Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1840-09-17

ques ion Let us see:
'Would You, if elected President, recon-
mend Congress t" appropriate all the surplus
revenue 10 purchase aud emanclpaIe our
slavcs!"
"WouId you sign bill increasing the Tariff,
10 provide u large surplus for this purpose!"
DO these speeches and letters answer these
questions.7 GEO. McDUFFIE.
From the Augusia COnsfitu'ionaiist.
HENRY CLAY, Case in trorcr and con-
vs. rersiOn Of The 'soaig
WIN. c. C.sPREsroS. ,fag.'
IN the peoples Court Augus, Term, 1910.
This case was founded on a suit brought
by The plaluilI to recover The "whie flag"
which The defendant, with others, had hy
The art nf hocus-p0cus, or hy some equally
unaccnunrahle means, put into the posses
siuu of one VIM. II. Harrison of Ohio, who
unIawluly and against The old whis stat
ules, now of force in several States, now
detains from The I,iainIItf contrary to the
wish Of him said p!nnlif.
This case heiue ca'leii up for trial, the
plaintiff offered The following extracts Of
an,address delivered by the defendant in
Philadelphia. in March. 1889, and of re-
cord in the Chronicle u Sentinel of the
26li of the same month and year as
above.
"Mr. Preston said it did not perhaps he
come him TO speak in this place, Of men;
but as The whig flag could not be suppor-
red without band 10 hold it aloiI when
raised, he must he INDUCED in u remark or
two upon the subject. The flag under
which we rally, he said, was noble broa:l
and expanded one. and proud we were of
it. il should be placed in hand ,corthy Of
ii, and able To spread il forth upon Inc
prccze. That hdnd is The hand of Henry
Ctay-To him ard 10 no other man mast
our banner be entrusted. II we ,couLd see ii
gloriousiy floating als7 in proud und tri-
umphant uictory.
MIR. Clay, he said was a noble man.
He, himself, came into The Senare with
strong pre;rdices against him. Ele had
warmly opposed him long before he knew
him. In the Senate he found himself by
his si;le; he watched him with suspicious
cyc-hut his prcjud'ces had gradually Civ
en- way before the power Of truth, and
from heing suspicious opponent, he
would frankly confess he had become AN
adnlrer Of the man. II was not his elo
quence, that was well known-it was nol
the great SerriceS he had rendered his coun
try, and which must lie familiar 10 all.
that won him; but it was his noble nature
his fearless support of what his Judge
ment rold him was right, regardless of
consequences, that called forth his admi-
ration
After the reading Of the evidence the
defendant pleaded guilty. bur III ex'en.
uation for his nducl, stated that he was
only one among many others, equally
guilty. who had decided that The whis
cause required The sacrifice of The plain.
lifts rights founded upon principle, in the
rights of the present 'ssesor. of The .'whig
flag" founded only upon erpedicncy. This
the defendant said was the concurrent ties.
Iimuny the Baltimore convention, onr
of whust banner contained the true mniiveS
of his conduct as it did of those " no had
acted with him-lle motto he said was
I'VE siOop 10 conquer" Having said this
much hr now would throw himself upon
the mcrcery of his peers.
The court decided that it could not adj
judicate The matter, but would refer The
case back to the people, in The mean time
leaving the parties to settle the personal
damages between themselves. The court,
however, charged The defendant-"rhal
YOU, as the sense keeper and conscientious
adviser of the plaintiff. which you slate
you were in the address ahnve menIionrd,
onghI not 10 have assisted afterwards in IA.
king the "whis flag" of the plaintiff whose
properly YOU vouchcd il to he, and putting
it into possession Of The said Harrison, who
you Indirectly admitted had no claim
Whatever To it, And this You did. from,
errediency. sacrificing to such motives the
higher Obligations To principle.
You must he left tn reconcile such con.
duet with your own conscience as best you
can, hut Tie court cannot look with any
allowance Ofcharitahlc feeling upon such
conduct. in one whose age and character
should offer to The rising generation more
worthy and honorable example of fidelity
10 friend. May the people feel that
mercy fnryou which you have nor meri
ted. and which You ought nn rashly to
hope for." The cour then adjourned over
10 the November session. so. Ca.
HARRISON MELODIES.
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