Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-09-26

nent, TO produce excitement aud anarchy,
by disseminating the Bruus papers, he de-
served to suffer. lie said, ii am not an
abolilionist; l have no connexion with
Them; il can't be proved against me.
Even if were, have a right 10 be ; but ]
have no, circulated any documents. and i:
can't be proved. l 90 Tor the Willrol
proviso up 10 the hub. Congress have n
right 10 abolish slavery in the territories,
under The constitution, aud they ought 10
doit. There is n large majority in the
North that are free sDilers."
lie then entered into discussion and
defence of The free soil movement. aud
spoke so clearly on the subject, that felt
certain it was one 10 which he had devn>
ted great deal ofstudy and attention. In
fact, he remarked to Major Legg that he
wrote The free soil address to The people of
the Stale of Indiana, and that he made
many slump speeches, which had made
him many friends, and he had been pro"
nounced good stump speaker.
lie said he was in this Stale merely 10
get names. "My good sir, | happened in
a town where you had but recently passed,
and saw the clerk who furnished you With
names of people in that town. Every
name given you, even the most obscure,
VINO never had before received paper Of
any kind received by the mail copy of
BruiuS aud while persons whose names
were not handed to you, did not receive
one." "It was at Anderson. 1t was not
so. / have seen the same names given
me, in an almanac; whoever sent the co-
pies of Brulus, might have seen those
names. and got them from the almanac.
There is not particle Of proof against me,
except in tho copies found on me, and +
don't know who sent them to ME. can
get out an hqbeas corpus" "Nonsense-I
have been among the people in this town
to-day; they are aw(ulIy excited, and if
you were turned loose in this community,
you would be lynched as sure as your
name is Barrett"
then related the adventure Of the ped
lar with the Cincinnati wagon, when he
jumped up from his cot bed, and, asked
Major Legg to produce them. "If," said
he. "auy CincinEatr abolilionist have dared
10 come here to insult this community
while am here in prison, If know them,
will denounce them, declare who they
are, and tell Of their connections, and come
out and expose the whole matter"
Major Legg said, "Barrel advise you.
as friend, 10 order those letters addressed
to you now lying in The Anderson Post
Office, to be sent to you. Open and read
them. 1t can do no harm and irs sadly
against your case that you don't do it. |
tell you honestly if you do not it will
result to your prejudice keep up this ex.
element and you may postpone your trial
six months longer"
IL will think it. but won't do it now.
can clear myself. can get a letter from
Brisbane, stating that he never was au-
,horized by me TO send any pamphlets"
1T would not do your case any good.
People here Believe him to be most in
fernal scoundrel and a liar. Again your
employers, E. IIarwood q Co. sent aud
subscribed to the Spartan. The return
mail brought, hack copy of Brutus. adj
dressed 10 every man who had an adver-
tisement, or whose name appeared 10 any
manner in tha, paper: Your friends seem
determined TO identify you with the moves
ment."