Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-08-19
Give Heed, An Concerned.
From. the Charleston NercaSgs Of August

Give Heed, An Concerned.
From the Charleston NercuSg, Of August
sth, we copy Communication the wisdom
and propriety of which speak for themselves;
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TO PIE BAR OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
"The reYontion of Radical peace" has
reached sonr profession. In. times past we
contributed our share to the elevation OF our
brethren, from, the different sections OF the
Sfate,,to the smerited- distinction of guides
and interpreters of the law. -fig ~. =
We have had;no occasion TO repent OF any
choice which we. made, until (in, the seeming
but deceptive subsistence Of the waters OF
strife) we lately consented (not without mis-
giving and aoarnizg too,) to lift into office
one man. for years persistent but unsuccess-
full ,candidate) who has betrayed: our people
and his race. .+.Ss
Tie men who adorned our profession, whose
learning. ,illumined the jurisprudence efsthe
State. and of whose nnsullied purity not,eyen
the. ogefthrow.so the last hope of:a ruined
(. .Iitirant could. suggest suspicion, have been
DISPLACED from the high positions to which
they were called, and three individuals (of
whom "the betrayer of the people and his
races is chief, and the others mere wayf1rers)
have been, waited a.by Africs spicy gales
into their honoured seats.
- The tribunals in which" We have been &C.
customed to put our trust have been sup,
planted. Shall we now subject the interests
Committed to US to the shallow intelligence
and more than doubtful honestyof renega1es
and stranger p Tell your clients acho are
these judges cod of what composition the .lu-
riss who'will determine causes in law and
equity. Be assured, they y.wlt uphold you in
refusing to go before them. !,
; Kosehausit in your ,po1cer to- constitute
diferentetribunal, adorned and gracedby Ca
pacity. iearnipg and virtue Select from among
yourselves { from tie Judges and lq,cyers) as
mani arJitrators asaqoaL be needed to transact
= alltiie la,o and equity business of.the State
and submit vour casesto Men The interests
of clients as well as yonr own selfreSpect for
: biasthas you should practice before the men
who represent the ignorance, squalor and
vices cf negroes and .adgenturers.
There is nc, difficulty in your way, in sub
,stitating arbitrators for these men, lnsNew
York, without any such necessity as exists
here, those great jurists, Chancellors Kent
aad Walworth, were BY the bar, made the
selected referees in the most important eau
ses conducted IN that STATE. With IT'S tile ne
ccssit4 Is niaperdFre.s Arbitrators may be Sc
lected at large, and have circuits, or the bar
Of each district may choose Observation-Disclosures,
and from the whole number select three or
more to determine appeals. The compensa-
lion Of these officers can be charged ataSrate
to be determined on, as part of the expenses
! of Irrigation. .
: 3Alittle reflection will satisfy you, that the
plan proposed will d,minish rather than in
crease the cost of litigation. sr..:
That which ought to be done aud prompt
" done, is this: Cali together the member.
Of the Bar: in each district, aud let Them send
ie-a meeting 10 be held in Columbia, in Au-
esuss sss- or September, one delegate or more (if
desirable to DEVISE A ELAN, by.which the bu
-siaess Of the profession eau be kept aloofesnd
safe from hun CRY, unprincipfed and inc0mFe->
tent persons. a MEMBER.