Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1853-03-23

of whom, however willing to release the United
States, can receive his money until ali release
Isit within the range Of human possibility that
all the creditors can agree TO accept the settle
ment Texas tenders? But if this assent could
be obtained, before it could be consummatcd,
death might intervene TO prevent 1t. AS has
been well put. Congress has no other alterna-
tive but TO modify The 1ro. 4 o, and allow such of
the creditors as are willing 10 sign their releases
TO do so and receive their money.
This fund has already been hung up for two
years and half in tic Treasury, and il the pro-
yiso is not modified now may be hung up for
two years and 4 half more. 10 The manifest IN
jury and ruin Of those who are willing TO take
the settlement which Texas accords to them.
But it seems That the creditors who have been
rated in the low scales protest against those
whom iexas has rated on the high classes sign
ing their release and receiving thier money. and
they call on the United States. without Il slad-
nf authority, TO aid them in this scheme OF
despo ism, by which this class Of creditors may
be roerred TO enter into Il confederation with
them 10 compel the United States I" pay them
all al par. Yes, sir, tnis press gang is 10 knock
down and imponnd those who are not willing 10
hold out.
Let me cite case What would be thought
in private life of Il conspiracy among band oil
creditors TO prevent those who were willing to
compound with their debtor ut even twenty
cents OH the dollar in doing so? What court of
jus!i:e would sustain az injustice so iiasrant ana
oppressive?
If there iSa poor man under this ctilcment
Texas tenders in his need aid necessities, X
willing 10 take even fifteen Gems OF the dollar
Congress- has no right to aid combination OF
60 ,I,nir n,vn ltish n;IrD3SuS TO
prevent his taking the SUN Texas has "rrroprl-
atcd for his payment.
What sort Of desro'isrn is that which enables
one man TO say to another. ii is my fai, you shall
not receive y0u- money because am not willing
TO take mine!
Besides, there are many creditors who have
assigned their certificates Of the stock Of Texas
to their own creditors. Texas has, stree The Isl
Of Jul;. 1850, stopped the interest on her public
! debt while on the debts Of these creditors the
interest is running. By certainly most unpro-
piious sinking fund, the consequences will be
| that the fund of the poor debtor will Le absorb
cd, and his debts not pail.
But the question may be asked, what injury
can possibly inurc 10 those creditors who refuse
| TO srn their releases and receive the money in
the Treasury of the United States, Texas has
appropriated for their payment? The same
amount will abide 1ro rata in the Treasury OF
the United States with the accumulation Of the
aycrung interest rs they will be as free then as
they arc now TO prosecute their absurd claim
against the United States for par, or their we'll
founded one against the State of Texas, with the
far inrer chance Of success; rs either Govern
mcnt would have smaller deficit 10 provide for
Much has been said Of the injustice of allow
ing the large creditors who lent par receiving
pr. | ask w;.cre we derive our power 10 pre-
vent Texas from paying pro talio at least Il just
debt? But throw these large creditors out Of
the question will take the ease Of Il suffering
and needy widow, who is willing aEe what;
Texas has appropriated for her. But then comes
an opulcnt broker from Phiadclphia Baltimore
or New York, who says 10 this poor woman You
shall not receive your moucy bcc:u sc Texas does
not pay mc seventy cents on the dollar. Sir
there is great hardship and no justice in al this
If we deny this privilege, let us illustrate the
national f,i;h and justice ny new and grand ma
lonal painting. embcma!ic Of Justice, in L niche
in the rutunda, of one of AGSups fablrs-ihc
Dog in the Mangcr. Oh, for The genius of Ho-
graih, to represent rich bull dog, with gold
chain round his neck, growling oii the hungry,
destitute, and nrccS>i,urS
Sir, if Congress did enact in the proyiso an
abSurdity so imp,aclicabr, rs to c i'll "n sixteen
hundred men, differently p;;il, To bc of one mind,
which contend they did not do, then say we
are bound to say, in the emphatic Language Of the
amendment Of the Senator from Virginia. we do
not abide this buader.
The hour (fur il is past midnight admnn,hcs
me no longer 10 ireSpass upon your patience:
but cannot take mg seat wiEout one remark.
said rather in "Sorrow than anger" at the rapid
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consolidation of this Government by reducing
the States into contemplate parish corporations.
By passing the bill Of tie gentleman from
MARYLAND, We ayow distinctly HE power to fix,
define aid pay her public debt in such proper
tions rs We see fit, totally irrespective of her
will. ! consider this the most daring assault on
the Sovereignty ola S!Hlc in this Union which
the history of this Confrdcricy aifords-so rich
in the records of Il progressive usurpalion Of the
powers reserved t. The States respectively. Nor
is this invasion made more palalcahlc by the
cOntumulv and insult combined with it. Does
it say any thing more or less than this to Tex
as: We consider you rs Enthusiastically rngunS !:
VIC must take ont 4 commission Of bankruptcy
against YOU, and pay your creditors, which you
! have not the honesty TO do. You shall not pay
! Il creditor par from whom YOU received par un-
! ill YOU pay creditor who gave YOU sixteen
cents on the dollar. Docs the history of any
| Government afford m equivalent instance Of au-
daci:y! But our preenSiuns do not end here.
The gentleman from Indiana offers an amend
mcnt, by which VIC are made, not the apprcn-
tees, hut the master workmen Of rcpu,iaior, by
Il scaling process far more comprehensive than
that we reproach Texas for pracl;cng; indeed,
by the way, the Unilcd States have some fifteen
tons of continental money unpaid, and it does
not lie in our mouth to rrproaGsl other people
with rcpudalon Tie gentleman from Indiana
proposes scaling down the creditors-Iexas pro-
poses to pay par 10 fifteen cents in the doIllr,
that those whom she has sealed ut thirty cents
may be placed on The same level A very com
mendahle depletion, certainly!
Sir, will say but ono word more, that when
propositions OF this kind are entertained in re.
gard TO Il sovereign State in this Union, it is
high time for us TO get rid of the feeble and
contemplate subordinate corporations called
State Governments, and take IN imperial master
who can casligate Il State into paying Il debt
which she humbly says is not just. Burke some
where says State cannot DC Indicted, but
think we have reached i new truth in our con-
frdcratc history, that she may have commits
sion of bankruptcy issued against her, aud be
held TO bail.
AFRICAN JEws-Here is an intiTation Of n
field open for enterprising explorers:
A German traveller informs the Rev. DR..
Phillips, Il missionary in North Africa, that he
has diScovnrnd n nf nnurnpS npnr tlp inu-