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

compromise only rasel the way ior the aWil.
mot proviso and tho conseq eqnences which
followed, and are likely still "a! follow
out Of that act of Injustice. It is { not
however at the more public and fragrant
| wrongs which have been done us that your
Commttee wish to direct public attention.
Those of a more private and insidions nature
shall briefly como under review sss Y =
l. School books and pictorial publica-
tions for children, are made the organs Of Car
feature and abuse of slavery at the South
True these are not very common among us
| Cat least in their offensive forrns) from the
fact that it is hazardous for publishers and
book sellers to expose to sale such wares as
far from Masons and Dixons line as tho re-
gions we occupy. And yet many struggling
| publications OF this sort find their way even
into South Carolina. Go however, 10 the
border states, and you will q 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.
9. Account of the meetings of Abolitonists,
and oftheir doings which they manage to get
| circulated among us, and which are often
copied 1--WE think injudcousy, into southern
papers) is another wrong we endure. These
are read here and there byH colored people,
and their contents doled out to others.
Now it is enough for all the purposes of
mischief fonly a few have access to them;
for the history of Instructions, and of all at
temps made in that way, most conclusively
proves that few ring leaders cause all the
| mischief; the mass arc mere tools.
| In this connection your committee would
remark that even the colonization society to
those only professed object is to remove all'free
persons OF color who are willing 10 go their
Fatherland (Which would certainly be a great
| blessing to the South) has become incidentally
a source of danger to the South. For III
| the first place, while this is the prolessed OBJ
| ject OF the society, written upon the very face
OF the Constitution, its supporters in great
| mary instances, are hostile to the institution
of slavery, and fondly hope by this instrument
| ality to sap it's foundation in this country 1t
| is not however at their successes i'll getting
| Southern men 10 send off their slaves, that
VIC complain so much but at the tendency Of
| their efforts, and in some cases their direct
aims TO bring this institution into disreputc.
This moreover has all injurious influence up
OH our slaves. They hear Liberia spoken oil
| in such glowing coors,-its growing prosper
| I'y and increasing rcsources,-the case of OBJ
! tanning n support, and the freedom enjoyed
| by It's citizens, that their heads become ad-
| died. They wish Tor such state of things,
| to the thought.
a. Another wrong is the sending TO South
ern men, through the public mail, pamphlets
and Notwithstanding negro slavery, and
III many cases of a grossly nDusive character.
| No man has the right to wound the feelings
and excite the passions of another, needlcssly.
| Ii Is an act OF wantOnness which no system
OF morals can justify; and especially is this
true alter fair notice has hecn given OF the eff
| tccts produced by such a course of conduct.
| Some OF your Committee have been recciv-
| ing such communications for years past,
without knowing either the source from
whence they came or being able to devise 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
cnac ed by Congress requiring every post
| master TO stamp the name Of his Office upon
all newspapers mailed there Gas i'll the case
Of lct,crs) it might enable lis to determine,
| in part the r!,crcabous Of those who arc thus
assailing us.
4. Still another evil to be deplored is the
! existence Of class among ourselves sprung
| up it seems OF late, who are advocating eman-
| c.pation. We will not suffer ourselves to
| canvass, either their character or either mo-
| tivcs. Our imaginations shall not picture
| them before us, as disappointed statcsmcn,--
men OF shattered iortunes.--more Missionaries
| or reckless revolutionist in their feelings
We know not who thay are, either "Brutus''
| or true "Carolinian"! 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 II 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
grace from "a True Carolnian'" or from
"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 otthcse rights; before
| dlsmissIng this part OF the subject, we feel
| called upon to declare, that, with those OF
our brethren at the North, who have carefully
| rcfrained from disturbing us in any manner
| upon this point, we have 10 quarrel and to-
| wards those who have stood by us, and nobly
defended us, entertain the very kindest feel
| ings, which heaven grant, may long continue
3. Our duty i'll the premises
Here your Committee, as you may readily
suppose. feel much embarrassed both as tu
| the matter and manner OF their rccommcnda-
tons. They would however, venture to
| make the following suggestions.
l. We should make ourselves familiar will,
the nature ana extent OF our rights, as an in
tegrcl portion OF this Conlederacy. Knowl-
edge is ever favorable to liberty The sound
est cXposuists 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 in point of Importance 10 this
| Above all the Constitution itself must be car
| fully studied.
2. We should never allow ourselves to be
thrown off our guaed, by the excitement
of passion. Men under the excitement OF
passion, arc not wise in council or very form
liable in battles.
3. 1t is the opinion of your Committee,
that all abolition papers and documents touch
! ing negro slavery, adverse to the views and