The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-12-05
The Sumter Banner:
PUBLISHED VERY WEDNESDAY MORNI,G, BY
WILL IA III J. FRANCIS.
GOV EEsN0Es's MESSAGE.
ExECUTlvE DEPARTMENT, }
Columbia, Nov. eth, 1910. {

GENTLEMEN-iou arc assembled under
circumstances, i'll many respects, peculiarly
favorable to cOnSdcrntc and sOund lcrISla, ion
The year which is closing has been ds;ii,,-
gulslcd III very remarkable degree for the
general health OF our citizens. From the
pcstlcnCe which has consigned To the tomb
so many thousands of the people Of other
parts OF our common country, Scutil-C Carnlila
has been entirely exempt. Even To those
sections OF the State in which inalaral Scas-
cS III summer not u!iirCqucntiv occur, Pruvi-
dcncc has extended tho arm Of mercy. For
this signal blessing, 50 widely diilusrd, may
we hope, that deep and abiding impression
of gratitude the Giver Of all good has al
ready heen made on the public mind
While the earth has Welded an abundant
increase, our commerce is rapidly expanding:
manufactures and the mechanic arts have
been multiplied and extended the boundary
OF science and learning has been cnIarrc,i;
the credit OF the State is unsilakcn, and .'!r
spirit OF the people, long depressed from var-
ons causes, is again hnoyant, aud would
quickly be excited 10 lis utmost cncrmv, irv-
cry cause OF discomfort from external sources
were permanently removed.
Federal. RELATIONS.
| herewith tranmt certain resolutions of
~,
ida and Missouri, on the restrictions o, slave
ry in the territories of the United States.
The opinion OF South Carolina on In" crave
matter at issue has been so repeatedly on
pressed, that, n its last session, The I.rrSl-
tnrc unanimously declared. ,ha. tho time for
discussion by tho SiavChoinm States had
passed, and that the General Assembly, rcp-
resening the feelings of the State, was pre-
pared to cooperate with her sisicr States,
i'll resisting the application of the principles
OF the Nilmoi provisu to the territory acGuir-
Ell from Mexico, at any aud every hlznlt.-
At Convention also OF Delegates Of the
Committee of Safety, held at this place. in
May, 1t was among o,hcr things resolved that
IN the event nl The paSSauc OF The Wiluu,
Trovlso, or any equivalent measure, the Gov
ernor he requested to ,omvanc the Lea, Stature
il not in session, so consider the mode and
measure 0i redress"
Concurirg in The belief Of the utter irti!ity
Of further argument. shall not atcnlp, tn
demonstrate the false position occupied hv
our antagonists, and the danger to The lninu
and themselves, by their inwlor.ou<lv persist
ing III maintaining 1t. The enactment oianv
OF the contemplated measures Of hostility
would probably, if not certainly rcSu! in Sc
Ferlng the political ties that now unite us,
put winch, III such an event, would no lnnrcr
serve the elevated purposes for which ,!lcy
were designed.
Already it is known, TIN; The I.cr 'arurcS
OF Virginia, Mississippi and South carollna.
the iormcr by authority OF law, and ia. latter
IN obedience to the wish olihrr constituents,
Wi! convene, as soon aS it shall he officially
announced, that sinister councils had urryl!i-
cd IN the Legislation of Congress- To what
specific mode o.! action, HE agricultural
States Will rcsor: to arrest the career ui Fed.
cral misrulc, time alone VIII dcvciurc TO
provide that it shall he such ~ the outraged
rights oi trccmcn and sovereign communities
demand, the honor OF those tummonwcal,i.s
is IrrcvocahIy pledged. Nor lna- conjecture
be indulgcd concerning The course OF conform
inous States, having with them a cn,nmnn-
ty OF interests, ofall"ctions and OF fears The
same feeling. only to a greater extent, that
would arouse the slumhcrium cncrrirS ot tho
whole Union, to crush foreign n,cr.iicriG!inr
with the internal regulations oi the Na ION,
would call l0rtil unanin!tr in the South To
rcpcl Wanton attack on their domestic
peace and security. Oar asSoria,cS need
not be reminded, then, that the success a. an
attempt, from whatever quarter, To dsfrirn-
chlsc any portion Of the clizcus of this mrcai
partnership OF co-cqual sovcricgn,cs. and ar
bl,rarIly to control the authorities created tv
them, may properly be cla*scd among the
political lmpossb!tics OF the day.
II the States were, in all respects, in
dependent powers the aggrcSsons of the
North, continued and multiplied il despite
Of iraternal appeals to their Justice. mag
nanimiIy and enlightened patriotism,
would long since have made them pracli
calIy acquainted with war and its attend
n ~ J.. - u, a.
legal safeguards agaIns, cncroachmcn;s
on the rights Of foreign nations, have been
SO carefully provided by the Federal Gov.
ernncnt, with the assent Of every party in
powcr-whilst to overthrow the c0nsiitu-
tIonal barriers, erected by common an
cestry, "to establish Justice, insure domcS.
tictranquilily, and insure the blessings of
liberty 10 ourselves and our poS,rrlv.'
thc moral il ilucncc Of that government,
:undnr the stress Of sectional and geo
graphical combinations, is increasingly
and insuliingly cxcricd! The true an
swcr cXhibjlsa melancholy view Of human
DalurG, and culnrccs the necessity for pro.
vidinG other restraints than those Of parch-
ment bonds to conGnc the central power
md its lawicss nbcttors within their pre-
scribed limits.
IN this hnrrnssing controversy, reliance
on the jugdmcnt and patriotism of the re-
necting portion Of our Northern brethren,
it is unnecessary TO disguise, is rapidly
disappearing. The question 50 long
moolcd is Of fearful import TO both sections.
is more to be dreaded than
separation Many OF tho acts oi the State
nsscm blics, and the attempted and con
tcmp!alcd legislation Of Congress against