Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-06-28

Mr.. E,lilor.-I SEQ by the Hamburg
Journal, tha, an attempt TO assal' The credit
of The Bank of The Stale Of South Carolina
is on foot. am we'll satisfied that the
managers of that Institution are fully able
To repeI any -slanter directed against hem
as individuals, or against that institution,
were they to conlescend 10 such course.
but such mode would be Incompatible
with their dignity. II is made the duty
of those NJ anagers to render an accoun:
of their stewardship TO The Legislature,
sanaanat AZ aef fnfaann yInpu -asraspa aper
scfibbiers. however plausible their story
maybe fabricated, But it grieves ME To
see that the Journal has permitted itself
10 be drawninto the ranks Of the assaiI
ants. However. If it has got iu,o bad
company it must abide the result Of lis
fate. TO assail the credit, OF lhat Bank
why you assail the credit Of the Slate Of
South Carolina. The State is its capital
and the people Of the whole State lis Drec-
Tors, and every dill of that Bank may he
regalde,! as specie, if there was not one
dulal of snId or silver in lis vaults. Look
II, the individual despusites. from 6 10
100000 Does that look like confidence
was waning? Not so with Those common
Banks. Gold aud silver is their capital.
When that is gone the Bank is gone. Say
there are The Stockholders, and pray sir,
who are those Stockholders. And then
here comes man who signs himself a
Voter. Call him responsible man il
you please, he is but one man, and but
one cuI Of 10000 voters. and attempts to
inlerogaIc Candidates TO The next Lesis-
ature, es 20 what they will say and what
they will do, provided they are honorct!
with membership. Here nex' comes a
man, who signs himself Many VoIrrs, IN
The same tune to inlerrosate. What q
farce! Who are all these Many Voters
| Is il the Cashier OF The Hamburg Bank
some OF its Directors, aud lew individuals
about iowa. There is one grave subject
in point. which feel it TO be my dury a,
| this time TO mention. and that is this.
am the founder and the builder Of this
Town, Hamburg, and to rear up town in
The face Of Il great city, in defiance Of all
The power of men and money of that city,
and take from them their business and
commerce was no small marIer. 10 say
that done this great work without help
from somewhere would be false. applied
70 the Legislature Of the Stale Of South.
Carolina for aid. Il was granted ap-
piled to the Bank Of The State of Sourh.
Carolina it vas also granted and The
ony Bank in The whole Stale that has
ever afforded me any aid or relief what
ever To The amount Of a dollar from that
lime to the present day, except The Com
mercal Bank of Columbia, which granted
me a small amount one time, aud have
candor enough to say that without the aid
from The Stale and from the Bank of the
Slate atihe time they were granIed Ham
burg would be now what il was % years
ago, dismal swamp and no Bank, and
no merchants, and no newspaper, and no
voter would be here. But with that aid
il has become what it now is. prosperous
Town, with receipt of from 60 10 70 900
bales of Cotton a year. a pIlar to Tho
State, and home where those very
voters. those bankers, those merchants,
and those newspapers and writer's do now
make and eat their daily bread. You
shal hear from me again.
HENRY SHULTZ.