The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-03-20
SPEECH
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HON. j, C.. CALHOUN,
q Oaa taie Slavery Question.
pELISRRED IN TIE sBNArEsor THE U. STATES.
IL sEy March 4h, 1850.
(coNCLupED.1

what it is that, endanyers the Union,
;:andtraced it to its cause, and explained
.iitss nature and character, the question
again rccurs: How can the Union be
saved? TO thi4 Ianswcr, there is but
2 one way by whith it can be, and tnat is.
by adopting such measures as willsatis.
fy the States belonging to the South:
ern section that they can remain in the
Union consistently with their honor and
their safety. There is, again. only one
way by wh;cl, that can be effected, and
stl,at is by removing the causes by which
this bciiefgshas been produced. Do
that, md discomfort will cease, harmo.
ny and kind feelings between the sec.
tons be restored, and every apprehen.
siontofdanscr TO the Union hc rcmov.
ed. ssslhe question, then, is: by what
can this be done ? But, before / un-
dertakcsto answer this question: pro-
pose totshow BY what the Union cannot
be saved.
1t cannot, then, be saved by cnlogi-
huaBthebU Union, however, splendid or
1.-The glorio uss''c .ary of Union, Union
vent disuni9n than tho ,caia no more pre-
.3S .3saesalth-glorions sgs hcalth!' on tthlaacalth:
sssS,c physician, can save ,oti;onr,, i;r,
sde!agerousIy i'll. So long as the
sss5s$insteaa ofbeing regarded as
IS, Sr, is isrcgardedI in the opposite
=, ny l.ut tf's,sh. ,.ess than n mn.
SsssSSs 3 1880 the States, It viii be il vunr
i.s 5pt 70 conciliate hem hY psu-
,yyg. 6Stt trlogics on it. # -ss,
HI III 4ss, this cry OF Union comes
.s...Rs'5S.f fFo,n tlansa whom we cannot
$.ises = be sirsasr rss. 1T usuahsr; sqs;,nss
II sst9si our assailantss But wc canuot
tNeiseye them taslse sincere; for, if they
loved the Union, would necessarils
devoted s,siS,I, rs
I pl}tiiad5 fin UniVii, and to destroy the
Cons ''gut'n would NC to dcstrov the
onfon. Dn ti,r- oa. rci'ahlc Aun GER
tain evidence OF devotion 70 the Const-
tuition, IS, to abstain, on the one hand,
from violating it, AMI to rcrcl, on the
other, all attempts to violate it. 1t is
: only byfaithIully performing these high
duties that the Constitution can be No
SeTNcI, utlt llH IL TIC y mon.
assFP2But how starts The profession of de-
vqtlon. to the Union by our assailants.
when brought to the test Have they
abstamcd from violating the Consti,u-
ton! Let the many acts passed by the
Northern States to set aside and annul
the clause ofthe Constitution providing
for the delivering up of fugitive slaves.
answer. cite this, not that it is the
only instance, (for there arc many 9th |
crsO but because the violation, in this
particular, Of the Constitution is too
notorious and palpahlc to be denied
Again: have they stood forth faithfully |
to repcl violations Of the Constitution ? |
Let their course in reference 20 the All /
tation OF the slavery question, which |
was commenced and carried on for fiji: /
teen years, avowedly for the purpose
OF abolishing slavery in the Statcs--an .
object all allow to he Unconstitutional
answer. Let them show a sin.lc in. I
stance, during this long period. in
which they have denounced the a,i,a.
tors or their attempts to effect what is
admitted to be unconstitutional. or n
single measure which they have brought
forward for that purpose. How can
we, with all these facts before us, believe
that they arc sincere in their profession
ofdcvotion to the Union, or avoid be-
lieving their profession is but intended /
to increase the vigor of their assaults.
and to weaken the force of our resist.
.ance
Nor can we regard the profession of
devotion to the Union, on the part of
those who arc not our assailants, as sin.
cerc, when they pronounce euogies
upon the Union, evidently with The in
tent Of charging us with disunion, with.
out uttcring one word Of dcnunciaton
against our assailants. If friends of
tho Union, their course should be to
unite with us in repelling these assaults,
and dcnouncing the authors az enemies
of tho Union. Why they avoid this,
and pursue the course they do, it is for
them to explain.
Nor can the Uniou be saved by in
v0klnS the name of the illustrious
Southcrner whose mortal remains re-
pose on the western bank Of the Potom.
ae. lie was ono Of us--a stakeholder
AMI planter. We have studied his
history, and find nothing in it to justify
5nbmission to wrong. On the contrary,
his great fame rests on the solid found
alton, that, whic he was careful to
AVOID DONG wrong to others, he was {
prompt and decided in rcpcllins wrong. {
trust that, in tlis respect, we have
lro'itcd by his example. Nor can We F,
inI u, anything in his history to deter us I