Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-07-23
MIR. KE1rrssspEEcH.
July Is, 1856.

We give from The Na66nalG lntrlIigencer the
following synopsis of Nj. .Eeit's speech, which
We will publish in full wIieaEe receive it:
sTr. Kriit then took tho Her, rcn'arkng that
i; vas not his intention io;1k1en any breach Or
cxacrrbatc Any feeling .hejw6lld rather do tho
opposite lie felt That he had aword 10 speak
for the old Commonwealth, his native Slate
for her dead and her living; for her dead, be.
cause ,hciY sacrifices and patriotism hal been
questioned for her living, because their revolt
liol,ary titles had been, deiaed.
I1c then eloquenltE defended South EtlEelinl
fr0m lie fmputUtT0Is that had t"en made upon
her achievements during i,c Revolutionary war,
and entered into brief review Of l. history
OF lis own State ard that Of Massachusetts Us
connected will, tho struggle for Independence.
Alicr some remarks in reply 10 The speech OF
lir. BurIinyame. of Massachusetts, he referred
to the question Immediately before tie II Use.
lie thought it Il little extraordinary tIal from
certain !nen /! cv heard no invuca!inns apon the
Constitution except upon particular occasions.
When great riah:s ::rre to be upheld, when vi.
tai interests were lc b. protected, nothing was
said of Tie Constitution. but when SANDER WAS
rhas!i,cd the Constitution, ,was invoked. IT
would seem lilal agIung some people there was
10 vitality N The Constitution but Ia protect Il
.ar;lcr lie wished 10 Stale tlal ilr was IN The
Senate Cham Der. w.irn the assault WAS cUInn!l-
led ly his late cullcrguc. lie knew il wJn'd
occur unless explanation and apology we're made.
He knew il would uccur, because lie pr0Tnc%-
;inn was rrrai; aiid brcau>r he knew tla; when
Ills colleague had determined Er'nl an act l:e
would do H. AR. X. did not, however, know
the line vixen, nor 'iic place whe'e The assault
would be made or The explanation demanded.
Nor did he anticipate that it would "ccur in the
Senate CIarlbcr; otherwise he woui havc been
still mure accessory than liz vas. Now, what
had been his offence? That he did not Inform
against his colleague, against his bosom friend
aud he might say against his State.
He was asked to inform against whom
Against his nativc Stale. Those who wished to
drag into The mirc tic garments of lIlrIr SLATE
might Go sO-not he. And in whose favor was
hr asked to inform! fIc who had made iranh''-
enl charges against his State and s'a!i:ler"c i'''i
distinguished Senator, Il gentleman whom i"r
MANY long years the State had placed ut her
head like i jax ut the feast Of AgaInemnon; III
whose every vein ilnwed patru. hl"ud': Whose
whole esculci,cun WAS loaded down with iuin's
There was none Of mortal mould vino could Im-
pose upon him this confidence and have !: yl"l:i'
ted. lie would no; have Informed II II had 0rch
rrposed in him by The bitcrcst lne he ever had
against his best friend. il there was one cl'arac
ter mole Infamous than another it was that OF
the intorner If there was one character wllic'l,
when The flesh that wrapped il hid mon"lrd
away and mingled with the tainted earth, history,
amongst the unhonored things OF earth, would
drag up and exhibit in eternal ia(amy, it was
that Of the iniurmcr.
He had now to perform the last act in this dra-
ma. hboul the individual opinion Of the House
he cared nothing; about lis official OPINION II
was his duty TO care. 1t was his duty to care
something about his constituents in lltls matter
and he would gu to those men who lived upon
The battle plains that had been trauduenlly mis-
represented he would 60 to constituency
whom he knew and who knew him. lie had
only to say that he had sent his resignation II 10
the Governor of South Carolina TO take eileci
when announced on the floor of The House; a.
he would now announce that he was no longer I"
member of the hody