Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-07-04

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!. WEDNESDAY,. July a, 1895.
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To-day hcin. the Anniversary of our
National independence, we have issued u,r
Paper IN a!vnncc of the REGULAR day of pul-
lica''on. I" give our workmcm an opporuni-
~ of participating in the festivities of tho
occasion.
The London Spectator says, it was cal
culh'rd that up to the cnd of January last
the L. States Bank had purchased tIrou,b
Us agents the enormous amount Of three
h"n"rcd thousand bales of Cotton durine
the season, the value of which was cstimn1
ted at Sl2,000,O0O. The Paper remarks
that It gives in payment its irrct,cmablc
currency and that as long as The susnen.
>'"' "i specie payments continues, it can
await lis own good time for making sales.
thI, Is the true ground, i: is added, for lis
oppos'ton to a resumption.
Whatever truth there may he in this state
mcm VIC know noi; but the fact is ;,cor-
'rovcrlhlc, that MIR. Biddlc is now the great
enemy of a resumption, and he must bear
IN larger measure than a.. other indi-
vIdnal, IN" odium of the present state of
things. To him The country looked IN ,e,d
The way and he has disappointed it. His
late manifesto has found no advocates.
TIE VOICE OF RED HILL.
! he proceedings at Rel Hill, which we
publish to-day, will attract the attention Of
The reader. They relate to some of ,bc most
important measures which have ever occu-
pea the consideration OF the Legislature,
ana arc strongly condcmna,ory of them.-
vi course, we grant 20 the People or anv
portion ot them, the right of freely express
ing '"r'r opinions upon any public measure:
nn' when the matters to be passed upon arc
really matters ni importance, a decent re-
gard ior The opinions of mankind reouircs
'ia' they should assign some reason fnr
Their conduct. We do not know ,bo, ,o
ever SAW III the same compass, more or.
r"r ANA more downright assertion. Anx-
l"nS as we arc that he People of Edse6cLl
Ssh 'nld never be the blind followers of anu
man. but that they may always hold to :,
tree and independent exercise of iu,amcnt
III every thnS, we must nevertheless
declare our sincere regret as one of her
c''izcns. that such a document should
have emanatcd from among them. 1t cam
'ot elevate our character for intcllipence mr.
public spirit 1t makes no prctcnsions to
argument, but deals altogether in bald as
serious and pos,ulates which are put forth
with confidence that was never coualed.
hy what means tue meeting attained some
"t The conclusions, we cannon for the life of
u.s. olicr Il speculation. Vexcd questions
III constitutional law are disposed OF with
"A ready brevi'y, which puts to shame the
great Chief Justice Marshall
But the strangcst proposition of all the
strange proposition, is. Mnt the Ertra Ses.
son ~"s unconstitutional. Accustomed as
we have been 10 think that the Governor
hh' the constitutional power to convene
The Legislature, we are not pre- pared from
Tie "icc "t mere assertion, TO consider
Wv ""''"y 'hu l'atilouc scntlcmaN who
u"w occupies the Char of Chief Maoistatc.
IN tSuper. BY his Proclamation he called
the late Session. and anxious as we know
he Is 10 move within the strict line of COLI
s'itutionai. dury. it is indeed n pity that he
did not receive timely information. Fer
haps you are yet wrong, Gentlemen, and it
may be well To review your proceedings
TO assist your Investigations, we would i'll
vile your attcntion to the Constitution of
The Stale.
There is in Rhetoric figure called the
Episfroph., which concludes each member
"l sentence with the same affirmation -
The Red Hill paper furnishes us with one of
the mos, perfect illustrations OF this species
oi coiupo>ilon, which We have seen late
~. The constitutional" objection seems to
he the standing argument of the meeting.
In almost every measure to which The pro-
ccci:n;3> have reference. these faithful guar
dians of the Constitution sec lis outrageous
violation. There is throughout a constant
affirmation of "unrOnstitutiunalitv." We
are strict cnnsiructiOniSiS Of the State Rights
School, and in days that are past have
gwen some proof Of our sincerity. A new
sect has arisen which has certainly out
stripped the most rcd hot Nuiliiicr. Con-
s,ilniions are now sub hjcctcd to closeness
and rS"r OF construction, compared with
"hich the doctrines of the old State Rights