The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-03-07
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sA 1sEgs sha septh3sias ts y meeting pf the
lcitixsns of Suluter Distfi was hell iagreea-
lsbiy fo d pisSioulssS 81 MONDAY. tiss 5til
inst, il the esopst House. tol ilie pifpsse 81
Iresponding III q sujtable5 manner 10 the Adj
l.dresssofS The spnili sgaiss ID
on the subject ofs Abolition. ss s 'ssss
Col sF il hIosxs, d, rnptipn of II hi ADAMS
Esq. was called to the Ehaif. Shhd having, III
q few impressive and glowing remark ;por-
trayed tho wrosigs of. the South and explain.
led the object of tho meeting, appointed
Messrs.; r M Dyson and n g!B FRAsER, sec-
retaries, and announced that the meeting was
ready for business. j.
MajorA G SPAtN moved athat d. commit
tee Of twenty five {(25)t persons Be- appointed
10 consider and report on the Address Of the
Southern Delegates in Congress The mo-
ton being seconded and passed, the Chair
man appointed the following gentlemen to
constitute tho committees. tis:z3
r Maj NC Spain, Col VIM Nettles, Maj Wm
Haynswortb, DrJ 3 Withorspoop, M Nell
son Esq, Capt J D Ashhore, s Mayrant Esq,
Coli d Miller, Capt J w Rrownfei cap.tF
Sumter, Capt J D Blanding F H Kennedy Esq,
DrJ l. Mellett, Col Jas e Rembsft, Saml e
Wilson Esq, Col, III Moses, Robt Bradford
Esq, Gen 8 r Chandler, Capt wv, a. Mill
drow, Dr. e Dennis, Rev ] s Richardson,
Rev G P Elliott, Rev II Spain, Hon, L F
Rhame, Rev. H D Green. i5,.. q
The committee retired and after delibera-EE
tion returned and made through their Chair
man the following Report ss3s 8 q q
The Committee appointed TO consider and
report on the Address Of the Southern Dele
gates in Congress- bee. leave to make the fol-
lowing Report. & ,i5
+ 'Ihe Address Of Southern Delegates ID Cons
gress to their Constituents, is an impressive
warning from those, whose position enables
them TO detect The Immediate approach of
danger to the continued and peaceful exist.
cnce of the Federal Union, and requires
them to sound the note of alarm It was
made "in discharge of what hey believed, to-
be a solemn duty, on the most important SUBJ.
ject ever presented for our consideration
"The acts Of aggression and encroachment,' ',s -
on the part OF the North, "in reference to
-. l.a.loll eSs''ng m between me european
a" .aGes NJ ule SCUM : 10 'or1i ~ -, tne
ods' y 'ias 4Auaress: onoud 'he acts OF
gression, therein too truthfully detailed, prove
successful, (of which there is a certainty,
without prerention we are told, a;he blacks,
NY Pfon'ga1e Wh.es 1t IN union with them,
"oaia become .ne pr'nolpai recipients OF ted-
fat oinces ana patronage ana would IN con-
ue ss..sea ABOVE lne Wh!es OF the
~ a!ls lal
iiti5H WSi8 st:Sl
ter dian has ,yfr vaf Han fr iis, "a "a
and enlightened people I, M auef is tI,a
gloomy prospect ahead, Ne have tha written
declaration Of ,forty.elpht fuithful and vipi,ant
scntinels from the South. Thev have nd.
monished us of the danper. and. 10 avnd &
entreat us 40 be unit a . and. for that nnr.
pose, to adopt ali necessary measures
With sncb warning and arcb ! nrosnao.
before tls. what is the dutv Of The Sautb1
JJnoues.ion,b,v tho ,,v for ar,nn,.n, !. !,
p,sscj. and remonstr,nce is M ,onre, hoo,
ed. The Constitution. The grand Cb,rt.r of
our RIGHTS. no lonoer constitutes h.rr;er -
the nrooress of fanat;csm md ,,son,1o. ,,,;,,n
tbronv, The unb,usb;no efF,on,srvs ,v;,l
which CONGRESS- violates the sacrea comnro.
misses Of the Constitution. and m, ,,nraplu