The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-06-05
From the Charleston Mercury.
The South and the North.

J From the Charleston Mercury.
81 The South and the North.
81 Why is the South assailcd in this I'm.
lion? On what prctences do they Justify
Il Satliemselvcs, who insist that the Federal
saGovelnment shall take position of hostiI-
Ssity to the ,slaveho,dng states shall make
Bit mattar oflriumph to cheat and dcfraud
sjthem TO insult their feelings, to weaken
Sthcir power, and deprive them ef all rcli-
ssancc on it's justice and It's protection
3 When the Union was formed it consist
taed on.y Of the states on the Atlantic bor-
adcr-a feeble part of that grand dominion
(Which now stretches from ocean to ocean,
Wand holds in its hand the desti,nes of a new
SSworld. But there was even then vast
Sstcrrtory belonging TO Virginia, the Caro-
q linas, and Georgia. 1t was given by them
Sbe appropriated to the North. louisiana
Twas subsequently acquired; il was slave
Jtcrritory, the whole Of it. The south yield !
acd up so disproportonatc part to the
a North, that even the subsequent annexation
aof Texas, giving her all the extent she
sSclaims, was very far from GluaiisinH the
aaacquisition Of the two sections. Thus far ;,
gaall the increase Of the domain of The confcd.
e1S'dN iiii ptCi VIC VI Siis
ifterritory and the gift OF southern sta,cs.-!
z And yet. at the end, the North is found in
aposscssion Of immensely the largest share
3Thc south had surrendered her advantages
3had given up her superiority of possession,
jnnd for the sake OF harmony, had bcgcarcdI
ahcrsclf to enrich the rival section She
aeXpcctcd, doubtless. that this generous
ssclI-sacriticc would be greatly remember
scd, and that she would be rcpiad in love for
/ the free bestowal Of an empire. King LearI
4 had the same visions, and woke from them|
ato the same reality, to find that hose to'
whom he had given all, returned his benc-
1 fits with hatred. persecution ana ouilawry
q 1t is not, then, because the south has
4 heretofore been greedy of more than hcrl
asharc, that she is now required to rcln-
aquish 10 tho North the whole of the latest
Esacquisition Of the conlchcracy. Is there
in tho circumstances oithat ac-
ssqustion, tha, gives color of fairness to the
3 attempt to deprive her OF all participation
Sin it! The territory was the prize OF war
1.-THE reward OF laborious campaigns and
amany bloody battles. For this war, the
Aasouthern states contributed not only more
l3men in proportion TO their population, but
Ssabsolutcly more men, than The Northern
11snent in the violence with which she de-
SSmands that all the acquisitions of the war
ssshall he appropriated 10 the North, rcluscd
Aby her public authorities, TO encourage the
.srasing OF single regiment within her
8 borders, and when it was raised, refused
5to appropriate a dollar for the subsistence
sIan1 c0mfor, OF the soldiers OH their marcll
ato join the armies OF their country Such
fts N II In Of ,,1,
s5share in the new territories. |, is the IT,
l3tic, not of the soldier who faces danger
a3and death for the glory of his flg, but oil
5thc vulture who hovcrs III the rear O, bat !
atle and fattcns on its blood. Blu, the whole
q Free Soil party OF the North, which now
ssclain as their own the rewards OF all our
q Mexican achievements, acted the same
'pGiriniic part during the war; and con-
,spicuous leader OF their traitorous faction
the senate; spoke the spirit Of the Whole
a wncn he invoked for our ,icroc soldiers IN
n Mexico welcome from their enemies
Es"with bloody hands to hospi,abc graves"
81 But there lis another view of this matter
Y. The war involved the country IN heavy
iadebt-at least sixty millions of dollars
81 Fifteen millions more were stipulated To
H be paid to Mexico in the treaty of peace.
@rved almost wholly from taxes on com
n 'ncrcc. OF this commerce the south fun.
9nIshcs one hundred millions, 10 forty mil
ri lions from the North. Five sevcn,hs of the
Ercvenue of the United States is derived
sfrom southern products, aud that is the
Eproporlion they have to pay of the cxpcn.
Escs of the Mexican war and the price o:
fathe ccdCd territory. Ii is idle and worse
ETHAN idle, it is dishonest, 10 call this il,
Gquestion. So far are the Northern states
Hfrom feeling the burdens Of Federal taxa
Eaton, as the south feels them, that major.
EIty OF those states have always claimed
u that they were positively benefited and
Hcnrichcd by Federal taxation. and it has
lbccn with the EXTREMIST difficulty that The :
have been prevented from fixing upon us
"a rate of taxation so high as to threaten the
HcXistcncc OF tho commerce that thus sup
Eported the Government. This was no,
Estrom any love OF taxation. These people
aare anything but lavish OF their own
means, and are easily disturbed by heavy
kStaXes which they have to paw And 50
Hwell do they understand the matter, tha,
the citizens of that town in Massachusetts
Hwho strenuously refused to be asscd To de-
FL fray the small expense OF covering Will
Railways been with great unanlnly in favor
Wol the heaviest burdens ON commerce.
HIhcy know well tha, the purses of the
Hpeoplc OF Quincy are not lghtcncd by the
Hprocess.
n The south, then, has fought for this ter.
Eritory, furnishing far more than her pro.
IaPortlon OF the sodicry who carried the !!aG
kSoi their country over victorious battle ids
Eatll they planted it on the walls Of the Mex.
AYican capital. The south has paid in mon.
q ey, as in blood far more than her share OF
|Athc cost OF the acquisition. BY what right
3thcn, is she denied the benefits OF an
Eaachievement WHICH has been so largely
81 her work The reasons given for eXcIll.
81 EdIng her from the participation in these ac.
Iiquisitions, arc as insulting 10 her feelings
s as the act itself is aggressive upon lIci
E3rIghts and injurious 10 her interests. They
sSrob her of her property, and justify the out
rage by hcaping impniations upon her hon
sSor, and casting siigmas and approbrIuIn
Saupon her social institutions. To positive
aaggrcssion and plain plumber they add the
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