The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-03-20
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be settled or not. IF you, who repre-.
sent the stronger portion, cannot agree
to settle them on the broad principle Of D
justice and duty. say SO; and let the
States we both represent agree to sep. Is
arate and part in peace. F yon are II
we should part in peace, tell
US so, and we shall know what 10 dc,
what you reduce the question to snb~
mission or resistance. III you remain
silent, you will compel us to infer whats
you. intend. In that case California
will become the test question. lfsyou 81
admit her, under all the difficulties that
oppose her admission, you compel nsto
infer that you intend to exclude US
from the whole of the acquired Terlis
tories, with the intention of destroying,
irrctrievably, the equilibrium between
the two sections. We would ha blind as
not to perceive in that case, tliat your
real objects are power and aggrandi.
sen,ent, and infatuated not to act ac-
cordingly. I have now, Senators,
done my duty, in expressing my opin-
ions fully, freely, and candidly, on this !;
solemn occasion. In doing so, have. !
been governed by the motives which y
have governed me in all the stages Of
the agitation of the Slavery question,
since its commencement. i have ex-
crted myself, during the whole period ,g
to arrcstit, with the intention of saving
the Union, it could be done: and il IL
could not, tossaye the section where it
has pleased Providence to cast my lotss
and which, sincerely believe, has jus
tice and the Constitution on its side.s
Having faithfully done my duty, "a the
best Of my ability, both to the Untsys' n,spss
and my section, throughout tins agitas.si
ton, I shall! hare lilo eensolution iet
what will come, that | am free from all
responsibility. = 80 1st,
THE Decay or tsEapoRIs he seq
ports of the nj tets 5ss
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10 tic cpllssd ara ST sis & jas
locking Mt the arrivals in ons d fes
ly at Newport, Rhobe Island. The
consisted of four schooners aTli fog,.
sioops, all from dome essic ports I,ett3 ss
single arrival from foreign countries g &
It was said many years ago, that iifs if
New York went on as she was then
progressing, she would soon rivM New, d
port in commerce! BY the above ,7o
have the prediction verified, s,sa yHb '
there is not harbor IN the e1Bo1t Z SaSti Ss$S}Isi
to NewpoYs, Rheds Island. The nav.
les of ally Europe can safely ride 81
anchor in its bay, and there is a depth
OF water to the wharyes sufficient to 4
acconutodate o line-ofbattle ship. AsS,
all seasens of the year, and with any
WIND, o. vessel can so out to sea, and
the hafbor, ngniicent as il is, and h
without commerce, is defended bYsone
OF the strongest fortresses in tl,ass:
Once Newport was the great seaport
of the New England states. All tho
whaling ships sailed from that port. Is
had the first spermaceti works, and
transacted all the oil business, which Isl
now exclusively done by Sag Harbor, q
Nantucket, and New Bedford. It 4
controlled all the Barbados, Jamaica. 4
and West India commerce.. Vessels
were also fitted out there To- run to Che
Coast of Guinea, where they purchased
cargo of slaves, carried them to Gu
ba, took sugars in payment. and return. n
cd home. In this trade immense for.
tunes were made. There was no con,
cealment in 1.-THE traffic was open
and updisguised; and on one occasion id
man was tried for some illegal act con.
nccscd with this trade, when only ono
person on the jury was in favor of con-3
victing him Yet, such was the popu-
larity Of the African trade, this single L
juryman became obnoxious to the peo-
pie. and one Sunday evening, being in 3
church and probably asleep, a fellow 8.
camc in softly and cut his ear of.
Connecticut traded in horses, and To "A
such an extent that it is said Of the first
bank established in that state, that IL d
man got n note for one hundred doilars
discounted, they gave him fifty dollars
in cash and horse for the balance. Il 4
Rhode Island has now nearly forty
banks, with remarkably small capitals, "a
and all in good crcti.. Committees OF /
the Legislature visit them periodically,
aud the committee themselves count tho 3
specie in their vaults. The banks have ~
no notice of theirsyisit. and consequent-
ly there is no borrowing coin to mako a .,
good appearance. Newport itself will
always be an agreeable summer resort,