Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1851-07-03

right stamp, aud will accep! the explanation made
by these eanti.seccssionists" rs far as the place
of meeting and the spirit intended to be displayed
in that meeting ore concerned.
Now in return, gentlemen, exhibi: like magma
nimity by acknowledging that the attempt to show
that your contracted notice made the "PuBLIcNo-
r1cE" one whit more public, is the merest shift.
Exhibit like magnanirnty by Withdrawing the
term ':Party Press" which you only for effect
and allowing us to I've what we have all along en-
deavored to be, a fair and independent District
Press, engaged ill the good cause of Carolina
and of the South.
Exhibit a like maguanimity by confcssing that
your fling at our ssrelnciance to have anti-seces-
sioniss invited to this 'sPub.ic Meeting" is pdlpa
bly, inconsistent with the character Of that notice
as we'll as with the remarks in which we referred
to it,-by confessing also that our question, "Do
they design forthwith to place old Edgefeld in
leading strings!'' was penncd in cunnexion with
the supposition that an exclusive meeting was in
tended. This supposition we threw aside. and
substituted of our own accord "the heroic desire
of public passage Mt arms" as being the more
probable motive which prompted the call.
Exhibit the same noble feeling by admitting
tlat you have totally minconceived the first call,
when you say that it's object was to bring about
Party gathering Nothing Of the sort can pos
sibly be deduced from that notice. 1t 'oas intend
ed to elicit calm and dispassionate consultation.
1t was expected from the first that Judge BUTLER
would attend and he was spoken to on the subject
with as much formality as any other speaker. You
say that it is announced 'that speakers on the
secession side may be expected Read the no
tice again, and you will find that your memory
has served you very badly
Moreover acknowledge magnanimously, thatitis
remarkably far.fetched idea, to say that your
notice. bearing upon it's very face the plain traces
of party lines, was a necessary appendage to the
other liberal notice, ssto make the meeting what it
purported to be, one of harmonious consultation"
Finally, exercise that magnanimity Of which
you seem to have so keen perception, by frankly
admitting that your alusion to "Edgelield Vii
lagc'' is all ungencrous appeal to narrow prejudi-
ccs. Whether you admit it or not, we are sure
that nine enths Of the sensible people of the District
will contemn this shallow effort 10 curry their
favor by low appeals, at q time when high pr,nci-
pie alone should sway the minds Of all. Are the
secessionists confined to Edgefeld Court House
Do majority Of the members of the Legislature
reside at the village, or sympalhizc with it! Do
one fifth Of the Southern Rights Association reside
within it's corporate limits!
As far as the EdgeGeld Advertiser and its nhu-
ence are attacked by your illiberal thrust, we ask
doyo not know that the humble individual, who
now conducts it, has been altogether Unidentified
with the country since his earliest manhood.
Have You any information to rebut our assertion
that the greater part of our correspondents were
born and brought up in the country, and have
their dearest associations linked with remote
corners of the District! Even where this is not
the case, are they not entitled, equally with other
citizens of the District, to their proper and lcgili
male influence! Are they to be suspected off-5eing
actuated by impure or unpatriotic motives, merely
because of their locality! Is not an accusation
that conveys this charge, gross slander!
- Truthful answers to these questions will suggest
q course ofprudence and poderation to our cores
pondent, if it does not restore him to his accus-
toned equaninity and good temper. . Let them be
answered, and then let fhe poisoned shaft rebound
against it's impotent protector
Let one other question be answered. Who re-
ceives and circulates numbers of the tsSouthern
Patriot paper which fundles Com of Georgia,
and hugs SAM HousToN Of Texas, and worships
DANIEL WEBSTER of Massachusetts, and declares
that it will defend the Union against South Caro-
lima and all the other Southern States! Who!
But we have said more of this communication
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