The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-12-04

" carve 'roullt5 bosomsa free and hostil
q state; IN fne,tthc tmcoasing assaults upo
0 I character Of the stakeholder by a
: classes, m public and iI private, as an enc
=, my 10 GoJsand nan--as unworthy of
! seat attic table of tho Ford, or to cnioy n
! co-partncrsf tic noblesl bcqucst ever inhe
! r,tcdsy irccmcn. The ultimate object {
} th's conscntaicons movement; in wbic
governments and people arc the actor
Is me emancipation OF the negro Throughout
INC cg'on in which he is constitutional
held as property, although its execution
may cons'gn To tho same grave the mastc
ana Inc slave, and spread dcsolation Owe
their onIrno home.
Winnie ! rejoice in the conviction. that
large number ofinhividuals ut the North d,
entertain conservative opinions OH the mat
ter "l slave property, and whose voice i
occasionally heard in the uproar ofthc wa,
tors OF strife, yet overawcd by the impctu
oS'ly OF the torrent which is perhaps dcstin
cd I" overwl'elm the land, they i]nvolunta
rIly shrink from the task Of attempting te
stay IT'S progress. The instances are rare
IN which, where the effort has been made
deprivation OF Office, or other mark of dis.
pleasure aud rcbukc, did not quickly fol.
low. This OF itself, i proof were needed
prociaims the Representatives, and ~all-pcr-
vading character of the disease which afr
Gets the body polite Of that extensive and
Pnpnlous region.
For about onc-third Of her political cxis.
tciicc, South Carolina has presented an al.
most uninterrupted scene of dis1uieludc
an" cNc'icn'cnt, under the provocation of
coh'hinclics ana threats, poured from a
Thousand tongues aud in forms the most Of
ichs!vc. During that period, ii may with
tru'i, he affirmed, that The public mind has
NOT Tor a year been free from the most main.
iil S"iicI'ulc. Peace indeed has long fled
rom our borders, and discomfort aud alarm
arc every where present. Better, far bet.
ter, 1t would have been, for the South to
engage III 4 deadly conflict with the North,
than 10 have endured the tor,uring anxiety
ct an anomalous struggle, the CONSEQUENT
COS OF which arc bcyotI the pen Of human
l'FeSc'cncc. AnoPcn war is limited by the
cai'Ses which produce it, but tho further
continuance o! such a war-polil;cal, re-
''@ionS and social-as has been waged by
one party against the other, and in which
a strictly Gcicnsi"c attitude has
li'Fiy been preserved by The weaker; would
'aISiiy ana d!shonour The history Of the An
gu" Saxon race. Whatever may be said by
The dcmlgoguc and. Tho fanatic, it is our
lrfac anu high privilege TO declare, tina, the
n~ncSa'npled Hcrbcaranrc of the Souti, is re-
icrahlc spkciy TO lis unaffected devotion to
mo compact OF 80, and the principles of
constitutional libcr,y.
our present distressed and agilatcd con.
bait'on has not arisen solely FROM the recent
aggressive measures oithc Federal Govern
incnt. These effected by illicit and willy
combinations, having DESTROYED forever the
balance OF power between the two sections
INC equality OF the States, and the equality
sot right IN the people Of the States, consti.
teisic The GROWING evidence of the fixed
of n dominant minority TO
It's periidinus purpose OF seiz-
ING " law Gl lis own enactment. the en-.
iiitfS'rltanCo OF Il conlncu ancestry.
Iho stalking truth, al length, stands onen.i
y revc9'led, that the last hope of arrestina
Inc career ctinfatuatcd rulers is gone forey.
nr. 6tIte hnal, act OF the dramais over, and
ihS cartain which screens the fntpre
ron ~ thet eve OF the iiot shall be Ssl
be seen. among olher standaFds. &ssI al,
yer a triumphant people, united in ilistitu-
tions, and in determination to maintain
with iilcliiytheir new relations with their
StySONtltlg ZIG INV liz tlhNitltO w itS
But shouldn't please The Ali-wise Disposcr
ri events in Ills inscruiablc Providence to
assign lis tic condition OF The British Is
lands Of Tie West, and 10 riyet the chains
with which we are manacicd, the pcople Of
South Caroline will, ut least be comforted
with The assurance. that while ignorant Of
their destiny, they were not unmindlul Of
the duty they owed to themselves, their de-.
sccudan;s, and their country.
Does hope still ingcr III your bosoins that
the dark cloud which envelopes the po!iti-
"al horizon will yet be dispclicd! That the
ny will lorcgo his prcmedltatcd design
.ducing your hoaorcd Com nonwcalth
nal vassaIagc! To these questions
Al .,,siactory answer Will be found in the
melancholy experience q! the paSt-thc o.
| vcrslniowing influence of the General
Government, insured by the permanent as
sIcnicncy OF he sectional party which
aims at the anniiiila'ion OF our property
the history of anaticism-tl!c renewed and
augmented agitation III the slavery qucS-
ton, and the recent practical Vcrlilc;tioh
oi our fears that, at the North, the proris-
ions o! the Constitution III behalf ot South
crn RANTS cannot he enforced without The
shedding Of blood. Ii, To that section, which
now has the control al every department
OF the government, the preservation OF the
Coniclcracy is indispensable To the ON
piclIon OF lis work OF dGsccraiion and ruin,
10 lis lis dissolution, as a compact between
thirty one States, ii necessary 10 our SOci-
al and political quiet, aud the safety Of oul
institutions. Ordained 'to establish Justice
insure domestic tranquility. provide for Tia,
common defence, promote The genera wei
fare, aud secure the blessings of liberty t,
ourselves and oar poStcilty'-ln rciatios
10 each and all OF these essential Objects
the Bond at Union having been deliberate
~ mulltatCd 10y a MAJORITY al the contract
my parties, the minority have no longer any
security for he liberty AMI property.
The iiIa l!!cn, has arrived 1" .csmit INC
exercise al The powers III sclI-prorc''"n
Which, il. the hour Of unslispcCt'G COM
hrlcc, we Hucrcmdcrcd to torrHn HANDS
We mast rc-ur" ,Il,zc oar mr"'ca, Sys'c.'
Oh some s,.rcr aui safer b'5i%. i'ierc Is
no power. moral O. Ply ai.a!, that can pre-
yur.t IT,. iii" cycut * m'!Iiso!noiy !nNc'
with lis cause, and iiEcl rs destiny. In Tho
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