Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-08-13
,Tr IIrs SEAT AGAIN.

Our member Col. BRooKs, reappeared IN the house
of Representatives on the first day Of the present
month and, beng qualified, took his seat The CON-
gratulations friends and the mortified 'co"l'
of many enemies awaited him. Some OF the BACK
Republicans, indignant at the unanimily and unVe''
.a,v of bis return. affected 10 doubt whether he
oueh, to be eLin; but even their brasry impudence
did not dare attempt any action in that uifec''oh'
They will soon see, in the high courtesy and een'e-
manly d.meanor of the member from South IaroHha'
cause 10 blusha, their insensae conduct towards MN
while it is to be hoped they may profit by the lesson o
"Noli me tansere" which he has SO 0ppor'uney, |"
farly and 80 squarely administered unIo lliem For
one, ". trust that Southern members generally VIII
hereafter initiate The example Of Col. BROOKS IN re-
ssng promptly and orcibly all such gross insults 10
themselves ortheir constituencies as were those winch
;mpelIed our Representative to his late course OF ac'
tim Call il rufti.nly call it half:cvilized, call it
unchr,,ian ifyou will, it is imperativey demanded
by the necessities Of the times and perhaps Tho only
means of ensuring for our section and lis rshS any
reasonable degree of respect and consideration al le
hands of thessianatic usurpes who now con'foi 'ne
Federal Houscof Representatives In his seat again
by a tremendous vote of appreciation, the case Of
BRooEs is buta prototype Of what would occur uhuer
,milar circumstances in every Congressional Dsl''c'
of the South The universal feeling is one OF wesri'
ness and disgust wih The coarse taunla and lloeipus
aines of fouI:non,hed abolitionism; and what The
Fonrtb Congressional District of South Carolina says
TO her immediate Representative in The present IN
stance will bsechoed back by The hearts or the "oe
Southern people from the Potomac to the Rlo Ganas
"y you haze nature in you, beor Il not"
EDcEFIELD d. HAMBURG PLANK ROAD.
We passed over this road twice in the same day
last week andJeel impelled to note thought or Two
in regard thereto.
Plank Roads we fear, will prove comparative hum
bugs, at least when managed rs the one in question
at present. About ten miles OF the Edgeteld ant
Hamburg Road are roughcr than any portion OF any
dirt road we ars acquainted with, short oi The DeV
-,'urru-5;t bbeyille District. The succession
carriage of 6fof sudden- which one who rides ip
next 10 intoerable. Neither would it he tolerated
were not that the heavy sand Of the dirt road tha
runs alongride presents difficult and dsagreeable
an alternative. II the Thing is suffered to grow mucl
worse, can be regarded in other light than as
nuisance and an imposition. The company have
toll from travellers who take their road But the
very ground of this privilege is to be found in their
absolute duty to keep the ruad in thorough repair
When they fail in this, they are iatless to the quasi
contract between themselves and the Stale. It is no
excuse TO say TIM, travellers need not palronze their
road il they find it too rough. The spirit Of their
charter, If not the letter. places them in The nttIude
Of corporation bound to kerp their work Of public
utility in complete condition, else 10 give it up
treiy As the road stands n, present. the company IL
morally and legally culpable; and il the evil pro-
crosses We do not why their charter should not b.
held forfeited
BY the way, though. suggested itself to our mind
the olherday willis upon the road which tmay not be
inappropriate here 10 mention. is ihs The meet.
ing of vehicles is no bad occasion to test the natural
puleness Of their respective occupants The natural
gentleman, without regard to'thc regulations Of travel
upnn the road, will always give, upon meeting, one
half Of the way, and frequently more. The natural
boor, in splits of custom and law, will pop his whip,
harden his face and keep the whole track if possible
Mark this, ye who are accustomed to JOLT upon the
delsctahle Edgef-ld and Hamburg Plank Road, anu
see if it does not hold good in the great majority Of
cases