Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-08-20


such scparaton-you have a right to it. For the
present we have the right to keep You here. This
unbounded unrestraned liberty you hear 80 much
Of. is the language of demagogues. We have no
right to any such. God SO constituted man as to
make him social in his natural inclinations, and as
restraints and laws are necessary, to enable him to
crafty these our right to natural liberty has been
restricted to the standard requisite for the preerva
ton of society, law and order. In government
there must ever be compromises. From the nature
of things, and the shape and character Of the globe
we nhabit we all cannot be equally blessed By the
same government. Some must live little farther
from the Court House than others for instance,
though the Districts should be made as round as
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The time may come when, from the increase Of
our population, from other changes in our State,
and from the practicabity of the measure, division
of the District may address itself to the patriotic
and discreet citizen. Then shall take my place in
Your ranks with alacrity, and fight for your good
cause with as much zeal as he who now bawls loud
est in its behalf In the meantime you must be
curbed and checked, for the outstanding Of your
resources and to prevent you from expendng your
eloquence and useful powers in the pursuit Of IN
ignis tatuus. In your vigorous and sturdy foun-
dering, too, you might oinjury either to yourselves
or Others You have already induced me, "a thing
had thought mpos.ib.e) to be rejoiced at your in
irmities, for if you were well, and should swell be-
yond the dimensions Of EdgeHeld District, weshould
evidently have disastrous explosion of you.
humby believe that the arder Of your party has
even now grown into frenzy! Whom God wills
to destroy he first makes mad You have already
mngned the Divisionis,s to be another children Of
Israethe chosen Of God, not only to take this land
from the accursed Canani,es but to rule and govern
it. Aud you are the Joshua, the chosen leader Of
this chosen aock who, by the winding Of your rams
horn arc to leve: he walls Of this modern Jerco,
lEdge6eld Village, suppose) into the dust OF the
earth. Is this not moonshine and midsummer
madnrss ?" The culd bath and the salutary effects
Of restraint aud defeat have become absolutely essen
tial to your restoration and safety.
In future number shall lendeavor to present
you with an impartial detail Of the convenences and
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Of Edgefeld District rs it is. And cannot better
conclude this letter, than BY giving my hearty assent
10 your building Church on Big Creek, for various
reasons. will cordially cooperate with you in
the undertaking, from my love Of your neighbor-
hood, and from my love Of the fame of Col. BUTLER.
I will contribute beyond my means 10 erect monu-
ment which shall pcrpctuatc his character, and point
our SONS to his glorious example. He fell as naby
rs WOLF and Mount Ca m at Quebec, and whilst lie
added new us,re to his family and left rich legacy
TO bis children, in dying, he reflected glory on the
American arms and on the reputation Of South
Carolina, ,equaled only by the achievement ofour most
valorous Revolutionary heroes. Because | re- ere
the memory of that gnod and chiyalrous soldier,
deem it desecration to minge his sacred name, as
a disgusting hobby in your driveng contest for Di-
vision. RICHARD.
PS-What will the other portions of Butler
District think of your having already fixed the site
Of your Court House on Big Greek, within the
musical sound of its waterfalls and the stentorian
roar Of its green Bull-Frogs and Of your having
selected two candidates from that immediate vicinity
to represent you especially in the Legislature :
Have Halfway Swamp, and Mine Creek, and 96
Greek, and Wilson's Creek, and Sleepy Creek, and
: Dry Creek, and West Greek, and Clouds Creek,
no claims upon you, and interest in the contem-
plated change2 You go for the Lions share-do
you ?-self first and country next. Who OF the
initiated have you nominated for Clerk, Sheriff,
Commissioner in Equity, and Ordinary and Coroner,
and Esrleator, and Commissioners OF Public Build
ings of the new District, which is soon to be1 What
pcnsinncd bard have You chosen, WHO, in wrapped
vision is to sing the praises Of the growing RcPub.
lie of Butler?
1t must not asoniSh you, that the writer could
mention probable case in which he might sustain
something like your iltn,ed enterprise. lie is ar
more friendly 10 it and to you in his heart, than
many Of the poisonous deniagogucs, who now make
capital Of your intenpcrsic coidins Zeal, to laugh
hereafter, witt, leartless Indifference al your wofu
disappointment. lie once proclaimed 10 the public,
that, in due season, he would support or, at least,
not oppose feasible plan to rc-ds,rc! the State, or
even the five or six adjoining Districts, including
Edgefeld, SO rs 10 equa!zc them, aud leave no one
urthcm, or uf those that should be added, Of an in
convenient s;ze or shape. He tod y"u though, the
whole truth in his remarks, but you would not believe
t, because it was unpa!atable; and the Lord only
sno.;s when you will hear the truth again, for you
.l,ve manifested such horror for that language,
when i. conflicts with your raprccs, that your future
servants will be afraid to tell it to you. 1t issruc,
tla, it might have looked to you inRamed and aat,er
ed with false hopes you were, like abandoning
Division to put it on such grounds; but mark me
as sure rs the heavens are blue those the only
grounds upon which it can ever be effected, by NOR
tai effect do disagree with you toto caelo, as to
the practicabiy plausibty, and as to the justice
or fairness ef your clumsey movement, and also as
to the necessity the extent of wrong and suffer-
ing, which has caused you toreach at the silver moon,
and to hunt money-bags at the foot Of the rainbow.
Prradventure. you will brand this address, too, as
piece of hattery. If, in your next you will oblge
US with list of the members Of the Village Clique
and the Edgcfeld Arstocracy, that we may kill
them like snakes, you shall be decorated with a
gold medal or the grand cross ofthe legion of honor
with any distinguishing badge you desire-you
shall be made as happy as Robin Roushhead in For
tunes Frolic. Otherwise, hold your peace forever.
commend you to calmer reflection, and to your
guardian angels. r.
For the Advertiser.