Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-08-02
From The Abbeviile Banner of Tie 29M.

unteers came of in line style on Tuesday
last. The assemhlase of persons upon
that occasion was Ivy far the largest we
have ever seen in the District; persons
were present To see and honor our gallant
soldiers, who have not visited me village
before in many years. though natives of
lhe District. II is estimated thai at least
four thousand lpersons were present, this
we know is in bounds, others make the
nnmher much greater. The most per-
feet order was observed throughout this
vas assembly. which may be at'ibuled
mainly to the absence of sp'ituous liquors.
We canuo, saw anything iniregard 10 the
speeches made that day i'll consequence ni
being unable to get near enonsh to hear.
! Correspondence Of the Charleston Mercury.
Washington, July "a. 1913.
see that The statement made 10 you,
tina. Gen. Taylor, in lerter written to
Mr.. Abbot Lawrence of Boston, had said
thai, if elected President of the United
States. he would organize his Cabinet
from the best aud pures, Wings of the
Union. is sueered al in one 'f your city
papers. This mornings National lnteli
gencer contains the synopsis Of ii speech
delivered by Mr.. Lawrence at the Wing
ratification meeting. at Burlington. Fer-
mont, on his way to Canada. The follow
ng words are taken from the report Of his
| remarks:
Nj. L. asserted that Gen. Taylor was
Wbis. a s,aunch Wing. lie was respon-
sihIe fur the statement, Gen, Taylor
| would have Wing Cabinet.
Mr.. Lawrence also says in the same
speech:
The question now before the people NJ
The country is, whether Gen. Taylor. az
lhe exponent of the great Whig doctrines
of Thermal Improvement and Protcc.
live Tariff or Lewis Cass, as The expo.
nent Of the conce ptraled recklessness and
rodicalism Of The Locofoco party, shall
| administer the Government for the next
Presidential term.
You will remember that at This very
session of Congress. il was proposed in the
House that the Tariff Law of 1916 should
be repealed. and thus leave the WhiG
Tariff of 1912 in full operation, and it was
very nearly heinn carried-thAuDhoie- hr'tly
Of the Wings Norh and West voting for
tho proposition Gen. Taylor, in Ills ALI
son leler, is distinctly committed TO veto
no bills on The Tariff, Internal lmpreve-
men,s. or Bank of the U. States.
The Compromise Bill, as it is called,
will fail. On last Friday il would have
passed by large maturity. Mr.. Barrow,
Wing Representative from Tennessee,
congratulated The House on its in,rorluc-
lion into the Senate. On Saturday you
will see that The effort to amend the bill
by striking out all that part relating to
California and New Mexico, faited by
very decided vote in ,be Senate. On Sun
day it is understood. however, that the
Wings had conference. the result Of
hich is that, in their 1pinou. If the bill
passes, i, mus, destroy their prospects in
The cunning Presidential election This
molniue Mr.. tlilliard, a Wing from Ala.
declared his opposition To the bill, and it is
understood that lie speaks The opinion of
The greater part, If not the whnle, of The
Southern Whis Representatives. In The
Senate, Southern Wings who last week
declared themselves decidedly in favor or
the bill, will NOW note against il. MIR.
Phelps. one of tho Sclecl Conrtree who
reported the bill. declared to day that he
was the only Northern Whir who would
vote for the bill. You will he anxious 10
know hat are the views which illus uhIe
Northern Wings aud Southern Wings in
opposition 10 this measure: because with
one party The bill does MOI 60 far enough;
and with The other il goes too far. The true
reasons; as understood here. are these: the
Northern Wings think that any concession,
or apparent concession, on their part. on
this subject, would give the North TO Van
Buren, and defea. Taylor whilst The
Southern Wings fear that it this question
is closed. the peculiar ground OH which
Gen. Taylor is supported in their sectinn-
danger to the South on this queslion-is
taken away, and ON tie old issues between
the two parties they must be beaten: The
great argument that General Taylor is a
Shareholder will mol then apply. So the
rights Of the South on this great Question
are 10 be held in abeyance, and their in
'eres,s are to be put up as stakes in the next
Presidential election. The vote in The
Senate will probably disclose where JUS
tice TO the South. and respecI for her
rights, exist among the parties of the North
Senator Corwin, a Whis from Ohio.
has jlsi concluded speecq which will
make five men out Of six ia the South
who read it disunionists. He concluded
by broadly and repeatedly asserting that
Geu. Tay lnr would moi get the vote OF a
single free State in The Union. bat for his
pledge not 10 veto any bill passed by Con-
sress containing The WiInot Proviso.
Passage Of The Compromise BiH.-A
telegraphic despatch received al the Cou-
rer Office. states that the Senate was in
session all night Of The 26rh, and adIourp.
ed at o'clock in the morning Of the 27th,,s
after the passage Of The COMPROMISE bill,
bv vote of 33 20 %, amendments were
proposed and adopted. allowing appeal 10
The Supreme Court in all amounts, aud al