The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-10-14

Legislatures, to Cooperate with the
other Southern States, in opposition.
to alljsuch measures
Here, then, are ali the pledges Of
South Carolina. They are distinct
and definite for Cooperation with
our sister States Of ttihs the South. Not
one word is there Of separate State
Action or Secession.
The proceedings Of the session of
1850, strengthen this view of the
subject. At this session, no reso-
lutions were adopted, bu. several
leading measures distinctly evincc
the position of the State. The first
Of these measures was the act calling
n Convention and Southern Congress. J. !.
The psaamblo to this act, as well as
its provisions, manifestly speak the
views of the Legislature.
The act is entitled, an act to rro.
vide for the appointment of Deputies
to a Southern Congress, and to call
q Convention Of tho people Of this
State; and here is its preamble:
Whereas, the Convention of the
slaveholding States, lately assembled
at Nashville, have recommended to
the said States to meet in Congress
or Convention, to be held at such
time and place rs the States desiring,
to be represented may designate. to
be composed of double the number of
.heir Senators and Representatives
in the Congress of the United States,
entrusted with full power and au.
thority to deliberate with the view
to deliberate with the view and
intention of arrcsting further az.
grcssions, and, ifpossiblc, ofrcstoring
the constitutional rights of the South,
ard il no., &c nncnd dno .g'
VISION iur ,hc.I .rturc SAFETY s.a
inl Evidence
And mn,t IS tho d aalar.4 object
aiz Conycu,,pn! BY the a!ssgasaf.
Il r'.f itself, i isfas ssasa h'I.. s:;l
g sfs,,: - K =. =. Z! !: ~
'n'o consideration The I.sciyec.i,i. ;, -
.i;; Recommendations q j Congress-
, the statlr ,iAiug STATES, + Inc
same sha!: nice and 10 held; and ror
tlc further purpose II akin iuto
cons icrat,2n .hc ycucrai wclscrc Of
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the laws and government of the
United States, and thcrcupon, to
take care that the commonwealth of
South Carolina shall suffer no det.
rimcnt.'
Is it in the power Of human ingcn-
| nifty, with these proceedings open be.
fore yon, i persuade YOU now that
Sonth Carolina is plcdced tc scccs.
son? Nay, is ii not most clear that
she is pledged exactly to the reverse
to concert and union with her
sister STAKES?
If there were any doubt remaining,
it would be dispellcd by the fact,
that when the l.cgislaturcSclcctcd at
the last session, the delegates who
were to represent tho State at large,
in this Southern Congress, they el-
ccted II. w. Barnwell, Langdon
Chcvcs, Wade Hampton, and John
=. Richardson, all of whom, at the
time. were supposed to be opposed to
separate secession, and three Of whom
still maintain the same opinions.
While We have .,ycorc us these
same records Of the actio! and pledges
Of our State: let US examine another
of the statements by which the Sc.
ccssion Party have misled the people.
Those who oppose Secession are con.
tinually traduccd, as insinccre in their
professions Of rcsistancc-the people
are told every where that the Co-opc.
ration Party are mere time. servers,
disguised submissionists, aud that &C.
ccssionists alone are tho real, active
movers Of resistance. Let us test
the professions Of both parties by their
practice, and we shall arrive ut more
just conclusions. At the last session
of the Legislature, three practical
measures were brought forward,
which we're deemed necessary to re.
slstancc in any form. The first of
these, was the raising Of money, by
increase Of the taxes; tho second, the
formation Of a board for iudiciously
cxpcnding the money; and the third,
the building of steam packets, for
creating direct trade with Europe,
and providing the State with armed
steamers, to assist in defending her
coast.
You arc, of course. prepared to
expect that these measures were
introduced and urged by the secession
adcrs-what will be your surprise
to learn that they we're all introdc ed
by cooperation men, and two Of tncm
were actually opposed by several Of
the most prominent secession men;