The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-07-25


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made by the Sontl MS an osfer ngspi, tho altar
OF peace, put a stop 10 them. s. q he Missouri
comprolnise only rasod The way Tor the srit.
mot proviso and the seonseQ eQlenceB al tiicb
follawed, aud are likely gill to- follow
out Of that act of injustice. III is not
however at the more public and fIagrant
wrongs which have been done us that Your
Committee wish to direct public attenfi
Those of a more privat and sInsidi6ns nature
shall briefly come under feYisws
!. School books and pictorial 8 publica-
tons for children, are made the organs Of carr
feature and abuse Of slavery at the South
True these are not very common among iis
Cat least in their offensive forms from the
fact that it is hazardous for publish ers and
book; sellers to expose TO sale such wares as
fur from Masons and Dixons line as thu re-
gionss we occupy. And yet many stfagg ling
publications OF this sort lind their way even
into South Carolina. Go ghoweyer, Il the
border states, and you. will find many such
publications. From these pass over into The
free states and there scarcely anything else
will meet your eye in the hands Of children.
g Account Of the meetings of a olitionists,
and of ftheir doings which they manage 10 get
circulated among us, and which are often
copied 1--WE think injudiciously, into southern
papers) is another wrong we endure. These
are read here and there by = colored people,
and their contents aoled out 10 others.
Now it is enough for all the pnrposesof
| mischief if only a few have access to thenl;
for the history of instructions, and of all at
temps made in that way, most conclnsiyely
proves that few ring leaders cause all tie
mischief; the mass arc mere tools. ~
In this connection your committee would
remark that even the colonization society. to
those only protested object is to remove alfred
persons of color who are willing TO 60 their
Fatherland (Which would certainly be:a great
blessing TO the South) has become incidentally
a source of danger to the South. For in
the first place, while this is the professetl OBJ
ject of the society, written upon the very face
of the Constitution, its supporters in a, great
mary instances, are hostile to the Institution
of slavery, and fondly hope by this instruments
ality to sap its foundation in this country. 1t
is not however at their successes in getting
Southern men to send off their slaves, that
we complain so much; but ut the tendency of
their efforts, and in some cases their direct
aims to bring this institution into disrepute.
This moreover has an injurious influence up
on our slaves. They hear Liberia spoken OF
in such glowing colors,-its growing prosper
iy and increasing resources,-the case OF OBJ
tanning support, and the freedom enjoyed
by its citizens, that their heads become nd
died. They wish for such state of things,
and the wish, very naturally, becomes father
to the thought.
3. Another wrong is the sending to South
ern men, through the pnblc mail, pamphlets
and misunderstanding negro slavery, and
in many cases OF grossly abusive character.
No man has the right to wound the feelings
and excite the passions of another, needlessly.
1t is an act of wantonness which no system
OF morals can justify; and especially is this
true after lair notice has heen given OF the eff
tccts produced by such a course of conduct.
Some OF your Committee have been receiv-
ing such communications for years past,
without knowing either the source from
whence they came or being able todevise any
plan to defend themselves
How long this may continue, or how much
more annoying it may become, they are una
BILE TO conjecture. Perhaps if a law were
enac ed by Congress requiring every post
master TO stamp the name of his office upon
all newspapers mailed there Gas in the case
OF lettcrs) it might enable us to determine,
in part the whereabouts OF those who are thus
assaling us.
a. Still another evil to be deplored is the
existence of a class among ourselves sprung
up it seems of late, who are advocating eman-
clpa,on. We will not suffer ourselves to
canvass, either their character or either mo-
tivcs. Our imaginatons shall not picture
them before us, as disappointed statcsmen,-
men Of shattered iortunes.-inore visionares
or reckless revoutionist in their feelings
We know not who thay are, either "Brutus"
or true "Carolnian''! but we do know; that
with such views feelings and aims as they
have, it would be wise in them, to refrain
from publishing and scattering broad cast their
plans; or if they cannot contain to go north
of Mason's and DiXon's line before they stop
to proclaim them. Above all men upon the
face of the earth, they come with the worst
"Brutus," who Processes to have common in
terest with the mass Of our citizens.
Having now considered our rights, and the
wrongs which have been, and are still doing
us, i'll the enjoyment ofthcse rights; before
dismissing this part of the subject, we feel
called upon to declare, that, with those OF
our brethren at the North, who have carefully
| refraned from disturbing us in any manner
upon this point, we have no quarrel and to-
wards those who have stood by us, and nobly
defended us, entertain the very kndest feel
ngs, which heaven grant, may long continue.
b. Our duty i'll the premises.
Here your Committee, as you may readily
suppose. feel much embarrassed both as to
the matter and manner OF their recommends
tons. They would however, venture to
make the following suggestions.
1. We should make ourselves familiar with
the nature and extent Of our rights, as an in
tegrcl portion OF this Confederacy. Knowl-
edge is ever favorable to liberty. The sound
est exposuists OF Constitutional law should
be carefully studied, and urged upon our
children, as worthy Of their highest attention.
Even classical and mathematical knowledge,
must yield inpoint of Importance TO this.