The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-12-18

n resolution has passed the Senate to receive
me portion OF The proceeds Of the public lands,
winch has been 50 long lying in the Treasury to
the credit of South Carolina. This ". have
hitherto refused TO ncccpt-rrgurlin4 such n dis.
trihution among the States as n scheme for crcn.
ting n necessity for n nriT, and this refusal on
our part Inns been therefore n standing protest.
10y The moral forcr of which we hoped to bring
back our political oproncts to constitutional leg.
iSia'l"n. There rs consequently n high principlc
involved. The public lands belong 10 the ynr;.
Gus States md if sold they arc entitled tn their
proceeds; but the Gcrrrl Government requires
iarsc sums to dcfray its expenses; which sums
can only br raised by taxation, in one or another
form, or by the sale of the common proper,y.-
The common property is sold but instead of ~.
l'cving the people of taxation, by applying the
proceeds Of saic to tn, defmying the expcnses of
'''feF'!'::e''', the %upholder of the protecting poll.
cy have taken the money out Of the Treasury and
divided II among the States, TO fill the Treasury
again by taxes, npon imports, which are uneu,al
IN their operation, burdcning the agricul tursi for
Tue benefit Of tie rsasssH@ fsGsahss tq is.a IL Ia. s,.
saios' 7.ms# bride 10 desert her principles she
oatinis ana 'mSncccpr. while governed by The
has'"sitution she could consen, 10 nothing which
would vinla,c the spirit Of the constitu,;on. ,yep
"""'' "hher oi!'er circumstances, would be right
-iHily hers, she would not receive, if she should
thereby i'irtiicrt''r sinister purpose which prump-
tel The proposal. In THE LI:.:;:ii and with ,b.
protective party still nrnycd agninst us, the m,s.
sage OF the resolution above referred To. would
y" IN hH'hdonn'cnt al our position and princi.
pies. II adopted and We still rmain in the I'm.
ION We will have lost the honor of consistency
''t tot the Union we must then go; there can b..
then no r%rccding, and ns for ourselves wa ,,;u
FeJ"!cc when South Carolina shall have placed
hcr>c'i IN such n position that it will be impns.
si"'r Il" draw back. But we cannot contemplate
the possibility of such u thing. The spirit of our
people. long patient and forbcaring, il nj las,
thoroughly reused. From the sca. bn,rI TO IN,
mountains there is but onu ir,.lin.-on. deter.
'ninnl.on. The issue may be DELAYED, for WI,
Would he ready for tls: contest, but il will com.
" i "''' we cannot hope for justice from the
.>"f'ii, and We must take our cause into our own
hands. With the determination In s,c.-l.. ner.
iiaTs ut once. perhaps ut some not very far dis.
I'''t day, hnt locking Ia secession, whether now
or II. the future, as the co,Irs., ". have, decided
n""'y upon; hoping for nothing farther from or
through 'hr Constitution, because We huy. uyrr
ana again experienced the utter fallacy of such
n"irs, why may We not take whnt is ours. since
t'r purpose Tor which we hnN. refused ,o take
II has been wholly defeated Ii IN perhaps, the
Only portion which We Will ever obtain of the
common property Of tir. States. worth some thcu-
sands %! millions: little n ii Is ii will ne of rrrat
consequence Ia lin i'll the marslnliing Of our
means Tor the new career which opens before MS;
anu nothing however trivial should lc neglected
winch VIII AM III supporting ms i'll the only posi-
non. which will not b.. di~>honor,ble 10 rs, n sep
aFi'c cAi.irIlcc as n people.