The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-04-09
Union Meeting in Mississip,,


T.,c prediction OF nm event is very often
its cause. This is most especially the
case with regard to what Mr.. Foors has
said of the course Mississippi will pursue.
He was rcsolutc in his purpose to dcludc
the Mssissipplans into tho belief that the
Compromises, the true object Of which was
to keep tho Union in existence for the ben.
eff; of Harry politicians, is really what was
needed to restore peace harmony and fra
nalsafiectiorst % an ngilated and a divided
talsPl:e; WAS oil upon The troubled wa. wa
ters, md d, stcal
npoit tue shore and saw The restless up
leaving waves smoothed and quctei down
beneath its gentle Influences until, far as
the eye could extend its view, no ,ruffle
marred tho placid surface, ,;7 dark shadow
ofangry, unhoiy strife rested on it, but the
sun light glanced and glt,ered oyer it and
the blue heavens above lay mirrorcd in
Its gentle bosom. Such peaceful antici.
Patlons filled MIR. FooTE's soul with ioy,
the more especially MS he thought that over
such a sea 1t were but jaun, of pleasure
to sail TO the haven Of his dearest ambition,
his most cherished hopes, To ensure all
these happy results it was only necessary
that the patient should Imagine the Com.
promise to be n cool, delicious, healing
draught, and to Imagine would be 10 enjoy
1t. In the case OF his own State however
his resolution had to deal with sturdy OBJ.
slnacy, and any other than he would have
been driven to acknowledge ignorance OF
The constitution and temperament of I,is
patient Meetings and Conventions of the
people expressed their dissatisfaction with
the course Mr.. FooTE was pursuing, bu,
he declared that such were not The senli.
mcnts OF the people. The Legislature CEN
sured Mr.. FooTE bu, he asserted tha, lI,cy
m'sreprcscntcd their constituents. The
whole matter was n terrible piece of uyo-
luton and we at n distance were in great
suspense and anxiety with regard 10 tIe,un-
happy, maniaca condition Of our beloved
sister, Mississippi. Her people we're no,
Tie People. nor knew the minds of The
PEOPLE, and her Legislature could not have
exhibited more ignorance of the inhabitants
o The Moon than of the true sentiments al
The People.
is matter OF congratuation that The
People have at last been found Mr.. Foorr
has ihc merit of discovering them; they
i've IN ii'nd County and congrcgatc d, Jack
son what Is most TO be rcluiCcd over is
that they are just such ai Mr. FoorE fondly
hopcd they would bc--casiIy cheated OF
'hcr Judgments and so creduious as To he.
i'cvc that they have themselves formed
op'n'ons which have been insinualcd into
their own minds by others. A larpc and
oh'hnsIas &c meeting was held a, Jackson
on The 10Th ut., nt which all the precincts
IN Hind County were represented. The
People, in that i,npos ng asscm5agc con-
vcncd, were .JricndS Of he Union, aud they
nominated w. J.. Sm.,RKEy, IIryrv s
IoaTE and AMOS r. JonSsroy, by acclana-
ton, as delegates 10 tho State Convention
Henry s. FooTE and Judge SuAExEy 10
iT"rc IN Convention called to maintain
the honor OF Mississippi And The Poo.
pic did this Pity that The People had
been found better that they ha continued
lost.
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a ballotting was had on the 27ih ul,., in
the 9th Brigade (for Fairfield and Chester)
to ilI' the vacancy occasionod by the rcsig-
nn'ion OF Drigadier General MEANs, which