Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1844-06-19
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For The Aareittseg.

Iss5 Fl. editor - Our late obgtessional
i ERepresen,aliye,s the IA Lon. i. Piekens,
fhas, been nWantonly and violent assalied
bya writer ini be last number Of the Ham, I
E6urg journal, over the signature S. me
|;sof tts People, =, The most oinInent. OF
l;;his charges are; ;emb odisd 10 the following
Imperfect and xlimping: sentence, which 10
avoid all suspicion Of snisrep epresen entaions l
quote liIerally aud senlire w hen: our
treeollecdoDs are so sensiiiyely alivetothe
inglo1oas manneriD which he K Col, Pick:
ems deserted onr intetests. by, resigniug
his seatiE sCongre ress,1 al "a mos,Simportant
stage of an imp portant session Of Congress,
AND: wilhthesdesign TOO, no doubt, at that
lime, oftrying TO be. elected 10 the q. S..
Senate. y - q. - .s.,7i i. z
It's a rare effort Of ingenuity 10 COM.
press inio compass SO smalh a body so,
large of rnisstatements SO gross. "Mark
now tlowzplain a tale shall putt this down.
Col. Pickens did no, resign his seat in.
Congress. Notwithstanding The melan7
choly and heart-rending bereavement, in
bis domestic relations, sustained by him:
near the close os lifelong sessionof 1912,
he returnedtoS Washington in the follow
ing December and served on, his full term:
ln consequence, however, of the painful
circumstances referred 10, Col. Pickensd did
decline re-election. Previously to his
withdrawal from Congress nearly all the
leading measures before that body were
disposed Of The Bankrup, Act was re-
pealed--the act providing for The distribu.
etion Of the proceeds Of the sales olIthe pub
lie lands shared the same fate--and the
schemes for establishing a National Bank.
under, the names of "Fiscal Agent and
an ..Exchequer," were put:down and de-
feated. Upon these questions. and indeed
upon.eyery other of any magnitude before
the House Of Representatives, Col. Pick
ems not only voted but bore prominent
part in the debates that they elected. Il is
not true. therefore, that Col: Pickens In
any .'manner" .'ingloriously" or, otherwise
F".desered our interests'-or even that he
resigned his seatin Congress- and least
of all sal aSmost important stage of an
important session." or .wilh the design
at that time of trying to be elected 10 the
u. S. Senate" in our representation in
which body should not be wholly over
looked the. very small and. in,materiaL
circumstance that there was ".at that time"
mo vacancy, and none; shortly anticipated.
lis thus made manifest that sour recol-
lections' however "sensitively alive" have
no foundation at least in memory.
Akin TO the charge just :efuted, is the
insiHualion that Major Jeter's resignation
and Col. .Pickens' announcement as can
didate to succeed, him were The result Ola
preconcened arrangement between them.
| have the express authority of Ma. Jeter
for asserting1hal this statement is utterly
nnfounded-ibat there was no, the slight.
est understanding or concert between him.
self and Col. Pickens upon the subject
that be did,not apprize Col. Pickens of bis
determination to resign until few mo-
,ments before his resignation was announ-
ced--that upon informing Col. Pickens of
his purpose he urged him to become can
didate for the residue Of his term, but that
Col. Pickens positively refused to do So
and that.il was not until the day following
that he Maj. Jeler) became aware that
Col. Pickens was in the field
The statement that Col. Pickens has
.'lhrust himself upon the people as can
didate is also unwarranted. know NOT
whether The intelligence has ye, reached
the vicinity Of Hamburg, but certainly it
is notorious here that Col. Pickens was So
licited and urged by many Of The most in.
teligent ard influential gentlemen Of the
District TO permit himselfto be announced
as a candidate-that he repeatedly refused
-and at length yielded a reluctant con-
sent, upon The assurance held out TO him
that by so doing the District would be
saved from The excitement and distraction
of a canvass turning upon mere personal
considerations.
1t is also made a subject matter Of grave
accusation against Col. Pickens that his
name has beeu associated with seat in
the Senate of the United States. The
people Of this District, | apprehend, will
scarcely regard it aninsuperable objection
10 candidate that he should be possessed
of abilities which qualify him for higher
station than that he seeks. The disquali-
f6cation Of being TOO well qualified. they
viii be puzzled TO comprehend. and they
will hardly be conducted 10 The conclusion
that honorable ambition is crime, or that
candidate is only fit to serve them, when
unfit 10 serve the State. JUSTICE,
-. - For the Aduertiscr.
THE+ANNEXATION OF TEXAS.
We haYe watched with fearful forebodings