Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-07-08

10 the federal times OF Gen. Hamilton. aud
the elder Mr.. Adams. hu, Gar beyond them
-tn the Church and state times "I Queen
Anne. and the corporaimn and State Iines
of The FIRST and secund George; in wLrd
10 the whig times OF Sir Robert Walpole;
whose long. corrupt and pusilanim"us adj
miuisiraiion was n continued practice oi
tory doctrines upon whis Professions. and
the sourre ani origin of every curse whlch
now affects The English prnple. We have
gone back to the English times when the
paper system. the funding system. the han
king system. the fundamental system. (as
banks Il! circulation sIockphbIns. nalInn-
al debt. taxes, paper money. loans Tor
the existing generation To spend. an'i f"r
tesleriIv spend, and chartered companies
with exclusive privileges, and moaopoles
and exemptions irnn law. the South Sea
ochcne aud thousand other cheating cun-
trivauccs, we're all halchrd into eNisIence
under the hot incuhal:un of whis lcgi,IatI"n.
We have gone hack to the Wal lpole times
when c"rporaiiuns began 10 treat with The
government as equals. 0r 10 dictate TO II ~
masters when submission IL insult aIid
depreciation from abrund. aud tyranny To
patriots al home. ". s the practice an'i HE
policy Of the administration; when HE
money was spent inr parry objects. which
should have heen devoted To The public de-
icnce; when, 10 preserve peace, The na.
lion was not pui ~ arms, bul The mlnI,tcr
placed upon his kuee.; VIXEN e"d men
were prosecuted. aud the had were prurn0-
ted; when military, naval anti civll"tiicers
were dismissed from employment i"r ru-
Ting against the minister, uu,i his partlZans
put iuro office for voting im him; when Sc
cret Committees. c"nposcl "l political
hacks. we're made imlulsil"rs int" Tie Gun
duct "t their enemies. aud never failed 10
lind wfat th- minister sent Ihem TO hunt
t"r. We have snne back 10 the times
when this. and such aS this, MAS the work
ut The English government and when Il
- hIs administration snvr all the originals
ot which our federal wings are u"w pre-.
scn'inc ns with faithful copies here. In
every thing. great nu,i small. i"rcicn aud
dnnirsiic, legislative and executive, The
Walpole Wing measures al The rrign "i
bHI HFt'iIl, 'i' NV "S"'N' ''"b'
federal wings here; and !! the master splr-
lis now IN command .houlJ have as I"ns
Time Ia work in. rs their great original hah
IN Enslan'l, they would probably succeed
~ giving Us a, much debt aII'i iaxa>,i, ma
ny pauprrs uhd prri>i"ms. aEd as many
rorIrruIiuus ia rule, govern an,l !,rim u.
MS ilie English people NOW have. Bui
T.t,Y
as rnal oI The W"ip'lc Wing, IN Engluni
that It will hardly extend 10 twenty live
years; aud of this the iuastcr spirirs srrlm
To lie 4 lrilr suspicious themselves, unh
therefore are "fm making hay while the
sun siIin"s." Haste to tie wedding is the
tune Ia "hich they dance. ;lonbIe uulrk
lime is The line oI their step. lleurr The
hurry IN every thug. Hence rhrs extra
ses>l"n "i Congress. wbrh. III ibe hfIrf
space al halt duzrn weeks. aud un,I-r III,
iires Of "a .oii,Iitinl ,uriInmr ,un, uni midst
the sweltcrin. heats nl The dng days, j, rx-
pecled mdo ~ mach rs Walpolc accuu,.
pl>hed IN one Ui the seven yrai iury parli
Aiuruts 0i WHICH lie WIS lie Wing aurii.r.
A. u compensation. however. iur dnIms ~
much In 81 SIIurt II time, CuuSrcSs /, {" b.
perinmictl To sink iuIo The quiet aud pa,
1:.- ......I. ,n., al Ipil nf Ju>iiret !, az.
JusticrI "l The oil French monarchy, Tor
The resiSiratinn OF eIlicis; ar 10 rraIrZr, lir
the cdIriicaiion of The American pruplc.
'l'e metaphysics. co c"prr "r The ,iuni.
legislature winch gave 81 much celebrity
|" the Ahhc SicS--. In nord, WE ar.
I" he permitted I" vote upon the bulls. with
"ut telling HE rea>nnS why ur whcrrlnrr.
wiieh The ma>rer spirits prepare ior Us it.
secret. and iny before ~ III public.
c"n"'ler myself called here To he Irr.
sent al ilir immoIaiinn of nur constitution.
ami nj The inrInarIur ni u new governments
tobc cu'nI"'S.'i 0lbank and slate, in wliirn
bhnk Is iU be Wa>ier. and stale - Ia kr
slave. aud The people to hr taxed and plan
'i'retl fr The heirfir of LnIh am hrrr
M the hnl"cau~t oi lie constitution. Ifih.y
succeed in ih-ir measures there will nr
nnihin5 lrlt "i i'ni in>lrurnent but It's ashes.
This. SIR Is what Suarch 4 mInuruI Ia
write Ia you ~ nn>wcr 10 ynur Inquiries
II is II frank letter. such ns my :-"lin.s 'Iu'-
tate. aud The times require; AMI y"u are N
! liberty ronsr it in any was in whrh il will
accomplish It's ohjrr'-Ihnt Of preventing
my name ir"n h"Ing us"'! nu the list oi
presidential cauidnrcs.
Rr>pcrrinlv. sir,
Your obliged fellow riiZrn
THOMAS II BENTON.
Col. IIrnry Simpson. Philadelphia.
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