Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-03-26

dic,inS are heaped upon him without stintor reserve
But will change the position ofthe Mirror am
holding up to nature, and again appeal to the COM
mon sense and candid spirit of my brethren Of the
plough, the anvil, and the Workshop. / have
right good feeling for the disciples of Ceres, Of
Vulcan of Minerva, and Of old Tubal Cain, and am
bound to cqn6de in their sturdy honor, ind TO d.
D,and their confidence in turn. II H:h-resore, wbat'
AM about to utter, BE- not the whole truth, nearly
as j, can be said, may the next thunderbot forged
by the venerable old Smith find Judgement in my
own offending bosom.
Counselors at law are generally men Of education
they are practical business men from tile necessi
ty Of tho case apd from their vocaloni thsy av
well read in the human heart, for their constant
eontac. with men keeps tho book k-of humsn- nntnre
always open before their eyes, they ase. sagaeous
calcu!ating and yersed n the iaw; fof thef tuition
has cost them money toll and pain, and their ex-
perience is a stern teacher whose admontons will
be enforced upon the dulest understanding. Con.
sequently such men must be qualified, if any are,-
for the highest and most honorable Offices in the :
State. They probably, from their very pursuits are
better suited to great trusts and arduous public :
duties than any other class Of men. This they know
full well (and it lawyers are human, they are, not :
without ambton) and this too s known to the COM
munity at large. But ambition is not peculiar to-
lawyers, or even TO the uost deserving and giftedL
For we know, that the vicious aad igsoran, ars
often towcrmgin their for place and dir
tinction, as the most emnently wise and yrtuous in
the land. Lawyers then, from their accomplish
ments diligence and practical talent are dangerous
competitors for Office But as body they are few.
when compared with the other portion Of the people,
and they are bound to live somewhat isolated in tho
villages. Therefore, it is easy for their opposing
candidates Of other cangs, with their friends, 70
raise united clamor against them which is almost
irresistible Men fight for station as they fight fo
their religion country and vulgar upstart with.
nothing but his i'll got gain 10 recommend him, will,
condcsccnd to any baseness TO compass his ends.
Now, you the people, to whom address this, cast
about you, for moment. You will grant, that there
is scarcely neighborhood in the district or State
which has not been cursed by the presence Of some
hidepus denagoguc, who, in the end, has been well
tried and found wanting Let me ask you, if that
loathsome thing did not commence his career of
eec,ioneering BY traducing Lawyers, and villagers.
and townspeope and arstocrats and the most Of tho
rich and prosperous in the community, by making
love 10 those he called the people, by bcaubng you
with faery and by avowing that Farmers, Mechanics
Sc, "thc bone and suew" Of the country, ought to
have more power and in fact, the whole govern
nient Legislative, and all Of tho Republic7 know.
the susceptibility Of nature, rs. we'll as know
that the people will generally decide night, II lot
alone, and know, that such arguments will fre-
quen'y strike home, in the best regulated bosouss,
and find response fruln tempers we have thought
proof against trial. Are we not, all of US the people,
Are there truly any aristoeracy among us B. ls- a
poor Devil, because he has read Blackstone and
Chity, and starved ten or dozen years at the study
Of the laws Of his country to bedsfranchised of his
rights as an American. If be happens TO have
genius, docs be become confcderated with the Prince
Of darkness, as he stores his mind with the varied
learning Of his age and breathes that Heavenly in
spraon, the soul Of all greatness, which makes tho
forum enchanted at his tones sways the sccpter over
the heart Of man, and leads august assemblies cap
tivatcd by his will Docs this happy change traas-
form the son Of your early friend inlo ncarnate
F..nd? No! No! Nor docs removal 10 Edge
field village, or to Hamburg make your honest old
ncshbor, tina, used to live over the way, and that
dealt correctly with you, for thirty years, either q
bad man Or knave, or any thing else but gentle
man, us he born u he has lived, and as he will
die.
have pursued this strain long enough though,
and would only trouble you little morc to say u
word in regard to such la,Oyers, il any these be- I
have heard ruInors Of such but have never seen
thcm) who can decry their own brethren to propi-
ate the popular favor. No instance Of The kind
occurs to ne at present that could describe to YOU,
though it is hard to find whole fraternity without
some weak, wicked, or exceptionabe member. But
in reference to such being could entertain no
feelings but those Of neable contempt and disgust
No ingenious-no studied combination Of the letters
Of the language could spell the word, to express my
loathinR Of his character. But he himself would
proclaim his infamy to the world for he would have
NO right to make himself an exception TO his own
sweeping sentence Of condemnation. Lie would be
worse than Benedict Arnold, for he renopnced the
cause he had determined to betray. He would b.
worse than hghwayman, for there is faith .acTed
to theirs, and the bandit never pllagcs murders
the robber band 10 which he belongs. THANK GOD,
though, that the members Of the bar with which {
am most familiar, seem TO be gentlemen, and the
remarks here made, trust and believe can have no
personal application to any Of them. They cer-
tainly not meant for any one. But must admonisb
my Fcow-citizens that ignorant presumption some
times called ambition, knows no law Of honor, or Of
God-recognizes no principle Of justice-no feelings
Of friendship or of truth-hates the men who have
elevated themselves in the esteem Of mankind. by
private WORTH by noble deeds, and by distinguished
services to the State; and loves the people-t!e
good peope-tho innocent people-,he speet peo-
pie, with the tenderest and most painful JUNCTION.
Such was the case with petty tyrants from the daya
Of Psst ratus to those of Dionyaiua of Syracuse |;
and in this respec. all the holy precepts u Chip
tianity have failed to amend the human heart.
These men of the third class, and they are COUNT
less, who naligu the lawyers simply because they
arc little distinguished by learning aud ability de-
serve no notice in communication like this. They
exccra,c all goodness and all excellence, because they
possess them not. If they had the power, they
would drag Angels from Heaven down to their own.
miserable condition. They are Jewellers, in THO
atrctest sense Of the term and as they themselves