Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-02-01
FOR TIE ADVERTISER.

is Mr. HUTcHlsoS alone whose rccrcani heart seeks
TO betray the interests Of our State and her ETnrc
enterprise: but then, as If fearing to lazatTl his
bold conclusions upon the cnris Of one man, how
ever energetic and dcspocal, his imagination cd.s
up glo.tly clique which, 10 his disturbed vi
sion, seem the very incarnation Of alustasy; and
. now, slsan2e TO SAY, with an inventive power, rare
as It 10 acute and expansive, his fancy pictures to
!! him whole " COmpany," deadly hostile TO NJ
State and her interests Hear him =" is adtiona
evidence If the hostility to our State AMI her lite
Pests on the part Of this Company waited Tia
to be found in I'll, selection OF its President" &c
Yet little while before, he ASSERTS, lie has rras'ns
for believing, that the ases Interested in tilIs rn-
tetpri,e, d"'not participate in these unlloE desan,
What public impulse, what patriotic tllrob, mas 50
warmed up lis bosom n. 10 make him regard hnl-
aclf the special guardian Of the interests OF the Slj'"
.nd the uelf-cousttuted censor Of the public patriot
ism, 7. Ia fre sure that his own devotion To Ills coua
iry,n Of tia, pure, ds.ntcrrsicd naturr. With es
blcO hin, in disrcgarling all private interests, to
look wisely to tho public good, and with keen
scent. 10 "snu!f treason'in the tainted brcccze 7?
4 fig, Sir, ftr your patrio,'m: These heausifu:
apostroplies to State devotion and State Interests
mag serve 10 delsh, tho car Of Your amateur pull
tican m u-, they mere giJbcr,sh. We hare
hcarlllr talk about patriotism and treason before,
AMI are hot ~ be fooled by the sound Of mere caha-
listic trrins. Nonsense. show US some prlva;e,
l. Al
stand this clsnnr. Let the Grecnville K C"lun'Is
Raj Road Company speak, snl their language will
hare significant meaning As to the virtue "i II >
mifetlldnrous PATRIOTISM we profess some inilr!'y
; This we will however, Kay in p,rs:nS: if if'$AhCDA'
aud others be unchari,able enough 10 dsb'licre the
Gci now They may yet learn that in the bos"l's Of
,hi, ~ much abused clique" and o! this C"mpa-
ny, upon whom they chsrs- ho.ty to the State,
The fire Of pntri",ic devotion gown aH beautifully
and brightly, az in the hearts Of the hes; Of tl;e'
caunlnialors, Or Of those, who, par excellence:
claim to be tho patriots of tho Stale
l'u, a srucc 10 these coun,ry-!ov.ng rhap'o!irH.
Our pa,rucc is exhausted. Ou. stomach has been
cruurncd aa nauseam with the pu'ing. scteuillr ar-
prals nlss To the patriotic! prrjucrs ut the COM
nuniiy, by its sdsersarics, against the Sa anr"h
! River Rail Road Assertions sd eGpian!um rnl-
! gus, arguments and opinions, that would rouse mn
anchnri,o-chargcr, which, il true, would hang u
Saint, or damn sn Angel, have, III reckless WASTE,
been aimed against this enterprise and It's advocates.
And ill this is done, we are lrd To believe, because
J fears are enter tanr,l that South Carolina may con
tribute few thousand dollars TO the wealth OF
Grrgia-as il Georgia. docs net contribute her hrn-
drrs Of thousands to Tic wea ill., and trade Of South
Carolina.
! Now rt ux, for the aahc of argument. suppose.
| What s' S,LrDA" AMI others r,rrnn"us'y urge,
that the Savannah River Ro"l il built, will divert
trade from our own State To the benefit Of Augusta
sul Savannah, AMI tp tho injury of Charleston
Are the persons interested in his Road lo be 'wars'
ed in their purposes !.are they ID be denied the
conln,6n advantage. ar,ing from tli'lr energy and
capal-alvaniaSc. secured to the citizens Of every
oh-r portion Of the S'ae-'nerely because Charles
ton may n, reap all the benefits Of their enterprise
! What, must nothing be done .! must noboiy's lite
res,,bc promoted! must tho genius and capital o
out people BIZ cramprd and withheld, unless Char
lr,,ur i, to ho tho gai:cr Who will hazard the
idea That sll nur wealth.. skill and enterprise arc "
De mar ,ubsrrv;cn, to tho interests of one town "r
! Chy-,hnugh That City be or (ar"re AlriF9l"'i"
W hi, power in u. State dare say t" the inhabi-
,ar, on The Savannah lIivsr-y"u shall not, If you
, dtsru il, rraao in Augusta or Satannah' Any
legislative act, seeking To effect this resiriclln,
woual be the very lrad and front of tyranny
Caid any men, styling themselves freea'sr. endure
such h'' oppression And set what would be 'l''
7rsAicsl difference between such m act, and an
ac,nsl enforcement Of the views urged bS the "rpo'
! nents of the .savanus!1 River Bead b. frc You
talk sJou, cutting of tile people on til" Savannah
Rirer from the traleof Augusta or Savannah, hr''
stop YOU, country Mettlisnss and others from pas
ainS ,lxous ~ Charlrr.on aud buying their r:erc'"n
dino ii ile North :-firnt withhold your people o.
psfSssuro from exptpding ,hrir NIL hins at N"r'heri
watering places, t" the neglect Of The he"'hu '''"
,mef rtrrt. Of our own Ss,r first prohibit N"t'h
err mon fru.a making fortunes among US and carry
ing ihr1n from tho Stale .-s,op emigration 'f"'r
y.nr b;,rdsrs do tlese fuuisir thing, under deu
dsa idsa Of patriotic virtue, an, then, with some
show Of pausibili,y, you may labor to restrain 'h'
planters on the Savannah River from trading IN An
gua,a. Arii when you have thus acted, ia'"'y ''''
patriOtism Of the GcorSans urging them TO ons "i
all. intercourse with Chsrle,ton, and to- eo'inc ,he
trad. 10 Augusta and anrannah. lnIsg;nr lSr>'
,hincs to b. done. aud You viii have a'"n; ~
briyh, specimen "f The absurd and ridiculous. ~
coSrl.,o bnrlesquo of PRACTICAL life, as the rrrIes
dol, onuid inrcnt.:
II ,lsro is, Mr. Enron, ono pain principle taugh
in Political Ec,nomy-if there s one notion Of liner
,y.whch. more than any other, ha, been I;lpr'srs
on the minds of our people by the Siatt"men an
Orators Of South Carnlina. it in This SeH. wher
non ran sell TO the JcII adrdntage-Gnd bny. r7her
v0u can buy cheapcst."' In matters Of 'r'''', tn
Loased d.crine, Of our people has hrcn--" Let II
) ALONE" say nnthing-io nothing. VIC will taxi
care Of ourse!res
Rut the ixar, reflection mus. nh0%. that llamhur:
md Clarle.,on cannot be injured by the S"vhnnai
River Ruad-rupposing even the l'oa t" cross lE
P;xer at Hamburg, ~ it must do, If it cross 1T al
Whatis is now til. s,S:e Of facts in regard t" lam
burg; ny mcans Of the Augusta Canal, 1h'
has been deprived Of y largo and important trade
once enjoyed, from tho people up the Sarannal
River. Her prosperity has been checked more
probably, by this, than by the Grcrnr'le and {"
lumb:s Rail Roai. The Savannah Rvsr Rail Eoa'
will bring back large part, il not the whale Of TIN
trade, Will, i. will add considerable business fr"'
L.. ..xe. liz Rluc Eidrtr Ral Enld