Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-04-13
Ssuator 9nt,e,r ,r,s speech.

Vch ulot page iIIis week Il OcCuplSu
Inst speech of Judge BUTLEk on the Nebraska ones
tion. His present remarks pertain TO an amendment
proposed by Mr. BADGER, Senator from North Carroll
na This amendment attaches condition 70 the Ne
braska Sill, providing fhsSs should not he construed
10 revive any preceding law eher against or in favor
Of slavery.
After having read rRe rem ks of our Senator care
fully, We confess that we hay. derived more satisfac.
lion from them than from ven his regular speech;
and we hope our readers VIII Be equally well pleased.
There is tone of candor and of hope about them,
which has impaired TO our own mind rather liveicr
feeling towards the Bill than we have heretofore en-
tertaIned We use The expression liYelier," because
We have all along beena dull spectator of this terri
torial arrangement. We have been so, because we
50" II admitted on all hands, that (practicaHy) the
measure was worth nothing TO our institutions
because We remembered the false faith hitherto ex-
hibited towards section in regard all meye alb
stract pledges, and doubted not that repetition of the
same faithfnlness would rcsul in this case, and be-
cause We imagined TO be little better than hobby
to carry DOUGLASS one else to the Presidency
These reasons for our Indifference to tile territorial
measure now before The country, may still turn on to
ne as truly founded they have been honestly enter.
tanned. Yet, as ne said before, brighter cooring
has been given 10 the proceeding by some views IN
onr Senator'S last spcecl than by any thing have
seen thus far His of the relative merits of
the Clayton Compromise and of the measure under
discussonhs distinct presentation Of the alternative
now before the Souh-his convictions that Nebraska
under the influence of Missouri sentiment (fhe line Of
the Missouri Compromise being uiped out must renuin
neutral erritoy-hs earnest assertion Of faith in the
power OF the Constitution and Of its triumphing over
any thing like squatlcr soyersgnly-und, last but not
least, the "gam--cock" sentiments which he ucrs
towards the conclusion, all taken together, have help
cd our feelings considerably. Most Of the ideas have
been stumbled upon at different lines in the progress
of this tedious debate but they lave be fore been
10 our vi-w) served up pithily, concisey
furcibly, as we have them here.
As 10 the amendment TO which the Judge first adj.
dresses HIMSELF we nothing alarming about ii,
n",hing particularly objectionable At the first men,
tlon OF it, we were disposed to condemn. But why
be captious about non-eny, was the QUESTION which
suggested itself to mind after had looked liz.
tie more closely into the matter We think The Judge
right in huldng that the old French and Spanish laws
upon slavery virtually obsolete. whether the Mis-
pouri Compromise be repealed or not And even il
they should become valid and binding upon that con.
,ingency, what would they be worth to us! If the
Constitution will avi roll back the tide of n.
naieism which may towards this territory il the
sentiment of the sounder portion Of The American
people will form no barrier, can it be expected that
these old French and Spanish regulations will be Of
any power for guod What objection then can well
lie to the amendment Of Mr. BADGER which (for the
purpose of relieving in measure those Northern
men who have shown degree Of generosity and fair
remarkable for them, surrounded as they at
home by the Gercest flames oc a misguided zeal)
merely sets aside certain enactment, and treaty stpu
ations of the past which could again be clothed
with any efficient vitality.
But turn to the speech and read FIR yourselves. 1t
is no, long, but skiully put as do more service
than volumes Of dry, ,liG aboed, ,en-nlioua speechi
flying We write from The moment.
Aiken & Ninoty Six Rail Road
VIZ learn from good source that the President Of
the Greenvc e. Columbia Rail Road Company has
ordered an immediate survey oflhe routo from New
Marke, or Ninety Six to Aiken. Tho line Of survey
will be several miles distant from village. II we
intend doing anything 10 keep ourselves from being
cut off from This Rail Road and thereby prevent losses,
which once incurred, can never be regained, should
We not arreng. forthwith have Inc ronie surveyed
from this place TO New Market Ninety Six! If the
way Le good, satisfied it will he found TO bo
on the survey, We for 4 moment, hesitate to do
all in our power to have tho Road brought through
our village! Surely no one. acquainted with the
history Of the times doubt 10 the serious injury
this village is TO sustain il the Road in question be
but few miles Oft: nor less doubt eI"t as To the
posive advantages the Road will bring to the village
in all time to come, If carried through our corporate
limits. The scepIica are referred to the 'ubjoined
eItracts
son the Road"
Gentlemen: In your paper of the 23l you publish
ed /. statement showing that place loses by oe'ns
off the road" 0bge me by publishing the annexed
extract Of letter frum an intelligent gentleman "i
Wilmington, which will show what place gums 0y
being on the road
tale in the Town of Wilmington for 1890; but in
ls33 TWO years before the Road was commenced. the
whole value of real estate in the town S3l0 900,
Which was near 100000 less than the citizens of il
subscribed TO til. Wilmington and Raleigh Rairond.
/" In lS40 the value Of real estate in the town was
s525.OO0. In ls47, 81 ,250,0OO. In 1850, it WINS
Al ,5635i7. The Assessor, have not quite finished
the assessment for 1854, hut am assured by them.
that the value Of real estate in town Mill not vary
but lrife either way frum three and quarier mil
hon Of dollars. Of this increase, probably half
million of dollars is obtained by extending the town
lilni,a. NO as to embrace property to that value.
1.-The increased value Of property, and the general
property, Of our town, arc doubtless attributable
to the building Of our railroads, which brought
increase Of trade but especially by nronsing i'll
our people spirit OF enterprise and prrsevering in
dustry that never flags.
"Our exports in 1893 did not exceed l,20o 600.
The past year they exceeded fre millions Of dolLurs"
Observer.
of the Road.
An intelligent North Carolinian. travelling from
hs home in Asheville to New York, via Grcenvr,
Columbia DC (nut via Charleston fnrrlerly.) gives
the following as his idea of what Charlestun has lost
by not joining Wilmington in building road between
hose places instead Of the road between Wilmington
and Manchester:
THE Manchester road is vital sinbtn Charleston.
Frst to her railroad, second TO her Hotels third, to
ier Omnibus and Coachmrn. fourth, to her banks and
Brokers' fifth, To her Steamers siS and above all 10
Ier Merchants. Every passenger takes from her road
s3.25; from her hotels nj enst $500 to $1,000;
rom her hackmen 81 OO frDm her banks all his ex-