Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-11-19
SPEECH OF HON. R. ]. MOSES.

NIEEUu uUNs IL - Wuo6E'
At mass meeting in Atlanta, on Thursday
evening, the 18th inst, of which we have already
made mention, an incident occurred which called
to conspicuous position young man, native
of Charleston, but who has for some time beer
achieving distinction in the West. Mr.. Jane.
N. Calhoun addressed the meeting; behinc
him was portrait of Washington, and when ht
closed his address which was short and good
one, the assembly gave three cheers for South
Carolina and r. G. Moses, Esq, being recog
missed in the crowd, was called out. Those who
have ever heard him will not need to be remind
ed of his stirring eloquence Few men in thl:
country arc 90 eloquent when the occasion hap
pens TO inspire him. We have been furnished
with the following report of his remarks, bui
are assured that it conveys but little of what
really thrilled his hearers for about half an hour
must thank you for The cheers you have
given to South Carolina; not because South
Carolina requires this enthusiastic endorsement
of her course TO do her honor, but because it il
an indication that the spirit Of Georgia is right
upon the Southern question! lam not unmind.
full of the fact, that in 1850, when popular ora.
tors were endeavoring to force the people to bow
their nrcks 10 The yoke of submission, that d.
vision of South Carolina was ahe harp of a
thousand strings" on which they played, md
that Georgiuns gave responsive echo TO the
key note. With this fact before me, as South
Carolinian, I cannot but acknowledge The com.
pliment paid to her tonight When, upon the
conclusion of Mr.. Calhoun's speech, saw this
vast multitude rise to their feet and give three
cheers for South Carolina, it convinces me that
she is derided, only, when the people are to be
schooled into submission, and that when the
goal of honor is 10 be reached by manly de-
fence of Southern rights, South Carolina il
pointed to as q bright example worthy of your
emulation For this reason, rs n South Caro-.
linian, | congratulate myself on the enthusias-
tic reception which you have given to her son.
As fur as that gallant State is concerned, she
needs the endorsement Of no people Your
praises cannot elevate her; your detraciion can
not lower her; she has her title deeds to fame
traced in the blood of the revolution; her soil
is cemetery of martyrs; there is but one State
that can rival her in her claims to national graft
tude, and that is old Virginia.
They are alike, too, in this. That you may
blot out the history of each, rcserving a single
7nge, and they will yet have enough of glory
left 10 entitle them to the brightest niche in the
temple of American fame. Virginia, because
she was the birth place of Washington, the Fa.
ther of his Country, whose portrait hangs upon
my right! and South Carolina, because she was
the birthplace of John e. Calhoun. whose dis.
tinguished relative sits upon 4Y Left The f!Eat
now struggling 70 maIntain; the other devoted
his brilliant life totheir defence. The ashes Of
Washington are Injured beneath Virginia's soil,
the names of Calhoun are sepulchred in the
heart of his political mother, South Carolina /;
and II matters not how fayoring fortunes may
abandon her, her enemy may deride her, the
memory of Calhoun is enough, always, and un.
der nIl circumstances, to rescue her from obliy.
ion and from dishonor. His life was series OF
personal sacrifices and brilliant intellectual sue
cesses in defence of constitutional liberty. In
lis dying hour he left record worthy to be the
initiative model upon which future statesmen
shonId be formed; he had established for him.
self Il worldwide fame, the. State Of his nativity
loved hin, for his acts, almost to alteration, and
yet in his dying hour, at The very moment that
he WAS about tu be summoned before his God
he uttered sentiment Of Roman greatness,
that cclipscd even The glory of his life, and what
was it? it was this: He, who had ensbrined
himself in The hearts Of his people by deroting a
long life 10 their liberties, when the scene was
about to close OIL him forever, prayed for one
hour more Of life, not TINT Aa,tery might fawn
around him, oh no! but that he might devote
that II TO his country! Language cannot de-
scribe the sublimiiy of The act, thought cannot
talhom The greatness of the soul that conceived
it 1t was Calhoun-his memory belongs to
South Carolina-and with this her tage, her
glory is destined to be as eternal as time.
DUEL NEAR SEGUIN-The Austin State Times
Of the lllh, says:
VIM Autrey, known as "Dock Autrey," and
William Carson, fought duel eight miles be-
low Srguin last Saturday. They used double.
barrelrd shot guns and six shooters, and com.
mcnced at hundred and twenty PAGES apart,
and continued advancing and firing until within
six or eight feet, when Carson was shot through
with six shooter ball and died in two hours.
Aulrcy was not hurt. but some buck shot struck
him upon the first fire, too much spent to do any
injury, and pistol shot passed through his vest
and shirt, but just missing The skin.
Aurey Immediately left and was pursued by
the Sheriff of Guadalupe county, and overtaken
sixty miles from Seguin and brought back. Wc
learn that several others were implicated as
seconds.
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