The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-12-18
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Dec. 7, 1850:
Mr.. Hutson said ho thought il highly
important the views Of members should
be short. He would compress the re-
marks he desired to make, into the brief
estpossib!e compass, and if many points
should be barely suggested without am.
plifca.ion, this must be his excuse. He
thought it unnecessary 10 90 over the
long catalogue Of wrongs and outrages,
injury nnd insult, suffered by the South
from the Missouri Compromise 10 the
present eventful period Of our history.
The committee were loo we'll informed
on these subjects, for him to occupy
s,hei, time in detailing. The breach Of
every compromise. the successive as
sumption Of every right belonging to the
South, the wrongful appropriation Of oil
our territory, the degrading bribe to
Texas, and the last and highest insult
perpetrated in the abolition Of the slave
trade in the District Of Columba-these
1t was unnecessary 10 enumeratc. No
people were ever as we'll educated in
political questions as those Of South Car.
olina, and if there was point on which
wearc agreed, it is that the constitution
al compact has been violated, broken
and abused, 10 the most shameful pur-
poses, and as far as the South is con.
ccrncd, is now but the shnckle which
binds us for more convenient plumber,
and safer insult. The outrages and
wrongs perpctrated, fully authorized
any resistance and any form it might
assume.
But for one, he would say, five could
have any security for the future, he
would be willing TO endure even oil this,
sooner than dissolve mighty empire SO
long the hope Of freedom, send SO far the
only. exemplar ofselfgovernment. He
cared mol, for California or iisgold, more
to be dreaded ihan dnsired-he cared
not fpr Utah, and even New Mexico,
ss.sior of lund 50 basal purchased;
from bfitsed corrnp.ed 4 Texas
5fie would OVEN iars siicl, y atit. rtti is 6s,3
sn6ri!t tcfhe hsgti .faiidcd acts III fyrati.4
pX. practiced IN the District Of CoIum.
peace, iheef all might bo borne for
sen, rights, and ,HieifvRqGentEof our pre-
and protection. When, however, nc
review the grea, controversy, and en-
anime the causes and principles which
underlie md direct it, we are forced 10
the conclusion that sacrifice is in vain,
concession is in vain, submission will
not save us, cowardice is vain, and limid.
ity our certain destruction. The issue
is upon us-no efforts OF ours cnn avoid
it, no vncilalion delay it. Ii is upon us
now, we must meet il it now-retrea, is
defeat, defeat destruction. The qucs
ton is one Of lite aud dca,h-To be met
now or never.
In supper, Of this view he desired TO
present tho subject in but one Of its
many aspects.
This abolition fanalicism, is but one
Of the developments Of two great evi!
principles, which were nearly contem-
porancous in their rise, and have been
50 i'll their progress, as we'll as united in
the outward exhibitions Of their power.
The one found its root in q rcmorseless
and cunning avnricc, which clothing
i,sclfin the gnrb and using The language
Of freedom and political rights. struck
first al that mighty system, which, under
the name Of ieudalism, had secu-
red to Europe all Of real liberty, Of sub
s,an,al progress in art, science and civ.
ilizalion, and had known and gwen 10
us all the grcnt principles we received.
Finding but too truly. that the freed serf
could do more work at less cost than
the slave scrf--lho greedy capitalist, his
lost Of gain quickened by the progress
Of commerce and manufactures, lent
his aid to the so.callcd disen,hrnlment
Of the laborcr, and plunged him in a
,hradom moro CALLING, and a slavery
made more bitter by the mockery Of the
name OF frccdom.-Thcn commenced
that new struggle. before unknown, be-
tween labor and capital. Centuries
have bccu necessary TO root out and ex
terminate the principles and the habits
Of the massive structure, and all our
Jurisprudence and our most valued
principles, indicate that tho dead, it yet
lvclh in the very construction Of society
and the necessities OF humanity.
Another power, however, arose, and
lent its aid to the same dcsolating pur.
poses. No sooner had society begun 10
part with its great conservative princi.
pie, union Of sympathy and interests
between capital and labor, than inGdelity
began her great struggle against civil
order-social life, the tights Of property,
and through them against God and holi.
ncSs.--Nollairo and Rousseau leading
n party composed Of the high, the noble,
the refined and intelligent, struck at the
last, The only sure conservatism which
can bind fallen men together in the con-
tract Of social life, with all its incquali-
ties and aspcri,ies--iis hard PORTS and
seemingly unjust results. The great
principle Of christianity, spiritual equal.
ity, and physical difference, explained
and harmonizod by the doctrine Of pro.
baton, and future life, was all that re-
manned, after avaricc had produced in