The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-11-27

The Hack race have been layesfromt the
earliest settlement of our country, and foui
rotations of master and slave hive grown
!. up from that time. Aclange intlioso re,
E~lations must end IN. conguislof,s and the
Eentire ruin Of one or both races.
4 Whenth Constitution was adopted this
Erelation, of master and slave, as It exists,
Twas expressly recognized and guarded in
that instrument. It was a great and vital
Y interest, involving our very existence os n
separate people then as well MS now.
The States Of This Confederacy uccedcd
10 that compact, each one for itself, and
ratified it MS States.
II the non-s!avclolding States. who are
parties to that compact, disrcgarJod its pro.
visions and endanger our peace and cxis.
tencc by united and delib ,rato action. we
have q right, as States, there being no
common arhiter, to sccedc.
The object Of those who arc urging on
the Federal Government in its aggressive
policy upon our domestic institutions is,
beyond MI doubt, finally t., overthrow them,
and abolish the existing relation between
tho master and slave. We feel authorized
10 assert this from their own declarations,
md from the history of events in this coun.
try for the last few years.
To abolish slavery or The slave trade in
the District of Columbia-to regulate the
sale and transfer of slaves between the
Statcs-,o exclude shareholders with their
property from the Territories TO admit
California under the circumstances of the
case VIC hold TO he all parts of the same sys.
tom OF measures and subordinate to the end
the have in view, which is openly avowcd
to be, the total overthrow of the institution.
We make no aggressive move. We
stand upon the defensive. We invoke tho
spirit OF the Constitution, and claim its
guarantees. Our rights-our Independence
-ihc peace and existence OF our families
depend upon the issue.
The Federal Government has within 2
few years acquired, by treaty and by ,ri-
tinp'iant war, vast territories. This has
bccn done by The councils and the arms of
all, and the benefits and rights belong nike
and equally TO all the States. The Federal
Government is but the common agent of The
States united, and represents their cunioin-
cd sovereignty over subicc, matter granted
and defined in the compact.
The authority it exercises over MI &C.
CURED territory, must. in good faith, be en-
crclscd for the equal bcnc.i, of all tho par.
ties. To prohibit our citizens from settling
there with the mos, valuable par, nf our
property, is not only degrading Ia MS as
equals, but violates our highest Co,:sti!,ion-
al rights.
Restrictions and prohibitions against the
siavchoiding States it would appear, arc 10
be tho fixed aud settled policy OF The Gov
crnmcnt-and those States that arc here
after To be admitted into the Federal Union
from their extensive territories will but ron.
tlrn and increase The power of the majority;
and he knows little of history who cannot
read our destiny in tho future if wo fail to
do our duty now, as free people.
We have been lihrrasscd and inSulted by
those who ought to have been our brethren,
IN Their constant agitation OF a subject vital
to us and the peace Of orr families. We
have been outraged by their gross misrcprc-
scntai!oiis OF our moral and social habits.
and by the manncr in which they have
denounced us before Tie world. We have
tHadi IT. fpFp; cTtr -tntieaa of MI means
OF rcc"va.:y dcricd us by our co-Statcs IN
the Territories of the Union, which we were
entitled to as political equals unCcr the
Constitution Our peace has been andan-
gcrcd ny inccndiary appeals. The I'M on,
instead OF hcyglg considered n fra,ernal
bond, has y ley,'scd as the means OF striking
sNIstSniuI lthSO.J StS.
TIC Fhfas''s sSmfzs.sh 81 CS:.asea.ss, ahdcr the
circumstance Of the case, confirms an un-
authorised and revolutionary Sc EURO Of
public domain, and the exclusion OF near
hall the States of the CUnicdcracy from
rVnal rights observation-disclosures the line Of
30 81 Which Was originally acQuIcsccd in as
4 matter OF compromise and peace, and APP
propria,cs 20 the Northern States l20,OW
square mics below that line, and is so gross
and pa'pah!c n violation Of the principles Of
justice aud equality rs To shake our ON
tidcncc II any security to be given by that
majority who arc iON clothed with power
to govern the future destiny Of The Con!cd-
cracy.
Tl.. recon, purchase OF territory bv Con-
grcSs from, Texas. rs low down AS 81 deg.
Oh the Rio Grandc, also indicates that the
boundaries of the slavrt!o!ding States are
fixed and or doom prescribed so far as il
depends upon the w:!l OF a dominant MAORI
, ", and nothing !Ow can save us from Il
degraded destiny hut The spirit OF trcemcn
who know their rights and are resolved 10
maintain them, be the consequences what
they may.
We have no powers that arc binding upon
the States we represents: But in order 10
produce system and concerted action, We
recommend the following resolutions, viz:
RrSD!rtd, That wc have ever cherished,
and do now cherish n cordial attachment To
the constitutional Union of the States. and
that TO preserve and pcrpctua,e that Union
~un,mpaircd, this Convention originated aud
has now rc-1sscmhlcl.
H,So!rcl, Tina, The Union Of The States
is a tm:on Of equal and independent sovcr-
ciGntres. "iid that the powers delegated tu
the Federal Government, can be resumed
by the several States whenever il inay seem
to them proper and necessary.
RrSOltCI, Tha, AL The evils anticipated
by The s;out!I, and which occasioncd this
Convention to assemble have bccn realized
by the 'tiIVrc ~ extend the Missouri line OF
COMPROMISE 20 Tie Pacific Ocean. BY the
admission OF California as u State. BY the
organization OF Territorial Governments
ior 9TH and New Mexico, without giving,
adequate protection 10 The property oi the
South. Hy the dIsmcInbGrmcni Of Texas
By The abolition %! the slave trade and the
emancipation OF slaves carried into tho