Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-02-22
FOR THE 4DvEITI;EF

Mr.. EpITon The author Of "SALuDA' has
seen the various articles Of SAvASSAn," FERI-
rAs" and others in your paper, in reply t" his COM
muncation Of January 4h: but feels unwilling to
protract IN unprolitlblc discussion. SALuDA" has
really no personal design in opposing the Savannah
River Rail Road nor is he ut all ambitious of the
distinction. that triumph over IFS friends AMI n'vo-
GATES would confer uio lim-s!uuld he be so f"rtu-
matt. as to achieve one lie must, therefore. beg to
decline any further controversy upon the subject
His original purpose in appearing in your paper,
w:,s To cxpnse some Of the objectionable features of
,hs enterprise, hoping thereby To prevent the State
from becoming interested in it. In th, he thinks,
he has succeeded. He has nnw, at all events, no
fears that the State will ever become Interested in
the Savannah River Rail Road, To the extent OF one
dollar; and he deems therefore. that further orpo-
son to it, on his part, would be lille and improper.
Indeed. til. chances are, that the whole pr"jrct will
fall to the ground, owing. as SALuD.' thinks,
mainly to the inulciors selection ofs chief officer.
anl To the great and almost uncxamrlrd pressure in
monetary affairs throughout the world. With these
.a--,n-horcs he will be permitted. after dcvot-
ing word or two to Your rurrrr1-----oni, take
leave of the subject forever.
The author Of YEnlrAs," has shown c"nsidcra-
bic adr"i,ncss in replying to "SALrDA's' article,
and is evidently somewhat practced in this mode
of conducting controversy; while the copious cx-
tracts from the confidential correspondence of Mr..
lTUrcHnoy, with which his paper ab"un's, mark its
origin with uncrring certainty. lie has t"kcn the
liberty Gan unpardouabc npcS Of stating the pr"ro-
sitions Of "SALrnA" for himself, and then Of very
gravrIy proceeding TO argue in ,hrir rrfutaon ~
though the gravity with Mhch he cnacts his ps't in
this scene, entirely ovsrcnnes ils u'iicruua effect
Ills failure to distinguish between 4 commentary
upon the public acts OF public man, and an attack
upon the pirate character Of the same individual
If he be really in earnest is unworthy of him:
And ih. statement that Mr.. IlGrcursos cf; the ir
s,iiutinrs with which he has her, tnlurc been
ncccd by inrifafiOn, does not il true, ignore the
one that he abandoned them, Lrca1sc hr gould not
control them. ~ aims, the private character Of Mr..
IIuTcnisoS, which for auahr he knows To the con-
trary. may be unexrcponable, "SALUDA sad mot a
word. You will do him the justice, Mr.. EDITOR.
to remember, that he spoke only Of his conduct ~
connected with the management Of public instiiu-
tinns not for the purpose either Ct showing, as
NERITAs" affects to suppose, that he s unfit for
the Presidency Of the Savannah River Rail Road,
for with that matter SALrpA" has no conccrn-'i
but to prove that he Ind some ultrrior object in
identifying himself with this enterprise (whchrr Of
pccun:ary character, Of one less cnnimrndab,c
was left for the pubic to dctrrnnc) and that the Sa
vaunah River r. r. Company, WAS TO be the instfu-
men, for cfcc,ng this object or the same character
also, is the misrepresentation that this Rond is To be
controlled bya" Wall Street clique" The plrascis is
not tn he found in SALUDAs' production. But j, !
is useless to mu ply instances Of misrepresentation
as there is not single point Of "SALuDA'S' article
correctly put, by Your correspondent "VERrrAs,"
much less met.
Or" SAvANNAHs" articles "SALJDA' deems it
sufficient to say, that their author is doubtless plain,
unsophs,icated sort Of man, aud probably small
Sockholdcr-but, evidently, not one Of the initiated
who will no doubt be as indignant as any one else,
when the schemes Of these people shall be fully
developed.
For Your correspondent DARK CORNER, SA-
LrnA" has no reply, except to suggest t" you, MIR.
EDITOR, that the corner' from which his produc-
ton cnranatrd; must be, indeed, " dark "-and
that his confession, that he is no scaolor," though
a very candid one is entirely supel fuons, inasnuch
as it sheds no additional lisft upon the subject.