Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-08-31
ron TILE ADVERTISER.
Politics al dr:ailItGSIiic.

Mr. EDrroa The iisl political meeting ever
held in GraI:tcvic, camc OF on Saturday evening.
the 18th inst. vt ,Il-i;.st seven oc!ock the Fac
! tory Bell tu'lrd us signal for the voting demo-
cr;,rl t" repair 10 the Academy where the meeting
was organized aud Committee arr"ntrd To wait
~ Col! CAnsoL!.. at HE Hotel, aud invite Him and
the ct!.cr Candidates ili re- 10 address the meeting
on the political to;cs Of the day.
Directly the Colonel took the Rns'um, and began
his argument oil t!lr augusta Bridge lIcgayc The
hstury u that Drlg from the time il FIRST stretched
its wooden arms across thr mighty Savannah I" ihr
rr sen; :,r. I!c cunirndcrI tia, the Gil! Counc
"i augusta ,l l">t all right to that portion oI The
Brhl.r Is NJ oil the Suull Carnlma sidr-that The
Legislature Of South Carolina could pursue nU other
course lIan / had in Irs"r, 10 said Br dgc. That
is wc think, strange Justice for Il R'p"b ,-ys,
10 take Com, ,any's property, without making any
remuneration for it, is indeed, strange juslicc.-
And, if this pr, cc,lCnt is established, We intend 10
be in for share Of the Hamburg & Edgeirld Plank
Road when their Charter expires. Wcw:Il get on"
petition in first, and nr cousr We will get ii granted.
The next subject the Colonel brought up was the
Ten Hour Law (iImt is the liw c,;ung the legal
hours OF abo. in Cotton Factories to bc ten hours
per day. tla, some uf the goud people are alvoca-
ting lie cxposualed on this subject for some time,
and said, Gentlemen, it would never do for The
Legislature Of South Carolina 10 interfere between
the employer and employed shall We say to you.f free
men as you are, that you shall not work more than
ten hours per day? What frccin forbit to work
more than ten hours per day Gcnilvmen, might
do for ihosc that are doomed To inccssant toil-it
might ,Io for the paupcr population Of Finland, but
it would not do for Frcrmen or Republicans" Such
WAS the tenor uf The C"Ioncl's Argument. But lie
forgot to tell us that the States ur Pcnnsy lvania,
New York, New Jersey and many more ot the
Northern States had enacted the ten H. ur law. The
Manufacturers ut Lowell have adopted it o! their
own accord, aud th y assert that they are better
satisfied with tc; hour, than they before with
thirteen The ten hour law was never ,lictctl 10
prohibit frecmen from working m"rc lian ten hours
il he chose 50 To do, but it enacted 10 protect
all thos tn claimed its protection, VIZ: the minors
an female; WIN are chiefly employed in Cotton Fac
torres. lirsrs, there IS nn cl;a, uf pe"pe SD much
oppressed by labor lis The operatives in Cotton Fac
to"i,s All our mechanics and machine shop lahu-
rcrs, VITO are generally able bodied men, work but
ten hours per day But the pour female and orphan
children mas, BE- doomed To toll thirteen hours per
day. lrnn year TO year, and according To Col. CAR
ROLLS theory for huu,and years come, esIsc
ciay in South Carolna. We hope however 10 see
his theory fall through b,fore us many days. The
CoIpncI said that Great Britain enacted the ten
hour NV OH accoHnt of the excess Of the laborers
But the Government Of Great Britain never would
lvc enacted such Il law hal it nat been for the
cl,mnor and petitions Of that class, the Colonel said,
"corA,s hardly live working twelve hours" The
Government of Great Britain never did take sub
rct Of reform into consideration until it was COM
prlIcd to do So in order to save itself from disgrace
and ruin Such has been the history of Britain
from tne inllrcnruria The Colonel then, after
few more eloquent remarks OH this subject, took his
Seat
Capt. MoRAGNE being present was then called
up lie said he thought it useless for him to say
any thing for enough had been sad already lie
said he agreed with Col. CARROLL in pretty much
all he had said in relation 10 the Bridge and Ten
Hour Law. He said if the Legislature of South