Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1850-03-06
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
BY
WIN. f. DURfSOE. j
PROP E Il OR.
TO the People of the State OF
South Carolina.
NUMBER ONE CONCLUpfn

NUMBER ONE CoNcLUpfD.
In the Ssnatesa a struggle vas eaassad,,
having lbe SANG endsd vii 10 place the
fa,eofahe Bank in the ihanlls nfails adver-
saries. Mr.. Mazyek, The allie Chairman
!, of the Investigating Com'ni'ee on Finance
nnd Banks, moved, as substitute, that il
he referred TO select jnint Committee
composed nf FIVE for !he Senate; and it
was so decided, because The Committee
on Finance and Banks were supposed TO
he friendly to The Bank. The sequence
10 these remarkable preliminary moves
men,s in The Two Houses weie equally ms
pregnant and remarkable. The President
Of The Senate ia friend of the Bauk) con-
s,ituted this Committee fairly and in just
accordance with parliamentary law and
the decision Of the Senate; he gave three
An,i-Bank men to TWO Bank men; and
he distributed them so that The four quar-
tcrs of the State and its centre had, each,
a Representative in it,.
The Speaker OF the House Of Represen-
,a,ives mot friend oflhe. Bank selected
FIVE of The seven OF his -Commitlee from
its adversaries and onty Two from its
lriends-and instead iofiheir being chosen.
so as to represent all paris Of the State,
six or seven were from one side OF the
State and given t0 three Iavoied Districts.
while ouly one representation was allowed
for all the rest-viZ: two members were
from Charleston. two from Ahbevlle. aud
Two from Peude,on and oDeIfom Suns
ter. Bui besides This, one ofihe Senate
Committee was from Charleston District
and one from AbbeviIe. Thus. of a
Committee Of twelve members. selected
10 examine aud report on one ui The most
important domestic measures ever pre-
senlaled our Legislature or people. and
which deeply affected every part Of the
Stale, eight VI ere hostile 10 The Institution
long cherished by The State, which it was
proposed TO destroy, and only four were
its friends; and eighl were from three Dis
rric,s, aud four ony from all The other
--i,saeHr tive Das'rte:s. Why so great a
question should have had reference so
one sided, is for those who brought il about
to explain!
The action Of this remarkable Commit
lee. was equally as remarkable. From
their first assembling 10 final adjournment
was less han TWO hours! The lime oi actual
consultation on The measure referred, was
scarcely haIf thar, after deductln2 what
was consumed in organizing and settling
preliminary points. reading the papers
and the discussion Of the mntion made hy
friends of The Bank to a,ijourh until next
day il order 10 procure inl"rmai"n. and
especially TO get The Report of the Cons
mirtecs appoinle! to examine The Bank
and Branches ard the Annual Report of
,he President and Directors. The motion
for the time was vu,ed down hy S to i;
and the Bill was al once adopted. as ii WAS
rcpurted tn the two Houses; Bill which
| have high authority for believing had
been prepared in Charleston 10y one, it
moi both the Chairmen nfihe joint Com.
Ini,tees, to carry out the recommendations Of
the message beiOrs that mess Ige had been
submitted 10 the Legislature or been made
known to the puhlic. l, was this. one OF
the most important ofdomes,ic questions
ever before the Legislature. and sent by
it 10 a select jnnt Committee. tina, all the
facts that could aid their judgmen, on il
should he collected, examined, discussed.
considered and reported Un-denanding
from it vast importance. its complex aud
ralion-was hustled through this Commit
tee with less of actual examination llfan
would have been bestuwch Ur an &C, Of
petty Incorporation, aud 4 atore naked,
bald bill. ready prepared, VS. reported
without single fact. reason or argument
TO show why it should lie adopted. We
: could laugh al this mummery of going
: grayeIY though al! these. fictons Of de-
liberation . all end predetermined, as
sulemn farce, were il not that we see in
it, how those fprms of proceeding, insli,u-
srcd and cherished by our ~ise ancestors
as safe guards and assistants in protecting
the hight and interests OF Il country, eau
be evaded. or put 10 uses dangerous aud
startling.
The main reason why Co nmi'tees are
raised by delberaive assemblies, is that
small bodies can collect facts, crIale, ar
range aud present them with proper ex.
POSITIONS in reports, so as To aid the bodY
appointing them, 10 understand the mea
sure proposed for their aciion-and, al.
though this was urged as a stringent rea.
son for appointing This jim, special Com
miltee, they collected no information
refused TO adjourn, that most important
reports bearing on the question nigh, he
gol-reported no f;lc's-made no expnsi-
lion Of the measures they recon- mnende,i.
but contcnlcd themselves with bringing
back to the House nothing hui naked
Bill for The virtual destruction cf the
Bank
When The discussion was opened hy the
Chairman, Mr.. Memminger, his tactics
were in accordamce with this system of
resolve. Ills speech disclosed scarcely
more than The Bill. As the Committee
had made no report of their views and
reason for recommending this Bill. The
friends Of the Bank naturally expected
they would. in all fairness and candor.
have been all freely and fully disclosed in
she opening speech olthe Chairman. All
knew The lullncss Of his stores, how they