The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-08-14
Communicated.


OF the Wsatcllmair made in his paper OF the.
9Th July last. 1t was not my purpose
when my first communication was penne6
20 provoke az controversy, and in my second
was under the impression that the ac-
acknowledgement Of an inadyertent mistake
"o"iu nave satisfied the Junior Editor
u'a' intended him and his paper no njus-
tIce. lie however, still hnrps upon this
point, and / now say to him thai bo IL
heartily welcome to his own opinions.
and shall continue to stick 70 H,ine tilr
convinced by more potent reasoning than
have yet heard, viz: That HIS naner
is tho "Organ y Of the Anti-Bank partv
OF this District, the argument Of Mr.. Mon
| GAN published in its colmns in favor of
the Bank to the contrary notwithstapding
Why Sir! would any sane or sensible man
in the world doubt for single moment th,,
paper was an abolition paper, and The
Editor himself an abolitionist, ifthrough ito
columns tfco thirds or more OF the oripina,
matter it contained. attacked the institution
of slavery? Iapprehend not sira do moi.
therefore hesitate to tell the "Junior Editor,.
do regard his paper as the anti-Bank Or.
gan, and in this opinion, l dare make The as.
scrtion, that am sustained by more than
n'ne-tenths of the people of this District, and
'llnt am not the first. by many, to ayow #.
hare Jacis IN my possession ehich uou1
phtce The assertion beyond all carl or dopb,
but which do not at present propose hoo
| to USE
The ''Junior Editor proceeds to saw that
the nomination Of the Gentlemen allpdof
10 by "Warton'' was first made in the Pan
ner OF the Sd inst, the communication of
"Waron" was dated on the .;,h, and the
nomination OF those Gentlemen appeared for
the first time in the Watclman on the t,b
The charge was therefore a
gratuitous one and had nothing to support
1t but the morbid imagination of the author"
have already stated sir, IN my las. com
nunication that "my first was written and
addressed 10 you before saw the Banner of
the Sd inst" Here there is an evident Of
tort of the "Junior Editor to ,nisroprcsent
me. Again sir, he says, ..That he (lYar-
tom has placed his friend in u dilemma from,
which he may extricatc him at his Icisure''
ana leaves Lin TO explain for ,ohai consid-
GRAFTON has the Banner inserted a nomination
winch he thinks we would have inserted
from principle" Sir. the fact that the Ban
ner was made TO insert this nomination 6rst.
has struck me before, and rs soon rs tho
knowledge OF it came to- my ears, which
was in few hours aitersly first communi-
cation was forwarded TO you, it struck me
then and still does, us ruse of the parity
whIcsi5is Is in exact accordance with every
move made in the District so lar, aud IN
strict conformity with the tactics Of tfIsirs
disiing gnished leader G. 6. ii
whose disciples these Gcntiernefis aSe. and
they arc worthy aderts Of so skifi,l leader
snt SIR, presume if you were asked how
you came to publish this nomination YOU
would reply that the names of these Gem
tlemen, were handed to you as aimple ad-
vortisement without the slightest refercnco
beng made at the time to their politics
and as the Editor ofa Public Journal you
could not refuse to publish any advertise
(where no reference was made TO its chnran-
ter) which was framed within the bounds of
dcconcy. repeat sir, thu, it struck me then
most torcibly that the Banner was resorted
to, to cover the Watchman and the SIGNAL
failure OF the Public meeting called by the
circular from its Office.
Again sir, the "Junior Editor enters his
protest against the practice of bringing pri-
vatc opinions and private character into the
discussion of subject of deep rablic con-
Germ" and Submits his private character 10
any test which "Warton' can undergo sand
charges Warton" with the gross indclicacy
OF gasbng and paradng in tho columns Of
newspaper private conversation (says
he) "when he again sets lmser.o the task
oiqnlzzing an Editor for the purpose Of Civ
ing publicity 10 his private opinions he will
hnd more specious guise OF frient ,ip nee
cssary to secure him any other tha.. an eva
sire answer" Mr.. Editor was not aware
nor am I!yet, that had uttered one word or
syllable affecting the character orthe "Junior
Editor" of the Wntchman, but so far as a
''test OF character is concerned have no
hesiancy in saying that 'sWarton is as ready
TO meet one rs any person, and has as little
to fear from such ''test'' as the 9Junior Ed
itor" of the Watchman or any other living
man. Waton hns indeed lived to little
purpose if he has 10 defend his private char
acter at this lato period from an imputa,ion
OF any Kind whatsoever Were | disposed
SIR to ho severe in my reply to the latter
part OF the charge quoted should not LEI
tho "Jnsior Editor quite as lightly as it
is now my purpose 10 do. | was informed
by severai gentlemen, some Of thom his
warmcst i-Dank friends, OF the position
the aJunior Editor and his paper would
take sometime previous to the issue OF his
| first number, and when the cbarge of nntf-