The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-12-25

nave given assistance 10 Inc enemies atE
their country, in tho hour Of its danger
III future days, the impartiaIhisioriaf,
uninnuenced by the'passions and praiu.
dices which surround us,-unl posses.
sing the advantages ofthe developments
which time in its progress will rnake as
10 this effect Of that event--will record
this deri,ed not o. null l.figaiion as
the first step towards tho restoration 4ofS
down-trodden liberty; and Tho nasnes
Of Calhoun, of Harper, Of Hayne, of
Turnbull, and of Miller, wi.lisall their
tulenls, their patriotism and theifyirt,ias,
will have no hulo Of glory ,enc;rclings
them, more brilliant than that &llic,pcn.
shrincs their memories in ,hcshenfss of
poslerity, as the able defenders oss C,on.l
sti,utionul liberty, and the fearless adyo.i
Gates Of the only remedy by which tho.
Union could have been saved 4 o; NO
never have been false 10 ,hetIJ mon Or
our fathers. Just give us haels tl.at
glorious Union under which Just and
equal laws threw their broad segis over
contented, confdng. andsa happy
people, and VIC will cling to itiwiih all
the devoted fondncss Of q child 10 tiisi
mothers bosom. But TO- this Union
with tyran,s and plunderers We owe no
allegiance; for it we have Sio aose;;
under it we will no, live, unless Ne mo-
recrennt 10 nll we have heretofore held
dear or sacred, TO our honor. na Z inter
est, the example of gallant saneesirY,
aye to the bright and glorious destiny
which awaits US. If we could have
done SO. II The South wera united as
their common dangers plead tfnnlpa,
tongued they should be, it could bring
the Union to its original purity and ic.s
tato the terms of future security. BUT
as long as these unhappy divisions exist.
MS long Us amongst promineat pc itici.
ans, treason fourIshes aud traitors are
rewarded, tho only which, Is eftsusEis5to
ho derived from bold beafss Hril.. 81 s.ffosfi i;
arms. And ifihe Union: 81 To- ha dis
solved (ns dissolved It will he nnfI al
The dircful consequences nre Ia How from
its dissolution which himagine some
have pictured, if with is, downfall ilas ila
last expiring shouts oflibert i Ta tos sbe
heard, letaihc curses df fosierity lighe
not upon our hends but upon the heads
Of those who might have saved it, bu,
thu, they preferred the hopes, Of Office
or even the promises Of filthy lucre, 10
their allegiance to their country like the
chase Judean'' who for thirty pieces OF
silver sold his fidelity to his Cod and
with il his hopes ofevcrlasing salvation.
We have been accused OF rashncss--
beware that we suffer moi from tamencss
lest we "hug The dclu>ivc phantoms
Of hope until our enemies have bound as
hand and loot"
With these opinions and feelings, Sen
ntorS and Representatives, shall deem
ii my duty to use Whatever influence
my position may give me, 10 keep alive
that spirit Of resistance which now ami
mates the hosoms Of my coun,rymen,
and to carry oul faithfully and promptly
any measures you in your wisdom may
devise to put the State in condition Of
thorough preparation for whatever may
happen. Yet love the cause in which
we are engaged too we'll to hazard it bv
any rashncss or indiscrclion. And |
bcscech YOU TO remember that we are
now nclors in one of the most irnportan,
scenes The world has ever known. We
are on the eve of great ryents--cvcntS
which may not only decide our fate rs u
nation, bu, the fate Of liberty throughout
all generations. Every act you com
nit is TO become n part of history, and
for veal or for woe. is 10 be felt by pos
,erity. How important then is it that
no move should be made without calm
delibera,ion, and consultation with the
wisest and most pruden, Of our land.
Although | feel impatient nj delay, yet
as we have gone into consultation with
our sister States Of the South, good faith
demands ,ha, we should wait the result
Of the measures suggested by the Nash.
vile convention. We should nee,
them i'll the proposed congress. Blu, if
ali our honest cXcrions TO unite the
South should fail, and South Caroline
should stand alone. then solitary and
alone, let her throw her banner 10 the
breeze, and leave the consequence 10
God. Common interests and common
dangers will rally the other Southern
Southern States to our standard But
if their fatal blindness to these interests
and dangers should induce them to
Join the standard Of our enemy, and
their enemy, and they should triumph,
what will they gain By il? 1t will be
triumph over their own cause. IF their
shouts Of victory should ascend, they
must ascend amid the walls and groans
Of their own countryHcn, whose fate
must sooner or later be theirs.
Every effort has been made 10 isolate
our State and prejudice her in the eyes
of the other States, by holding on, The
idea hat she wishes to lead them. Blu.
am sure speak her universal sen,.
mont, when sny tha, she is willing to
follow any one other ga!lan, sisters that
will lead OF upon the path Of honor or
duty. All we nsk, is that in the day
and hour Of her danger, we may DO as.
signed "pace in the picture near the
flushing Of the guns"