The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-03-06
Washington Correspondence cf The Ne,- York
Herald.
WASHINGTON, Feb. lS, 1850.

WASHINGTON, Feb. l5, 1850.
| wrote you yesterday. The Herald of
10th contains an account Of the Mce,:;r al
ra'nmany Hall, The glory of Old Tam,nany
has, Indeed, departed. Her moral power is
gone. Tho Democracy arc shorn of their
strength. They are now contemplate.
Faction, corruption and the love oi power,
for the sake ofspoils and plunder, have done
their work. The great days ofOld Tamma-
ny are4+ passed, She is now ruled BY men
tucnce. Those who love the Union, and
who have looked forward chcerily to the
great gathering in the old wigwam, and pro.
phesicd that there and then, the fell spirit of
Free Soilisn and Aboltionisn would be re-
bnkcd and put down. arc woully disappoint-
ed. The result of that meeting has aston
ished many here. The effect of it through the
South will he bad; far better would il have
hecn, that the meeting had never been called
or held.
Such chaps as those who conducted the
TanIinany Hall meeting have nothing To lose
by a separation OF the Southern from North.
crn States. Plunder has ever been their life
hlood-thcy have lived OH t-and dissolu-
ton OF the Union would rather improve their
chances Cor the future than the reverse
They own no property; they have no houses,
and are not engaged either in commerce, az
riculture or manufactures. But how III it
with the merchants, shpowncrs, ard men
who have something at stake! No matter
whether they are Democrats or Wings. Let
them pause now. while il is YET time, and
think before they act. The Southern States
ask it. They have warned their brethren of
the North; will they heed it., while there is
time to save the Union! There is vast
difference between warning and menace
| The South have. thus far, only spoken the
| former. The farmers Of the free States, have
| their all al hazard. a few months may bring
about a separation SO complete and so paray-
izing to them, that they would give half their
fortunes to have the opportunity they now
nave OF averting the threatened catastr"phc
The South have counted the cost o' scpar-
alton, and know the value Of the Union to
them, if the North arc to continue The ag-
grcssors They love the Union, but NOT en-
ough to sacrifice their rights, and all that
they hold dear under IFS Constitution, for the
mere name of being in the Union. Every
day convinccs, them that the Southern States
would be gaincrs by tho dissolution Of the
Union. The presses OF the North are dcccv
ing the people in regard to the feeling in Tho
South. They are doing it wiiully. The
Southern States, through their presses, are
not heard at the North--savc in the Herald
their tone il not re echoed. Hence, the mis
chef that is about to ensuc. The Northern
papers arc deceived, il not crilninaly trying
to deceive, at this crisis. The Southern pa
pcrs have no circulation in the free States
Tie voice of the presses Of the South ii
therefore, silcnccd, or rather unhes rd out o
its own borders. They have no central or
gan or press, which echoes their sentiments
feelings, wishes, their causes of complaint
and tho Justice they went accorded to them
The presses OF the North snecr at any danger
and are daily engaged in lullns the i>"oDle o
the free States into fatal security. Sa,
what they may, at this moment the pco lc o
thirteen Southern States are ready for
Southern Convention, and ripe to carry its dc
liberation into effect, even should the first re
| solution be the solemn and serious one O
seeding from the free States, at all hazards
and forever; and, the second rcsoution-n'
less solemn,a-to organize Republic Of TIT
Southern United, States; and il the SLAYER.
question is not settled dhring the intermedi
ate TING the Southern Convention will NEE
at Nashville in June next; and thena Ion,
goodnight to the peace. prosperity, and powe
OF Tie preaent Federal Union; forthA Nort
snyr thefe snai pe ho Pchcedo'o sePh'"''oh-
consequently occanspf the blood Of brethren
must bo poured out before any new arrange
ment can bc accomplished
Let the ball of disunon once Be started
and it cannot be stopped. Let the Sou,
once taste disunion, and determination on
can check it. Southern leaders Gas they ar
called at tho North) cannot check it;:Hamp
don, in England, might as we'll have tried II
stop the revolution which took oifthc head Q
/ Charles the Ist, or Mrabeau to have turne