Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-11-01
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SlB,7-The Nalirass for the. .S.ate Senate wassso
short ene that the peaple, in my opinion, wcro
not fully informed our respective opinions in
roali,n t" grave aaa important sahjccts; and er-
r"rs'.us Impressions wtronade nnan- the public |
MUD in reference To my course in the Convention,
therefore take the liberty to address you through
The :pfess III will endeayor to be brief, and will
,not-elabQra.e, g, fbe argument. t..o-..,.-.....,...
, In your speech to tho people at Liberty Hi,
almost ut lis tcgin6ing, you asserted broadly;
fa,ly sn,l phaticalty that the Constitrtione Of
tae Uritea7ssatcs.wss dead :, and ,airaIite dicta,
to prove it, yoriIroksd the edthority If q cer-;
tain maneless Yankee Colonel ~ Youalso asserted
that South Carolina was no longer .. State, but
merely big county, and bore the same relation
to the Feleral Government that Edsefeld District
did t. the Government Of s6ath Carolina About
the close Of your speech you Broadiy;; fatty and
empha:ical!y told ihe pee pie thdt chts could not
he abolished, Sbeeaiise 'Iihe Constitution OF the
Uptedstatessrorhado ita It ,js.probable that n
Chinese Jngglsr could have blown. The breath Of
life ints tie Constitution more adroitly than did
yourself; butI hold it to bo utter impossible for
tscvcn tho Prince Of Juggers to have peffOrIncd
the same fsaf more. rs uuiacionsly or With greater
sana Toia than YOU did on that M ON orable occ
sion. - =. ~. = -. - 3 f9f@a
lin thefew remarks nade;o that occasion,
attracted the attention the people to thsglaing
Inconsistency in your speech. Subsequently,, in
| your speech Mt Richardson's, you gave evidence Of
acchanse, or at lea.t Of material Modification Of
your views 10 rslption to this important subject; !;
but YOU failed 10 giyss' the reason thcrcf6r-nor
did you, state from whenccsrume tho light that
Illuminated your r.andorstanding,A Nevertheless
7 wiliEnotcomp3a sbut bog to- express the hope
that tho reformation commenced at homo will se
eoinpleted. in Columbia. /, The .4congtitntion Of
! South Carolina, to ordain and establish which
Won assisted, p:escribes tho oath Of sofice, and
that oath REQUIRES al officer, to swear TO p1eserse
nyoeet and deJsf7a m. Constitution of Ills State,
and Matofthc Jastea States. Toswrnr topreseFre,
4 proee.oud defend something that,is deal; sons
thing that is not in esistoncc, is simply absurd.
rhis oath ,ss Senator for Edgefcld, you, have ta-
keu.. You will therefore doubtless see and feol
.the necessity Of, yOnr Immediately lisrieo.ing
your reformation in regard to this grave subject.
In truth, Sir, there isSno escape for you youare
I sworn TO advocato the C6nstituti6u, ,-youy, are
bound to plant Yourself upon tho ,Cons smtions-
forit il theftrue platform, and tits tho platform
= bnye s;pce,tto soutE ceased TO fght,o in season
and ont Of 50, ,on. soisdus.rioualy preached. I
,,n.at Sir there is no escape for YOU. unless In
des, you yiolate your oath, which viii not CON
;.ctnr, and which I do not ;suppose possible. No
Sir would not wautonl v impute sosbAse; so. foul
crme!uot eyento tho vilest wretch, the. .meapcst
criminalsthat tho revolution through which We
1haye lust passed; moy.:haro :spewcd up or may
hereafter spew up, from the lowest depths igno-
miny and shame to The surface, md perhaps hos
elevated or may hereafter elevate 10 high places.
Enough has.Lecn said TO prove you Inconsistent,
La nd will now briefly address myself to the merits
q of tho ssbect When. you said that the Consti-
tuition WAS dead, and that South Carolina was but
la County,-youx xenunciated a grave error and
.evinced no great craftsmanship. II. you had said
that the Constitution was suspended you would
have come. tnearer the, truth. Had you said
that civil law was suspended, us to tho South,
YOU would have. been critically correct. In point
Of facs, civil law has and is Suspended in many
q at the North as we'll as a the South But
. it has been suspended aecording tc the forms of
the Constitution and as provided for by that in
strument Clause 2, Sect. o. Art. l,reads as fol-
lOSs:ssThs Privilege of the Writ of Hu1sa' Cor;
= pus shall not be suspended unless when in eases
/ Of rebellion or invasion the public safety may
require it." 1t is we'll known that there wns nj
f the time tho writ was suspended, war, invasion,
j, and, according 10 the theory of the General COY
-ernmcnt, and the opinion of the dominant party
North, therowa rebellion. 1t, would therefore
DO correct to say that civil am had been suspen;
ded MS provided for By the Constitution. PreSi.
dent Joussox has been democrat-the demo:
cratic party hes always been Constitutional par
~. and tits believed at the South that President
7 Johnson is devoted to tho Constitution, true to
i it's principles, md frieHd of the South. Lthsre-
fore firmly bclicyes that tho President will, SO
J soon Ms all the seeded States take the proper
steps to- restore them selves to the Constitution
and the lnus, restore the Writ Of haJeas Corpus, 4
i and procluim civil Law and pea,c throus shout the
isn,tb nj breadth Of our long distracted coun. I'M