Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-06-20

ton of foreign citizens, as viii compel all OF
them arriving, in this country, after the passage
of such an Act, to remain 10; this country at
least twenty-one years before being entitled to
the rights Of suffrage as they now possess them,
and will you use your vote andinfiuence TO ac-1
complish such changeta" -
This, your last interrogatoy, danswer in the
affirmative. [sE
1t was noon when l received your letter.
Visitors and friends have crowded my room
since commenced writing, ;of. i should have
written more in detail: Your inquiries were di.
rect and to the point Still must regret that !
had not time to elaborate hem more fully.
Very respectfully, yours, dscsss
SIMON CAMERON.
j. NJ. KlRKrATRIck, Esq.,, House of Repre-
sentatiyes.
This letter was. used in t6e Know Nothing
caucus to induce the friendssof David Wilmot
to support Cameron, and had fbeen privately ex:
hibited to the Wings and Know Nothings OF
the Legislature, to satisfy them that he agreed
with them upon their respective points and doc.
trines. 1t will be seen that he goes farther than
even Seward himself upon the:aboltion question,
and that he is willing to meet, the Wings and
Know Nothings on all the articles Of their faith.
And the following Resolutions, adopted at
:Pittshurg, may be aptly read inconnectlon with
the letter: ~
"a large meeting ofthe citizens of Pittsbulrg
was held on the 23d instant; SID relation to the
question of Senator, which, f%ithout expressing
any preference for either Of the candidates pass
ed'the following Resolutions
RESOLVED. That the man chosen for that sta.
ton should be statesman, and not mere poll
:tician--ihat he should be Ean, fresh from the
ranks of the people-clad in:American Taiment,
and notin the .cast-off garments Of Whiggery
and Democracy. 's.4
Resolped, That our representatives be earnest;
ly requested to support no man tor United
States Senator, who is not in favor OF the FOL-
lowing measu.es;- -
l. A total repeal of our Naturalization Laws,
or au extension of the term to twenty-one years.
with such guards as may beHnecessary to pre-
vent the enormous frauds now continually per-
petrated. -
.. The repeal of alt Ac,sof Congress in any
way sustaining or recognizing chattel slavery,
and the prohibition Of slavery in all territory
over which Congress has jurisdiction in this res
pect
8. The encouragement of domestic manu-
factures, BY such duties upon foreign articles as
may be required to raise q Sufficient revenue to
sustain the Government,.and enable it to per-
form its duties to the people.
a. Liberal appropriations to the Improvement
of our rivers and harbors ~
5. A total prohibition Of the importation OF
the criminals and paupers which the Old World
is now;yomiting upon our Shores.
RESOLVED, That we deem it ginexpedent to re.
commend any one as the man to be supported
by our Representatives but that we earnestly
request them to unite with Others, in the hall Ut
the House, in.the election ,ofa man, such as we
have described ssi for the in9rnt station so soon
If, by the mere expectation of support from
its power, men of note and mark will thus be.
come plant instruments I'M its hands and, well
Informed as to its darling purposes, will 50 rea-
Oily pledge themselves "to act with the North,
upon all questions connected with the subject
Of slavery" to exert themselves for the !" utter
and entire exclusion Of slavery or involuntary
servitude in the Territories If from this Order,
candidates expecting favor. sconfidentIy refer to
their votes on the Wilmot Proviso:" :" and, by
way of,making completes the circle of mysti6ca-
ton, and falsehood, and injustice, pledge them.
selves to sustain the rightsaf the North, against
the encroachments of thesS Southern States
(Heaven save the marka) surely some cheat has
been practised on men, ofatthe South; or some
madness has seized theni,s before. they can be
u~~-au ID 10 tho camp with those we
of the results we have exhibited?
have not, am sure, colored too deeply, the
picture now presented Of the consequences .ot
this Order, whether considered socially morally
or politically. Of all internal dangers, with
which we have been threatened, this is the mos
serious. Personally, its provisions, unless ex
tended, would never reach me. lam not for
eigner; nor am | q Roman Catholic. But nm
Il Freeman. That can only be-, while the
land in which live is free. And that land is NJ
longer free. when the Constitution is violated
the privileges conferred by it, denied: the viii
of an irresponsible body made to supersede the
provisions of the Law: odious, and degrading
because disqualifying, distinctions created: anG
the principle and practice of Religious Tolera
ton rcpudiated and repealed.
. D1ABoL1cAL ATTEMPT TO Poison AN ENTIRE
WEDDING PARTY IN ViRGINIA.-We find the
following letter, dated Emory and Henry Col
legc, Washington county, Virginia, May 30, in
the Petersburg Express of yesterday. If the
facts set forth are true, We have no language
sufficiently strong to express the deep horror we
feel in contemplating the fend that could perpe
trqtc such Il crime. Tie letter states that, OIL
the evening of the 22d ut., H. S. Kane, Esq.
an eminent lawyer Of Scott county, and Miss
Sarah, daughter of Col. Anderson, were married
at the mansion Of the BRIDES tather. On the
following evening a large company having as.
sembled ut the residence of the Kanes, at lats
hour it was found that most of the party who
had partaken Of lot Of custard were suffering
from the effects Of some deadly poison:
There were so many affected that-the number
who escaped were scarcely able to attend. to
theiE suffering. friends, and the greatest terror
and consternation prevailed. Two physicians
were. at the scene of distress and suffering, as
soon as they could possibly attend, utter being
sent for, and pronounced the sick present all
poisoned. Upon examining and analyzing the
cus,ard, it was found to be strongly imp mated
with arsenic
have been unable to obtain the names Of
the parties, but regret to state, that ut latest ac
counts, some twenty or twenty-five OF those
who partook of the poison were not expected
to live. The young and beautiful bride, was
among the number most seriously affected.
As yet, my informant states, no one has been
suspected, the servants being all sick, as they
had also eat freely of the poisoned :delicacy.
The greatest Consideration and excitement pre-
walls in Scott and The adjacent counties, and
persons were too much a overcome at the idea
of such wholesale taking of human life, to
institute any investigation, or adopt means for
the detection Of the yillians who perpetrated
this horrid. deed.