Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-07-19
Mr.. EDITOR,

South.
Mn. EDITOR,
! we see IN your paper remarks on OH
ked Hill mce';ng, and it appears to bt
strange to you that We mention the Consti
tuition SO often and SO groundless; we sa,
III our Resolutions that we believe the OK.
ira session to he unconstitutional, and we
furthcr say unwise and impoIitc; the two
last words you appear no, to contend for
and VIC believe the course pursued by the
legislature to be unprecedented ant'also un-
| constitutional, and wc believe so vet; VIC
also believe the U. States bank TO be un.
constitutional, and we are independent sub
treasury men with the specie circular up to
the hub. Do you think that will make the
Chief Justice blush! aud in the Resolution
(Which is the lasD offered by Mr.. Davis,
we say If the course pursued by our lcsisla-
ture Is agreeable to the Constitution VIC
want II altered so as the farmers NAV come
IN. You say we have offered no proof 10
our assertions; we say we believe them to
he as they are stated, and you in tho posi-
i've say, they arc not so, and where is your
proof; you quote the Executive and Chief
Justice and what proof is that, or is the
Executive to be the mandate of the State:
the Chief Justice is to decide on laws after
they arc made and The law in test before
htnn; you appear to make strange case of
II because we do not understand the Con-
stItution, do you remember the law the Le-
sislaturo past on the oa,': os allegiance
when the Executive and majority Of the
Legislature pronounced it Constitutional,
and now you think it strange that parcel
Of fpoor Farmers don't understand it. Did
the Judge pass sentence before the law wssss
passed or afterwards? but if that law had
becn presented by as incompetent writer
rs the members of the Red Hill meeting
the sentence would have hecn what YOU
hive passed OH the Red Hill Resolutions;
or has the Judge any thing to do with The
extent Of the power Of the Executive. You
arc very much surprised that we should
think the Executive had moi a right 10 cali
the Legislature. We want you to exam
inc the Resolution and see If you can see
any such indication; wo acknowledge we
are ignorant, but we by chance have heard
of the Constitution. We never denied the
Constitutional right of the Executive to call
the Legislature, but who Is TO Judge the
extent Of call. the Executive. Judge, or
Legislature. The Executive NAV on cx
traordinary occasions convene The Legisla-
turc. How is the Executive 10 he the Judge
of that call; what power is The Executive
clothed with; is it with the private concerns
Of the citizens Of the State? or is he clothed
with the laws Of the State, we'll then if he is
clothed with the laws Of the State, is any
Of those laws violated or is the State thrown
in perilous condition for the want of
law, or is the State disordercd in any way
for the want of extra sessions.
Suppose when the Legislature met and
received the message you did. which we
contend was private calamties which, was
the part of Charleston now lying in ruins.
now had the State any more control over
that part Of Charleston than it had over any
mans planting interest! If two thirds of
thai Body had said that the call was such
one as the Constitution intended, would the
Ji,dge have to decide? AS to fires in cities
and towns is rs common as any thing we
have amongst us according to its nature,
and did you ever know the Legislature
callet, before, and now chow to tho meeting
the clause in the Constitution to warrant
your course, to pledge the faith Of the State
binding post.rity for twenty aud thirty
years 10 build houses for private individuals
for their own private uses, or point out
clause to the meeting that will come under
the clause in the Constitution to call the
legislature together for private uses. We
will now come down to the la ~ as it stands,
Has the Chief Justice any thing to do with
it unless the law was in test; we will cite
you to the 9th Article. Cd Clause of the
Constitution. and see how it agrees with
the law you have made; rs to the ground
YOU have taken on internal improvement
i, has no bearing OF the subject of the meet