Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-02-10
Communications.
A CLEAR BACK OUT.

ming last, the 30th ut., to consider the proprie.
ty of noticing the proceedings of hdicrous
imitation of a meeting by the Athens Bachelors
Club, and to express their utter detestaten and
contempt, of the manner in which said Athens
Club has answered sundry resolutions, adopt
ed by this humble body at its las, meeting.
On moIiou, the Hon. e. Nogg was called 10
the Chair, and N. E. Rum, ESQ.,, requested to
act as Secretary.
Obadiah Pipes, Esq, moved that the Chair
appoint Committee Of three, to withdraw and
report preamble and resolutions, and the fol-
lowing gentlemen were appointed said Conn.,
mittee, viz: Major Bottleneck, w. B. Corset.
and II. C. Cigar, Esqrs.
The Committee having Withdrawn, Dr.. Bo~
lus was loudly called for, who arose and adj
dressed the meeting as follows:
Mr.. President-As the object Of this meeting
is one in which we are all deeply interested, it
may not be amiss to take synopsis ofthe events
which have called lis together. The proceed
ings Of the last meeting of this Society, in which
were several resolutions, expressing our disre-
gard Of that contemplate paper, the "BacEe.
lor," (tbcn called the Bachelors Button, "
and of the ill-brcd Club who publish it, having
been wholly misiepresented and falsifed and
our Society attacked by q band Of disappointed
Bachelors, who it is said are addicted to all
sorts of enormities and breach es of the peace,
we are again called together this ev ening, to a.
dopt some measures declaiming our disinclina.
ton hereafter, to notice any communication
from those who have proved false to their own
honor, to their neighbors, and to their country.
AS is known to tile readers Of the Edgefcld
Advertiser, a nd the Bachelor, the Athens Bach.
elors' Club had the cmeriy, a few weeks since,
to challenge this Society to a public discussion.
A meeting fthe Anti-Society was consequent
ly held and resolutions adopted, setting it forth
as the fartherest impossibity for the Athens
Club to be considered equal in standing to our
own, either in public opinion or otherwise, and
therefore incompatible with the benevolent de-
signs Of The Anti-Society, to enter into a public
discussion with "set ofcrusty, grabbed, sour
old Bachelors" At the same time, however,
lest they might say that we feared the lash
of their unruly tongues, one of our members
was selected to meet "any six" of their mum.
ber, and give them their just deserts. This
was giving them decided advantage, hut we
felt conscious that we were in the right, and
being so, should be upheld.
But how, Mr.. President, was this meeting
and proposal noticed by them7 Ineed but re-
fer You TO the 23d No. ofthe Bachelor, to prove
that it met with cowardly equivocating an-
swcr.
A meeting was held by the Athens Club, and
Committee appointed to prepare Repor,
upon the proceedings of our meeting, which
Committee, in their report. not only evaded
any direct answer to our Society, but spent
the measure Of their weak.brained cranums,
i'll all article of mimIckry and attempted poetry.
! could not but be reminded, Mr. President,
when read their report, Of stanza which I
have frequently heard quoted. and which l
think peculiarly adapted to the situation Of their
Committee. It's this:
"Thou essence of dock valerian and sage,
Disappointed in love and pregnant with rage.
Thon pest the age, thon foe to mankind,
O'er bnrdened with grief, and wanting in mind;
The worst that wish thee for all thy bad
crimes,
Is to take thy own physic, and read thy own
rhymes"
This would give them task not the most
enviable, hnt might prove beneficial, as it is
all old adagc I" that the hair of the same dog
will cure the bite"
But the weakest and most nncalIed for fea-
tine in their report is an attempt 10 implicate
the editor Of the Advertiser in our proceed
ngs. Now, we as Society, know Mr.. Duri-
soc TO be gentlemen, but we do not know as
mich Of the conductor of the Bachelor, neither
have we an opportunity Of ascertaining as he
is ashamed to make public his real name, but
assumes fictilions one, and sends forth his
worthless nonscnscal sheet, with whatever the
Athens Bachelors Club, may say suits their
tastes and standing in society.
Allow me to point out one more gross
misrepresentation which their Committee
have had the insolence 10 put forth in their4re-
port. We were challenged to public discus
sion. but not wishing TO waste time and cnmber
the columns Of a newspaper. with so trltilng
subject, we did offer to send man to whip
half dozen Of them. The answer which we
get to this challenge is, that they have been
assailed by us to pacfy the wrath of angry wo'
men," This, Mr. President, is aperlect 'bnck
out" Can we then consistent with the high
standing of our Society, descend to notice, here
AFTER a set of night wranglng Baehelorsi who
break windows, smash champagne glasses
and convert the fragments Of their crazy feast,
into missiles to throw at the servants. Bache'
lors of refined TASTE who break their tailors,
and make their fathers desperate. In Short
who have gone astray, and are desperately
wicked. My impression and candid beliefis,
Mr.. President, that we should wholly refrain
from having any intercourse with them, and
conscious that this Society ''cn masce" enter