Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1844-11-06
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/ Don't Forget that they passed the IN
tou.ous Bankrupt Lao. by which thon-.
sands.of honest men were swindled and
ruined. by dishonest and fraudulent deb.
/ tors. 5
Don't Forget that they held an extra
session Of Congress, and that they ext6r5-S
ded the first session. Of the 9Th Congress
toa period longer than any other session
ever held under the pfesen, constitution,
at an expense 10 the people Of 1tro Nil.
lions Of Dollars. s i'ssE s
Don't Forget ihsir, Infamous falseh oods
about the furniture OF the Presidents
house in ls4O, and that, at the very ses.
sion in which theiy President came 10
Washington, they asked for and obtained
Sir Thousand Dollars 10. lay out in furni-
ture for that very house-thus admitting,
that all their representations about the
extravaganza of MIR. Van Buren, were
false, wicked, and villanous.
Don't Forget that the leaders of COON,
cry in I845 promised the laboripg man;
'two dollars day and roast beef" iif,
Harrison was elected and that they done
nothing but reduce the wages Of the laho.
rer, aud prescribe him for voting contrary
10 their wishes.
Democrats. while you remember all
these sins and inquities of whiggery, pray
Don't let The Coons Forget Them f,
The Southern lNeil.-There was no.
mail received in this city to day from be-
yond Petersburg, Virginia; therefore we.
have no further returns Of the South Caro-.
lima Election. sl..s.
All The anxiety we feel about that cleo,
ton is to learn whether there isl Whig
in that Sla,e.-We have the returns from!
three congressional districts, and the word
"whig" is not in them. A foot passenger,
who arrived here to-day by the Piedmont;
line, reports that a Wing was lately seen
in one of the back counties of South Caro-
lima but his story is believed by the:
Wings only: The Democrats are conf
dent that if such an animal was seen
there. ne was not resident of,he State,
bu, wandering pipeiayer, who got!be-.
wildered 10 Georgia. aud is now trying TO;
get into Tennessee or North Carolina be-
fore the presidential election. Ifhe gets
into Tennessee, he will certainly gel skin.
ned there, and so badly. too, that ".his
hide will not hold shucks.'' Welhink the
only chnnce he has to save his hide is TO
flee 10 the mountains Of Buncombe, North
Carolina, and even then he will be in
great danger, for our letters from that
State say" Old Rip is waking up. tits
supposed that be smells the animal, for he
has given one sneeze, and has turned
partly over on his right side."-G!obe.
Cheap Postage.-The leaders of the
Whig party are determined to have cheap
postage for their political correspondence,
fare as it may with the community
at large. In addition TO the millions
Of tracts printed in this city, aud The other
combus,ibTes, such as Clay bread, Sc.
forwarded to all parts of the Union, under
the franks Of Senator Barrow, and the
Hon. Messrs. Causiu, Garret Davis, and
Willis Green, we understand that large
numbers of letters are received by the
committee, or lis Chairman, free of pos
tage of course, and then franked to their
destination. An instance Of this occurred
in The letter Of the .'Great Embodim eni',
himself. to Cassius Marcellus Clay"
which mas first sent TO Washington, and
having received the imprimatur of. the
Hon. Willis GREGG, was then forwarded.
IN this way, the Department has been
defrauded out ofa vast amount of revenue.
We learn that a draft on a post officein
Kentucky has been recently returned I'd
the Department unpaid, and the reason
assigned was that the fund which would
otherwise have been subject 10 the order
ofthe Government, had been absorbed by,
the free letters ofMWillis Green, nj. c."
The revenue usually deriyedsfrom this
Office is upwsrds of 5000 annually
Washington Constitution.
Major Donelson tChargs of Tsaxas)
leaves his plantation near HE Hermitage
to day-proceeding over land to the llissis-
sippi River, on bis way;to ,he Texan cap
ilol ;and We cannot but paticipate in the
painful emotions with which the word
"farewell' will be exchanged between !
himself and his venerable patron, friends
and relative, the ''sage ofthe Hermitage, ,2
. Nashville T1,,;on 1dIh ~ - - il