Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1851-09-25
roRf FssrIsER.
Ridge CO-op Alton Meeting
HTr. Rurf and others.

Ridge GO.OpVzQtlOU N1eelIuSe..
g.; MIR. Burf and others.
8 Mn. EDITOR I'm ful6llmcnt of the announce
mcnt made in the public Journals, this Grand
Panorama Llazed awhile on Wednesday the srd
instant, and had its day. To the uninitatcd, it
Was,sno doubt, picturesque" and gorgeous
scenes From,a comfortable place in the centre
Thad the happiness to review every object that |
adorned the picture, or lived on the canvass
The5pfncipd speakers were Hon. A. BURT,
II. R.sFAsa, Esq, and Capt. P. S. BROOKS.
The 6rstQ Orator, Mr.. Burt, occupied the stage,
and graced the occasion, for about two hours
To use the language of his transported adinircr,
" he poured FORTH, in silver tones of eloqucnce'
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 BY dozen or two. Of ahisagn
followers .s
hurled up their r1pe,sS
And some tenyoiccs cried, God save King Rich.
~ ard aSsss.tsnas !.
And thus he took the vantage of those feas-s
STkdRks, gentle citizens, and friends, 9uoth he;
aTHis general; applause ,Sand cheerfu sh0tt,M
Argues your ,risdon aud yolr iors icserd."
THE Honorable speaket thcn proceeded to ac-
knowledge that his heart vas;neycr So touched
rs; BY that spontaneous out ponriHg Of the feelings
and gratulations Of his loving constitucnts-to
declare his devotion to South Carolina, and par
tlcarly to his na,iyesD District Edgefsld--to reply
to some exceptions made to his political course
various anonymous writer's, and to frankly ex1.
press his views in relation to the momcntousi
crisis now at hand.
I 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 see clearly the bearing OF an
argument, or, that my mental vision has been
totally obscured by the fogs and mists Of prcju-
dice or party.
The first position Mr.. BunT assumed was, that
the. people the State had no premonition Of the
resistance movements set on foot by the present
i Legislature, and that, therefore, the call of q
State Convention, and the departure fromsthe in
strnctions Of Nlr. CnErEs and the Nashville Con-
|sTention were unauthorized, and were acts of as
sumption BY the: madcaps, who now constitute
|the chief body of legislators ir South Carolina:
From that, we arc to judge, that i is unwise
and reprehcnsiblc, in terrible extremites, for The
people themselves to be- called together to take
counsel for tlleir own safety 5;s,sts
Some allusion also, i'll mistake moi, was made
to tue opinions of our. Members to Congress; and
of ether distinguished Southern gentlemen. In
tInations had been thrown out before, Of an ar
rangcmcnt between our Reprcscnatvesin Con
gress, how Carolina should be bridlcd, curbcd,
and controlled by those, whom, we, poor souls I!
had yainly imagined TO be our deputies and ser
wants. had received slight hints previously,
and had casually heard expressions Of chagrid;
that some Of the more mercurial and impnlsiye
- ,ad lad- f3fe weak.
ness, on their return from the pure region 81
Washington, to the infectious atmosphere of the
noisy little Palmetto State, to violate their solemn
covenant
According to my humble understanding Of the
relations subsisting between number of dele.
gates and their constituents, particularly in tlis
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 foolishly supposed, that it was oul
province to direct our ministers, and we were
disposed to be incrcdulous, when we were in
formed, that it was theirs to direct u.s. From late
Developments though, it seems, that we have
been wofully mistaken, and that our destiny ha.
all along been decided upon, in form, by some
eight or ten men, wo affect to call our Represcn.
tatives and Senators, who, assembled in some
dark Committee room at Washington, consider
and determine upon the manner of ruling us, as
a matter of right, without deigning to allow US
even word in our own behalf
The vcxation of our rulers then, can easily be
accounted for, when, VIC, the people, in the ma.
. jesty of justice, have resolved to resist all mis-
rulcs and all assumption Of power, whether i,
proceed from number of men we have chosen
as delegates, or from distinguished Southern gen.
glemcn, from the heartlcss and selfish fanatics
of the North. The most beautiful, the most
striking, and the sublimcst 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, %
marching steadily to the redress of grievances,
contrary to the advice and dictation of all their
temporising leaders, however able and gifted they
may be. Such u 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 Of aggression,
was utterly futile.
+ The eloquent speaker began with the most
Northern of the slaveholding States, and scpa-
sratcly weighed the chances of each ones cntcr-
ing into the proposed Confcdcracy, for the re-