The Abbeville banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, July 15, 1848, Image 2
THE BANNER.
BBEyiLLE"cTH., S. 67:
Saturday, July 15, 1818.
SCf^The Editor is again absent, which
lilit V?r* miv nnnlnnri' Pnr? onv innpclirnripi
*"" "*v ??"??
iat may occur.
Public Dinner,
;n the neighborhood of mount moriau.
IN HONOR OF THE VOLUNTEERS,
We are requested to state that there will
be a Dinner given, in honor qJ the volunteers,
in the neighborhood ofMt. Moriahon
Friday the 21sl instant, to which the Abbeville
Company of Volunteers, the Palmetto
Regiment, the Ladies and Citizens generali..
. ?l 1 . 1 mi
jy.arerespectiuny invuea loauenu. mere
will bo an Address delivered on the occasion.
jE^We are gratified to see that the citizens
of the Saluda Regiment, Edgefield
District, have made arrangements to present
a Sword to Lieut. Joseph Abney, on
.the 27th instant, for his gallant conduct in
the war with Mexico.
The crops on the Saluda side of the District,
we understand, are suffering very
much for rain. The weather has been extremely
hot a.id dry for several weeks.
\ J^eUurn of the Palmetto Boys.
All the Companies ofthe Regiment have
by this time, reached their respective homes
and are, no doubt, quietly domiciled aroum
the peaceful firesides, narrating to ihei
fond parents,, brothers and sisters. th<
various scenes of their daring exploits
' Capt. Marshall, with the remainder of th<
AbbeviflffCompany, arrived on Thursda;
last. * They did not come to the Village
as was expected ; but kept in a body unti
they got within some 12 or 15 miles of thi
place, where they disbanded, and eac
man struck fof his 'home, first to rcceiv
the gratulations of relatives and friends
After they take a little rest, the good pe<
pie of the District will then have their tur
Indo^honor to those who have reflects
College."
. ^W5^rad?r^n'd .' tfeaV the'irExhibi tion
the Junior Class at Erskine College w
come off on the evening of the 20th a
21st of the ^regent month. The speed
of the you^|^ti4^Uy&^ed on the occa^i
will be^eil^^^p^gm'ah Jpoubii^^'i
TTater-Cfire J ournftf, $0^ Hera Id
Reforms. New York: Fowlers & Wei
w-v 1 i-.-.l
?tc uuvo ifLciYtju., me j uiy ,iA.o. Qi'l
neat
h, w<^. a^hi^ig
Telegraph.
"' ,;; Baltimore, July 9
"" The Steamer Buena Vista arrived on
turdy from Halifax, with the Catedon
news ., Paris .datea* to 24 June:?states t
a crisis had began?National Guards t
Deopie fighting?terrible slaughter and los
life?Mediation accepted by Austria in 1
lian quarrel?Lamartine, Thiers, Bo
of the N. Y. Hera Id says, that one Ho
bought up all the Carolina Rice in mat
on speculation ; giving as high as 17s i
Atl/mHnn in #K^? OQ?K
.my v.. |UV *VIII| VUHUII
lightly improved.
. Cotton quotations?Upland and N.
| loam steadily maintained?ordiaary *ju
ties Advanced a point higher,
p?' Steamers United States and Hiberai*
gfo hours. ^
' pWM?, Meeting ;
y^HClgqS^B^yg^fevoLtJNTEERg
J. Mcllwain, Thomas Thomson, W. Hill, I
A. Lomax, R. H. Wardlaw, N. J. Davis, i
B. Y. Martin, A. J. Weems, Dr. 1. Branch,
D?\ J. Davis, R. A. Fair, John White, and
H. A. Jones.
2. On the Committee of invitation?
C. H. Allen, W. A. Wardlaw W. A Lee,
Dr. T. B. Dendy, Dr. J. J. Wardlaw, J. Gj
Baskin, If. Tilman, John A Wier, and
Dr. F. Branch.
3. Committee to raise Subscriptions, fivo
: 1. r>?. ?u?
Ill tJUUIl JDCiil III uic lyiamwi wciv
A. C. Hawthorn. T. P. Spierin, James
S. Wilson, John McBryde, B. P. Hughes,
Colonel M. O. Talman, Dr. II. H. Townes,
J. S. Scott, M. 0. McCaslan Dr. N. Harris,
Captain G W Kelly, R M Davis, John
Mauldin, T T Cunningham, R Hutchison,
Captain John Cowan, S L Hill, Wm 11
Caldwell, S J Ilester, Dr L Yarbrough
Captain J R Russell, Wm N Martin, E
Trible, H M Prince, Colonel N H Miller,
Captain F M Brooks, Major H Simpson,
Lemuel Reid, C T Haskell, W H MeCaw,
Captian S C Sainer, James W Frazicr,
J F Patton, A Kennedy, Esq., Bart Jordan,
Captain J It Mills, William 1 ruitt, -t-sq.,
Peter Smith, P B Moragne, Esq., Edward
Jones, Major J Gibson, Wm K Bradley,
John Cothran. Samuel McQuerns, Win
Sproull, Captain B F Cunningham, John
> R Wilson, James Lindsay, James W
J Black, J B Kay, Captain Jarnes T Liddell,
i John Cowan, Colonel Joseph Dickson,
i" Maior D O Hawthorn. Lemuel Kav. CaDt
j / ^ ' *
3 (J W Mattison, A. McGee, N R Reeves,
Colonel S Donald, W P Martin, Captain
5 S J C P Joties, John Vance, Dr W T Jonesj
Y Enoch Barniorc, Captain S Agnew, James
5j Bailey, Charles Smith, J W H Johnson,
'1 Wesley Kleugh, Francis Arnold, Jamea
3 H Giles, Robert Gillam, Major Z Carwile.
h Nat McCants, Joseph Foshee, Captain H
e Coleman, Abraham Lite?, Silas Ray, Wm
5* Smith, Wm A Cobb, Capt H H Cresswell,
5" Dr J P Barrntt, James F Watson, Di
n Joseph S Marshall, Milton Coleman.
fN 7,T#lW^ons having lists in their hand:
make returns on or befon
ajr next, 19th Instant, to A. Q
iNr Chairman CommitteeJSubscrip
rResoiVlH?Thi^ tKose^'sjibscipi
Ufc_jl'tQC<?r -r.K?? *Oi?rnii)jlfid. .t.0-*'1^
?nei^Sg
no ?-49
On motion the 25th instant was nsed !
"c the day upon which to have the dinner,
A Committee, consisting of H. A. Jone
James Alston and Samuel Reid, were a|
pointed to wait upon his Honor Judc
?' VVardlaw, to know whether he v%ouli$^n
'ill er an Oration on the yMSioo. '^^^^
nd The D i st n c gepebally, are^^i^ectf^l 1
ies in v? t ed J&aUe ri^djSp^^n viytj^ tw
,f th<
kfetoftnoma' not.pCL-tPft^Wl ?nr mis way, they a
SrT hepe^^pecilrT^ 1 n v'tec^ to. be. >yiih us.%Ml
^nS^jPmner to be aj^Mfts. Allen's Sprjn
L'j*v near the-village.'
ofx I). McNElL TURNER, Ch'n.
b&||bt*ville?H;,,J?ly II, 1,848. . - :>
me> '? - ???:
uiuf X ICf" Tfeji following gentlemen have be
J|g fleeted ^ub-Commitiees for the purpose
receiving subscriptions for the erection
J a monument proposed to be erected in A
i bevillo district, to the memory of the galta
and devoted members of the Abbeville co
?a' pany who have died or fallen, in the li
Icl'd
war with Mexico, viz:
tnd Messrs W. P. Martin, S. Donald, J.
8of Wilson, Jas. Fair, Jas. Lindeey, A. K. P
ton, W. T. Jones, Jno. Vance. G. W. H<
na* ges, J. H. Stokes, S. V. Cain, Z. W. C
?re
irte w*^ j Calhoun, M. W. Coleman,
?gi- Marshall Jr, Capt. Cress well, Jas. Sproi
Jno. W. Hears*, Gen. Bradley, G. \
the Pressley, Oliver MeCaslan, J. M Mabi
Col. Talmon. H. H. Towiies. A. Kenne<
ent
uge S.Jordan, W. S? Harris, IA. Foster, B. (
krt bert, W. Fruitt, H. McCaw, Dr. Yi
ind brough, J. H. Baskins, B. Allen, B. Trib
Joo. Browiilee, T. /. Mabry, A. GiJlesf
^ W. Eddina, Jas. GilJam, rW; Smith, ]
all- Kleiigli, Joo. McHw?in, W. A Wardlatp
July 3, 1848.
, (0?*?etJNICATED.)
pjrwfeff /JV HONOR OF THE ABl
TILLE VOLUNTEERS JULY 2STH,
l' it^Having been resolved, at a meet
ihy held in the Court House, on the 11th 11
ling to give a dinner in honor of the Abbevi
1 tear Volunteers, the undersigned,<on the par
ion- said meeting, hereby tender to the field c
Ivv~ cer?, the officers of Companies, and the cr
iair, parties, forming the Regiment of S. C.
ary. <n the late war with Me*ico-rto the chi?<
rks, ^rthd District 'jgenaranjr?and to the Jad
a very cordial and reipectful
rere viiation to. attend, at the Court Moimb.
-jfiv.Fjc v.:****" wi'V.'W/' ? V.ft'i.V -V-- ? '
the 25th inst, and participate, 1nnbe fc?t
s-- bf the oeco?io?.
bie, .'"-"As the lef left, of Abe Committee may
'^et their respective destibationa,in <
g |?|earn^yV^
leer will consider himself, as particulaily
addressed, in this public invitation.
D. M. Turner, J. J. Wardlaw,
Chas. II. Alien, J.G Buskin,
W. A. Wardlaw, H. Tilraan,
W. Aug. Lee, J no. A. Weir,
/T P Dr. F. Branch,
VUlUf/llllCF yj 4llt'?iUilVflf
HONOR TO THE REMAINS OF AT. 11.
WIISON AND B. TV. STEWART.
At a meeting this day held in the
Court House, for the purpose of making
some arrangements as to the reception ofthe
remains of M. H. Wilson and 13. W. Stewaft,
Mr. Perrin was called to} the chair,
and Mr. Spierin appointed Secretary. Mr.
Thompson offered the following resolutions
which were unanimously adopted.
Whereas we have learned that the re
:? -f i r-f i*r:i 1 t_? \\t
mains ui .viuiiiiuw n. *v iiiuu, ituu u>. ?r.
Stewart, who lately were Volunteers in the
war with Mexico and will be brought into
this place on to-morrow,
Resolved, That the citizens ofthis village
meet the remains of M. H. Wilson, and B.
VV. Stewart, at the distance of one half mile,
and escort them into this place.
Resolved, That a Committee of three be
appointed to confer with the relatives of the
deceased with the purpose of arranging as
a testimony of our respect the funeral ceremonies
resneetinar the burial of deceased.
r o
The following gentlemen were appointed
on the committee ofthree : Thomas Thornson,
John White. John Mcllwain.
T. C PERRIN, Chairman.
T. P. Spierin, Secretary.
12th July, 1848.
TO THE VOTERS OF ADBEVILLI
DISTRICT.
Mr. Editor:?As a series of Question:
have been proposed to the candidates fq
.1 r ?_i_. .1 _ r\.1 ..._1
ine legislature in mis L/iainci, uuuu^i
. ihe Banner. I hope you will indulge mc
one of ihe candidates, in the use of its column
|
while I answer the same in as few word
as I may be able. As it may be asked b
some why I hav not responded earlier
. here in justice to myself I must say m
time has been so completely engrossed i
attending to our Examination, and othe
3 matters of a public nature; together wit
a very crowded House ; for these causes
nus Decn oui oi my^jjypjfliiwiM
11 artjcl^i for "the Wmn
sure thathave i^pScjr
St.. 1 am ribt \viHinAbe "Vi-eopte a. ?v
And as such I shall proceed frankly to c
swer 44 One of the People," i: Due \Vea
? and 4J The Ciu?erMr of4^?w MarketT^^
1 1 have 1
kt vote in the Legislature f<
fo*yekrs ago, also you have my vote on t
iy subject last year, which is recorded in fa1
!f?t of giving this election to the People. 7
ttrf same reasons are still in force with me tl
Si *
i*>! then prompted me to give this vote. I
willing to record the third time my vote
^ favor of this great Republican measure
permitted to do so by the good people
en Abbeville District.
of 2nd. As to giving the election of C
of vernor and Commissioner in Equity to
Lb- people, permit me to say my opinion
int this* is not the time to move" in this chai
in- for I think by asking too much at one ti
ite we may loose all. But this is a matti
- ...tii! >1.. i i t.i J__
aiu uiuuciy wiiuuj; mt? ptrupu; aiiuuiu uuc
R. for themselves, and 1 will act accordingly
at- - 3rd. I shall answer as to Judges s
ad- Chancellors. I aHi not<( in fa vor of keep
ar- men on the Bench who from age have
Si-' come^>hysically and mentally disquali
jllj to discharge the duties of Law Judge
V. Chancellor. Hence I voted to limit tl
ryj, term of office to the age of sixty-five yec
f? I am not in favor of votinir Salaries
J T? ?=>
3i- Judges or Chancellors, after they are di
ar- and as yet never have done so.
tie, i 4th. I shall proceed to answer "1
>ic, .West^j^vho wishes uTknow which of
Or. Candidates I would support for Presid
if; At this tfme I am not prepared to gii
decided answer as to the maiv Here .j
roit me to say _ why I cannot; should
permitted to cast a vote for the el^tor
* '
President etc., I will be goverrtOTE&y p
ing cipleand not men. Therefore I would i
181, poll iuu( mail wiiuiii ?. ucnrvcu nuuiu n
ilie- hoi>eft|y carry out the^inciple of a si
t of construction of the CoHstilution.?I reg
>ffi- the Wilraot Proviso, and our rights in
>nv Territories, at this time as the great p
V.., mount qnestions, with us Therefor
ens should dike to know more of the princij
lies of the candidates for the Presidency on
in- subject; before I pledge myself to vote
on either of them, iis 1 might thereby be ft
fti. in<r chili nst to bind mv own nee If.
mm Y; r""~ " * ?
V;;rV\ 5tb.,JBank of the fc'tato.?I suppose
fail former votes in the.Slate Legislature on
lite subject, is a clear index of what my fill
Believing as I do, in
- 1
principle that all public agents should be
held accountable to the People for any trust
committed to them, I have always when an
opportunity offered voted for a strict investigation
of its money affairs. I voted for |
the resolution which required the debts of its j
Ojjiccrs to be read to the House of Repre- i
sentatives; I also vote?! for the resolution to
reduce the Capital of the Hank to its oriiri
nnl amount of actual Capital, say something
over one million of dollars. My opinion
i.% that the great issue concerning the Hank
is, shall the Bank he re chartered? To this
I would reply. I believe this institution
Politically, is at war with our Republican
form of Government. As a fiscal or financial
agent it has utterly failed to accomplish
the object of its cr?ation, and should be
abolished at least at the expiration of its
charter.
After mature deliberation I am clearly
satisfied that no commission from the Legislature,
or the people, can by any possi
bility reach the Hank by investigation in
any manner to elicit its true condition ;
and put the same understandingly and satisfactorily
before the people.
It is not only the peopled rights, hut their
obligation to bring and hold to a strict accountability
the- affairs of the Bank. And
also to cause the members of the Legislature
to distinctly show to the people as well
as they can their connection with the Bank
each of those bodies making a clear exposi
of the amount of the peonh s motiev the\
have used, and the security for the same
But L am satisfied the only true way to tes
solvency of any Bank or other like conceri
is to wiiul vp a nd pay -up. _
, A My 6th and last answer will be to th<
V iquestion?Are you in favor of making th<
1 State a party, in building or constructing
^vRail Roads??or taxing the peopledirectl
jpr indirectly for any such purpose?
i / In answering this question I hope I ma;
; She distinctly understood, as I have been in
* 'formed that some persons have a 1 read
! raised the cry that, " Gary is too much <
a Rail Road man." Whilst my own feai
are, when I contemplate its importance i
tie o n/l lUn nnnor Ktrmtc t linf 1 o m m
- UC) UIIU lllu k>iwWILl? lU'li ? '."119 111
enough so. Though I fully concur in th
language of the great Statesman of Soul
n Carolina, that with a Road through oi
r Di strict, " It would be one of the most flou
h ishing portions of ihe State and the Southjt
but without it one of' the most depressed
' whon' I a
" caZ a/^u'fr
^l^P?0^cj<i^^pt^er that tlfe peoj
fee? !$^^e ih?ruced to see their greal inter*
* m the spejdy construction of this Ijoad, a
do that themselves which they are aide to <
)Ur ?build thARoad. But i( they cannot be
his duced thus to see and act, rather(Lhan tl
ig>r mighty woik should fall to the pound
'he see 00 g?od reaon we shou!/l no* ci
upon the State and expect to receive i
at from her, to carry out this undertaking
am ours, hi th<i best way she would lie able
) in give it, without creating any new debt, orj
jf ing upon ier any new liufulily jor mo,
' already vetted. Feeling that L hive, fu
1 0 and frankly, answered all the questions
to me in the - above, permit me billow c
3o. zens to say to you, that it has ever been
the motto, while in or out of tho Legislatun
J8 serve you in that way, under the Consti
' tion and n.y own conviction of what \
l8e) right, just, and honorable, tha: I thou
line was best calculated to promotelt|ie grea
er I general goad. prosperity and Mjppinesi
side people /and if honored ngn'in wilt
i seat in )rour Legislative, councils I \
'* ] serve you :o the best of my ability,
and V i. Thomas R. Gaijk
ling y Cokeshury, July G. 1848.
" ^PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
|( 6 South Carolina should consider well,
or long, whit course she shall take in ihe
heir proachinj Presidential election. That
trs ; should support no candidate for this higl
, t0 fice who refuges to make known his po
, cal principles is a proposition which no
' rightly understand?, the genins of our
veinmentand having due regard to its
Dha qprvnlin'i can il QPfinu fn na inr n mnrv
the question?Gen Taylor, it is true is a So
ern man; but this of itself is no guarai
en * that he is Southern in principle. By r<
re a |gf jon he is a whig, what we do underst
>er& by whiggiry? Certainly principles w!
f'fce the South has been inveterutely oppose(
8 nay, has been fighting against for the
20 years. If the General then be kne
rtn* to us only a as whig, the South could
,UP* support him unless by abandoning her p
aost ciples. It would seem from the cry tof<
Wicl for further developements," which has I
raised in certain quartern, that the South
' but ont principle that it regards essenti;
be maintained by the Presidential candii
ara* to entitle him to her support. What .1
a I becomes of the other principles that she
pies been contending for? Certain whig pa;
. who certainly know best the principle
*!,s their candidate,aay, that from Gon. TayI
>or declared opinion?,Congress si to be theGoi
org- ment, during his administration, if ele
President; and is the South prepare
m subscribe to whatever may be enacted
, j the majority of a whig Congress?. 1ft
l"'s at present advised, to support Gen. Taj
ore would indicate.that she was. the!
. MorbAnoi
- xUkhii9@Bk.
(WRITTEN FOR THE ABBEVILLE BANNER.)
WHAT SHOULD SOUTH CAROLINA DQ
IN THE APPROACHING PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION?
NUMBER II.
We have expressed ourselves dissatisfied
with (he platform of politics established by
the Baltimore Convention. It remains for
us to show the grounds ofour dissatisfaction.
We profess, Mr. Editor, to belong to the
old Republican school of 98, and on the fa- .
moiis Virginia resolutions, we base the doctrines
of our political creed. With that heterogeneous
mass of Northern Democrats,
embracing the motley crew of Hunkers,
P.mi nKnrniti'O W ilmnl A
UU-IIVUIUVIC^ *? UlllV/l JL IU* /1UU1IUUII*
ists, &c., we have little sympathy, a?, indeed,
we have little union of sentiment.?
there are likewise, some new-fangled doctrines
of the Southern Democratic school of ^
political theorists, which wc discard; but o*
these, we will not speak at present. Having
learned our political confession of faith fcf'
in the school of plain, practical statesmen, Ljr.-'v'
we arc so old-fashioned as to believe,
that the doctrines contained in that
creed, have been little improved by the
I courtly devices of modern politicians. Stan- i,'_ ',...]*>?
ding on the platform of political faith erect- |v ,-r,.,i
u.. ~,i Yf i..,i;..?a !? '
[ tu UY <uiu iTitiui^iif ??^ nri n; To ? ..
i and feel, we stand on a firm basis, that will
5 sustain the whole fabric of constitutional IU
r beriy, and on which alone rests the permni
nent welfare, of our confederacy,
i It is necessary in these days of change
-s and instability, frequently to fix in our
y minds, the principles of our faith, lest *Y?
x i l_. .1.- ~r
^ may uu swupi away uy (lie gruiu uuc ui
y ) novation. What then are those great doc-.
/ tvines on which depend# our political snlva*
Y ivation? They have their ground-war 1$ in
the Federal Constitution, and spring from a
j/ just construction of its powers. They may
3 be stated as follows :
io 1.?r-ine oiuits of this union, arc f'"",
31 sovereign, and independent. J v
I 2.t?The general Government- is limited
Jr in its powers, with the prgvjwot\?o?the cojv
r- stiiution. -J" v;
~ 3,--?The govenuucniv ,-havia'g ^ci other
powers except those grdt\ite{J-^f^lio consu-'
x. tution, this cltnrtershould be construed scricl*
Id tyatid failhfuUy.^ " m
4 ^'i.v^e powers: i;ot delegatodvby tho
:in- r: - t !rn*,
svmij^nnis of pouter by the t etk-ral Govern- ?. Wi
- metit, it is the rfght "and duty-of $e states to <$
,0- check the usurpation, ~ " JSiip"'
5.-r?The numerical majority should be
ncj checked by u constitutional restriction. The Pp^
Jo, velo power is intended by the constitution to jajg-a
in- lay this restriction. A judicious exercise of IINs
of it, therefore, is the surest safe guard for P>'
^ the protection of Southern rights.
Bjj In accordance with these fundamental no*
of lions applied to the interpretation of the Fe'
to deral constitution, the. republican party in
^lx' the country has deduced the following prae.
^ tical doctrines:
put' 1-?'That the States have a right to Free
,iti- Trade, or to be as little restricted iu cpn\?
my merce as possible.
? 10 2.?That it is lh?> duty of the Government
[tu- i j
to establish low duties, without deuienedlv
?ua # w irht
affording protection to any special interest,
test 3.-?That Hank and Slate should bo kept
3 separate. "
viH ?'^at strictest economy should bo
\ observed in the administration of the Go*
vernmcnt.
^ 5- That a system of Interna) Improve*
mentsby the Federal Government, is unjust.
and unequal, and unconstitutional.
ap. 6.?That the distribution of the proceeds
she of the public lands is unequal in its effects.
I of t '
j.j."1 and against iho spirit of
pre- ventions etc.. are
,e^1 of the constitution, and supmi.
8.?That in the administration of the Go* $5
ePu ..... ^ .. in
and vernmene, tne ngms oj au tne siaies snouta oe .
licit tquaUy prottclcd; and consequently, that an Wfi
j to attempt made by Congress or by any oth* "
last er Poweri than the parties interested^ to restrict
>\vn th* right ?f ptoperiy. or to exclude slavery
not Jrom any Slate in the union, or from any ter'
rin. filory acquired by the Govcrtiifait, is an open
wait andgross violation of our constitutional right*
>cen which should be resisted to theiUniost. ,
has These principlesand doctriaegare not new..?
tl to They have been discussed, argued, and ilJute
lustraled, many of them for nearly half a
Ihen century, with an ability and power of elo
has quence. Unsurpassed/ in the annals of Par>ers,
liamentary debate; but though oJd and set;s
of tled,they cannot be brought tpo often to the
lor's attention of the young- meftjpfahe country,
>ern- on whom the duty is aooq^to devolve of carcted
trying them intopi^cticaie^ecC.Beside, it
d to is good for our morafilieaIth,: frequently to
by' review the rule? and precepts by which qre
Mas are guid^d in our action.
flor, Has the Baltimore; Cpnventtr n now em- *1
braced in its resolutions these fundament*J
w. dectrines? without going unnecessarily in