The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-09-16

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been corrupted by Federal Gold! What
lio does his whole life give to the imputa.
ton.
And arc Messrs. CoLcocx, WALLACE
and McQuEEs more apt to be right, are
they more able and patriotic than Messrs.
Oar, BURT, AIKEN and WOODWARD!
IIave they any more at stake! Can
shadow Of reason be produced to show
that the three first named members OF Con-
gress occupy position, which better quail
ifics them to speak for the interest and
honor OF South Carolina Have Messrs.
ORR, BuRr, AIKEN, and WooDwARDb been
corrupted by Federal Gold Credulity it.
self would frown, and tho most daring vii.
lainy would start back at the thought!
And ia Chancellor DARGAN, excellent as
his public and private character unques.
tionnbly is, is he more able, more apt to be
right than your three other Chancelors
and six law Judges! What llas Federal
Gold invaded the territory OF South Carroll.
ma, and has it even dared to insinuate itself
int" your Temple of Justice and to assail
your hitherto untarnished Judicial Erminc!
Can any man believe it! Can i, be posi-.
ble that nine out Of ten Of your Judges
have been bribed to decide away the rights
and honor Of their State! Simplicity would
weep over tho faulty!
| And has tho Hon. w. e.. PRESTON
whose best day was dedicated to the cause
Of States Rights. whom you have honored
with your best gift, once your distinguished
Senator in the Federal Congress. now the
respected President Of your College, the
io,tcr-ta,hcr Of Carolina youth, has he, al
most worn out i'll your service, become in
his latter days traitor to you! a, time
and in n condition Of life, when the future
world might naturally be supposed TO en-
gage him above everything clse-undcr
such circumstances has Federal Gold
proved too strong for him, and has he too
beer. bribed to ply the dagger to his mothers
heart!
And the Hon. JOEL K. PolHsETr, once
the able Cabinet Officer and faithful for
eign Minister, now the learned and retired
philosopher, than whom there brcaihcs not
purer patriot, what under heaven could
drag him from his study on his annie
'c>ta;c, To advise his State to dishonorable
course, Has Federal Gold brought this
eminent man to the dust. And Mcssrs.
| prrrrcpt. Nruu,S,rp H,Sr H,v,,>>,.
PATTERSON, PREsTox and CnEsNur, have
they all bowed down to the Idol And
The Hon. RoBEnr w. DARNwELI, oucc tie
President Of your College, the worthy sue.
ccsacr to the lamented Mr.. CALuorx, the
statesman, the philosopher, fitted to alorn
any place. but hitherto loving nothing Sc
well Us his domestic circle, to which he is
SO beautiful an example and Of which he i:
so distinguished an ornament, has lie tot
hcen struck down. and 6r,bei TO advise his
5. : 2iahunor able c0t.rea Of actio,,i
Ans! has the vcne:=!!!.s: Judge CHEvEs, the
true specimen Of chivalry, the man Of geni.
us and learning, the enlightened statesman,
the wise philosopher, the HERCULES who
has been battling for your rights for these
many years, whom ionors, the idol Of mos,
men could not tempt from tie limits Of his
State, has he in his old age turned iraifnr!
Has Federal Gold unbiased the mountain!
And has that old Patriarch. Gov. DAVID
JOHNSON. OF whom il s difficult TO find
language to speak, venerated by every
body, III intellect and moral wortl, Of colas.
sal proportion. is the last sun OF this wise
and good old man to set upon n irnif>r',
grave Can it be believed that you,
Judges and wise and venerable fellow citi
zcns, men vi property, Of large families, ~
extensive connections, and hitherto OF tried
OF unsupported fidelity, have all been
bought up by Federal Gold and now con,
spire against the interests and honor OF the
people whom they have served SO we'll and
by whom they have been so much honorcd
That all these your own neishbors, have
conspired not only against you, but agains,
themselves, Meir o'on indiridual imsresh
and honor, Can such thing be recon.
cilcd with any known principle Of human
couduct! Are they all in their dotage o,
have they all become corrupt and abomina'
bic What an unexampled stroke of Pro-
vidcncc Or what an incxhaustible mine
OF Gold! and what un unprecedont degree
OF human depraviiy!
We know the indignant response which
every honest citizen in South Carolina vii
make to all this. We anticipate with en-
tire confidence, that no real wcl.wishcr o
his District aud State will be either afrait
or ashamed 10 adopt a measure, which has
been recommended by that overwhelming
array OF our best and wscst men opposed
to Separate State Secession.
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Willow GgovE, Sept. 10th, 1851.
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