Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-08-23

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said that the Two Houses having passed a
Iiont resolution directing the President Of
/ The Senate and Speaker Of the House 10
adjourn theirrepec,ive Houses al l2o'clock
meridian on This day, in pursuance Of that
resolution he accordingly now declared
this House adjourned sine DIE.
[No public measure which had passed
both Houses, but to which amendments
had been made and were pending before
Conference Committees, or Otherwise.
has been lost, believe. The reports OF
all Conference Committees have been con-
CURED in. of where there had been none
appointed. ono or the othr house. as the
case might he, had receded. A large
amount Of business, however remains un-
finished. 20 he taken in order at The next
session..
GEN. BUTLER'S ACCEPTANCE.
We copy the following letter from the
Washington Union, from which j, will he
seen tha, General Butler plants himself
on The Baltimore platform. 1t is not ex'
plicit on the great Question now before the
couDtry.
WASHINGTON. August 8, 1S4S.
Sir-E have the honor to acknowledge
The receipt Of your communication as the
organ of Tho baltimore Convention; which
reached me only yesterday. announcing
my nominuton by that body as the dem
ocralc candidate for The Office of Vice
President.
Ilis at all lines proper in free country,
and at crisis like this, deemed indispen
sable in our own. that aspiran's to office
should be distinctly understood on all i'm.
por,anr questions Of national policy; aud
nv nomination for the office Of Vice Pre-
siIeni has no doubt been made with full
knowledge of mine. My position while
member Of Congress compelled me to take
a decisive, though not a conspicuous part
on all the leading quest ons Of The day.
1 might therefore appeal To The past as the
besl and safest guarantee for my future
political course. Some Of these questions
are however, daily growing in importance;
and as canu0t consent 10 win the good
opinion Of others by Disgusting my own.
aud as design this communication 10 be
fnel, il may be proper that ! should be
more explicit. feel the more inpelled
to this course from the consideration that
my action as member Of Congress may
not he accessible 10 the people a, large
With this object in view, | have examin-
ed carefully the proceedings of the Con
vention by which was nominated. re-
coguise in the resolutions passed by that
body bu the re-markins, and with an able
hand. Of the grea, lines Of separation be
tween The democratic and whg parties
lines ,ba, should be ever kept freshly be.
fore the people, and are so plainly laid
down in The resolutions referred TO-. that
the .'wayfaring man. though fool, cannot
err therein" Those resolutions have been
widely circulated. and are within the reach
of all. 1 deem il sufficient TO say that they
meet my entire and unqualified aPpioba
'tion. ,Ys rt.., a,ll-1, e, ,i.sa.-..,, ...,..,o.1
= For this, distinguished mark Of con.
.fidence, aud trust, am most peeply, CRATE
'fu to my friends; ~ and cannot bpt the
more appreciate . The. honor done me,
whenl.Eeaec.ilhat this nomination, y, was
mufe withuut
absent ina distant country, I!auds by the1
unanimous voice Of the conventions. My
acceptance is a matter of course. ~ ~
Permit me, in conclusion. sir, 10 tender
10 you, and through you to the entire do I
mocracy represented by The body over
which you so ably presided, my graIefu!
thanks for the distinguished honor, they
have done me. 80
With high regard remain, your friead,
w. o. BUTLER.
Hon. ANDREW STEVENSON,