Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-07-05
For HE .-4dceTll
TO FAIR PLAY.

III olic ,Ol our cOlnl,lupICallOnS we SalQ
and stltsay. that The Act Of 1924, which,
amended the charter Of the Bank, by SUBJ,
jec'ing to inspection the accounts o indi:;;;.
eiduals, indicated a willingness in -thesLe-
gislature,Eto to: furnish; the people, annually,
iheiT, BanE. we then 1lehtioneJ d dspo.-
siionto the Contrary of this in the Legisla-
,ure, as indicated by q part Of a clause ;in
the Act Of 1927. As proof Of this, ne,
quoted part of proviso as follows,syiz:
provided. nevertheless, ,ha, there shall
bono cx animation or scrutiny cfin1i6iducl
aceounrs." The remaining part Of lrhis;
proviso is as follows, viz: !"saving and exIi
cepting the accounts ofetlcers Of the sarie.".
10 this "proyiso" you mus! perceive that
the indi0idual accounts are very clearly
contradislinguished from the accounts of,
officers. Short as is this 'proyiso' il never.
theless embraces t,0o distinct la,Ds in, juxla
position; the one especially prerents--lhe
other especially authorizes hn examinations,
that refers 10 individual accounts--ihis 10
accounts Of officers. These t'co la1s, are,
MOI only disIlncl-but they refer To t,ro dis
tinct classes of individuals. Those who
are officers aud those who may not be such
but who may be relatives -boTo,cers OF
the public funds. The CONNECT which We
made at tho lime, explains the object Of
The quotation. Immediately after quoting
that pan Of the 'provIso' which embraced
individual accounts, we said this regulation
was .one that would conceal The names Of
favored Je,o, into whose hands the idirec-,
tors might lend or giue the public money"
The comment then made shows the object
of the quotation and the effect Of it asa
law-whlIe on the other hand, the quota,
lion itself justfies The comment.
You certainly have extraordinary glass
es, il yon can see any departure from the;
established rules. of ratiocination in any
thing we have said; and We are now free
to confess that we are ignorant Of any au-
thority among either losicions or Philolo-
sisis, or or any rule in common sense,
which condemns quotation of part OF a
clause, tsen'ence it you pease.) when tho
remaining purt does not attsr-modtty,4or
in any way affect that which isifuoted.-.!:
Does not your charge therefore against u.s.
of suppreSsio veTi amount TO mere ri6dld.
~; which either results from an acnmo-
ueous disposition, OF the hope ,tosucceed
by denunciation when argument iaIlsa
You who charge US with being "btind-
leaders Of the blind. and give lectures on
morality, assert indirectly. not merely that,
you have superior information as respects
the subjeci-matter of arsument-bOt you
virtually promise 10 deal only in courteous
argument-for which your IN formation ca
pacilates, and your morality disposes you.
As,respects The Act OF 1924, we are quits
willing to be held to what We have. .sald.T-.
Although this Act was. lhe result OF homes,
ty of purpose, it has not answered The ulti-
mate object of its enactment. j" We pre-
sumo that The pIanaof'A 'Votcr,' and. OF
those candidates who concur with him, is
prcdicuted upon This fact.
The issueibelween US respects the ptae>
tical "force and virtue Of The Acl Of 1S24.,n',
The Legislature was actualed by The BEST.
motiyesf in framing it-but to me, "a, ,yerys
strange and unreasonable, interpretation.
appears TO be, given 10. IT,, This act was
designed 10 give our Legislature full power
to APPOINT annually aCommi,'ee ofinspsc-
tion nuder4an I'M junction "to eramtne m M :.
nuteiy into the q6aifs and Situation Of the'
principal .Bank: and ats Branches and to
report to The Legislature at their next
Session, the rcsul, thereof, aud particular