The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-07-11

w Yhy,,s so ferocious and exorbitant. was:
Mr.. Benton's zeal in behalf Of slavery
at that period of his life-(when John
Randolph of, Roanokc-always an en-.
thusiast on the subject, and the most
seeing man on the continent as to all
the designs of the Abolitionists-yet
suffered him to enjoy his confdence)
50 violent was he in his denunciation Of
the North, that many Of the more dis
Greet defenders of southern interests
deplored his violence; and his own col
league, Mr.. Barton, openly denounced
his conduct, charged him with being o
sedltious tactionist--an unprincipled
agltator of the slavery question for his
own political advanccment-callcd him
Lucius Catillino to his face, and arraig-
ned him solcmnly Gas Mr.. Benton him.
self has lately done US who assembled
tor peaceful and patriotic purposes in
the Senate room last winter) under the
Farewell Address of Washington
More OF that arraignment anon. For
the present, see what Mr.. Barton said
OF our present accuscr as sectional ag-
ltator and an enemy to the Union. Mr..
Barton, on the occasion referred to,
Foote's resolutions being still under
discussion, y took it upon himself, in
the hrst place to make sort of profcrt
IN curia ofhis lusty colleague; describ-
ing him as "a minor chieftain' of the
Democratic party of that period, "of
not much renown for either policy or
war; who, not satisfied with the scalps
he had taken in the late campaign, fell
suddenly and unexpectedly upon the
prisoners of the minority, and common
ccd q scene of massacre of the living.
and dragging the dead from The grave;
even rcscalpcd those who had been
scalped and buried by other arms moro
valorous than his own, during the exist
cnce of the by.gone war. And thus
continues he, "onc arrogantly speaking
for the whole West threw the frcbrand'
among the members of this body, and
lighted up the flames of this partisan
warfare, of sectional prejudice, local an
imosity, and civil war;
;. MIR. Barton continues
'But as this debate has been convert
ed into q mere partisan warfare of sec.
tional prejudices and civil discor6, and
as this war has dcgeneratcd into a mere
relentless massacre of prisoners, sacking
of towns, and robbing of graves. I will
shield myself under the great funda-
mental principles of the Constitution;
and, with the light cf the farewell ad-
dress of the Father of his Country in
my hand, and with something of the
little liberty still remaining to the minor
ity, carry back the war into the enc.
my's country, so far as to attain that
indemnity for the past which can only
consist in recapturing our lost property,
and that security for the future which
can only consist in placing our motives
above the reach of the assailant: not
hoping to conquer in him the propensi-
ty to violate the rights of others, or to
destroy i'll him the ability to do further
mischief, while backed and sustained
by such majority as that to which he
has attached himsclf,''
Now comes the Catilinc figure:
"lt is true We had been solcmnly
, warned in the farewell address of the
Father of his Country to the people of
the United States, in the most anxious
and parental solicitude, that CatiEncs
would arise in days to come, in these
thrice happy States, and that dcma-
SoSucs and aspirants would spring up
among us, whose objects woud be to
crafty their inordinatc and mhalow-
cd ambition; whose means cf mischief
would be to inflamc sectional prejudices
and local animosities in one portion of
the Union against each other; to repre-
sent their interests to be different and
inconsistent with each other; and to
cultivate and cherish the young devils
OF dlscord to tear out the vitals of the
Union and scatter them to the dogs of
civil war and horrid anarchy; tha. such
Catilines might reign as champions of
their dcludcd section of the Union, and
enjoy . .ietle illegitimate and parricidal
renown. Of these, above ali other en-
emies, the Father of his Country had
warned US to be on our gusEa. guard :
IL nus s nas SSeecomo favorite word with Colo.
aSsf Bshton; he always calls Mr.. Calhoun's
resolutions the frebrand resolutions, and does so
in his Jefferson city speech.
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