Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1845-10-29
MISCELLANEOUS.
From the Southern Chronicle. :
CAssIUs M. CLAY AND HIS ThUE AMER

has e-commenced the publication Of hi:
paper a, Cincinnati, with the date as for
merly, al Lexington, Ky He has writ
ten lengthy address, in his usual style
intended to arouse feeling Of neseHtmen
against those men who were nstrHtnenla
in removing his press from Kensscky He
acknowledges that he was the author OF
that very obnoxious article, in which
Shareholders were warned TO remember
that there were strong arms ard fiery
hearts aud iron pixies in the streets, and
papes of glass only between them. and
the silver and plate on the board, and the
fair skinned woman on lbe oiloman :" but
centends that this expression was only in.
tended TO assert that ..virlue is the only
true basis for republics"
The Lexington Obserre, of the Slh
contains full statement Of the prOcee
dings had before The city Court of Lexing-
Ton, on the arrangement Of a part of the
Committee of Sixty, by whom MIR. Clay
press was removed. Oh q charge Of riot.
On The part of The city, the leading facts
in the premises. were prored-that the
committee Of sixty went in a quiet aud
orderly manner, as The representatives of
the public meeting, to the Office. the key
given up 10 them by one OF the city off
GERS. were nformod by tho Mayor thai
what they were about 10 do was illegal,
but that the authorities could offer no OPP
position 10 ,hem-lhal they proceeded 10
take down and pack up the press, &c.,
which was sen, otto Ciuciuatti; lhar
every thing was done nquie' and orderly
manner. The committee themselves enfor-
cling silence aud the observance Of order
by the crowd. We cannot give. as we
could wish. The cnlire testimony taken on
The part of the defence, which bears hard
upon The conduct ofMlr. Clay.
For the purpose Of proving the effect
produced by the True American paper
upon the slave population, host oil wi-
nesses were Introduced, among them The
Mayor oflhe city, all Of whom testified
that since The first appearance OF the pa
per, most marked change could Ge pei.
ceived iu tie conduct Of the neeioes !; the
Mayor stated that bauds of them had FIRE
quenlly since that time had marched past
his dnor, with great noise, as If defiance
of his authority. which they had never
! done before all testified lha, since thai
time, The slaves had become far more idle,
| ndepndeut, disobedient and hard 10 man
age it was proved that more the(,s had
been committed, more slaves sold 10 The
south, some Of them expressly on account
OF conversations overhead about the pa
| per) than were ever before known in the
same length Of time; it was in evidence
that in some sections Of the country, more
than one half The slaves had fire arms,
which was never before known; that they
were in The habit of assembling upon the
high road al late hours Of the night in
groups, and appearded TO he concerning
mischIef-lhat in one instance an attack
had been made by several, upon tae
dwelling Of white man and in another.
that body Of them had assembled with
their officers, marching rank and file, like
trained soldiers brandishing their hemp
hooks that slaves were in The habit Of
reading the paper from the time Of lis
commencement, and in one instance that
a slave had gotten ii from The Office OF It's
publication, where he had paid ten GEMS
for ii; that tie slaves were in The habit Of
singing songs, VIII. Sc refrain was, well
soon be free-hurrab for Cash Clay !"
that they looked up 10 hln as able 10 sci
them free. and that his paper was estab-
lished for that purpose and finally, that,
In some instances, they considered them.
selves as free as the whites, and refused 10
do their work.-These facts were estab-
lished by multitude Of Witnesses and
there was no one who, on his oath, dissen.
ted from the opinion that the True Amer
Ican was exercising most deleoriouS
influence upon fle slave population.
Alter the testimony had been closed, the
Court instructed the jury, upon The law
of the case as follows:
That if the Jury believe from The evi
dence in their cases, that the defendants 10
this prosecution, assembled with the in
tent, and did with violence and force take
possession of the True American office,
they are guilty of riot, and they must
| find them guilty. and assess their line in
their discretion from one cent 10 one hun.
dred dollars.
The remainder of the proceedings are
thus stated by the Observer =
| The defendants then asked Tie following
iulruclious
lst, That as the proceeding was quasi
criminal, the jury were the judges oI the
Law and facts.
! I'd, That the people have right 10
aoale nuisance. and in ita abatement IL
use just as much force as might be neces
sary for that purpose.
i 'Fhe Courl give the first instruction
asked by defendants with the qualification
4 that although not legally, the jury were
morally houDd 10 decide according 10 ltle
q law gwen them by the Court.
The second instruction asked by them
Court refused, a, the same time remark
ing, hal if he looked only TO the common
law, he should feel bound TO give il, bu'
that tho Court of Appeals Of Kentucky n
J. The lcadiug case upon the subject Of nui-
: sance, had drawn a distinction between q
s physical and amoral nuisance, thai they
ibad dechled that q physical nuisance