Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1851-09-25
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Ridge Co-Op6 6tion Meeting.
yJr. RurE and others,

Ridge C0-Op6fiOn Meeting. /
4 HIr. Burt and others.
s Mr.. EpIroR I'm ful6llmcnt of the announce
ment made in the public Journals, this Grand
Panorana blazcd awhile OH Wednesday the Srd
instant, and had its day. To the uninitatcd, it
was, sno doubt, a picturesque" and gorgeous
scene: From comfortable place in the centre.
Ihad the happiness TO review every object that
adorned the picture, or lived on the CANVASS.
The e5principal speakers were Hon. a. Burt,
II. r. fSrAss, Esq, and Capt. P. S. BRooKs.
The first Orator, Mr. Burt, occupied the stage,
and graced the occasion, for about two hours
To use the language Of his transported admlrcr.
she poured FORTH, in silver tones of cloqucncc'
sentiments frozen with submission, and made,
perhaps, for its artistic SKILL the most respectable
speech that was delivered.
When our graceful and accomplished fellow
citizen was announced from the stand and rose,
he was greeted sbys dozen or two Of sslisown
followers: Ssa 80 N
g 80 ---.- hurled up their cups,
And some ten voices cried, God save King Rich.
ard ..
And thus he took the vantage of those few
Thanks, gentle citi=cns, and friends, quoth he;
This general applause, and cheerf ful shont.ss
Argues your risdom and your ioce tosR Richard"
The Honorable Speaker ihcnap roceeded to nc
knowledge, that his heart wasneycr SO touched
rs by that spontaneous out -ponring Of the feelings
and gratulations of his loving constitucnts-to
declare his devotion to South Carolina, and par
ticlarly to his native District Edgefcld-,o reply
to some exceptions made to his political course by
! various anonymous writer's, and to frankly cx-.
press his views in relation to the mcmcntons
crisis now at hand.
will do him the justice to grant, that he
did not avoid the questions, but selected his points
boldly, and moved directly up to them; and when
shall have sufficiently exposed those points, if
my countrymcn do not agree with me, that every
one of them was taken straight on the road to
submission, then will admit. that either lack
tho astuteness to gee clearly the bearing Of All
argument, or, that my mental vision has been
totally obscured By the fogs and nlists Of prcju-
dice or party.
| = The first position Mr.. BunT assumed was, that
the. people Of the State had no premonition OF the
resistance movements set on foot by the present
Legislature, and that, therefore, the call of q
State: Convention, and the departure from the in
strnctions OF Mr.. CnErEs and the Nashville Con-
rention were unauthorized, and were acts Of as
sumption by the madcaps, who now constitute
the clcf body of Legislators ir South Carolina
From that, we are to judge, that it is unwse
and rcprchcnsiblc, in terrible cxremities, for the
people themselves to be called together to take
counsel for their own safety!
Some allusion also, il mistake not, was made
10 the opinions of our Members to Congress, and
of ether distinguished Southern gentlemen. In.
tilnations had been thrown out before, Of an ar.
rangcmcnt between our Representatives in Con
grcss, how Carolina should be bridlcd, curbcd
and controlled by those, whom, we, poor souls
had yainly imagined to bc our deputies and ser.
wants. l had received slight hints previously
and had casually heard expressions of ehagrin
that some of the more mercurial and impusiye
= .-.L:- IL had hea The weak.
ness, on their return from the pure region q
Washington, to the infectious atmosphere of tho
noisy little Palmetto State, to violate their solemn
covenant.
: According to my humble understanding Of the
gates and their constituents, particularly in tlil
Republic of ours. it is the latter, that are designed
to rule, and not the former. We, the simple
minded people, in view Of our sovereign rights
had always fooshly supposed, that it was ou
province to direct our ministers, and We wer,
disposed to be incrcdulous, when VIC were in
formed, that it was theirs to direct us. From lat
Developments though, it seems, that we lav,
been wofully mistaken, and that our destiny ha
f all along been decided upon, in form, by som,
eight or ten men, VIC affect to call our Represcn
tatlres aud Senators, who, assembled in som,
dark Committee room at Washington, consitle
and determine upon the manner of ruling US, a
n matter of right, without deigning to allow III
even word in our own behalf.
The vcxation Of our rulers then, can easily b,
accounted for, when, VIC, the people, in the ma
jcsty Of justice, have resolved to resist all mis-
rulr,. and all assumption of power, whether i
: proceed from number of men we have choscr
as delegates, or from distinguished Southern gen
slemcn, or from the hcartlcss and selfish fanatic.
of the North. The most beautiful, the mos
striking, and the sublmcst feature in the present
resistance of South Carolina, is the spectacle of
noble people, "with the intelligence to comprc.
hend their rights, and spirit to maintain them, y
marching steadily to the redress of grievances
contrary to the advice and dctation of all their
temporisins leaders, however able and gifted they
may be- Such movement will force the respect
and admiration Of mankind. It is the sublime
essence Of patriotism, courage and virtue.
The next ground occupied by our immediate
Representative was, that, at this time, the hope
Of obtaining the cooperation Of the other South
ern States, without some fresh act aggression,
was utterly futile.
The eloquent speaker began with the most
Northern of the slaveholling States, and scpa-
ratcy weighed the chances of each ones enter
ing into the proposed Cunfcdcracy, for the re-