injustice to its real meaning and to my intentions.
This is what I say, and have said, in relation
to my speech: That I observed in it the rules
of personal and parliamentary decorum; that I
could not qualify or retract any portion of it,
and held myself responsible to any gentleman
aggrieved by it.
This is the only construction which I supposed
would be placed on the memorandum, which my
friends reduced to writing, that there might be
no misunderstanding. But, inasmuch as at
tempts, not altogether unsuccessful, have been
made to pervert its true meaning, I now with
dran it. And, that there may not be any mis
apprehension in the future, I say, explicitly, that
I leave my speech to interpret itself, and hold
myself responsible for it, without qi:.lification
or amendment. A BURLINGAME.
WASHINGTON, July 19 1855.
'This card was first published in the " Intelli
gencer" on Monday, the 21st inst., thongh it is
dated July 19.
As soon as I coald procure a friend (which
was in less than two hours after I first saw the
card) the following message was sent to Mr.
Burlingame:
WAS;IINGTON, July 21.
Si : Will you do me the kindness to indicale
soae place outside of this District where it will
be convenient to you to negotiate in reference
to the difference between us.
Very respectfully, &c.,
P. S. BROOKS.
Hon. A BUNIGAME.
Apprehending an arrest from the ofliciOi in
terference of ar. Burlingame's friends, t,1 knew
that no friend of mine would lodge information,)
at night-f1al I left my own rooms and went to
the hone of a friend for greater security.
At about twelve o'clock Gen. Lane called and
delivered Mr. Burlingame's reply to my note,
which reads as follows:
\VASHINGTON. D. C., July 21, 1856.
Sin: Your note of this date was placed in
my hands by Gen. Lane this afternoon.
In reply. I have to say th:tt I will be at the
Clifton House, on the Canada side of Ni:gasra
Falls, on Saturday next, at 12 o'clock. n., to
negotiate" in reference to any " difference be
tween us" which in your judgment may require
settlement "outside of this District."
I have the honor to be your obedient servant.
A. BURLINGAME.
lion. P. S. Bnooss.
In order that the public may fuly understand
the whole matter in relation to Mr. Burlingame
and myself, it is ncessary to revert to events
antecedent to the last correspondence between
us. Some time during the last mnth he made I
a speech in the House of R. presentatives, and
when referring to the asault upon Senator Sum
ner, he applied this language to myself: " Stole
into the Senate chamber, and struck his brother.
as Cain did Abel." When the sentence was ut
tered, my friend, Mr. Keitt, who knew that I was
absent, pronounced it false; under which impu
tation Mr. Burlingame quietly rested. I did not
att that time feel it my duty to hold Mr. Burlin
game responsible for his language, anid might
perhaps have permin.ed him and his words to
pass.
It was not long, however, before intimations
from divers soarces reached mec that the friends
of Mr. liurlingame were ba':tsing of his valo
rous assault upon me-of his expertness with
the rifle, (which they more than insinuated had
come to may ears, in explanation oaf my forhear
ance)-and that he himself was making capital
at home in consequence of his courageous con
duct. In regard to the insult given him by Mr.
Keitm, it was said that he (Mr. Burlingome)
"would not send, but thamt he would accept, a
challenge."
Under these circumstances 1 felt tha t forbear
ance was no longer a virtue, and requested my
friend, Mir. Bocock, on the 1st day of July, to
go to Mr. Burlingame with the simple question,
"Would lhe receive a call from me ?" The re
ply to this short question is to be found in the
following extract from a written stattement made
to me by Mr. Bocock:
[Extract.]
"Mr. Burlingamie then commenced an expili
nation, which led to a hung coniversation be
tweein us, ini thme course of which he nmade mnitiy
statements, which he said were confidemitial.
"Omitting these, the answer which lie desire~d
me to bear you was atibstantially this : that he
had no unkind feelings whatsoever for you, but,
on the contrary, regarded you as a man of cour
:ge :ind a mnn 0of honor; that while lie disap
proved of the a.-sault oii Mr. Sumner, amid felt
bound as a Massauchusetts ma~n to conidemn it,
le land designed to discrimtinate, betweeii the
man and lie act, [let it be remuemblered that this
language wa*;s used on the 1st of Jutly.] anid had
said no mnore oii the subject thaii his sense of
representative duty required. Under thlese cir
umstanmces, he was surprised t o find thait you
had takenm exception to anything which he had
said. ' li relation to the boatsts that had been
thrown out in hi.< name, he staited that they' ha d
not been authorized by himi: hut, on the co n
trary, he very strongly eondemnned boili them
and their aut hors.'
-Aiid if, after all this, you wvere not sati~fled.
and wanited his blood, he stated that lie could
do nothing elke tha~n accept, and would do so.
"IBofore leaving M~r. Burliingame, I recapituba.
ted whlat I understooad to be his answer. Hie
agreed that I was right, anid added,' describe ine
to him as you see mie; do justice to my kiind
eelings to himi, and do justice also to my mian
hood.'"
I did do justice to Mr. Burlingame in t hotight,
bearing, anid sp,-ech. I was pleased with the re
port of his bearing, and impressed with the be.
lief that lie was an elevated gentleman ; aiid
when next I met him I respect fully offered him
mmy hiaid, wvhich lie as respectfully received.
On the day that the resolution for my expul.
sion was to be taken up in the t louse, intein.1
ding to be severe ini my remarks tupoii certaini
o its members, as also upon the Sta' of Mas.
sachusetts, I reqtuested Mr. Boenek; to snbmit
his written statemeiit to Mr. ijtrlingame for his
approval or rejection. In relation to this point,
Mr. Bocock sayvs iti his laust statement : "On the
morning on which you made your ereech and
resigned vonir seat in the House, I handed Mr.
Duringatne the statement which I had prepared,
and he has nerer returned it to mc." I informed
Sr. Boeoek that I must and should have an ac
quittance from Mr. Biurlingaime; and on that
evening (of the day on which my speech was
made) my frieiid Mr. Bocock brought me the
meorandm which was appended to m~y speech,
aid wvhich is in the handwriting of Speaker
Baiks. Trhe memorandum was in all essential
points the same as Mr. Boenek's statement, the
original of which Mr. Burlingamie had retained,
but a copy of which I had fortunately kept.
This memorandum I accepted tinder thec advice
of friends, ini lieu of Mir. Blocock's statement,
aid was told that it wvas generous to do so. I
did it to save Mr. Burlingamie's feelings, whose
associates I was informed wvere pressing him.
And yet, after all ihis-after five days of delay
-Mr. Burlingame had the effrontery to embar
rass his couinseliing friends, and to repudiate,
on the 19th ot July, hecause of an atssumed
false construcetion, "in some quarters." an in.
strument w hich contained tipologies whieh lhe
hd made on thme first of the samie nmonthi, and
which apologetic construction lie had repeatedly
admiited to be true, and also in the presence of
his frienid, Mir. Banks.
He now even utfects the chevalier, and defi
antly says, "I leave my speech to interpret
itself, and hold myself responsible for it. without ',
qaulifcation or amendment." I
He requires me to mpet him in Canada, a die
tance of near seren hundred miles by mnail.route
-a route running through the enemy's country,
and through which no man knows better thman
Mr. Burlinigame that I could nost pass without
running the gauntlet of miobs anid asusassins,
pr.isons nd nenit entiaries, bailiffs and constables
te knew that I could never get to Canada, and
hat were Ito do so and he were to fall, that I
vould never get back. He might as well have
lesign:ted Boston Common.
his proposition is of a so preposterous e.harac
er that the public will appreciate it without
omment from me. When he repudiated the
nemorandum which was prepared by his friend,
td delivered in his own presence, I felt some
ympathy f-r the agony of a proud man driven
o doing wrong that ho might retrieve the honor
>f a State which had been tarnished by unwor
by representatives. But his last condition is
vorse than the former, and I deliver him to
hat condemnation which honorable men in
very community will sternly inflict. 1 have no
'urther demands upon him; but should he be
crowed up to the point of making demands upon
ne, I will yet treat him as a gentleman, and
eet him at any convenient and accessible point
ipon equal terms.
I respectfully ask that the subjoined letter
'rom General Lane may be read, and submit my
'onduct to the intelligent and spirited people of
:very State in the Union.
P. S. BROOKS.
WAsts GroN cItY, July 22, 1856.
DEAR sIR : I have deemed it proper and just
.o make the following statement.
At your request, 1 called yesterday at near
bree o'clock, as your friend, upon Hon. Mr.
Burlingame-that being the first opportunity I
tad of meeting him and delivering your note.
After he had read it, I informed him that I was
requested by you to urge that a meeting should
lake place at the earliest practicable moment,
uggesting that afternoon or this morning at
four o'clock, and hoped that it would suit his
onvenienco.
I further stated that you had supposed that
all differences between you and himself had
been adjusted; that he (Mr. Burlingame) had
re-opened the matter, as you supposed for a
personal diniculty, and that you were anxious to
have it ended without delay. He replied, " That
is the feeling of a gallant m::n, and Brooks is a
brave man." That he would have to look out
for a friend, and had none in his mind at that
ime, aid perhaps he could not be ready for a
meeting at as early an hour as you requested.
I also impressed upon him the necessity of entire
esrecy save with his friend; and further reques.
Led that hit or hi' friend would communicate
with me at my seat while the House was in ses
ion, or at my room after its adjournment; and,
as he had the right of selecting the place for the
meeting, and such other arrangements as are
usual uipon such occasions, that he would have
the kindness to let me know, at as early an hour
as was convenient, when and where and what it
would be. Last evening, about eleven o'clock,
the enclo-ed note from Mr. Burlingame was
placed in my hand by the Hon. L. D. Campbell.
The place of meeting designated in said note is
so far distant, and would subject you to so
many hazards or arrest, and also to a jurisdiction
without the limits of the United States, th:t, as
your friend, I advise you, without hesitation, to
take no further notice of the matter.
I am, sir, very respectfully,
Y'ur obedient servant.
JOSEPH LANE.
Hon. P. S. Baooxs.
ARTHUR SIMKINS, EDITOR.
EDGEFIELD, 8. C.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1856.
W The high-toned article of our friend Jo SE.PH
GalFFrru, Esq., in reply to "IRictafa," has been
taid on our tabte fur publication, but in conscquence
of the crowded state of our columns and the late hour
at which it was handed in, we are reinctantly cutm
peled to defer presetnting it to our readers until next
week,
SAMERICAN HOTEL.
Hamburg has two good hamels. But the one in our
mind just now is the " American," kept by OL~tvEa
I. P. SCO-r- & Co., From gentlemen who have
stopped there recently, we ascertain that it is atl right
in every department. Its proprietors know what a
good Hotel is and mean to prove this knowledge by
giving the highest satisfaction to all who many lend
them custom. W See advertisement on another
column.
MR. CARWILE'S ANNOUNCEMENT.
It ise our fault that Mr. CAnwit.E;'s name was not
brought out two weeks ago. It was handed in to us
three weeks agno; but we were requested to withheld
it for a week. Through inadvertence ne have omit
ted to pubtlih until now, for which we tender to his
friends our best apology.
NOTICE.
We are requeste-d to .state that the Slechanies of this
pil ce n ill huhld an adjtcrried meeting, ttis (Wednes'
day) evening, am 8 o'clock, in Mr. Jons Cox~cas
work shop.
A FRIENDLESS CHILD.
Mir. WV. C. IIALLr, residing near this place, took in
10 his house, the other daiy, a poor little boy, n hti says
his name is lr.Tt-:t MITCIIE LL. lie was awandering
alone upon thme high roadl, witth a little wallet of clothes
containing t wo or three suits. Upon bue'ig questioned,
hie did not know wthere lie was going, nor whmence he
name. Ie says his maother andI fatther are both idead.
Te child appears to be about six or seven years old.
his clothes are blue twiiled cotton. le wore a
roundabout andi straw hat.
Any one knowing the unfortunate chtilid and desirous
af releiving tim, can apply to Mr. Hat~t., fotur mites
West of this place, on the Edgefield & Cheatham
Plank oadt.
If appliation is not imade soon, the child will be
turned over to the Commi:sinner's of the Puor.
PROFESSOR J. F. 0. MITT~lAG.
This gentlematn has been sojurtiing itn our village
and i.inity for some weeks, ad will probably re
main with us a good wah'le yet. Interesting as a
philosopher, stuccessfml as an artist and pleasing as a
companiio, the Doictor is sure to wiin friends and
dmirers whierever hie goes. We have not enjoyed a
Fortnight in a twelve-month so nmuch a we d'd oneo
lie lately spent with us. Between the Professor's
tntiiifc specnlations on the one side, and, on the
>ther, watching the progress of our yotnngest's pur
rait to comnpletion, it was really cite of the dream
ipots of life.
It is almost unnecessary to add, by wvay of a hint
'o or Edgefield readers, that tnow is the anspicious
oment to secure beautiful portraits of themselves
d, especially, of their little dears.
MECIIANICS' MEETING.
It vill be seen that a meeting of the Mechanics of
>nr town was held last wveek, to pay a proper tribute
f respect to the memory of Mr. J. H. Christian. We
earn that it was a hirge aiid a feeling one. The
utd for the tombstone to he placed over his grave
ire already raised. Alho, some three or four hundred
lollar have been rubscribed for te relief of his des
itute family, and the list is still passing arotund.
OUR DARK CORNER LIST.
It is vexatious indeed to be treated, as newspaper
mhlishers are occasionally by thme oflicials of the
nail department. We have a complaint to lay at
e door of the Augusta posit office, and it is this: Our
nbsriers in the Dark Corner of Edgefield receive
eir pap~rs by the way of Atngnsta. Thte river
niail, as we are infiirmed, goes up from Augusta io
hat neighborhood every Thursday morning. We
rre now, and have been for some time, mnailitig our
taper for the Dark Cortner on Tuesday evening. It
tuts reaches Augtusta Tuesday night, givitig the
ehole of Wednesday and Wednesdasy night to ensure
ts being carried on by the river mail. Anti yet tur
ubcriers on the Savannah side are frequently, n~ay
ilmost always, more than a week behind in hearing
um us. Can the post-master at Augusta explain thtis
ii his satisfaction? If not, then we ask that the
altter be corrected for the future. We are threaten
d with the loss of subscribers on this account, of
usribers too whom we prize as cultivatedl and in
elligent readers. Arid we trust otur complaint will
~e heeded. Will our neighbors of Augusta copy!?
g A poet says:
"Oh she was fair;
But sorrow came and left his traces there."
What became of the balance of the harness he
onat state.
UNANIMOUSLY RETURNED.
The extra Congressional election for the 4th District
is over, and PREsToN S. BRooKs is of course unani
mously returned to the seat he lately occupied in the
Federal house of Representatives. We are unable to
say what has been the strength of his vote among the
people at large. At tie place the turn-out was very
full considering that the election came off in such hot I
weather and at so quiet a time. But whatever may
be the strength of tis vote, it is perfectly certain that
his whole constituency sympathise with and applaud
his spirited course of conduct. They not only beleive
that the castigation of CuAs. SUUNEa was entirely
justifiable, but they take pride in pointing to their own
gallant representative as the man who inflicted it. It
is not a mere cold endorsement on their part, but an
active, warm, demnnstrativeapproval. We have our
selves heard hundreds of his constituents speak of the
whole aflkir nith the quivering lip and flashing eye of
a most cordial sympathy. Not one have we seen, who
ever seemed to think it wrong. For Elgefield espe
cially, we speak with emphasis. She says to her
member-" Well done good and faithful scrvant ;" if
necessary she would add-" Hit 'em again." And
she wishes it to go out to our enemies at the North. in
a manner palpable and unmis'akeahle, that her noble
son is more cherished than ever for the righteous blows
he has so resolutely laid on in defence of South Caro
lina's fame and Senatcr BoartE's honor. Site ap
proves, she applauds ; anti now she exults in returning
her representative immediately and unanimonsly to
the Congress in which he has stood forth before the
country as a true gentleman aund a high-souled patriot.
GLANCES AT OUR EXCHANGES.
By the Yorkville Enquirer we observe that the
Temperance question is again lifting its head for dis
cus'ion in that rart of the country., JuDGE O'NEAI.
is doubtless determined that thelmeasure of reform he
has so long had at heart shall not go by the board
without another trial before the State.
The Abbeville Banner also has an account of a
Temperance Prohibition meeting recently held in
that District, at which strong resolutions were adop
ted in favor of a prohibitory law. Delegates were ap
pointed to attend the Greenville Temperance Conven
tion which is to meet to a very short time. How is
it that we hear of no movement in that direction by
the Temperance men of Edgefield? Antd by the way,
what has become of the Order of the Sons amongst
us?
The Sumter (Alabama) Democrat contains a South
ern Rights Call signed by sunry rersons, the object
being to get up a purely Southern nomination for
Sumter County, from President down. Some mde
penlence to be sure, but rather more of folly.
The Anderson Gazette 4' -Advocate comes out in
plain terms against the present management of the
South Carolina College. It is not opposed to the Col
lege per-se hut condemns the~extravagance of the ap
propriation for its support. 'she Ga:ette does not re
gard the course of studies and plan of education adap
ted to the wants of the State. We think ourself it
would be well enotigh to metamorphose the Institu
tion into a regular University.
In the last number of the 1larion Star is a very
manly letter from D)r. RODERT HARLE., declining to
run again for State Senate. We regret that circum
stances have led this gentleman thus to withdraw his
name from before the public. No more true or trust
worthy citizen is to be found in the State ; and the
people of Marion lose, by his declining, the services
of one vito has proven himself an efficient and useful
Legislator.
The papers generally are load in their denunciations
of the shameful carelessness which bronght about the
late awful catastrophe on the.Pennsylvania Railroad.
The Washington Sentinel well remarks that such
evils will scarcely be corrected " except by hanging
until thtey are dead the scoua rels who thus sacrafice
human life by wholesale."3
The True Carolinian, of Alerson, holds forth the
Air Line Railroad, proposed a be run from Atlanta,
Ga., to Chtarlotte, N. C., as a decided probability.
and urges the people of Anderson to arouse thtemselvest
to the wvork. Anderson Village is directly on the
contemplated route. " Georgia," says the True Car
olinian, " will build the road to the line ; South Carm
lia will have to carry it throught her borders, with
te help of New York and ~Iw Orleans." And that.
the ball, it is haoped, wi. - to until the
project shall he accomplished. Fuirterm~ore, it ap
pears that the South Carolina College is abottt to lhe
brought on the tapiR in Anderson as an electioneering
hobby, against which thse editor in htand enters htis
protest.
The Greenville Patriot 4- Mountaineer in its last
issuae avows thtat if the New Enagland States wvere
occupied solely by such men as SU~tNaa and BUa
LtNGAME, it w ould not hesitate to dissolve the IUnion
before go~ing to sleep.
Thte Yorkville Citizen thinks thtat the election of
Mr. BucatA .IN may put off the evil day of disuntion ;
" but it will be a miracle of Giod's mercy anal good
iess alone, that can stay the angry waves of discord
which threaten to overwhetm us."-The Citizen
speaks in commendatory germs of ite Piedmont Sul
phur Sf.rin'gs, situated in ihturk County, N. C. Th~ey
are surrountded by beastiftul mouantan scenery, and
pervated by tarn invigorating atmos-phere.
The Pee Dee Herald, of July 22ndl, ahotunds in
original matter upon variouts topics. It is a handsome
young parer and we wvish it success.
The Chester Standard has an ne-coutnt of a Temper
ance meeting ina Chester for the pturpose of uppointinag
delegates to the Greenville Convention.---The Stand
ard and its correspondent, " Reform," are stirinag tap
the suabject of road-working. Ilope they'll amake
somethiang out of it be fore thery get through.
Thte Carolina Times refers to a notice in the Winns
boro Register in regard to the nominationi of a Tm
p-rance Prohibition ticket for the Legislature.-The
Tims still growls at BucinA xA x and the Democrats,
and avers thtat it is opposed to all parties except a
"Southecrn Rights party ;" whlich is the same as say
ing that it oposes all the existant parties of the cotun
try. We should be very glad to see oaar friends of the
Times assatming a more praetical groutnd in the pi
ties of this day; fotr they have a position of proami
nence anid could exercise mucht control in thte State,
if they chtose to get uipon the right track.
The " Border Ruffan," from Westport, Missoutri,
has reachetd us, anad we take pleasure in recogniisimg
the exchange. The Ruffan as a statarach Democratic
anl Southern joturnal. TI.e number hef're its abounods
in Kansau ineidentts. Southern emigrants to thte ter
ritory come in for much the larger share of the Rufl
an's notices. From its location near the Kansas bur
der, thi- paper must prove a most acceptable (Oe to
Soutern readers, and we commend it accordingly.
Te Montgomery (Ala.,) Advertiser 4. Ga::ette is
one of the most active Democraticeets of the couno
try. We believe it was from the ediorial chair of
this paper that ouar old friend and classmate, J. J. Sat
E~s, stepped into a foreign mission under Pixar.
Shoul'n't wonder if something else fell tha wniy
upon thte election of old Buck.
Te Cultumbia Eraminer has a brief but v-ery sen
sible article upon " Northern Papers with Saouthiern
Principles." A fter pointinag to the flagitionts course
of the New York Herald, the Exraminer adds:
" Andl what guaranty have thte Southern people,
wvho forward their dotlars to North--rn publishers, that
other pn pers now hsaitintg thteir haooks with open-nioutth
ed profes.ion of friendship fur the Sotuth will not, on
tse first opportunity, whtether presenated by pecta inry
interest or a synmpathectic feeling witha the public sen
timent around themo, haul down the flag of Stouthern
Rihs, and run tap that of Black Rtepiablicanism.
Stl there he ainy declinie or falling off in Southern
support, they will very likely do so."
Th'ere is certainly fuorce in this suggestIon, as also
in that which follows:
" Northern newspapers professing Sriuthaern princi
ples have fewv subscribers at htome. Whailea the TIri
hane, HeralId, Times, &c., nunber their subsenibers
an tat region by i heir fifty and seventy-five thoou
al, the uthers whlo speak andl prougnite opposite
pr:ncipleta have few, very few, readers in thata latitude.
N, benefit, then, accrues to the Soutahern cause there,
in Southrners suastnining, by thteir Eubscraptions,
ttese jouarnals. Thte sentiment if gratutids however,
and a just appreciation of a hold anad manly avowal
of correct ptrmtciples an the mIdst of error, impel the
people of the South to bestow thtis mark of their ap
proastion."'
And while it is admitted that to do so is all right
enugh in the main, yet we must agree witha the E.x
amnr in thinking that liberality in such matters
most properly begIns at hsome.
Bit in hacking brother JouaxsvoN thus, wve mtast
make a special exception foritwith in favor of Mon
tt & WaL~ras's Home JournaL. It is one of the
really charming elheets of America, so pure, so taste
ful, so fair, ro checerfial does it ever erme to us. We
very much donht v. hether a line of ill feeling towards
our sectien las ever marred its engaging columns; at
le... .....e s..c hs.. .... f..lle. benea th one ohserva
ion. And as to its kindliness of tone towards the
Southeri press, we have only to clip a paragraph
from the number before us to exhibit that in its proper
light. This is what the last Home Journal says of a
Southern publication:
"There are some superior prose and poetical papers
in the current number of the Southern Literary Mes
senger, among which we observe "A Pastoral Hymn
to the Fairies," by our friend and correspondent, T.
B. Aldrich, author of " iahie Bell," "A Legend of
Elsinore," etc. The Messenger is one of our best
literary periodicals, and is published by Macfarlane,
Ferguson and Company, at Richmond, Virginia.
THE CROPS AGAIN.
Messages have beer: sent to us, correcting a state
ment we made some v:eeks ago relative to the excel.
lence of the crops in Edgefield. Certain neighborhoods,
it seems, have suffered extremely for rain and! are literal
ly parched up. We hear also of the army worm in
cotton fields above this place, which is saniel to he com
pletely devastating particular spots. Still we think
the whole grain crop of the district will he above an
average one. Of cotton we will say nothtng until we
find how far the army worm progresses.
MORE ABOUT FLOUR.
Cot.. PtexCNs and Cur.. FRA ziat are solling some
very fine flour hereabouts, they tell us ; and we have
heard a good deal said about the superior qualities of
their respective brands. The fact is, we have seen
some of the biscuits ourself, having bought a little of
each to try; and they certainly show white enough.
But "white" is not all in flour. There is a kind that
has a slight creamy tinge; it tastes deliciouslysweet
and assures the palate as it goes down that it is the
genuine, Simon Pure article. This is the kind Mr.
SnEMau.L Nicnot.son turns out and to which we al
luded last week-just as far ahead of your dead white
powder as any one thing can be of another. Least.
ways, as Mace Sloper would say, that's our notion
ion about it.
TIlE DIFFERENCE.
The Charleston Evening News thus briefly and
forcibly sets forth the wide difference between South
Carolina and Massachusetts Nullification:
The difference is in this-the former nullified,
through a Convention of her people. what she deemed,
and no doubt was, an unconstitutional law. lassa
chusetts, nullified through her Leeistature, an art of
Coentress. passed, in conformity with an express pro
vision of the Constitution, and which had been so
declared, not only by the Supreme Conrt of tha Uni
ted States, but the Supreme Court of lassachusetts.
CODIMERCIAL,
TO THE CANDIDATES OF EDGEFIELD DISTRICT,
FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
GENTLrEMtEN: The undersigned, citizens and voters
of Edgefield District, claiming it as a right to ques
tion Candidates, who aspire to represent them in the
Legislative Assembly, upon measures of public policy,
respectfully ask of you direct and positive answers to
the following interrogations:
1sT. Arc you in favor of giving the election of Elec
tors of President and Vice-President of the United
States to the people?
2ND. Will you, if elected, pledge yourselves to make
it an indispensible prerequisite for your votes in any
candidate for the Governorship of the State, that lie
shall favor such a measure?
3an. If elected, will you vote for Electors who will
cast the vote of the State at the next Presidenttal elec
tion, for the nominee of the Democratic party, Mr.
BucnANANr
J. Ii. Goodman, P. J. Coleman,
Mark Black, J. A. Coleman,
J. S. Coleman, Bennet Perry,
E. II. Addy, R. S. Loveless,
S. A. Campbell, Wm. Coleman, Sr.,
L. Sample, R. 3. Smith,
Martin Stewart, MI. Long,
Charles Black, Clark Martin,
A. D. 3Martin, J. D. Ridlehouver,
Hardy Crouch, G. A. Gibson,
Wilson Abney, E. J. Wills,
S. E. Perry, J. R. Banknight,
S. Sample, John Coleman,
[This call (says the Editor of the hiformcr,) was
signed by near two hunedred names, but the pnper on
which the balance were written was mislaid, in the
office of the gentleman to whom it was sent, and it is
not now in our power to recover it.]
F"or the A dvertiser.
TO THE VOTERS OF EDGEFIELD DISTRICT,
Culls hatve been made upon the candidates, for
the Letgisinture, for an expercssion of sentimnent upon
Division of the District. the Electoral Question, and
the propriety of a roll Tatx.
Asa one of the candidates, r now proced to derine
my position on these questians. If elected to the
Legslatture. or whethtier electeed or nlot, I pledge moy
self to stuppoert Division of the Distriet, aned the giv
ing the eecetionc of Presidential Eketots to the people.
The whocle plan of Division, together with the
-lnes'' and " bounadaries' of the contemplated new
Districts are set fortha, in a very partaicular and
heinite tmanner, ini a memorial, f:,r Divison, pre
sentd to the Legislature at its last session. I amn
not aware that any ch~ange is contemnplated. I have
ao c~oy of that aemaorial in nmy lpossession,. Thaose
who macde thte eall ean obta'n the reqjuired ineforma
ion by consuhing that ameorul, 1 spenk fer mny
self, attiu. I thi::k, I wou'ald n'ot very rfrarisrepresent
thae feelings anl1setinu-nitS of every Divisoanist in
the Distri-t, whent I say, that if thte lines there pro
pesedh, and the planl of Division there inadiented, are
no't the be.st, giv.; us a better planf and a more eqit
b! botundary. We wnnt thaet phlan and boundary
that conmes neanrest doing justice to all contcerned.
We nre neot at all dipe'sed to be contentions. We
want the best we enan get.
Int regard to a Po.ll-Tax, I haave only thais to say :
If it is proposcd to tax every titan in the Staite, (not
subject to pay a tiax by eitng laee) to the same
amontat, regardless of isa condition, I eanntot thinkah
such a tax would be hfotunded in juosaice or good poli
e-. Thecre is us much disparity in thte ability tot pny
m toney aamorng thaose who own no hand nor negroes.
us amotg those wtho on n thoem. if, thce, it be right
to make every rman pate s::me amount of taxes
whoe hea. no hamd naora a.gruoes, it is surely equal!)
just to tax all whno ha:-ppen to own such preoperty to
te sanme extenat. Thte an with one slave, by such
a rle, would paey as mauch as hte whto ownted five
und red. The principole woul.I be the sniane in both
instanes. It is true, thaere are manay in thae State~
who pay no taxes, whlo ::ae beoth able anad willing to.
pay. Let all such pearsoans paty a tax itt proportion
to their nreat income, or in soame other less objec
tionbe mode. It is urged, by somec, that ever'
body shouald pay somnethitng f..r the privilege of vo.
titng. 1 v-oubel resptettully suggest that thtose who
cn brely hanve thte necessaries of life, paty sufficient
ly haih for thec po!or privilege of casting the fene
votes now petm nitted by laiw, itn thec performtance of
road, muster, and i-atrol dtuty. All whto haive a
neat inacome, after deducting necessary expences,
tax tem; and tax ini proptortiona to neat inceome.
All who cnnot htave a aecat inacome, who scarcely
hauve thce necessaries of life for thaemseives and faimi
lies, do not tax themi. It would be'a tax on poverty.
G. M. YA RBROUGHI.
July 2iid, 183i6.
----+*+
Feor thec Adlvertiser.
TO THE VOTERS OF EDGEFIELD DISTRICTr.
F ELLOW CITriZxts :--A onc of those who solicit
your suffraeges with a view to a seat in your next
Legislature, I heure proceed to responad to various
queries proponnded tharougha lhe nmedium of your
aigly respected columns by " TAx-PAT ERs." viz:
The practienabilityof levying a poll tax or taxing money
at interest, and professional income. In regard to
professional inetnme, " TAx-rAvEn~S" are a little be
ind te times, as Professional income has been
taxed for niany years at least. Money at interest,
should in my opinione be taxed in the same ratio that
slaves are, being governed by thu me~diom price of
them; say about fifteen cents upon every hundred
dollars at interest.
The Poll-tax system is a new question ;and one
oo, which may afford strong arguament one either
side. It is a question that I never leave hesard pro
pet ly discussed ;yet. I have e-ndeavoured to some
extent, to exercise amy mind upon thec expediency of
it s,:doptio. In . ,.rt vero et.i ubjet it does
appear that as the person and privilege of all are
equally protected, and equal privileges afforded
them to a certain extent, that every able-bodied
white should pay something at least, to support the
Government by which he is protected. Yet upon a
further examination of the subject, it may present a
feature somewhat different. While the poor man
enjoys equal privilege and protection to that of the
man more affluently situated, he is conplled by
law to perform Roal and Patrol duty, likewise
Military duty preparatory to the proteetb of our
rights, and even fight valiantly for those liberties
when circumstances require it, is equal proportion
to that of the most wealthy, while he (the poor
man) has but little to protect, and no means of eva
ding those dutihs when required of him. I cannot
therefore, with the light before me, see that it would
be an equitable enactment to ad.pt that measure. If
however, a Poll-tax was imposed to be appropriated
as an additional Edueation fund, to be applied in
the District in which it arises, I see no reason for
an objection to it; and if such bill should be presen
ted, (should I have the honor to be a party con
cerned) the probability is, I would support it.
True it is, by this mode of action, the property
holder would not, to any extent, be relieved from
taxation ; yet, it would be productive of a more cx
tecnive education fund, which I believe is strictly
essential, and would result in general benefit to the
community; for light giveth understanding; and
where darkness exists, corruption prevails. I do
however, in this, and all other eases, reserve to
myself the right of doing what I may think best
calculated to promote general interest when the
case shall have been properly presented before me.
SJ. QUAmrLEBUx.
For the Advertiser.
Some weeks ago "TAX PAVEns" published, in the
Advertiser and Informer, a call upon the candi
dates, for the Legislature, relative to "the expedi
eny of the Legislature of 1856, engraf ing on the
Statute Book an Act imposing a Poll-Tax in the
State of South Carolina."
I have, on various occasions, answered this call,
publicly and privately, on the stump, and in the
street, and elsewhere; and have only delayed
answering through the papers, as requested, be
cause I deemed it, not only unfair, but unnecessary,
until all who were expected to be candidates should
be mounted and ready to take tee field. I am now
ready to answer, but must be excused from giving a
'studied and el:aborate opinion." I am on the
hustings every week, and am always willing and pre
pared then, to give the reasons which influence my
judgment upon this or any other question.
"TAx PAYERS" have, doubtless, already found
out my position ; but it is due to them that I should
define it through the same medium that conveyed
the enquiry. I, therefore, ask leave to say to them,
that I am unq"alifedly and uncompromisingly op
posed to "engrafting upon our Statute Book" any
such a law, unless the Tax Payers of the State, in a
spirit of liberality, will come forward and so modify
the Constitution of the State, as to place the poor
man on perfect political equality with the property
holder. Anud that is a measure which I shall neither
propose nor advocate. T"e organic system of our
State, so far as poverty and taxation are concerned.
is properly balanced and harmonizes in all its parts;
and we dare not undertake to tax poverty or labor.
without a corresponding change in that system.
[ refer " TAx PARas" to the bustings for my argu
ment.
Respectfully, &c.,
C. W. STYLES.
For the A dvertiser.
DAISY'S TAMEWT FOR FADED FLOWEES.
THAT BLooMED IN THlE "sUNLIoiT 0F LONo AGo."~
The bloom has fled from ye,"sweet roses,
Gathered all so long ago,
In the sunshine that reposes,
l "ound thme part, whlere'er I go !
Must I n.urn ye withered flowers ?
And your light forever past ?
Lonely grieving tharo' long hours
O'er joys too bright, too sweet to last ?
Shall I always weep thme blighiting.
Of life's flmveis, one atnd all ?
Will there be no glad relightintg
Of your beauties, from their fall ?
Hope at last grows wveary-heartcd,
Sadly droop her snow-white wings,
Mlourniing o'er the changed, the parted,
And the doom of all bright things !
Al h bloom again, the fragrance lingers
E'cn around your wilted leaves,
As whenm the wind with faiiry fingers
layed softly there, tharo' sunlit eves.
O'er my heart, ye faded flowers
Sadly comes your mournful dirge,
Like~ thc deatha-watil, thro' night hours,
Sighing o'er the ocean's surge.
Embtlemos of thle p:ost, I cherish
Ye, with all my heat's deep hove
'Twas my fate to see ye perish,
Many ye bloonm for ime above !
Folt TnE ADvEIrisERt.
TIUTE OF P.ESPECT TOT. H. CHEISTIAN.
(ty Wednesday evening, the 23d inst., a large
:nd respectable meeting of the Mlechanics of this
Village was held in the Odd Fellows' Iha11, faor the
purpose of raying a tribute of respect to the memo
ry of -1. ITENRY CniRisTIAN, and sympathising with
mis aflicted famnily.
Capt. .Ewvis CavAR calleda thme meeting to order ;
a~d, on maodonof 01 M. G. S. MlcNiru., Mir. C. L.
t vro waS ;ap1~iimed Cha'rman, and F. L. Sumrrn
reqmetedl to aet as Si eretary.
The Chairmnan on taking his seat addressed the
meeig in a few brief' :,adleehing remarks which
were well received by the audience.
Mr. D). R. DesisoE then submitted the following
Preamble and Rtesoluitionis, wvhich met the hearty
apirovail of the body.
W nEn EAs, Decath, suddenm and unexpected, through
'ho wise~ decree of Alab'ighty G;od, has ruthlessly
invadedt our ranks and cut do~wn, in the vigor of
mntthoiod anad priwe if lif'e, our much esteemed
ssiate and worthy fellow-citizen, .J. IIENRY
CnusriN. Yes, one who hmas shared our every
letsure, and in our troubles ever borne his part,
as been snatched away from time to eternity; a
fnmiliar voice thant has often cheered ard ghiddened
our career on erarth has become silent in death ;
amd a generous and kind-hearted friend has bid us
adieu forever. To those who knmew hiom in th~e va.
ious walks of life, as a true and public spirited
citizen, and as a warmn and unwavering friend,
words are unnecessary for his eulogy. H~e was,
strictly speaking, " An honest mani, thme noblest
work of God." His death has deprived us of a
valuable and industrious member, and his bereaved
family of a devoted and aflrectionate husband and
father. Therefore be it
Resoled, That while we wvould bow in humble
summission to the Divinme ill in ha~vin'g taken for
ever from ama ng us our friend and brother asso
ciate, J. Ih ENRY CnRisTiAN, wve desire to express
our sincere sorrow at the awful vi-itatian which has
so unepetedly stricken him down.
Resalred, That we will cherish his virtues. for'
get his faultb, and claim to unite with his widowved
companion anid fatherless daughters and other
relatives in their sad anda deplaoratle bereavement,
and tmat we. one and all, tender them thme sympathy
of the EdgefielId Mlechanies.
Capt. LoGUE, in seconding the Resolutions, de
livered a brief but very elequent address, I~e
ighmly extolled the chaacter of the deceased, and
in a sympathetic manner condoled wvtl the once00
happy but new miserable family in their unfortunate
and irreparable loss. is remarks added much in
erest to the meeting.
II. R. SPrN, Esq., being present, not only through
motives of regard for the deceased, but at the es
pecial invitation of the body en masse, also spoke
in a fluent tune of his high esteem for the deceased,
and sincerely joined the meeting in their melan
choly bereavement.
After the above Resolutions were unanimously
adopted, Capt. L. Covan presented the following,
which was also passed without a dissenting voice.
Resolved, That this meeting raise by such Me
chanics as feel disposed to contribute, a sufficient
amount to place over the remains of J. U. Cusss
-ruN a suitable tombstone, with such inscription
thereon as the sense of the body may desire. And
further Resolved, That the Chairman appoint a
Committee of five to carry the Resolution into efect
as soon as practicable.
In accordance with the Resolution the Chair ap
pointed as members of that Committee the follow
ing gentlemen : Lewis Covur, Wm. Leune, J. Mi.
Witt, D. R. Durisoe, F. L. Smith.
On motion, it was
Resolved, That a copy of the proceedings of this *
meeting be sent to the fimily of the deceased, and
that they be published in the Village papers.
On motion of C. W. LEGo, the meeting then ad
journed until Wednesday evening, the 30th inst.
C. L. ItEFO, CUata'N.
F. L. SMIT, See'ry.
TO JOSEPH GRiFFIT, ESQ.,
San: You have hitherto been so exceedingly for
tunate in your disturbance of the repose of the Dis
trict-meant, no doubt, to effect an object deemed,
by yourself and many good men, praiseworthy-as
to have met with no cheek at all, or even an im
pres.ive admonition. Your favorites have been
promoted by you, in some instances, over their su
periors, with a marked exclusiveness, which has
not failed, at length, to arrest the attention of the
thoughtful, and true everywhere. In a word, and
in sportsman's phrase, your " Bostons,"and " Bas
corns," and "Argyles," have walked the track for
want of competitors to dispute the race with them.
Their success, however, is destined to be short-liv
ed. Their arrogance and presumption, and the
proscriptive character of your party have evoked a
spirit, which has decreed that the wild-career ofyour
swiftly-flying coursers shall be brought to a speedy,
if not disastrous termination. If they strain upon
the bit, therefore, for God's saket give them rein,
and let them fly. You will soon have to apply the
lash, and then the spur, and then to retire inglori
ous from the field.
The citizens have been constrained, by you, to act
in self defense, and in vindication of the rights and
interests of the community ; and the conduct of
yourself and proselytes, and confederates, has now
to be tried by the touchstoneof truth and argument;
and if you be found wanting, all your triumphs and
glories, and your victors' crowns thull be laid in
the dust.
I proceed, at once, to a criticism of your policy
in one aspect only. 1 would rather be condemned
to dig in the coal-mines, than made to follow and
analize, in detail, all the absurdity that has been .
written and spoken on Division in Edgefield Dis
trict, for the last three years. Neither will I con
tend that there are no ciscumstances, under which
a Division of Edgefield District might not become
convenient, expedient, and proper. It is not your
abstract cause that I propose to assail ; but it is
your unheard of, and wretched manner of vindicat
ing it. And if a word of derision should fall from
me, do consider it as not aimed at you, but at the
peculiar diplotnacy of your party, which genius could
not treat of with gravity, and which the meekness
of hMoses would laugh at in scorn.
The great argument which your friends have
been spouting and scribbling and tearing their hair
so long to develope is, that your special interest-the
interest of you who live so far from the Court House,
demands that another and smaller district should
be made ont Saluda, as a matter of shere justice.
,And, to sustain theirgview, they~ltare csountdyou.r
additional expenses mn riding to the village, in tarry
ing there, in returning home, and perhaps, in taking
your extra meals, and extra drinks on the way.
All this has been summed up, with the arithmneti
cal exactness that an old-field school-nmaster would
etnploy.in telling his wotidering and hopeful pupils
how many minutes had intervened from the birth of
his datughter Sal. You have also been wcll-inform
ed as to~ the amount of hard casht the proud anid
<eornful vi htgers and petifogging lawyers, and
Court efieers are deriving annually from y-our pcr
spiring brows ; anid you are, consequently, wmatned
against their opposition and honesty, and e'xhorted
and e-ntreate-d to tturn your hands, at once, against
such perfidious creatures. Your admiring senses
are regaled with a thousand other delicacies like
thtese; :and you are- conmpletely transported ~hien
you are told what a beautiful little town is destined
to sping up on Red Bank, or on the banks of Big
Creek, or Terapin Creek ; hoaw academies arc to
flourish there ; how in:elligence is to be diffused
thence, as from a grand central sun of light and
knowledge-how the lands in the vicinity are to be
enhatne'd in value, and how you are all to become
wise, rich, and m::gnificetnt.
It is clear that your whole claim is based upon
interest, and you exemplify this by employing
scaret ly any one in your publce busir~ss, hut the
men who, can say they go for Division.
Since then the burden of your argument is in
terest. let us examine the question wihen the prin
cirle is applied to the wholo District. You must
not forget that you are still in Edgefield. Saluda is
not yet a separate District, mind your reasoning must
have relation to Edgefield District, as a whole. For
I declare to you, thtat, politically, the people neatr
the Court Uouse have as loud a voice, and as much
right to speak, in regard to Division, as the people
a bout Coleman's and Perry's Crors Roads, or the
people residing near "Barnwell District, Aiken
Town." A dopttng, therefore, your own mode of
argumentationt, those who live wtithin about twenty
mile-s of thte Court House are perfectly contented
with the District as it is, and are interested to be
so. They htave moved towards the village, fronm
various quarters, and settled down upon the lands,
and improved them, and augumented their value
thre-e or four fold, and it would be highly detrimen
tal to them to have a Division. Lands within a few
miles of where I now write, that once could be pur
chased for- one dollar per acre, average, at this time,
front ten to fifteen dollars. Thme inhabitants, in and
around and near the village, bave expended much
to procure for themselves suitable and permanent
locations, and if Edgefield were div-ided their rights
and interests would be seriously infringed. Because
thtey settled whtere they live with the expectatie-n
that the District would remain one and indivisible.
So have the people of Saluda settled wihere they
live. They bought land with a knowledge of the
disadvantages, if any, under which they labor, and
on that very account they ohtaincd excellent plan
tations much under their real value. 'What right
have they, thten, to complain ? It is true, that every
mtan has the priviko geef bettering his own condition ;
but not, I datre say, at the expemnse of his neightbor.
It is evident, from what we all know, that about
three fourths of Edgefield are satisfied witht the Dis
trict as it is, and are perfectly justifyab'c in making
objection to any chiange of it. Phtny of them toould
make objections, for they have bought up and clear
ed poor lands, within ten or twelve miles of the
town of Edgefield, as int the Dutch settlement, prin
cipally on account of the ready ad convenient
market the town affords them, for all the extra pro
d uce of their farms, and whilst thtey are now thriv
ing and happy, they would be made poor if they
were deprived of thteir present facilities, by a reek
less division of EdgetieldI, which should materially
injute thue village. Besides, the pe ople own a large
public property in Edge iel, wihicho they care not to
have injured or endsrge red by any hasty and vis