Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-09-21
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speech at various places recently in which he com
men,s upon the remarks made about bin by p" editors
who have nothing &c identify them with their country
except their pens and Scissors" As We happen TO
have a email competency, and consider oursclf
as Thoroughly identified with Stale in Crery par
ticuQr as Capt, Brooks any other man in it. we do
no, for rno,nen, .ke this home. Sill, must say
that even if We were in The hare pm and scissors :"
Category We should no: be ashamed of our calling.
Neither could nny one induce believe HAT we
were because of Ihuse limited means, any The less
titled rank in p'int of pairio'ism tor perhaps We
should say asrotion 70 ae interests Of South CaroliAa
with our honorable NJ. c. himself
But when Capt. BRooKs cones 10 irnpne 10 Us Gig
norance," and otherwise anics in direct
paper we mus, privilege Of the pen in reply
and in doing shall be brief.
Capt i. says, that what We attributed 10 NcDur
FIE is where in print uttered by him. We only
asserted, that tce biiere3 The remark was made by
McD. under the oaks Of old EdseGed, having refer
ence Of course to Of The many eCquent and soul
stirring speeches he made 20 his constituents hat few
Of which were ever reported. Aud hs we predicaied
upon hearing several gentlemen assert tias such was
their impression. Where is the Ignorance auIcd
failing to observe that DR.. CooPgR had pcHrcd 4 sm
liar sentiment. But does this show t!a, McDrrr!.
nerer Uttered Il? b. no means, especially as Coo
Peas language IL in quotation marks which tends 10
create the belief that il is borrowed by hi.n frou
some one else. II may however he that we and uUy
informants in And, granting ourselves To
be SO, wha, Of it! Has Capt. ERooxs never heen
mistaken in his impressions Aud may not others he
SO without exposing themselves to the charge Of IL.
nOrancc! We were Rlisled lifindeed We we're 40 ii;
all which re do not believe) by our hHOmiag that
McDurrlE had said much Of The same purpor,. One
TWO peciInens OF his reported and printed REMARKS
We append, merely to prnve what We say
Extract from speech made in E!scicd -" Whep
heara Southern speaking OF this glorious uni"n
neilIinks snull treason IN the tainted gale.
Extracts from McDs vacdic!ory before he Legis-
lalure in Dec. 1895 -. In no instance tmcaAiHg
during his ,crciceS at Washington has any cause
"opera,ed for moment Ia break the intensity and
stngness of my devotion 10 the inieEestS, the hoior
and the glory of South Carolina"
Again." Ny heart will ever be Nith you (: AMI my
prayers will he directed with u";ssi9; pehcs'ty;" /"
the Home ofmy affections and the Land OF my allie
glance"
These sentiments We're unquestioaahly uttered by
shat great and pare man who represented MS i'll
the place which Capt p. s. BROOKS now occupies.
Compare their tone and tenor whit national t:lec
lions contained in Capt. Bs Pacific Railroad eicFl.
Z" Look on ihis picture, then that"
We understand that our Representative has further
made it special ground orccnpl.im that lhc g Edge
field Advertiser" was concerned in creating oPposi-
tioi 10 him. If nre rightly informed on his point,
We deny the charge IN toto. We knew no;hing Of
Col. GARLINGToN's entering The field unli we were
requested 10 announce his name. We have never
said TO that gentleman that were his supporter in
this matter. We have beet, concerned in 10 way
whatever against Capt. BROOKS. To rtilcisc his 20.
liica speeches and The principles tlsreia s;,aduwcd
forth WAS not only our privilege hrt "ur dn;y. We
discharged ilat duty in mild manner a,d i'll
friendly spirit. Al along have published every
thing we could lay our hands upon, eyrrava.iul Or
what moi, ia praise OF Capt. BROOKS. We lave re-
Gused 10 publish article attacking him. coupling
tie refusal with lie remark that his error more
an ndlscre'ion han any thing else. How, after all
this, OR Representative can Gt 10 hold u'
peciay 10 cersnrc we 4, Il loss 10 imagine. Ike
is more than welcome, however, 10 any bs:lcEt Lc
may derive thertGrom.
mi Qas sf5IftS st IL K sii. " Si e ER4ggs al
pauding Ingcr>ol and others. As far sheet Is
concerned, TIN, is papable hluurer. The "n"h:
N.w England THO formed not Tie burden Of cur re-
marks. We we're As ouch di>Fnscd as any one 10
give these gentlemen credit for the manly ana Jude
pendent course they pursued Nu-Ihc ground of OH.
lection with the manifest inJcaiions given out
by our Representative that more national feeling
vas taking possession nf him than he Won: I"
fnstcr before going 10 Washington. or than was EN-
,er'air.ei by the truly great Southern Statesmen in
whose place he stood and in whose wr!.narked foot
steps We iorghl he should have continued 10 tread.
1t was hecais. We conceived that he aimed at ln.
ing dscreail if not udium g-nun" South Carolina
sentiment whether uttered by McDcffiE. CoorER or
some other prominent patriot OF the odd >c!lcpl This,
with us, was the head and front "f his "n,nns and
we so distinctly and Enthusiastically expressed UGr,ri
But we close. 1t is unpleasant 10 Us 10 have been
obliged 10 say anything upon Ibis snh"c We find
SCOPE TO say much if We desired 10 do il
does not however suit our hnmor just now
As To the charge, which seems 10 have been made
b. sone husybody that our Representative speeches
come in good part from The crncihe Of a Yankee
observation-disclosures, We ignore II entirely. il was
never we who disseminated such n scandal. Far
from it, We should consider onrS.!f d"ing Capt. B.
injustice if We duub-d his ability 10 prepare his iwo
speeches OF The last session without further help iin
the broad light Of discussion which hal slonc before
him.