The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-11-13
Frahsthe Charleston Evening News.
sTsse Gassorcemesaf Of agap Hsugi-
tsIsS slave LEW. W.

hssS EsessG ttsaT Of ssiD asssgi-
sslre sss.ss. LEVY.
MSny mon OF the North, and a fs,o Of tho.
South saly,ssBe GniAt-,bo Fugitive Slave
aY vii DC eninFGaa.9' How farit Is in.
tended tote observed, tbclaie appeal from
The Vigilance COMMITTEE nf Boston To the,
people a! ,hntS Vtcihity. Millsipnw. "A d0su-
ineiii more iiis,sliingto The feelings of tho
Sau,liefn aap!u; lu0se calculated To in.
iiaiae The more moderate, and urge to Vic.
ictlee slhe less ~tGtiiperale, caDnu; be wolf
Imagined 1 We erp very surcItl;a tiic stite.
o. pubic ceiling in the Souti, is altogether
mlsapfrsiehfied by tie 7Nortberl,s people.
tins IS not regarded by us Il question of
mere abstract politics. Ills not Wing and
Democrat. Modification and Union. 1t is
4 matter OF tho norris of roliiics-and
though there are vcry honest ana patriotic
men here, who are willing 10 wait Tor more
jorcI5ss DEMONSTRATIONS OF resistance to the
f,tHltiNc Save law, ycttliey are beginning
to eH!iHit evident restlcssucsa, under tic
gaaiiigs uf Abolition and Free Soil psr,iest
There VIII he no friends o. the Union here,
nD''er Il con,inuancc ol the breaches ufEthe
Constitution, ana thas assaults upon thn
South, in raspcrt 10 slavery. Tho men
who N gl,l be wiling L, see the Unioar, pre-
served, al the expense Of further pgrrcs-
sions Oh tho Slave States, do not exist
amungs, r,s. II ,hcy do, they dare not ex.
press $ ic! Il SO ltiineat. We therefore
give o!r friends the last caul;an. Pu,
doA II, n QACo, yolr 5oi,ttunists-yo,ir free
%so!!crs; f..ence your IntcnLiary press, g.
tranlp.e beneath The contempt OF i.dir-
nant ircc,icn. the miserable de.nHgoT-
ncs, who IRE floating on ,lis vicious tlde
OF s;agn tug. filthy sentiment of the mas.
scsi or he Union IS go,s!. The tie whicl,
has so .cDg uni!cl Us, IL b~rokcn-.the feel
my OF assoc atiOI 10 dead! While this arr
tttion Is pEr.nI!;cd IN the Free States, the
tnr.ns o! ln;on nay continue; tut,iic States
VII be like .wo dead bodies ,icd together
10 p.!"cs VIII i~hro9--DD generous S mpa-
thirs i've. We rcpeat-Ypuld u pre-
serve Inc tnion! Is II worth preservation!
Con5ign 10 immediate oblivion tie vcry
name oi Abolition and Free Soil. Set
>sewa.d aiI all al his Ike aside. Take
mon Tor pubic office, who viii act like
Statesmen. VINO are honest enough 10 nc
true 10 the CGrst ,u;U0n. Independent,
cHoagh 70 uTavc, man!u!iy, The whole cur
REM III ~Fol:u.Ar cp!nton il wrong.
hrrEALr 10 THE CirlZENS OF i!usToN AND
IT'S NLiGlin0Giioop lie C]urnn.t.cn of
NiSitn'c, appointed al a la:u mcciinr of
The ciiGeIs %. Boston and lis uriri,borhuuI,
ho.,!&n in lapuull Hall or the littI inst, to
consider the condition OF lu.i.iv2 slaves
nuG uihcg cusorGd malbtants ut boston, il,
relation ~ illc ncw Flgit.vc Slave BIZ,
have ericrei uD0, tiis diiiy issigi.ah them,
tntl no" desire ~ lulnrn the public ni what
they nave Already done, and ask Their ala
IN carrying OFT certain measures agreed
upon.
They have organized themselves lv an
polntins Ttm"ily 8 ihcrl President, Fran.
cls Jackson Treasurer, and Charles Lis,
Serrc,arY.-Ihcy ilnvpa COMMITTEE OF Fl
mncc, an EHcantIvc COMMITTEES, i. l.ryal
Committee, AMI Il Committee ol SPECIAL VI
gllancc aud Alarm. They have also added
one hundred pcrsons To their number, so
that now HE Com u,ltac CONSISTS Of one
hundred and fifty persons.
The Committee Gccin it proper To state,
that III consequence OF the enactment ol
tue new Fugitive Save Law, a great many
fugitlvcs wiu formerly lived luftl,e border
tree States, finding themselves unsafe d,
nome, ltaVe fed To Canada md Tia nat,iotc
free States ifsr shostdr. Many OF them
have sought a ref,ee in Boston, perhaps
having heard that oar fathers tool. s.,nc in.
h-'CS' w ~ ilScIicDt VI .'lliiNttll. ailU ttltlk-
ing Z; few sparks ol mau!,nod might bora in
oar ttFaris. Ii IS known to the COMMITTEES,
that s,nCc the arrest ui the slave Hamlet i,
Ncw-Tori. about one hundred iugi,ivcS
have rGa he'd Boston. Doubtless Others have
come, ot whom YOU; COMMITTEE have nt
knowledge. Many VI these persons haze
40 present. means q! Subsistence, for the,
He'd OH ~ haste and lear, rla'i 10 cscanl
with their lives. They len hchird ihS,
The .iit!c earn ngs They iIal painfully gath.
cred while LIVING ~ The free States, an.
hromsiit OF nliiinT bul iiIGir manhood
they are us strangers; they belong To Z
race that Is oppressed. hated, lrspisci, an,
now lianlch iown. They find it difficult
II Obtain employment, anItuc earn their .iIb.
s~;stcmcc wiiIoutlh" help Of oilers. Tie,
comG innrIst us hs slpp!Ian.S frr what /:
the natural aud recnguzcl r.h, al ever,
innn that IL horn--'hc rgh, OF Their owl
bodies. The conc 10 rs trembling an,
rcndy 10 perish.
Iii: Committee take it frr granted Tia,
THIS state .! things viii cnnlinuc, The cv!
HOW ahatjng, and then increasing arnir, $,
long AZ slavery continues in The Unite,
States. For II the present emigration o
iu-'Iivcs IRON tho border tree States shoul,
ann or cease, still The nurhrr ofiuri
tycE from The slave States il large. is an
Iiti!y increasing, AMI Will unioubtcd,,
Coni.nHe 10 increase, SO that we cunnu, io1l
forward 10 any definite time when aid vii
no, he needed Tor these victims OF the ma
tor. and Objects q! Christian charity.
The C0inNlt.cr also take il 70. granted
TINT the Christian people Of the North wi
never consent lha, these lugi,ivcs sh,li b,
returned Ill any considerable number.
either under the present or any future law
For we cannot think thHt the people q
MIssachuSe',s wil! ever knowingly sliff.
any fugitive from slavery, who has carnc.
his liberty hy manly and courageous tlu!,r
10 he returned 10 The terrible h ,nLarc h,
has escaped from. We are sure Tia, In,
mass OF the people al the Norih can neyc
sink so low. become such aliens to il,ci
conn ry, so false 10 their kind, so ~lorye,fu
OF thor Fathers blood, and so unlaiil.iul |.
their religion, as to allow the slave Ilunic
10 clutch his victim IN The mids, of us. an,
carry him OF! to bondage worse than dealt
itself.
In order 10 reach the present and futur,
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