The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-10-02
State of Parties in the United ststes

- SS ~ LiIe On1Led states.
ne disputes which at the present mo.
'nent are being carried on by the various
posi'ica! parties OF America, and the seri-
"'S aiiierehccs which still remain Unset.
.'eh between the Federal Government and
many OF The separate States, naturally eS
cite anxiety, il not alarm, in the minds Of
all who watch with interest the great no.
titicnl experiment which the eaIphtene,s
descendants of instructed Englishmen have
attempted on the other side of The Allan.
NC. we have fai'l, however. in their prac-
ticai wisdom, and in the Inherent eias,icjty
aud strength Of those institutions which
Their ancestors took with them from tho
land ef their fathers; and we hope that a
peaceful anh satisfactory arrangement of
all The exciting causes Of dispute NAV
prove TO the wor d that the founders of The
u. ,. did not err in trusting yreat peo-
pie with the complete government Of their
country, or III believing that men speaking
one language, derived chiefly from, one
STOCK, having the same laws, the s;r,,,e lit.
era'urc, and acknowledging the same
broad prnc'p!es of morality and relrion.
could extend over the wide continent in
winch they were placed und maintain peace
among themselves: and honror and good
fahh with the res, Of the world.
N'c'cpS. stnce Inc hour when
washington WAS made the chief of the
executive, under the great federal cons,itu.
ton, Ire Republic has sneyer incurred mor.,
serious sc. peril than at the present nloinent.s
The mere political disputes wtrich are row
raging among the American people will
Put greater strain upon Ire bonds which
hold the separate States together in feder-
al UNITY than they were ever before called
upon TO bearf and Mt the same time the
T"s EsHEs 4l4a1H av q drsncSh alaSsFS has great.
ing personal ana national VANITY in aid of
personal interest and bitter prejudice, I'LL
M length an arrangement with respect To-
ti1s Question, winch good sense and good
'ce!inS ALIKE require, seems almost rDpos-
sue. Tie peculiar condition Of parties.
MWeser' , e, and the particular questions by
"h'ch 'hey are agitased, afford most in
strucuvc Illustration of the nature and
character on the institutions under which
the opponents live, and Of tire mode in which
oy their constitution, the points raised be-
tween theui must be arranged, il arranged
al ali. II the rude hand of violence and
war attempt TO touch so complicated a
machine, and guide It's movements, fatal
crash and dislocation will be the ineyita.
Bile consequences.
''o''t od'icit lueSllotS OF ulIrcr~
ehcc lhat now occupy the attention of
American statesmen are frs. that which
re!atcs to certain State boundaries, and
WHICH brings into discussion, il not dispute
all The delicate distinctions and lines OF
denarcatIon existing between Federal and
State powers. The second question is that
OF slavery, which not only raises cyery
d,iti'cul'y respecting Federal State rights.
hnt aronSes the hate Of race, and converts
the ordinary cain, thoughtful and rational
American into The v,scst slave of passion,
making hun ready, in the blind violence by
winch he is possessed, To sacrifice all that
III his sane moments he holds dear 10 the
terrible qualification of horrible an,pa.
ihy. These dangerous subjects OF dispute
lie at this moment like slnouldering fires
and comhustb'e materials. where, though
we hope they will by good fortune be ex-
tingu'shed they may at any hour blaze up
'n;o most fearful and destructive confil-
graton.-Lratlon Times