The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-06-19

PaoiiS op''iioii, no" pam 10 ~, tudh you
can enjoy the right Of selfgoyernmcnt
10 no greater extent than you possess
the control Of the press But it will
be said that one portion Of the press is
enlisted on one side, another on the 9TH
5er side, and'tbe consequence is, full
discussion and justice 10 both Sides
There is delusion In this. The coun.
try is divided two ways. II is divided
into Wings and Democrats, and also
into Northern and Southern people
Now the questions which at present
ngiiate tho country, are not between
Wings and Democrats, but between the
Northern people and Southern people;
and the party press cannot, from its very
nature, take sides in these questions
On the contrary, their proper business
lis, ftha North will not concedc your
rights, TO reconcile YOU 10 the uggres.
sion Of the North. And to do this they
must either treat the controversy as OF
no "praciicol" Importance, or else
make it appear TINT some insulting
I" compromise" does you ample justice.
Ard lest you should prove too sharp
sighted for the impostnre, .hcy emit a
variety of patriotic declnmations 10 exalt
your irnaginations, and obfuscatc your
intellccts2 Such as, "harmony and
brotherly love-" comprehensive pa
trio,ism'-" expanded views"-"' en-.
larged nationality y"--'' nobly rising
above local prejudiccs =" knowing no
East, or West, or North, Or South, but
my country, my whole country, and
nothing but my country" and the like.
These men talk Of harmony and broth.
|orly love; but they do not. mean broth
rrly love between Wings and Demo.
Gratis. The idea would l,orify them.
They are the fomenters Of turmoil and
strife, and billingsgate culumny between
fellow. citizens Of the same community.
Al! they intend by harmony and love
is that the South should quietly submi,
TO the North. Beware, fcllow-c citizens
of the men who, nj this time, instead OF
utcring words of warning to the North,
and sounding the alarm 10 the South
seek TO tuscinate you by such oratory as
have described. There is deer
trcachory at The bottom
But il has been objected TO the pro.
posed paper tina, it will generate sec.
tional views aud feelings. Now there
is in this more ofprovoking and heart
less Insult than in any thing | have
ever heard. Tho Northern States unite
confcsSed!y rs section, and they tell
the South, the other section, tha, their
institutions must be restricted within
their present limits that they can have
no part of a vast region, conquered by
the arms and at the expense OF all--nor
any part Of any future conquest; and
i, is asked Of the South 10 submit 10 the
sectional aggrcsSions OF the North, in
order to avoid engendering sectional
feelings among themselves. Sectiona,
aggression is quite harmless thing
sectional defence is the thing to be re-
proba,ed If The South be assailed as
a section how can she possibly deicnt
herself except rs a section ? The
North will no. mid in your defence, who
then is to defend you Who No
iollow-citizcns, all self defence by {
people assailcd from abroad, is unayoid
nbI y sectional defence and those who
deprccatc sectional action, only mcal
| that you are never 10 act nj all. Take
that for granted.
But it is no small part Of your provo
cation to hear fourteen sovereign State.
designated Us " section," n locality
their State pride and sci respect call
cd sectional prejudiccs their insttu
tons and internal interests called " 10
cal" interests as though some town o
village or boat landing upon a rive
bank, were spoken Of How dillcren
the IDEAS and language Of the framcr
| Of tba Constitution G. ,,r,o, ,,,a a. !.