Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1878-11-07

planned and directed every move
ment. Very temperate, nay, alb
stemious almost in his habits, Tor
twenty years Ire led this life of labor ;
lightened, it is; tfue, by the absorbing
interest which hestook in his pursuits,
and relieved by the enjoyments, which
khe many workaof Art brought back
from Europe with him, and the Shne
library, that hs Lad collected, afford
ed.
No planter Was ever more devoted
to the comfort iand health of his
slaves. Firmandiscipline, requiring
full work batSssItoo much of it, he
was always just ssand kind. He did
not entrust tie of themto others.
Day BY day s7isifed the hospitals
and examined into the cases of all
th' sick. He provided amusements,
looked personally after all their little
wants and interests, sympathized
with them in their bereavements. A
believer in the civilizing influence
and practical uses of religion, IN lS45
he built a church (Matlock, } for them
mainly, and got the Methodistpreach.
ers to include it in their circuit. The
result of thia patriarchal system was
to fostsr feelings of reverential con-
fdence and affection which have
lasted long and borne good fruit
When emancipation came, although
he was dead, they did not waver in
their allegiance to his family. They
remained and continue to remain on
the plantations, in the same homes
where he placed them, and to be
good laborers and tenants. The
older ones who knew him we'll, his co.
workers of former years, cling still
to his memory with loyal love rare
among men; and this is iewe
which any man might be proud to
place in the crown of his life's work
In 1855, Mr.; Hammond removed
few miles from his plantation, to
Beech Island, in Edge6eld District
to place which be named Redcliffe
And there he was living, engaged ii
his leisure moments, in the cultiva
tion Of orchards and vineyards, and
in other horticultural pursuits, when
in November, 1857, without his
knowledge and very much to his
surprise, he was elected to the United
States Senate to fill the vacancy occa
stoned by the death of Judge Andrew
Pickens Butler. Frequently during
the preceding summer his name hac
been proposed, but he had published
letter declining to be candidate
He did not really wish to re eatel
politics. So long out of the harness
he had lost taste for political life; So
long, not only without holding Office
but without even taking any active
interest in political affairs, he doubted
his fitness for the position. But
when thus elected, it did not entel
his mind for a moment to refuse tt
obey the call of his State; and so
arranging his private affairs as quickl!
as possible, he went to Washington
The great question Of that session
of Congress was the admission o
Kansas under the Lecompton Consti
tuition. The territory Of Kansas hat
been for more than two years tn
main theatre of the conflicts between
the two great parties of the country
between Slavery and Abolition
between the North and the Soutl
and now she came to Congress, askin
admission into the Union under
pro-slavery Constitution. It was o
; this question that Senator Harmon
mad his first speech in the Unite
, States Senate, on the 4th of Marcl
1858, in reply to Wm. H. Seward, VIII
the day before, had made an elab'
rate speech on the same subject Tt
galleries were packed and the floor
e the Senate Chamber thronged. The
t was a great curiosity to hear tn