Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1840-01-01


its existence.on the 2Olh December. /
reached Vol. 25, No. 81, and was under
the management of lis lale Editor, A. >
Johnston. 10 years. The following is the
valrdictnry:
II is not without monrnful feelings tha
VIZ have cnme 70 the conclusion To rerinl
nare the xi<teucr 81 the Telescope. We
have r.jnicr.l with il in is days of pros
prrlIv, which have been bright and many
We have Witnessed It's amg,Inr aud decay
aud now annnuncc lis liual ,!;>s'lII'ioil.-
II has nn,l..rgnnr The vIcisSiIuilrs OF al
things cariI!v-ilId while we would idlI
beli,.rr that its career has not been un
marked by some merits .wr arc free T.
confess, 1ha, en- III our partial judgment,
ii has occasionally fallen into errors.
And in The frs. place, we ask a ienenl
remembrance Of all the defects our friends
have perceived or our enemies attributed
to us. Doubtless. they are more nnmer-
olis than we. in our present mood, are a.
ware m-bm We ask Iorgivnrss in The
spirit in whirh we inrg i've those who have
trrspassrd againsr us. We well know
that we have occasionally INDUCED in an
asparirv of phrase (wllo Of our craft has
norl) which would have been heuer 9TH
erwisc-or in an earnestncss Of cen|iIrr
which more deliberate thounht-or more
of christian churiry--"r perhaps more of
worldly poicy-wuHId have cOrrccled.-
at this m'mrnt of retrospcctinn and final
lrave taking. we are free to say, we re-
grrl every such mistake, and ask to part in
peace and clIari.y, with all those we may
have offended.
Let The evil deed. Of tue Telescope he
buried with il.
is a a,arc p'casirs task to advert 90
snc'' merits Us it may fairly lay claim to.
No one vii! deny thai it has had rhc great
political virtue of consistency. AT all
limrs-unler al rirrun>ranres--itll has adj
Ilrrrd lu and viuaicatrd The same political
priu..ipleS. 1t Las always been Of the oid
Republican schoot-and having lived in
rhc advocacy Of lis principles, dies in The
fall and pcrf'c, l;,i,h Of their truth.
When. in tie decline, of The Repnbli-
can party. towards the close nf MIR. Mon
r0c's administrators, The Strict Cnnstiu-
tionnlsis fell into ridicu!e ami dIsrepu,r.
the Telescope shared the Odium wiIIs
them. Ii stood hv thai great leader. Alr.
Craw ford, when he perished at the head
of lhr Republican parry. II stnul by john
'rayIur and Judge Smith, while they
fought The battle which resulted in The
victory of lS25Aand thpncrfnrwarl pros
rculeh lis onwar) course To lis legitimate
termination in l6@@S-i2 in that sIrug-
Gle The Telescope bore lis parl-and lhrO'
lis columns flowed llIe oufporings nf many
Il rich mind anh gallant spirit, no~' dead
and g's,r-and o! many leader. whose
counsel guided or hose energy aaimalcsl
the cnniest.
We rejoice 10 have born our humble
part in lha, cunlrsl-anr the more so, that
wc are well convinced That the lime will
cutue when the w,,rk Of that four years,
with The general accord of all who love
their country, including those who then
differed with US. will be held in vrHera,inn.
From thar time to the present, we have
endcavuured TO presi>t in our ancient
course, and think wp have done so. How
ever Ibis may br, wen: longer receive that
public appreciation which we have en-
dravOrrd to deserve, and which, from
higher than mcr eiarv considerations, we
would not have willingly sacrificed to any
thing ,I"EI Of our deepest convic'ions Of
dury. The past history of the Telescope
ahmoui,h..S us 'hal it might srrvlvc Il re-
verse even more trying than The present
-lur there WAS n period when is sub Grip
tim lisr was hur half Of lis present nn'n-
her aud lis prnci = es were considered as
al once absurd and vulgar. But wr are
MOI disposed TO CONTINUE us efforts, for
one amongst mher reasons. that we do
moi regard ourselves fitted to Il task which
was formerly performed by omeT whusr
ihiliIy is NOW obtaining that consideration
Which lime will cnhtinnc to increase.
With many sincere ackno Judgements
Tor pat favour with MOI Que unkind feel
ins for tic withdrawal of present support.
with unrighe wishes for the prosperity
of South Carolina and of the country
We take leave Of The public.