The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-03-20


public men, and that all is mere acting
Or hollow profession Or arc we to
that the exclusion of the South
from the Territory acquired from Mex
leo is an object of so paramount q
in yonr estimation. that Right
Justice, Constitution, and Consistency,
must all yield, when they stand in the
way Of our exclusion ?
But, it may be asked, what is to be
done with California, should she not be
| answer. remand her back
to the Territorial condition, as was done
in the case Of Tennessee, in the carly
stage of the Government. Congress,
in her case, had established Territor.
ial Government in the usual form, with
a Governor, Judges, and other officers,
appointed by the United States. She
was entitled, under the deed Of ccssion,
to be admitted into the Union us al
State as soon as she had sixty thousand
inhabitants. TIE Territorial Govern.
ment believing it had that number, took
o census, by which it appeared it ex-
cceded il She then formed Consti-
tuition, and applied for admission.
Congress Iefused to admit her, on the
ground that the census should be taken
by the United States, and that Con.
gress had not determined whether the
Territory should be formed into one or
two States, rs it was authorized to do
under the cession. She returned qui-
city yito her Territorial condition. An
act was passed to take census by the
United States, containing provision
that the Territory should form one State.
All afterwards was regularly conducted,
and the Territory admitted as State
in due form. The irregularities in the
cgsaevef California are irnmeasurably
gseaters aasii; offer euch stronger rea-
icons sor passaing the same course.
|sBnt it may be. said Ealifornia, may not
lsubmis Iha = not probai SIC; but if
Ilshe should pt. ,ile.a asls refuses. it Siasll
IlhenIt tine for tls so5deeide what's to
Si.s; ss3l55
q sli'sle1 says
;ssi;Sss
Nithswhieh I commenced: How can the
Union be saved?.- There Il but one
way by whichit can with any certainty.
and that is, by full and final settle.
ment, on the principle of Justice, of all
the questions ut issue between the two
sections. The South asks for Justice.
simple justice, and less she ought not
to take. She has no compromise to
offer, but the Constitution; aud no con.
cession or surrender to make. She has
already surrendered SO much that she
has little left to surrender. Such q
settlement would go to the root of the
evil, and remove all cause of discomfort.
BY satisfying the South, she could re
main honoratly and safely in the Union,
and thereby restore the harmony and
traternal feelings between the sections,
which existed anterior to the Missouri
agitation. Nothing else can, with any
certainty, finally and forever, settle the
question at issue, terminate agitation,
and save the Union.
But can this be done? Yes. easily:
not by the weaker party, for it can Of
itselfdo nothing-not even protect itself
but by the stronger The North has
only to will it to accomplish ito do
justice by conccding to :he South an
equal right in tho acquired territory.
and to do her duty by causing tic stip,
ula!ions relative to fugitive slaves to be
faithfully fulGlled-to cease the alta.
ton of the slave 1ues ion, and 10 nro.
vide for the insertion of a provision in
the Constitution, by an amendment,
which will restore in substance the
power she possessed of protecting her
self, before the equilibrium between the
sections was destroyed lhy action of
this Government. There will be no
difficulty in deyising such provision.
One that will protect the South, and
which, at the same time, will improve
and strengthen the Government, in.
stead of imrairing and weakeningi
But will the North agree to do this?
1t is for her to answer this question. |
But, | will say she cannot refuse, if
she has half the love for the Union
which she Processes to have, or without
Justly exposing herself to the charge
that her love of power and aggrandize-
mcnt is far greater than her love of the
Union. At all events, the responsible,
ity. of saving the Union rests on the |
North, and not the South. The South
cannot save it by any act of hers, and !
the North may save it without any
sacrifice whatever, unless to do insticc,
and to perform her duties under the |
Constitution, should be regarded by her
rs sacrifice.
r. ia t;mo So,ot ~. ~