Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-10-05
Lo, the "Tcrryman."
"a rhirf,ain to the Highlands bound,
Cries - l'naiman. do not inrrr;
Ard Ill give thee silver rnund
Il

To row lis DER l!Ie ferry"
OuR attention has been specially directed to we'll
worried ri-ihr recently published in The Independent
PjcS< Of Ahhryle. The individuals upon whom The
vals Of somebody's wrath have been here poured oa,,
belong 10 ii.at class Of working hipe,!s irnominaed
"ctors." As we seem TO he included among the
mathematical, it will 7rc',aly be expected that we
shuull say word or two why sentence Of e5ernima-
ton shoai not he pronounced upon us. The e&pecia-
r;nn is :, vain one however. The caygaiinns we are
receiving remind us that the day is past when com.
mon citizen could criiir<e his CongressNans S course
with iu.plni,y. lie who dares do such Thing now
Goril under donhic.twa!cd lash. il seems.
And 81 we can but cry ort, wit! folded arms and
hrnded knee, '' ESc:ere misrrcrc - humbly trust
ing that our learned masters will calm the ,-..!
our chagrined hOsnm by some such cOnd.
response as :" Par roLiscum!; How blind, Il
long, how presumplrnus have we hccn
stan!- poiut Of returning reason upon which
hern placed ny our well-;imed stripes. we 81
little while ago prcsumng to indicate that ".
ed from one who had spent an entire season il
ingon ciy-rashlg ess1ying 10 express onrzelf ndc.
prndrri'y upon The propriciy non.prnpricry OF a
declaration made in the Halls of Congress by nur i'm
mediate representative iherr-darng IN hope that he
would guard against any cxrancOus influences That
might lead him ir$ensihly away from his enrlier-
cherished political nniiOnS-an even venuring Ia
nTrmur somewhat abave breath nj The seeming
nationality Of his tendencies. WE'LL thank our stars,
We have been lashcd back our place, all in good
tim. and although Oufskia might perhaps "hold
shucis" jus! no.v. f we may he allowed lar home
ly exrrcsSion.) yet oh Gratitude not utterly
demolished al!rr all. With 50 narrow and 50 forth.
ac an escape before mental vision can bn say,
in the absence of any thing like temple or voiye
alr, that sor'nnly asscveralc upon this pair Of
old gaer boots, which haze dune Us good service
in Tine, but are row sadly ont al lie Toes, thai wc
will Try, and Try, an. Try 10 hc good hay in future,
10 mind our own Business and to abstain from doubt.
ing The in:;liby OF ri: os.' W who nave been blessed
with four 'iionlls' experience in Congress.
Bul inGu:l this Strain which >irkcm< though
we ,,s= i! in jest the writer in the Press has sub.
scribol himself . FHRRyMAN," iIappcars. We could
but for moment upon first seeing this queer
signature. What can Tie maI mean, we mentally
cnqurcI. And llien Camrhes poem OF :" Lord
ul!in's Daughter erased ,hdughts. And we re-
mclnbrred ho,v light pushed the ''ccl Of Ulvas Ise"
MIS- HhN VIC 'tHSINIdlCc
y renderc.! to help him on his way. And The analu-
gy between that case and the present was quite strong
enough to enah!c Us tn locate his unllsual soubriqurt
Laying both Irony anl baduagc aside, we close
with one or two remarks Of more scrious cast.
Before having heard that we Were personally hchl
up 10 ri,licne hy Cap.. BEooEs, broihcr Jc-
EcrGi cerc gong 10 rOic i0T him. This is enough
to show that concerned in no systematic ef-
fort him from his in the Halls OF Federal
Legislation.
After our comments upon those particular views Of
that believed his error was but an "inliscretion
and that his course in the main had been rreditabc
one. This scnunyh TO prove that we were actuaiet in
Ie mattsr By no spite OF any kind much less by the
spirit Of " eieclioneering crsader;" for such 4
spirit would not surely have stopped where We did.
In fine, are conscious of reciitndc and fairncs.
in all that we have written said in this matter, and
therefore disregard all that " Fcrrpran OF his prin-
cipai have thought proper to write or say of u.s.
E'irss ZEovo in the Temperance Campaign.
We have Circular from the Central Board OF
the Sunth Carolina temperance urganzalion which
gives the first grand development of the proposed Tenn
peraEcc Reformation. !; 10 get mp any quantity oi
essays, tracts. &c, in advocacy of scbrety, and Of the
Maine Liquor Law especially, and to delusc the State
with them at as early day practicable. The peo-
pie may therefore anticipate considerable amount OF
reading matter from this source.
Persons WHO write are solicited to contribute with
their peas 10 the 1t is not stated whether pre-
miums will be given for the best productions. w.
imagine there will be none, as the prize Of lhe high
calling will be amply sufficient without further com.
pcnsalion Let our liicra mend their goosc-Quills
and begin. Our best wishes are with all persuasive
means that may be used TO promote real temperance.
The Maine Liquor LGw cannot abide.