Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-01-27
Senator Brown and his 9. strong
-....iy - -. Measures,

!. Mr.. BnowS," rays tha Aercury,. "is melans
choly instance of how troubloas times an-sorae-
times turn man inside cut, exposing all sais
hitherto concealed weakness" s
Now tits wonderful how men will differ in
their views Of things. Instead Of those t.oublous-
times exposing the concealed weakness of Senator
Bnows, VIC think that they have brought 10 light
tho. strong aud manly points Of his character; {;
md kc lns showns himself to ben man Better
fitted for these times that. try men, souls than
perhaps any menEer Gf tho Senate. He has lad
:fruness and wisdom 10 propose MEASURES fit and
sEA Senate has frmuess and character enough to
adopt them, they will save the country.
Mr.. ERowSysry well says, at would be sud
to have ii s.id, when we.are in our graves, that
oar liberty was lost While we were struggling over
petty Constitutional questions" The Mercury
thinks .4no Constitutional question can bo petty.
Tho Constitution i. tho sole guarantees Of ous lib
erties." Here again We must liifer. We think
every question polty when. compared with The
success Ct our Army. II that Army should be
finally defeated and destroyed while you arc nan-
tanning the Constitution, We should like to know
where tho Constitution itself would then be.
When the Army is dispersed, will tho Con-
stitdtion stand up to maintain itscff Will the
orties." II the Constitution be the-sole guaran-
tee, tken we fear our liberty is past praying for.
We have always thoughtih our simplicity, that
this war was being fought for the purpose Of es-
tablishinga Constitution. We wero not aware
really that any Constitution had yet been e,tab-
li.aed We have been told that the-o is bit Of
parchment in the Archives at Richmond, of which
we propose making q Constitution. But enesLin-
coin, at the head Of million of mon, has sworn
that il shall never be a Constitution. Hence II
has to be re.wrtten in blood, or twill not stand
will never be read or obeysd. Il can only b.
. written in la,ting and legiGle characters by thi
swords Of our veteran soldiers. This is.work al
together beyond tho reach Of Country Csur
Lawysrp and special plssdors. When our soldior
hare written Constitution in their blood, ther
those gusasy gentlemen of tha green bag viii
have ample opportunity Of displaying their gsniu
by e1pounding It. htpresont We like Mr. Bnowx!
way of going to work; namely, Of ArH esfabli'h
ing the Constitution. PhOrs is a deal Of sount
philosophy in Mrs. GLASS. prescription for cook
ing a salplon-to wit, "f first catch o salmon.
4 Now it would be an awkward piece Of business, il
while We were disputips about the construction o
tho said Constitution, the aforesaid Abraham
Lincoln, not having the fear of God before hi
eyes, sheuld como down soto morning to Rich
mond and tear up our precious parchment; an'
being an evil disposed person, much bent upoi
mischief generally, there Is reason to fear tha
he might do such thing If Mr. BRowN's stronl
measures are not adopted. And If Abraham
should tear this up, who would write another
Paper and parchment are both dear, and Canfud
crate money is below par. We think therefor
that it would be wiso to put this nice Constitution
in some secret nook for while, lest Abram shoul
lay his hands upon it /; adopt Mr. Bhaws's stronI
measures;" and on some sunny morn, whol
Abran has bosn "rulOd of tho track" We vii
sit down quietly and construe it.