Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-01-16

Legislators and not Of electors; or in ie.. words,
if they would have any reform whatever, should nd.
wise them To elect bnt few lawyers 10 the Legislature,
without exacling pledges from them, not TO accept any
Office in the gift of le Legislature, at least until after
the necessary reforms shall have been effected.
concur with =" JUNIOR" in Ills remark 10 tho
propricty of putting Lawyers into all the high offices
of the Government and for very Obvious reason.
Every office is but part of the Government and every
Government is hut practical application OF law 10
The wants of the particular community. Therefore,
az n reneral rule the more law man knows, the
be.,cr he is prepared TO discharge the duties any
office in civil society. All Americans concede this
and hence the trite observation that law is the only
road 10 distinction in any free country If our State
Government were not organized so aS 10 corrupt the
REPRESENTATIVE by its ordinary operaiion, should DO
The last man TO say ought against elecng Attorneys
to The Legislature, IS pcrfrcling and applying la" is
their constant study and daily labor. But as cannot
slu nv eyes 10 the fac, that the Lawyers nest" in
our Legislature is " FOUL one, am anxious to have
il cIcrscd. "JUS,oR's" quotation from "n dis,in-
ruished Chancellor therefore, has seproach for
me- am cutie us proud Of the profession as JUNI-
or" or even the great Chancellor 10 whom he REFERS
bu, cannot defend it in the wrong, as we'll as in the
right 1t may be said thu, desire 10 rank myself as
the only homes, Lawyer at Edgefeld Court House;
but such is not the case Professionally there arc
several members of the Bar here who arc my equal"
in character and my superiors in ability and acquire
ments bu, politically do claim to speak and act
with ut least, as much independence as any of them.
may be wrong in of my views, and who is not T!
Blu, if am the should he ascribed to the head,
not The heart. know that shall be denounced for
the position that have taken in ls matter, rs we'll
ms for the bitter truths which dared to proclaim on
recent occasion in the Legislature 1anliciPate That
nothing will be left undone, 10 break me down, but
have told the truth and shall have clear concience,
whe,her be sustained or not. All that / ask Of my
enemies is to answer my arguments, not traduce my
character
INN in favor of division, and shall never cease to
advocate it, either as citizen Representative
believe that people ought to 60 for it unanimous.
IT, not only on account Of the merits of the measure
itself, bu. more power in the Senate. 1t
would be just reasonable to permit ono Of the six
Ba,lalu,.s of Militia in Edgefed to rule the other
fyc rs it is now 10 let The Parishes rule the Stat
Suppose the Lower Battalion Of the 7th Regiment had
Il negative on the proceedings OF all the other Batal-
ions in the District that man, because he chancel
to reside in that Battalion should have say twenty
times as much political power as any voter in either
of the urr baltnlions would our people submit to 1t!
think not, and yet they now acluiesing in pre-
csely as unjust a Thing in respect to the Parishes
Is the air purer, or the water better in The Parishes
than it is in the Districts, Are the people wiser or
more fit to govern there than they are here! Are
they all Philosophers, all Cesers, all Dougasses in
the Parishes or are we all pebians oil ignoramuses
in lhe Districts! Do saints only inhabit the frog.
ponds of the Parishes, do evil genii only inhabil
,le Districts. have an invincbe faith that when
the people of EdgcGeld and Barnwe shall have heard
the whole argurncn, in behalf Of division, that ihey
will 70 for it, MS Pcndleton did, to a man,'cIcep. the
three following classes Of persons:
l. The Lawyers, their friends and relations.
l. The Inhabitants at, or near the Court Housos
g. The incumbcns, candidates and asplrani fur tho
District Offices Of profit, their friends and relations
G. d. TILLMAN.