The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-02-12
Tic Foaitaon 81 Georgia.

Tho E00tt1on OF Georgia.
"Efad tho State OF Georgia either led
or followed in the career mnrked out by
Carolina, We should now have heeD in
Tho midst of n revolution. Whereas;
we arc sill %paaccabiy in Tho Union, and
occupying q most epYiable position, fol.
we virtually command the execution OF
tho laws by The ractsant Slaies, which
ire thus placed IN The wrong, while we
hro in the right posture. The actual
position of affairs showsthn importance
ofucling according 10 the dictates ofour
common sense, inalenh Of following The
rash example or South Curolina."-
.Sauannah Republican,.
Hadtth State Of Georgia, including
Tie submissionists, aud the whole South,
followed The example bfSoulh Carolina,
the South would nothnve had 10 deplorc,
this day, the wrongs and degradntions
inflicted hv the compromises of last
winter. Without tho aid ofthe submis.
sion party, South, and their faithful
Representatives in Congress, the North
would never have dared to plumber the
Soulhjof her Territorial rights, bought
with her money and her blood; nor to
attack the righ, to buy and sill South
ern property in tho Dis riot of Columbia.
Nor should we have been insullcd, by
calling this c!oan sweep nj tho :ounda.
~,ionsHof justice and equality, n compro.
misc; because, forsoo,h, the North con
desccndinsly agreed TO carry gu, The
fugitive clause Of The Constitution, in
consideration thnt the South would
quietly submit 10 the robbery.
So far from being ''peuccably in the
union," We nre on the crust Of n
volcano. Nothing is settled, exccp, the
dislonor of the South by the compro.
mise. So far from commanding" Ihe
execution Of The Fugitive Law, in only
: one ease III Of q thousand is n Southern
owner, fool enough to try to reclaim his
property; failure is the result Of The
majority Of The cases that are tried; and
in the successful ones, 1t costs a month
Of vexalious litigation, and $500, TO
recover q negro tina, sells for $3.50
when he is got buck. We refer 10
Longs casc. But are we In IL "righl
poslure2" No, we are not. We have
a righteous cause; but our "poslure" is
that Of submission TO wrong, of humi,ia.
lion and defeat. We have been pnlpably
forced and ihggled out Of on. rights,
and we submit 10 it.---nav, the 'Rcpub
lican" r~eioiccs in it; and felici,alcs all
suhnission.do that we have "uctcd
according ,othe dictates Of our common
sense" instead Of following the trash
example" Of South Carolina. The
party that threw the tea into Boston
harbor and dubbed their guns on Boston
heights, were liable to precisely the
same charge Of ~"rashness' that is now
made ngains, South Carolina. $4,000
per annum was tho whole amount of,he
burden against which our ancestors
rebelled. South Carolina protests
against being cheated out Of her share
ofan Empire, against grossly unequal
%ecuniary burdens in the Conrederacy,
and anSopen assault on her vital inslitu.
tons, BY d Government lha, owes them
protection. Yetthe Wings Of '76-wcre
ss6StadIjRG's sappqg,l , hssraaes; while the meh Of
So ags submission ssss IS II 'a',nrs.
century. History will record u differs
eHt verdict Columbus (Ga.) Tsmcs.
observation-disclosures
Wilmington and Manchester Railroad
The stockholders Of the Whining
ton and Manchester Railroad, held
their annual meeting at Marion Court
House, S. c., on the Goth and 3Oth
ofJanuary. A majority of stock only
being present, the issuing of bonds
was recommended, it requiring two
thirds to authorize the execution of
them. An adjourned meeting will be
held on the first Wednesday after the
second Monday in March next, at the
same place, to authorize the issuing
100000 Of bonds, to complete the
Road.
It was ordered at this meeting,
that so soon as the subscription Of the
town OF W%ilmsngton, Of 500, 900 is
received, that sum is to be invested
i'll the purchase of 5000 tons of iron.
to be pnt on this end of the Road,
commencing at Wilmington.
The whole of the Road is under
contract for grading, and about one
half completed.
Gen. Harlee was unanimously re-
elected President, and the following
gentlemen Directors Cor the ensuing
year:
lNz'nington-N. N. Nixon, J. A.,
Taylor, Henry Mutt, 4. D.. Walker.
Columbus County-C. A. Smith,
Marion District-J. Eli Gregg.
Darlington District-E. w. Charles,
G.. j. w. Mccall.
Sumter Dist.--J. J. Moore, w. A.
Muldrow.
We learn, in connexion with the
proceedings of this meeting, that at
an informal meeting Of the Board of
Directors, after the adjournment of
tho stockholders, the President and