The banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1844-1847, 1846-07-01


Isiaction.
Let these facts convince the people of
this valley, that we arc not the lawless
robbers, which their base rulers have de-
Scribcd us to be. Let them inquire of
their own nci@hbors, who daily come
among US to sell their produce and who
receive the market price for all they
bring US. Let them be prepared for our
onward march, and, remember, in the
words OF Il great Spanish Captain, of her
ch!valric days: fear ye not, the brave
ahd generous soldier; is only to be drea-
dcd in the field Of battle"
OnR CoUNrEY-What n sublime
spectacle does this great Union present
at the present crisis! What glorious
tablcar for the eyes of our brother pa
trols in the old world! A nation of
merchants; Of artisans, of agrculturists,
Of men of peace and industrial habits,
has been transformed into a nation of
warriors Il, the signal of war. The heart
Of the American leaps at the sight.
The soul expands with high and holy
aspirations at the thought The sneers
and mcnaccs Of kings fall alike before
the uprising Of free and determined
people. Wherever we turn, the most
gratifying assurances Of patriotic love of
country meet our view. From the Rio
Grandc to tho waters of the Aroostook
we behold the same exhibition of devo-
ton TO our country. Cannon answers
cannon rom one extreme Of the Union
to the othcr-the shouts Of victory that
went up from our little army on tina 9th
Of May, have been responded to in every
valley, on every mountain top in the
ocean, bound Republic. Millions of
voices have echoed the electric word,
and millions of strong arms are uplilted
10 perpetuate it.
Are there croakers among us who
would detract from orr joy and hush
our voices by pointing towards the white
cliffs of Albion the trembling finger of
fear ?-let them rise up from out the ig-
nominy of coward selfishness, and take
Il birds eye view of the scene which is
before them. Look abroad over the
land Look at Louisiana, at Alabama,
at Missouri, and at kentucky. Missis-
sippi, Texas, Georgia, Virginia, the
Carolinas; Ohio, Maryland, New York,
and to the far eastern border. Look at
our own cid keystone! and behold city,
village and hamlet alive with prepara-
ton. Can this people ever be subducd
by a foreign power? Millions OF hearts
uniting in one great America, respond
millions of hands point to the stars
and stripes and proclaim with more
power than words, "they shall float
there forever !"
America stands alone upon the Globe,
the greatest, the most liberal, the most
magnanimous of nations Her noble
institutions are the pride and the glory
of her pcople-her strength is in the
sinews of freeman whose allegiance is
love. Whatever Of disconcnt, whatever
Of local discord or political strife arise
in times Of peace, the first football of the
invader is tho signal for general and in
divisiblc union. The native born and
the exile, the believers i'll ali creeds, the
members Of all parties, forgetting alike
birth, prejudice and preference, fly to
the standard of the States; u host of
brothers, assembled upon the general
; hcarthStone.
,, That there arc isolated exceptions, we
must admit, though it be with the gene
rous pity with which one beholds the.
prostitution of beloved kindred; but
these are so few as to hardly mar the
glory of the great whole. Many hu-
name but misguided minds revolt at the
idea Of war, and shrink from its horrors
even when the nations honor IS at stake;
and there may be very small class
who, though nurtured on our soil, have
given up their birth-right to the common
enemy. Yet when the great struggle
comes these will be as chaf before the
breath cfpatriotic public sentiment: in
moment they will be swept from the
stage Of existence, remembered only as
examples to future generations.
Philadelphia Weekly Times.
The more Won know. the more.