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

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nah River Valley Rail Road, be less fatal 10
"SALCDA's" admonilory paper. Now, one OF
two things must be true: SALUDA" is either Il
| Stakeholder in that Road, or he is not. If he
is, he must have known when penning his arti,
Gle, that the inSnuaiun thrown out of Il con-
spiracy OH The part Of the President and his
"cliquc' TO carry the Road to Augusta, WAS
without the slightest fuun ia.ion in fact for eve
ry intelligent Stakeholder, iro:n one end Of the
line to the other, might. and ought to know bet
ter. Every movement Of that Company has
been made in open Convention, aud in "pca
day. lf"SALUDA" be a Stakeholder, he then
assumed the unenvablc position Of man grave
ly asserting that 10 be true, which hc Knows to
be false. Or, if he is 80! Il Stakeholder him
self, he is Sufficiently informed on Ike suhcct
in hand TO attempt 10 rnligh:cu the Cnmp#ny as
to lis interests, or 10 warn the public of lis dam
ger: And consequently he takes the no more
enviaLle position Of prcsump:uous tyro at
tempting to enliyhtcn The public in matter Of
Which he himself is profoundly ignorant On
either side Of this dilemma SALuDA' may i'm
pale, rs best suits his taste.
This test of ous Mentors competence 10 lee
turc on tic matter in hand, might suffice. But
We will inquire into The facts respecting Mr. HIS
connection with the Road, and find out some
thing about this conspiracy of "Wall Street
Brokers" and South Carolina "cliqucS." These
facts will be very sucrlcly stated. The Char
ter Of The Road WAS applied I"r Without ever
consulting Mr. H., and it is believed without his
knowledge even. 1t WAS granted by the l.rgis-
l.turc of 1852, and The Commissioners appointed
to open The books for subscriptions 10 tie Stuck,
were all resident citizens of South Carulima-
not i "Wall Street name on the list. Public
notice was given that the books would be opened
on the llill of July ast-Lut Mr. II, (hcing in
New York; never saw that notice. lie WAS
written to and solicited 10 subscribe. and in re-
ply said, ">ub>cribe fifty shares for me, and
urge the land holders, along Ike line. 10 do a
in their powrr-(aud every one should DO solrc-
lling)--to build Themselves i Road" On the
l7th October The subscribers met ut Hamburg
to orrauiz. the Companv--nriihcr vr. n. mr.
his 1rury, WAS ut that meeting. At that time,
The names Of two highly respectable gentlemen,
both prominent and warm friends of the Road
were before the subscribers rs candidates for The
Presidency. There was some little div>inn up
ON this subject, hut not enough to disturb the
harmony of the meeting. Owing chiefly TO some
infurmality in the mode Of taking the suL:rrip-
lions, the Company WAS not then organized, but
the Convention a,ljuurllrd 10 meet ON The 22nd
;zN,,y.ml,rr. I,,-ttr rrnean,ime~bo.h the ncnte
men referred to, very maunallilnou>ly Withdrew
their names, ursin, their lric,rls 10 uai;e upon
some one else. At tits strc of the proc, cdiags
Mr. lTrrcrIysoy nhru in Nrw York was ,uIici.
ted lv lr,,c,s 20 al,ow Ii. name 20 l.. Lr,...,Ii
Lrrure the t,umna,.v for lis President. Lul lie
pcremp,orilv JrcIiurL lie was l!,cn requested
10 come ont and attend the mre,inr. il order 10
,E;,rJ IN. rom,,pv ,l ,h. ,iJ and rours, h.
couIJ in oru,uizju, lie came thouub rcluc-
lanlly-and after his arrival was solicited by
various gentlemen, from different parts Of The
country along the contemplated line Of the
Road, 10 accept the Office, which hc steadily de-
cIiurd until lie morning of the day on which il
w,, eyprcted the Officers would be elected,
vh., h. virldcd his consent, In Convention
, Commit,c. wos raised TO nominate OIlirrr, for
tho Ro,d cou,i.,iur ~ seen in tine published
,l.mcn from eycrv poiut at which ,ubscriuiou,
,,,d hoo, r,,d.. vho ,f,.- .;r;r,, ,wbl. u,mu;-
,oovs,, r.n,r,rd five nam. If Nr 1T,rrur.oy
far pr..;d,,t and ,hc Couvc,,i,u coufyuc,y ,.o,
uo,u;ua.iou 6y n uuaoim,,g r,,e by ba1kh-
Wbrr, p,,w ,r. the ,rbemiuos Of ~ Clouc.',
r,Io., ,h,t ,,;r,. C,uv.r,;,r ,f r,sr,r,,ll,. and
hiub minded CaroIiuisus should be called such
bv .Sa1rn.r' And where those Wall Street
rentry that filed before the ,.islrmprrcd fancy
Of "SALupA," like an army of sprc,res! Why
.hry turn out TO be Il Company of intelligent
and honorable Snu:h Carolina Planters, Mrr.
chants, Doctors, Lawyers, &C., from Anderson,
,bh.viII. and Edr.GrId with our Of Carolua's
no.t d;.,;rrri.bod s,n. rc>;i;r. orcr thc;r
orpv d.,iLrr,,ious doiuo rL,;r own bu.;ucss in
their own way and understanding what they
were about as well, if not Il rood deal better,
than those who would assume Il Guardianship
over them. So much then for this "\Ya!
Street conspiracy" carried out, or to be carried
out by South Carolina "cliqnr." Where is
the evidence of ii I! "SALuDA" will tell you,
tyhv Mr. Hr.TCUISOy WAS uucu very hostile TO