The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-12-11
Legislative East pax.

The following arc the remarks of Mr..
MOSES, in the Senate, on tho reception OF n
message from the House, on Wednesday
last, communicating Mr.. MEMM1NGER's
resolutions. concerning a Legislative fast
day:
rise, Mr.. President, to move the nnani-
nous. concurrence OF the Senate in the
message just read: The purpose which it
proposes %coininends itself to tho head and
heart of every patriot Of tho country, and
must command our approval from the PEI
cuiiar circumstances by which we are SUR
rounded. THIS General Assembly, Mr.
Frra !ieni. seoneehes rsRt SSuirnrscir @lisns
die n,is.es.4@SE4 ..s st.e.. 4.sy is oIie & Z a,
ln1at interesting character. Since Tho
adoption Of the Constitution, no session
has been hold from which the people have
expected SO much, The danger and
threatening position of our Federal rcla-
.;nns hasn taught us to believe that the
eyes Of ali our constituents are upon us,
watching our proceedings, and with hopes
mos, anxious for The application of some
remedy which is 10 heal tho wounds inflict-
cd by tho late legislation Of the General
Government. Twenty years of patient
suffering has reduced us 10 Il condition
| when lurbcarancc would cease To be a
virtue. Resolution OF rcmonstrancc has
followed resolutions in such quick success
sion that VIC have almost lost The vigor Of
action by The very anxiety for relief, and
wc have now no hope, no reputation, but
by n remedy to he furnished by ourselves,
and to he maintained by our " prowess
and strength.
The result Of our deliberations is 70 affect
No, ,,iy tInsn ,a,. ,.,,ntI,,tDl, ,,nt,l
with us-not only these now dear TO our
best aifcclions-bul it is To WELD a destiny
for veal or woe ON the very existence Of
our present Government.
Mr.. President, 1t ia not TO be disguised
that the people OF South Carolina stand
preparca;o achieve, by their own cxcrtions,
~lhrircntirc emancipation from the scrvitudc
which now attaches To them as members
Of this Union. Their stern resolves have
been fixed IN 20 deliberate a mode that re-
treat would only subject them to n shame
more mnrilcd than that which they have so
long endured from passive acquicscencc in
:hc wrongs which have been inflicted upon
them. Planting themselves, as their own
Palmetto. they will look to their own swords
for remedy and invoke upon their eyerlions
The smiles and blessings of that all,sceing
power which never condemns or faila to
eustaln The right. 1t is meet and proper,
then, sir, when such high and momentous
considerations are AZ stake, that VIC should
exhibit TO the world the fact, that under no
| excited foslings do We approach the work
sci0rc ns, but that every step i'd in view Of
The solemn consequences that duty TO our.
selves makes us ready to encounter. We
can give no greater evidence ofthc %sinceri-
ty OF our convictions than by thus mani
Testing the solemn impressions with which
we are impcllcl TO The work, and as n PEG.
pic relying on the righteousness Of our
cause, 1t IS not unfit that before we appeal
TO the God III Battles, we should first in
vokn The God of Peace.
Mr.. President, The mournful cnbieins in
which this chamber is clothed, remind rs
ofilic Christening rod which we have felt in
he death Of him IN honor TO whose memo
rv, we have dccked these walls with Tic
so,ibrc habi!imcnts which enshrol,d them.
Tho wrongs and contumelIes which for
near a quarter OF a century we have endur-
I'd from tho oppression OF our mlscallcd
brethren, and The evils consequent upon
them, ali attest the patience with which
our suifcrings have been borne. May we
not hope that these d!spensatinne of an
overruling Providence are but tho presage
of that happy mnncnt which is soon to de-
liyos us from iiira!dom. and again restore
10 rs the quiet and the security which we
have lost.-I'hosc whom lle loveth he cFlas-
ienc,h; and in this hope and confidence let
us hope, Mr., President, that the day of our
detiseranco is Mt hand. Without a reli-
ance or Dlvinc Providence. nations no more
Han Individuals can prosper. Our dcsti-
NY must at hast be fixed by His lughbohesl;
md can It be that lie who watches and
bpf,ieets tho eagle in Its flight, thu spafso@
onslta wing, will be nnmindiul in lis caro-