Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-09-08
GLSax SPRINGS, 2Sth Aug, 1858.

SrUiSoSJ -oSh ASoS'
Gealeu.ea: 1: would give mo great pleasure
to bear testimony personally to the ability,
fidelity and zeal, with which your distinguished
Representative, Con. BoSHAN, has maintained
our common rig shts in tie Congress of the United
States. I had hoped, until very recently to
be able to accept the invitation you have been
kind enough to communicate to me, to the pub
lie dinner to be given to him on the 2ad Scpt.,
by the citizens Of Edgefeld. regret, that |
am now compelled reluctantly to forego the
anticipated qualification should derive from
joining in your complimentary apd we'll deSers-
ed tribute.
These are critical times, and the services Of
public men should be generously considered. |
differed from Gen. BoNuAM, during the last
Session Of Congress, upon ono measure Of pub
Tic policy, but yielded to no one i'll appreca-
ton of his high Southern spirit and lofty devo-
tion to the Constitutional rights Of the South.
He who makes the Constitution OF his country
his guido, and the interests Of his constituents
his paramount object will always be sus-
tanned by enlightened public opinion.
have the honor to be, Gentlemen,
Your obedient serv't
LAURENCE NJ. KEITT.
To Messrs Tompkins Selbels, Griffin, Butler,
Hill, Committee.
WASHINGTON, Ga, Aug l4th, 1853.
Geatlemen: Your letter Of the 10th inst. in
viting me to the dinner to be given by the citi-
zens of Edgefcld to your distinguished fellow
citizen and Representative, eie Hon. NJ. l.. Box.
HAN, has been duly received. very much re.
gret that previous engagements will prevent me
from being present and compel me to decline
your kind invitation.
am very Respectfully, yours, &C., &c.
r. TOOMBS.
Mcssrs. S. S. Tompkns, Emmct Seibcls, ]. B.
Griffin, Loudon Butler, j. W. Hill, Committee.
FORT Hill, August 2lst, 1858.
Ge,.tlemca: regret that I cannot accept
your invitation to the dinner to be given to the
Hon. N. L. BoSIiAM on the End Of September.
Independent of the high admiration lne for
Gen. BoSHAM's manly, bold, and eminentiy
Southern position in voting against the "Con-
ference Bill" have the additional inducement
of friendship, dating back tn school and College
days, to write in doing honor to one, who l ever
found courteous, brave, and tried. If, in the
midst Of such adverse times for the South, we
neglect to honor the bold, honest, and patriotic
representative, who fearlessy performs high
duty to his State, and his section, then is the
South ready for the yoke that demons on tie
one side, and false friends On the other, are pre-
pairing for her once proud but tlocilc neck. All
that the true representative Of South Carolina,
or aay Southern State, can hope for i'll honestly
maintaining Southern, principles, without look
ing to the promotion Of party interests, is tic
appreciation OF his fel!ow-citizcnS. AS Il section,
tae South is rretrievaby and hopclessly in
minority. If true to herself, and her own dig
nifty, Federal patronage can ~ longer he reached
by any of her sons. In the Electoral College
the non-slsveholding States have majority oi
sixty, soon, to 10 swelled to twenty more. 4
united South cannot elect President But
united Soutl, with few Northern States can.
10 effect such combination, will the anti
Slavery States unite with US by coming to our
standard of principles, or are VIC forced to do
scend to their low political morality, and mi-
ted concessions to Us. That the latter is tie al
formative presented, can be demonstrated by the
fact, that no one can be prominent, Nationally,
from the South who advocates Southern rights
doctrines. They will meet you on the platform
of Democracy. But declare yourself Southern
rights man. Meet in Nashville, or Montgomery,
only to consult, and talk over the condition of
your section, aud the vocabulary Of invectvc is
exhausted in proclaimins you dangerous, not to
the Soutll-but the Union. On the other hand
le. any Southern man affiliate with them, say
nothing in behalf Of the South-raise no warning
voice to arouse his countrymen to the dangero ot
the volcano over which they supinely slumber-
81 dam with faint praise" some Southern man or
unsasure-culosise the Union-speak tritiingly
of devotion to the Southland at once, even if
destitute of any other merit, lie becomes a favo-
rite with the North, and perchancc candidate
for the Presidency. The course Of your m,ne-
hate representative may not make him popular
ia one division OF the Union, with Northern
men who profsss Southern principles, but it has
given him place i'll the hearts of all loyal
Southern men, a. reliable and faithful man.
pornit me to close with sentiment:
The lion. VI. l.. Bonham-Now alone enti-
tied, among Southern members, to the glory of
voting on the ssfc side" il. great copjunctqFp
fvr the South.
Very respectfully, yours,
ANDREW p. CALHOUN.
To Mcssrs. 6. s. Tumpkins, Emmet Seiblcs,
j. D. Griffin, Lu,:I.n EulIer, j. ". Hill, Com
mittee.