Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1842-02-02

II E...S .si.is CT ,lia consideration of tho
Eps,ss .nl R-pFesaa aalatiFes OF the Uailed
a,es. 4 aa,:titn PRAYING the dissolution
I - sbe UsiSn, lss piieseb ihe deepest in
n a. ii ssosss Of Ehich be is mem
,;ses "a ssslt q isls people Ol The United
IL hsels slsst House is the Lcgsla-
i SsT aSd ssili, il this outrage be pet
Tss:I "a Is slass unrebnked and unpuuished,
As d sssgueed his country, through their
scsen.aslyes, in the eyes OF The whole
! sscfld.
Resosred further, That The aforesaid J.
%. Adams, Tor this insult, the first oil The
kird ever offered to the government, and
for the wound which be has permitted 10
be aimed, Though iiis instrumentaliiy. at
she Constitution aud existence of his coun
try, The peace, the security, aud the liber-
ty of,hc people oi these States, might well
be held 10 merit expulsion from the nation-
al councils; aud the House deem it an act
of grace and mercy, when they only inllict
upon him their severest censnre for con-
duct SO utterly unworthy OF his past rela-
,;ous to the State. aud his present position.
This they hereby do for The neintenauee
OF their own conscience aud the indigua-
sioal of all true IInssricGS citizens,
The cprrcspouacu, of ,he Charleston
Mercury says:-Ar tho close of the read
ing Of ,he resolutions there was sponla-
neous burst of applause on ,he floor,
and in the galleries. Order being restored
Mr.. Marshall ia some very appropriate s.
eloquent remarks advocated The adoption
OF Ills re>olu'ious.
air. Adams spoke for half an hour in
reply; and, though declining to 60 gene
rally into his defence unlil he asceralned
whether the House would entertain the
resolutions, he lns,sicd na the proprety OF
his course, ami the right Of the peti'inners
TO make known their grievances aud de-
rnand redress. To preserve the Union. he
said, i, was necessary that the free States
should be protected 10 their rights. and the
right Of petition more especially and with
ou, this the Union could not long exist
He was followed by Mr.. Everett, OF Yer
mont, who moved that The further congide-
ration OF the resolutions be postponed until
Tuesday next. lie said i, was subjec,
" hich demanded the greatest delibera,inp
,ha, could be bestowed upon il, and ii be
came them To look well tn the consequent
ces belore they proceeded in it. In his
opiuIon If ihese resolutions were passed. II
would oe the iui,ialosy step to a dissolu-
,ion Of the Union which would be the ei-
feet, peaceably if they could. forcibiy if
they must. slr. Wise followed in reply
TO Mr.. Adams, aud showed by chain Of
documentary evidence, that ever since he
had been hurled from power by the South.
in IS2S, he had evinced the must deadly
hatred TO that section OF The Union, and in
fur,herauee Of tina, hostility no was now
lending himself as the agent OF the British
party 10 effrc, ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of this
glorious Conleicracy, determined 10 ruin
IL he could not rule.
Without, concluding. Mr.. Wise yielded
20 motion for Adjournment, which was
carried.
tits hardly possible to conjecture wha.
will be the result OF the debate commenced
TO day; but bc that as il may, il is time
that tho controversy was settled. and that
,bo South knew what she has TO expect.
Tho friends or iie constitution however,
in the p'ompi,ude OF the present move
mcur. have taken the incendiaries nj
disad, autase aud If 1t is followed up c"ur-
ageously but prudeuiy, 1t will result 10
their aunihilaiion.