Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1845-12-03


rested the decline of Charleston, and Is now
10 her business, which will insure
a relurr of her prosperity. AS the 'RaiEtSonds
of Georgia are finish ed and the communication
by their means extended. her Commerce ln-
creases, and must continue To do So: Eo an
institution which has done so muchator Tue
State. much is due. The Strte has extended
10 i, heretofore a munifcent liberalty, and 1t
has rcapcd itieturn Immense benehts,-Dene-
fits which are but beginning, and which every
hour will accumulate by want additions. Eve
ry advantage won by thisrnud, cnures 10 the
benefit Of South Carollna, and wise policy
may greatly increase those advantages 10 Ter
people This Company should be aided aud
encouraged, 10 make timely preparation and
arrangement, for tue despatch OF business, and
thus draw 10 it the liade of tue rich and ex-
,ensivs regions opening Westward, by these
new enterprises.
recommend, that The debt owing by the
Rail Road Company for loan made to the
South Caroliua Canal and Rail Road Compa-
ny, IN 1876. of l00,0U0 aud interest, be re-
leased to the presnnt Rail Road Company
When this loan was Contracted. Rall N0ad
enterprises were III their infancy. unsolved
problems. and those WIN engaged III them en-
cuuntered risks OF the loss Ut their capltal,
now no longer attending such Investments
The SuutI, Carolina Rail Road was then the
greatest undertaking al the day. 1t was an
enterprise Of vast importance 10 those who
embarked in it, and Ol no less consequence
to the State No doubt can exist, but that she
would chceriuily huve contributed Sl00,OOO
Us bonus, 10 have insured lls success. This
she did contribute, n0i IN that express form,
but with that view, rs we have many reasons
10 believe. She has never cxacted payment OF
debt or interest, but she has held il as al abey-
ance. Tor the arrival OF that period. which
should demonstrate that The Lcil conditions
had been fulfilled.
transmit various documents from many oil
our si-ler States, lnr ail which invite your
respectful aud careful consideration.
thercwithiay before you, the protest OF the
Legislature oi Massachusetts against South
Carolina, and the laws, winch she mas, ~ The
high duties uI sell preservaliOn, aud III the
exercise ol her undoubied rights, seen iii To
enact prohibiting Inc Ingress ul tree peisolls
OF cUlUr, VINO are dangerous lO lne peace and
safety Of ner uwn population You caunot
but bc painfully slruch, with The unrlendly
temper and InfiamulalUry tone Of- Tins renIlrk
able uUcument / lie cailnnesS and diSnIiy
ol south Curuillla, reslin. III Inc CONSCIOUS
hess Ot being III ine tight, aiid the seiise Vi
what Is due 10 her owl. character. VIII not be
disturbed by heated deIuncIatOis, ny unde
served lnvectlye, by unKIlId IiiSlnuatons. or
even by unlOuiIded lrupeucrivnls. she well
KNOWS liIdl When reaSuu Ialis, passion RACES
Against Inc iUlly aud wr;Huess, mo which u
leads states Us well as individuals, she will
from respect 10 herself AMI t0 the world, eu-
deaVOr 10 Saard nei sell, and thus avoid tile
dISc0urteSIes and VIOLATIONS, Ul national cOui-
Ily. ihlu which, II Is sure lu Detrhy. The sim
pie history Of The legislation, and lhe c,rctln-
stances ui tile CONTROVERSY winch has been un
happily iUmenIed by Massachusetts, Is lile best
vIudlcntiOn ui SOutu Carolina Ii ID briefly
this. In 1922. u most dangerous aLd cxlen.
sive conspiracy OF The black populallun III aud
auUut ChurestOil WIS discovered. II had been
chiefly planned and devised by l0reign Tree
persons Ol color, wllO had sednced and cor
rupted The native free blacks and slaves,
Their schemes Oi operation enlbrucrd; the
burning ana PIundeI 0r me city, uestruetun
Ul lie, aud OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
culpnis ellcIted :he lnUSt Irre:raue ble evidence
oi their active agency. and Of The dangers
arising fiOm the lnternInsllng OF the foreign.
blacks with our slaves, and tiainanIly ,detpalid.
ed. both for the slave and masler tnat they
should be protected from these sedlicliOns
The act of 1922, was therefore passed ny the
Legislature, which Is the beginning. ot tiiisieS-
lSluliuu: II was revised aud re.enacled with
some Immaierial alterations IN 1886. The
rcasonablenes5, The humanity, The prupriety 0f
this act. was not questioned by any American
State Tor fourteen years; hen the tirsl reSOiil-
tons Ut Massachusetts were levelIeu d9uinSl It.
It's true that Great Britain did complain at all
caliy date alter the passage ol lile acl, TO The
general government, as stated IN Ihe protest oil
massachusetts. and It Is equally True that Mr.s
WIN, then Attorney General Ui the United
States, did give he opinion which Is quoled III
the protest, against tho cOnsIitullUnallty u ttIe
Law-but South Carolina never for one mo
mrnl ., iehIed' her convictions that she was
right, nUr her determination 10 MAINTAIN her
position. as Massachusetts erromluusly asserts
have no desire 10 comment either Oil tie g.
nnranoe "i The facts displayed in ibis assertion,
nor OH the unkjnd mlSlnnallous which accom-.
panes il, that SonliI Carolina yielded to
Ieais, OF u powerful fureign nation, what she
refused To Justice and II sister Staie. She lelt
she was right, tllut she was sustained by every
prlnclple of law, ny every feeling ot hue iit.
niaility, and by eye,y motive OF sell preserva.
ton, and duly To her own people, aud she
therefore SIood iiruiy 10 her ground. She
yielded then. rs little IL she dues now, tu the
threats ui retaliation made by .assacilu.
scits. The acquiescemce Of foreign powers
aud OF our sister States, was undislmrbed by
any cxceplIun until 1896. \ lew years pre-
ceedIng that peliod n new spit had broken Out
IN England, aud that p"rlIun Of the United
States to which Massachusetts belongs, aud OF
which she has long assumed to be lhe lender
~ flrst lis direction was agausl the slave M
s'Iuiions Of e English Colonies. Tile eInan.
cIratIon OF their slaves being accomplished,
The whole torrent Of ianatclsm, rabId with
IncoIrsldera" zeal, and louIentug with pulItl-
cal stlinulanls, turned It's unmtigable fury,
npon oar devoted land. Ii was then, was sud-
denly broken, that deep repose Of seventeen
years. in winch from 1922 10 1889, these rights
Ut 1er colored population, now so vehemently
alledsed to have been invaded, sumbered un
needed Or unremembered during all which
time. the claimsoI humanity. the paramount
duty" of the State aud the honor OF Massa-