The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-08-21

er Etniesthat6is is not for their interest
any longer to bear with yon; and this YOU
how doin proclaiming thnt your ultiniae-
purpose, yunr snle object, the main bust.
ness OF your life, to which YOU stand pre-
pared to sacrifice both the Constitution and
the Bible, is to bring upon certain of the
unitcd States a,violent and revolutionary
change in their social condition, which is
to constitute. Of itself their utter impovc.
riShmrnt, and which involves, undcnial!y
and beyond all possible doubt, sanguina-
~ and destructive war of races, fatal to
one OF them, disastrous to both, and at the
mere anticipation Of which it would recnil
with horror and dismay. Yes, say to
YOU, my fcllow-countrynen Of tho North,
it only needs to satisfy the South, that you
are III earnest IN the aggressive purposes
m this respectwhich you avow, and for the
accomplishment of whichyeu have already
taken so many preparatory stcps--salisiy
thc South of this, and you will then surely
succcea' i'm dssosing the Union; for you
will lave rendered it impossible for the
South to remain in it without death and
dishonor.
Fellow-citizens, have thus bri, fly
sketched the means by which tire Union
may he dissolvcd-nay, by which it is now
already placed in imminent peril. Greatly
DO they err who imagine that this or that
shadow Of notification, whether in Hart
ford Conventions or Nashville Conventions,
really constitutes the dark cloud OF danger
which is gathering and deepening, and
lowering over the iirmament of the Union
No. the true and only serious dsun;on con-
sists oi,acts oil systematic aggression Of
one partofsihe utlion against another, in
violation OF beth,he letter and spirit OF the
eonstitutou:'and the true and honest union
Isn, Is that which strictly observes the con
stiutonal compact, and is animatc,f hy
sentiments Of kindly support, forbcarancc,
good will, cancellation towards our fellow
members of the Union
Nor is it by the relentless application to
any given case OF the mere dead weight
ct majority that the Union is TO be pre-
served. We Of the North are strong in
huuiters, III votes, in phsical fc5ce: is it
. anionism to violate The letter and OF the
constitution, and thus place the South in
the alternative Of the dishonor to be incur
:. y passive submission to the unjust
= ia majority, or To imputed iactious-
II :. by resistance toi,! No; that is dis.
un!onisfn, as this day. if rightly read, NAV
serve TO admoush us. For wha, is the
Declaration OF Independence We speak
o! i as the commencement of our national
hy. How! Was it not also solemn act
OF disHnion?-ihc declaration of an on
pressed minority, Che coloncs) that they
would no longer continue united with an
oppressive majority, consisting OF the res,
OF The British empire! Think you that no
dear bonds OF common country, OF religious
and political associations, were surrendered
IVY the Declaration of Independence! Ave,
many; for England still bore, even on The
lips OF our lorctathcrs, the cherished appel
lation OF home. But ten years of actual or
intended unconstitutional aggression on
their rights, ten years Of depreciation and
denunciation OF their ctarac,c, and CON
duct, ten years OF Legislative warfare on
their interests, served to oblilcratc from
the minds of the minority all impressions
ofcomnon nationality with the majority,
and produced that Declaration of fndenend.
encc. And although England sc, price
on the heads Of John Hancock and Thomas
Gushing, as traitors, yet they well might
ad.they did retort, that the aggrcssor, and
not the aggrieTcd--lhat the vioIa,or of the
public compact, not the victim OF the viola
lioIi--that the oppressive majority, not the
oppressed minor.y-was responsible for
The dissolution Of the union between The
British colonies and the British metropolis.
My friends, lcpcat, there is solemn
admoniton as we'll rs proud recollection
lor us all IN tli:s anniversary. Arc we of
the State of Massachusetts against this
Union, or for il! 1.-THE latter ms firmly
believe, then it becomes us to cease from
I'll those acts which lead TO disunion as
evidently rs the flowing river does TO the
sea; 1t becomes us TO dcsiSt from the wan
ton vltnpcration of our fellow citizens Of
other States--to dcsist from aggressive
assaults on their pcacc--to dcsst from
disobcdicnce to the organic lawn word,
faithfully to observe and maintain both the
letter and spirit of the constitution.
The living men who uttered the Declar-
alton OF Independence have all passed
away from time to eternity; but their spirits
watch over us from the bright spheres to
which they have asccndcd. We stand in
ihc,r rprcscnce. They shall be our witness,
as we soemnly renew on this day our VOWS
of nnaterable attachment to Tie Union,
and declare that
"Malice domestic, foreign levy, naughl''
shall prevail against it; and To this "we plndg.
our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor
so help us God!