Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-09-21
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Mn EDIToR-We are told III the argument on
the oirr side That the only right wh'ch l'ALE ac-
CURED from the Stale the franchise for fourteen
years and that this was granted to him seven days
before The deed 10 the soil was executed. ]layinS
hy this grant of the franchise become vested Win
the benefit profits and interests which could arise
rom the Bridge. it wa. nothing less than insanity To
come forward seven days after and pay thousands oil
dollars fora decd which added nothing 10 his intc-
rests, and which conveyed no desirable right beyond
what was contained in the grant Of the franchise
itself.
tbs was huying what he already possessed. 1t
WAS pavinr Il lar.. sum fnr his own property II
WAS fraud thus to take advantage of the amrnabie
ratui,y Of such rn;n But we not satisfied that
So .l... E:lnk he was capable of such mon
qurc something over and above Tie grant 6T INC
franchise 1t is positively certain that Jndgc EARLE
20 understood him. IN fact the proposition of Hale
"f suh crave character, inv"lvin. the trans
Ter Of such important interests that the Judge de-
clincA 10 act without further authority from the
doing 81 Is conclusive pru"f Of what was the Propo-
<iiron oF HALE. and "r his view Of the effect Of
such :. decd ;.s HALE demanded, VIZ:
=" declined conveying III that way (n fce) be-
cau.,. supposed. the State :rsht think it advisable
/" retain some cumlrni over the Bridge in future"
|, i mamEcs therefore that HALE desired To ac-
Tuirc '7s5,,ir0i orcr The Bridge in FUTURE" Such
N The opinion Of inc ]ud - would be- the effect of
conveyance in fee. Hence he says to the T.cgis-
lrrurc Z" declined" But the State ordered the
deed 10 b. made in fec simple absolute, upon HALE's
ptying large sum If money, which was done. But
aIi this negotiation riIiculous-lhis payment Of
money ns.nr-hr execution of the Deed shame
fu r,rcr. il thereby II" important git and interests
were acquired beyond what We're cuntnincd in the
grant Of the franchise itself
CAroLISA is not so well pleased with his own
witness it seems. Hence he says, the Judges
scruplcs were unnecessary" &c. Eut the Judges
opinion as 10 the purpose and effect Of this Deed,
being made through his agency, must command orr
c>pcciai rrSpcci--at all events " CARoLINA" must
~. now think Of dscrrdlng him. Wrh had thought
a, the seizure ri ct drn.iS III the Bridge was owing
Ia srlnr rsarprchrnsiUn on the part Of our Repre-
-, AnoLIXAn leads them TO terrible accountability
or ,nnkng !gijt ur the public property 10 private
indiv duals.
Il the members Of the Legislature to pocket
for lhcnsc yes "r for any .farorte Fifty hundred
thousand dollars Of tllr public money, for fourteen
years ,citaom interest, it would be Il breach Of
trust no; unlike the gih, but for which the annual
nett inrnnre Of somc four five thousand dollars
from the Brid ;r you'll go into the public treasury
10 support the government of the State, and coisc
quen;ly reduce the iaxati"n Of her citizens. To
have ei.cn it To- Hamburg, which " "CAnolISA" pre-
lcrrrd, would have been none the less unwise or
unjust. The fact is no such idea Of thus dealing
with pnJlic property could have ever entered the
head "r ,,ny one, but for the settled policy of the
S'ar no; to claim and hold prpry nbridgcs upon
ie expiration ri any given Charter. Otherwise she
would discourage the energies and crush the genius
of her cZ.ns. And since she docs not seize upon
The labor aud fruit Of their industry and enterprise,
she cannot in good conscience delegate authority to
third peison 10 do. II repugnant to the prin-
cip.a Of American jurisprudence and common
right The members may have felt that as the owner
Of The Bridge lived beyond SEAS they would, as
a christian nation, lake the land as that Of savage
is sometimes acquired. The time is passed when
civilized people would olcraic the principle. Be-
sides, as there is great difference between skin
n;ag and being skinned, they should not have
made their own constituents the victims.
If the reasoning of " CARoLISA" were applied to
thoye who own valuable mills and wharvcs, built as
they are below common tide, and therefore upon
The soil Of the State, hundreds of our citizens might
be ouscd of their possessions and reduced to beg
gary But no reasoning whatever could save the
exercise of such atrocity from the crushing resist
ancc Of the people. In this too the grantee ac
quircd more than the common. n.aw right rs 10 boun-
darcs upon tidc-watcr, because lie bought cum
Iitiore mariS c;dem adjaccnte," which passed the
shore and for specific purpose therein expressed
The two ends Of the Bridge are conceded to belong
10 the City Council-and we presume that HALE
never could have anticipated that the State would !