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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-09-27
For the .idrertise,


Mr.. EDIToR:-I should have answered
the question of Responsible Voters 81 be-,
fore This, hui for'tlls reason-l understood
that there was an arrangement amongst
all the candidates 10 give their answer ia
onc article, and save the Editors Of the,
papers, the trouble Of publishing 80 many
separate articles. | am always ready 10
give my opinion OF any political question.
in agitation before the people. -
] therefore beg leave to say, thai am
in favor Of CAss g. BUTLER fol. the PRESS
dency. | frankly confess that | have been
one of the "wai' aud watch parry" bur
cannot see for the life of me. how any
Southern D"mocra, can consistently sup-
port Gen. Taylor with his present princi,
piles. The claims "f Van Buren,. Ipre-,
sumo. arc entirely out Of The question, as
A. JONES'. 5
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President and Vice President. the following
among other resolutions were passed.
Resoiyed. That Millard Fillmore is well
known aud highly honored by the Wing,
of New Jersey, as the unwavering and
efficient advocate of true Wing principles
and particularly the Tariff of '42. and as
the defender of the rights of this Stale,
and its broad seal, against the ou,rages o
Loco Focnism in 1899 and '40-tha, we
hail lis nomination with universal salts
faction, and will give him our Jealous aud
unanimous support.
Resolved. That these principles which
Gen. Zachary Taylor has avowed. com
prehend fully all the principles which the
Wings have ever contended for. in respecI
TO the Executive.
Resoired. Thar these principles are as
follows: that the President should never
bring The p"wer, Influence. patronage or
prescriptions of The Executive TO bear and
overawe The action Of Congress: that he
should never exercise the veto power
except to prevent unconstitutional aud
has'y legislation that he should never
set up his notions of The constitution
agans, the adjudications Of the Supreme
Couu, or the settled practice of The govern
menl and hat therefore he should ap
prove aud sign all well considered bills
which Congress may present To him. for
the establishment Of protective Tariff,
for useful internal improvements, and for
all other measures Of domestic policy for
which the Wings contend.
Resolved, Tha, although the question
as 10 The extension Of slavery, being a new
QUESTION. has never constituted q part of
The whig creed, yel The wings OF New
Jersey, as well as the wings Of all The
free Slales, though opposed 10 all in'rr-
ference with slavery where il now exists,
are unanimously opposed to lis extension,
and always have exerled and always will
exer all The influence they have in Cou
gress, To prevent such extension.
Resoired. That by the avowed princi
Piles of Gen. Taylor he is bound not 10
veto any bill because it pruhihis slavery
in new Stale or Territory ; but thai Gen.
Cass has pledged himself to veto any pro
hibilon Of The kind, and that therelDre az
Que or the oher must be elected President.
every friend Of freedom is bound to sup
port Gen. Taylor.
Resolued, That bur for The conquest of
Mexican territory hy the present admins
tration, there would have been no exten
sion of slavery; and lnat if Gen. Cass
should he elected, pledged as he is 10 g ivr
unbridled license 10 The spirit OF aggression
upon Mexico ami Cuba, the country will
be cursed with more conques,s aud more
slave territory.
Among the speakers present, was Col
Haskell. We make the following extract from
his speech. It's by no means complimentary
to General Taylor's Democratic friends i'll
South Carolina.
Col. Haskell. Of Tenn, was then intro
duced, aud spoke with marked effect for
abnut two hours.
Whatever Southern Loco focos have done.
tell you, Nurthern Wings and Dem otra,s,
you have nothing to say against Southern
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Whiss. (Applausc.) I did alsocat !.
Henry Clay in '44 and Tariff for more
lban revenue, if necessary, to project
Nort..ern labor against foreign competi
tim. Southern lucoIocos. how ever. never
sympalhized with the Northern interests,
and have ever endeayored 10 create sec
ioual feeling. (Applause.l With hat
party The Wings of The South never sym
palhizrd. When we have been told that
The hard earned labors Of The South went
for the benef, of Northern manufacturers
we stood up uniformly in the South. and
coulended that Ibe manufacturers Of our
own country should he prolected against
foreign pauper labor. iGreaI appfause.t
Whatever has been done by disafected
band of South Carolina lncofocos 10 pun
up another mar for Vice President in the
place of Fillmore, they have never had the
sympathy Of Southern Wings. And how
could Ger. Taylor have done Otherwise
Than accept that nomiuation? 1t was
made nv body of disaffecled locos, who
couldn't vote for Cass. and concluded To-
vote for the man who is 10 be elected.
Th y wanted 10 get out Of the iocofoco7
party in The hes, maEuer they could, and
should we exclude them? Gen. Taylor
did not 20 them. they came 10 him.
In supporting Gen. Fay lor we do NOT
abandou solitary tenet Of our party
We shall have under him NOT an admiols~
rra.lon for party. but for the whole coutf-
try. Does any one want 10 establish any
one of the principles we advocated 10 "a!
| He can do so precisely as well under Tay-
Ior as nader Clay. The President cannot
carry out any Of these measures himself,
and whatever Congress does for the people.
Taylor is pledged no. TO veto. He is not
an ultra Whig. bu, a Clay Wing and
would have voIed for him in '44 if he had
been in position TO vote ~isa
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;run WIS all picked clean. Twenty three hands
picked in one day, $500 pounds. Thirty
seven hands picked SAG pounds. Sixty
hands the two numbers above added tngether
picked II 036 pounds. One hand picked 3l2
pounds, another 3O3, another 307. The lowest
number of pounds picked by any on amounts
ed to 2OI puunds. We will not 81. 'eat this
if you can, but we call 1t pretty good picking
for an old country.
On plantation situated on Saluda River,
and belonging to n gentleman Of this District.
the following Is The result.
One hand picked in one day, from sun rise
till sunset, 1913 pounds.
Another 300
2S8
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avert their practical effects, the energies
of these great men have been powerfully
exer,ed, and no slate has labored more ar
DENLY in the same great cause, than me
state Of South Carolina. How car The
State now abandon her former course OF
conduct, and leud her efforts TO ensulph
the ship of state in The sea Of Wing prin
ciples Can she roll back the last thirty
wears of her political history-blot out the
recollection of her grea, struggles against
the usurpa!un of Fcderalsm-and JOIN
hands with the Federal maorcrats, (it we
NAV be allowed to coin word Who have
Iabured so slrenuously 10 forge her ieile's
Le, not her annals be blolted by SO ioul "a
stami
With all our objections to Gen. Cas-.
therefore. (and we think il due 10 the hon
or Of The state that these objections should
be made fully known,) we believe Snutn
Carolina, to be consisten, and lrue TO her
interests, is bound TO support him, if no 9th
er candidate less Objectionable be orough
into The field.
In The first place, he is the organ oil the
party, 10 which have for years belonged.
This party on the fundamental doctrines
relative TO our government, and on me
leading measures of every administration
since the days of Jefferson, has been heart
and hand with us. Gu one subject alone
we disagree. This, ii is true, is IA very i'm
porlanl mauer--paramount, at this lime,
perhaps 10 all others. But this must be
considered. Even on this question OF
Slavery. the Democratic party al the North
1--WE mean the purer branch of it) has al
ways uoted with us. Ii met US on The Nils,
souri, compromise. 1t assisted US in set-
Ting The quesIinn as 10 the right OF Con
gress 10 interfere with slavery iu the Dis
| irict of Columbia. AT the last session OF
Congress il helped to vote down the Win
rhrop and Wilmol Provisoes. True. the
party refused in Convention at Baltimore
to AXE the proper ground on the question
as !, no,D stands before the country bul il
must be rccolleced, tho party was not there
fully represented, and the mailer was not
fairly discussed before them. The proba
biIity is, when the South comes out boldly
aud takes proper position on The subject
defines her views, and sets them firth pro.
perly TO the public mind-Ihe party will
yel he right, and when the question comes
to be acted on in Congress, il may vote IN
our favor. So long at least as there is
strong probability Of this, it would be ex.
ceedingly uuwise and indiscreel 10 cast oil
from US body Of men. with whom we
have been long politically associated, and
who have uniled their euergies with our
own, often By liberal compromises, 10
carry into effect the greal leading doctrines
of ,he Republican school. II is hut lair,
we should Try lhe.n until they foirly desert
US. This need not, however, hinder our
circumsneclion. We may hope Tor The
hest. bui 80 fnr The worst
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Tte a0nerttsfr.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 81, lS4S.
EDGEFIELD c. IL.

Cool Heaths7.-The weather for several
days pas, was quite cool. On Friday morning
abont sun rise. the thermometer stood at %
degrees. on Saturday, at the same tme' al 81
We are authorized 10 say, that on next sale
day, the FIRST Monday in October, onr immedI'
ale Representative, the Hon. A. Burt, will be
at Edgefeld Court House, and according to
request, will address his fellow citizens on the
political questions that agilate the country.
Col. Burt is not in favor of Gen. Taylor Tor
the Presidency, bu. adheres to his political
faith.
I, is known, that our Senator, Judge Butler
will speak to the people on the OCCASION re-
ferred to-
The citizens of the District will employ
their me bene6cially, if they will come out
and hear instruction from those whom they
have elected to give it.
Old Edgefeld E,ect.-All the Candidates
from this District for the Legislature have
declared for Cnss and Butler. They fully
accord with the people of the District, who
will suffer no neutrality upon the Pres'den-
tia question.
We call attention to the article signed "Jel-
ferson."
The views expressed by the writer are mod
crate. manly and sensible. and deserve consld'
erntion.
II is proper 10 state, thot the piece first ap'
peared in the Abbeville Banner. and was
written in last July.
The author can claim, not 10 be entirely
indebted to others for the position ne carly
assumed.
Letter Of the Hon. F. ". Pickcn'.-on ac-
count of the pressure upon our columns during
las, week, we could not publish the letter OF
our former Representative TO Congress the
Hon. r. w. Pickens, in reply to an invita-
ton TO n meeting at Athens Ga. 1t will be
found in our paper to day. Col. Pickens has
been known for some time past to be sup'
porter Of Gsn. Cass forthe Presidency. lie
is now ms ho was when in Congrs5s. tn roY'h
Southern Democrat.
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another Hero Gonc.-Died, on Thursday
night. the 2lst Of September lS4S ut the house
of his uncle. John Dolby, Esq. JASPER N
DEvoRE.
Ele was a young man of good habits and
good morals, aud promised 10 be all ornament
10 snciety.
He was member Of Company D., OF the
Palmetto Regiment in the war with MeS'c"
and passed Though every battle in which thai
Regimenl:was engaged
His officers and brother soldiers, all beaI
testimony 10 his high character both as soldier
and u gentleman. II" never absenled hims"l
from duty. when labors were t" be performed
or battles were to he won for his country; anc
his life was a sacrifics to his country's bonor.
The Eueaing Ne,cs The Proprie.orshIp o
this paper has been changed. 1t is now CO."
Quoted by B. Garden Pringle, ]. N. Cardoz'
having retired.
Taplor and the IPilnot Prouiso.-Our readers
must not forget that General Taylor when
questioned about his views on the Wilmo
Proviso. not long since, positively refused Il
answer, and said that he would not reply Il
ques,ons on other subjects. But he has replied
fully on number Of subjects in his numer
Gus letters. The paramount question ha'
never been an,werei at all by him. Still. foI
his reputad sounduess OH slavery, the Tsyl"
men at the South throw up their caps Tor him
and will not abandon him, associated thongl
he is with Fillmore.
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Candidates for Congress from Charleston
Dislria.-Messrs Holmes, Rhett and Clay
ton. are announced as candidates TO represent
Charleston District IN onsress
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Tsmpes, in a Tea pol The Taylor Democrats
in Charleston. are making great noise about
Cass & Taylor Their demonstrations in
favor of the latter. are all in vain. South
Carolina is still true to her ancient principles
and will never surrender 10 the Wings.
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,be Presidential election, we wiIl IS g,iy.

in The Presidential election, We will be CIV,
ing an example Of The theoretically wise,
but practically foolish Let US uo,, how
ever, 5e deceived by cant phrases. These
are the mere catch words Of the: partyyul-'
oar-,he wisdom of the foolish, which is
the folly of the wise. II is lhe c6nning
language Of the practical demng6gues.
who arc laboring with their might 10. level
the poli,ical morals OF The country:---.a
class of men, who are teaching that ..ssuc,
ces,fu, vllaiuy, is vir,ue."- and iha': TO
obtain ends desertion Of principles is full
ly iusiiable :-men, who think of nothing
but political bargains, and party log rolling
help me, and Ill help you:-tbe nn-
worthy followers of The great prince5 OF
political ,rckslers-Prince Machiayelli-
who taught, as these men are now teach
ing, ",hat The end sancli6es the means y
that "s.renglh and understanding are
all tha, is necessary in a system ofFpoli-
tics ''-and that Justice does NOT enter
INTO The elements of political economy"
Nav The country be delivered from this
tribe of political insects!
Ii may be a virlue to adhere to party ;
bu, we deem as far more exalted aud
praise worthy, faithful adherence 10 hon,
esy and to correc, principles. Thissislhe
course that duty points ou. and in pursu-
ance Of th"t. are found the ends;of all
honorable desires. Let not ridicule,. then,
or SANDER, drive US out Of il. "A greater
than man was Knocked and ridiculed-yel
he continued 10 teach and practice virtue.
And was not this the true phiIosophy;?-
Contrary to The common notion. zoe assert,
and noe 1Uish our assertion 10 siandon re-
cord, that South Carolina By rigid ad-
herence 10 The settled doctrines Of rpoiit-
ical creed. regardless + party bias or CEN
sure, sUiN drdao upon herse! more reathonor
-aYe-riLi erert more poaoerfut influence in
this union, intellectually morally. aadpolit-
icaliy than If she could alDays be COUNTED
upon ,oith certainty to support, ,cilsoiRteter'
ence to her principles. any and everyjParty
measure. There is about a sraighl fo!>
ward independent course Of conduclfa be-
wi,ching power that strikes even The, yul.
sar eye, and which adopts iu intrigue and
political n!amy themselves will noi des'
pise nor unheed. LIE, US do, then, ,wha,
we believe to he right. and let olhers'mock
if they will. Il mind conscious ol Tec,i-
Iude has no sickly sensiliveness about un.
worthy inuendoes against It's motives. i
is not touched by every suggestion of. ridi'
cue, and The tricks of party cannot make
il swerve from its faith. Let US occupy
this position.
Let US preserve our faith entire. LIE
our honor be without stain. lSit sine labs
decuS. JEFFERsoN.
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For the advertiser.

Mr.. EDIToR:-In reply TO the call Of
Responsible V"ters," which appeared
in recent number Of your paper. | beg
leave 10 say, that with The present lishtbe-
fore the. (should he elecIed,) shall sup-S
port The election Of Gen. CAss 10 prefer~
ence To any other Candidate now before us
Tor lhe Presidency. ~
DANIEL HOLLAND.r
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C. G.. Memminger.-Thisg gentleman in a
recent letter declares ..'is preference for Cass
and Butler for the Presidency and Vice
Presidency.
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Missouri-The Democratic majority for
Senator in Missouri, is $1,000. The House
will consist of 81 Wings to 70 Democrats.
The Senate is also Democratic.
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Henry Clay.-Mr. Clay has written letter
to friend in New-Yorls. declining 10 run ior
the Presidency.
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Commander Alexander aideN Mckenzie re
Gently fell :rom his horse. while riding through
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The Evening Ne,rs of yesterday aLnoun-
ces that Mr.. J. N. Cardozo. the former
editor ofIhat journal, is to continue in as
socialion with Mr.. Pringle. in its editorial
managemeat.-Charleston Courier.
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Robert Griffin, of Savannah. has been
elected Grand Sire Of The General Grand
Lodge of Odd Fellows. Mr.. Kellogg, Of
Michigan. was elected Deputy Grand Sire,
and J. L. Ridgey, of Baltimore, Grand
Secretary. These elections took place
at Baltimore. where this body annually
assemblies, and The information was
communicated TO The Savannah paper,
by telegraph Charleston Courier.
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For The Advertiser.

Mr.. EpITDR your paper, as also
through other Journals 0f the sDistrict;ss&
questions have been propounded ito thes'
CanJidares for the Legislature, touching
lheir views as 10 The Presidential eandi-
dates. = Is &slsz,1 G5jsT
As ueilhrr of the tickets are en,ireIy
acceptable 10 Sunrh. Carolina, as an indi, /.
vidua have preferred that the State,
should remain uncommitted. .toflhe latest;
pose. bile mnment-when her rsyo,e could,
have been cast with the mtst recent and.
fullest information as 10 their respeclivea.
views. In this way the State might vote 6
more wisely and judiciousy for he, best
Interests: But as the people 5ave thought
proper now TO call on me for my opiuiop.
acknowledge their rigbtto do so, by re-
plying that il is the true interest of Soulh. :,
Carnlns, under existing circumstances,
to cast her vote al.slbe ensuing President
al slecri"n for Cass4 and Butler South as a
MY preference. ,.. 49,, .p. ,l.,s.z, > ...s.,s
As ,ne candidates have also been en-
quired pf as 10 their views III relation io, !,
ei uinn- the -elnatir.',-- nf-Electors for PrcSt:
10 the People, l
ion to announce
,f the past Lee
1had the honor-
5is.rrict-I voted y
sslisa!as 1890;
:ss;ssSio the peo:s
nj. The election:
Electors this faIE'
will cost Inc penpro-vr-rne State from I've "a
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Forty.t,tee hands averaged ls0 pounds

The Columbia Telegraph hus more than
once complained of the transfer Of his "lhun.
der" to others. Now we have similar COM
plant 10 make. and pledge ourselves TO unite
our best effnr,s with those Of our brother. IN
bring about that happy state of things, whcn
every man in South Carolina, shall have in fee
simple his own thunder" The Editor of
the Advertiser not having suid good thing for
long time (if he ever did in his life) an'.
plainly perceivins that sumelhing must be d. tl;'
or his subscribers would leave him. conclude d
that he would make VISIT To GranitevilIe in
the hope that amid the stirring incidents of
that wonderful place, he might get something
which would ward off the impending calamity.
But when, oil, when. are our misforlunes TO
end The account of our visit has been yiveH
and the Telegraph for reasons best known tn
itself, has credited il to the Editor Of The .Abbe
ritle Banner. This has given rise 10 some
mortifying reflections. 1t may be that our
existence is unknown d, Columbia. This is
the most charitable view which we can take Of
the matter; but yet there ID nothing consulting
in il We wish the Banner well, but we must
have our own thunder, as we seldom make it.
and cannot spare it.
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Hhig Mass Meeting at atlanta Gave
learn from the Augusta Chronicle that at the
meeting Of the Wings al Atlanta. on the l4ih,
about 8 or 10 thousand of the party were
present. The Hon. A. Miller acted rs
President. The audience was addressed by
Governor Crawford. Hon. VIM. C. Dawson
Robert Toombs and Jno. M Betrien. Mr..
Stephens was also present, and was received
with great enthusiasm. He made u short
address, thanking the company for his recep.
lion.
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Northern Fairmss.-Nearly every news
paper published North Of Mason and Dix
on's line. contains in each issue some alb.
usive paragraph against the South. Every
street fight every murder. every brawl
tha. occurs from Baltimore 10 New Orleans
is carefully recorded-and with many ex-
agserations and additions, conspicuously
published. Whilst The myriads. Of al
roci'ies that daily happen in their own
midst are passed over, as matters Of no
consequence. ln the city of New York
alone, we are confident that more hcinous
crimes are committed in single year,
that occur in all the Southern States pu,
together, in len. YET accor ding 10 their
own report, The people at the North are
all Saints.-Lamsnsrilie Herald
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b. C.sYANCEY.,

VIII cost tEHe TepPro-7ur-rne State from
to eight thousand dollars
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Mr.. Clay andthe Presidsncy.-Wieper.
ceive, by Geographic despatc!Slfom
New York received by our neighhors Of
The Courier. that Mr.. Clay has written
-'--.-- -Ii.annroving Of The moyements
he Presidential
iplyingiihat he
m nolrination
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The Bcggs Mcdal.-The citizens Of Rich
land District have caused TO be made &
medal Of the most beautiful description. tc
presen, to Thomas Beggs late color bearer oi
Palmetto Regiment. as a testimonial OF tfleii
appreciation Of his services in Mexico.
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MIR. Stephens who was wounded in the
rencon,re with Jude Cone, is recovering.
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Cool Heathe7.-The weather for several
days pas, was quite cool. On Friday morning
about sun rise, the thermometer stood at "a
degrees. on Saturday, at the same time, at 81