Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-07-09
MIR. BUTLER AND MB, WILSON.

NIB. BUTLER AND AB. WllS0As, 81 - sss.
The following remarks Of Senator Buas.s
correct misrepresentation in I. .lafs SpssSA
Of Mr.. Wilson 10 regard to the Gonsftafton
of South Carolina: zSf.Ess
Mr.. Buher-I wish to correct smost: pstss
pable Misrepresentation made sbyaths SsnAsa
tor from Massachusetts. Mr.. Wilson, sa66s
is not here to-day. / would prefer thar hss
was here, because, if he were, should scst;s
tainly place him in position from Whieh.
he would nst be likely to escape very yell
| hold in my hand remarks purporting tos
have been used by him last Friday, sishef
superadded after be concluded what be, did
say here, or misrepresented, or not undets,
stood, or published by design-I do not
know which. He is not present; but do.
not intend to submit for moment to allow
these palpable, gross appeals TO the:prejap
dice of one section of this Union; tospasH
without that kind of censure which 8 se1sis
tive nature at least would feel. e sss
| quoted the Constitution OF South Caro-
lima the other day, and said thst Nj Sum.
ner, the Senator from Massachusetts ssfars
as he undertook to do so. had mot; quoted
it at all correctly, and that the elsnsa which
followed the portion read by. him changed
entirely the import of the whole. His COLI
league, after perusing the Coustitution, hass
not been able to understand it, OF bar viii
fully misrepresented it, or.has been mistes
ported-one or the other. Here is what hss
says: - = s. i,;.:.sIs =. 70, ~
"Mr. Sumner asserted what is ID; The cons
stitution, but there is an addition. 10 il which
be did not quote" SO: g. sss:s
He did not assert what was i'd the 'cDnsti:a
tuition, nor did he allude to The: clause which
qualified the article. As far as he Ewenths,
did not quote it; and when he undertook %
make general proposition be did not quail.
fe it. 1t was the suppressed pesi and the,
suggestio falsi. He did not understand: bt
or he misrepresented it Here iss whathis
colleague Mr. Wilson] undertakes tasa4s
aThe Senator might have complained ha;
lcause;he did not quote /; but the portion7
mot quoted carries. out only the letter and
the spirit Of the portion quoted. T0be;a
member of the House Of Repressntaaisesof
South Carolina It is necessary TO o@n il !.
certain number Of acres of land, and ten
slaves, or $3.50 Of income z 8. = ~, :,
There is no such thing in the gpnataa6on
Of ,south5C Carolina, and it never wasiahsr
Constitution, as far asI knot; :ffamtbs Biz
ginning, to this time. 81 never said s wss.
/ He hadabesC stitntion befors han5 sinn 81
my opinion, be did not npoas The floor
the Senate, make snch statement sssfhat;
but It has gone ont in the paper Either.
the reporter did not understand him. 1r:he
has misrepresented the Constitntionsof South
Carolina; for that remark; of his would 7im:.
ply that a man, to be eligible to q seasin
the Legislature, must be worth at least $1O,s
600 or $4,000 worth Of property. rs
do not intend to quote the constitution
again. did say that the Constitution:of
South Carolina does not require. as much
qualification as Massachusetts. Il requires
settled freehold Of ESQ. We know that
a town lot entities young man 10 go into
the Legislature without any question; bat
the Senator from Massachusetts Mrs vii.
sonl has put it down here that hesmust have
an income Of $3.50. Where did'he getthat
informationa wish he were here.s Edo
not intend to submit to this representing 10
the public one thing, and not laying itupon
the floor Of the Senate. He either didnot
say it on the floor of the Senate, and3was,.
misrepresented by the reporter. or4he has Il
in since--he may take one Of these alterns.
tives. There is no resisting the combinations
of design and ignorance, because be had
the constitution before him. and could not
understand it, or, if he could understand It,
he has misrepresented it Now. sir. wish
this to 60 out to the country-that there IS
nothing in the Constitution Of South: Caro-
lima which | quoted in regard to hatmatter,
and he has interpolated it after reading the;
constitution ITSELF 10y = - =.