Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-08-08
For the Advertiser.

Mr.. Editor Please ALLOW me q. short space
insyour columns thatI may. disabuss the mind Of
eswriterin your last issuo,, Swhoi chosesto heap
upon me the imputagion, of mn undue a. .Grount Of
selGskness- For the information of " ocEoLA,",
will State fact that, at the time,cf wiring
the article he SO severely criticses, ! owed no
claim liable to tho taxation therein fuggested,
and had compromised several claims held by me
for money loaned previous to 1880, at or about
so cts to the dollar. am now, and Lave been
eyer since the surrender, partial rspuliationist
and if he will again read my article oil the llth
of July, he will find that therein, held firmly to
theprinciple, and gave my reasons for it; aid
that the 50 per cent tax suggested vas so intended
which I; ;thsn thought and; think yet, was, very
clearly shown consequently I, acknoxls,ee my
self wholly unable to see the great eucstien to
solrc, the problem to unrare, the contradiction c
terms, and so on, to which he alludes aad asks to
have explained, ~. e.,. ....,ss-....
Now,.Mr. ".OcEoLA," as trust have made
the batch Of inconsistencies alluded to ny you, sat
least in some degree inteliisible, will take the
liberty of proposing "a plan, and nm wiling TO
aid in carrying isout, which l am sure would sn-
psrsede-the necessity of Lawyers, Judges and
Courts, and Of course would be virtually demol-
ishing that tribunal, as suggested by you, for the
relief of our suffering people. There is another !1
Court my dear Sir, which appears to be always
in session, and from which all our lawsuits orisi-
nate, presided over by one .Beelzebub, sometimes
called ,Lucifer, whose great ruling charge is, do
not unto. others as you would have them, under
similar and like circumstances, do unto youj and
upon that charge all tie rest of his charges hsng
Now if we. can manage to demolish lis Court
reverse his great ruling charge, and then succeed
in prevailing on both creditor and debtor to be
governed by no other principle, than edo unto
others as you would have them do unto you," my
word upon it, tho debts would all soon be satis-
factorily settled without the aid Of Lawyers,
| Judges or Courts, which might perhaps get mp
little yinegar-like appearance among the Lawyers,
butwe couldn't help that. am rather Of the
opinion however, Mr.. !" 0cEoLA," that you are o
little hard down on the Lawyers. For my. part,
am inclined to look upon them as q better class
of mon than you seem to regard them. Why, Sir,
Ihaye on some occasions heard them quote scrip
turc, apparently very fervently, and some pas
they not only quote, but roally net out with
more diligence than almost any other class OF
men. aFsrinstauce, the. passage that says the
/ laborer is worthy. Of his hire. Now I am not
particularly certain that the passage seys the
L "a -
hire shall bo paid in gold, or in advance, but I
reckon it does, as tho Lawyers all takesr require
their hire in that way; and they are mighty good
generally at, both understanding and rsmember-
hing passages that have money in thera; Then
again, it may be there we're no Grsenbark' in
that day, and time. ~ -7.,.,.