The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-05-14
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ADDRESS
| From The De'ec7tes Of The Southern Rights
Associations # South Carolina, Assem-
| bicd ia Charleston, In The Southern Rights
| SS1ciHiiDnS Of The Southern States
Having me- To take counsel together,
and having agned upon the course which
We il'nk II IS tight and sarv 10 pnr-
/ sue. we wish b lay before you the consid-
crations by which we have hecn governed,
with that iranE,css which our respect for
You and our desire TO merit your good
! opinions rcqui-,.
| We rc.ard he position Of the Southern
States in this confcdcracy AS degraded and
| ru'nous. Thcmanitcst tendency Of those
| systematic ng.rcssinns which they have
| suffered trr many years past. IS to su6vcrt
! the institution Of slavery. ItlhOsc acts O.
hostile domination which have been render
cal more insulin: by mockcry oi language,
under The tern. Of compromise, were final
III their nature md were not to he followed
by any further aIgrcss!Ons. we would still
| regard them as oUtraIrs, t0 which SovCr-
cign States. possessing the spirit OF free
dom, ought never to submit Bat those
measures only form part of Il system, grad
ually commenced, steadily carried forward.
gathering strength from development, and
proceeding with fatal momentum To lis end.
| That end is the abolition Of negro slavery
in the Southern States, and the lowering o!
the free white population Of the South tn
the same level with that agrarian rabblc.
which already strong and dangerous seems
destined before very long 10 be the control
ling power IN the Northern States. We
see no remedy and no safety for the South
in the prcscrt UIon. But we know that
IN this we differ lrum very many citizens OF
tho other SoutlicrH States, SPIRITED and in
tciligcnt, layinS The same interests, and
suffering uuhef 5ie $,inc wrongs with onr-
selves, and wilcichcrish the nope that the
rights of the Sogth may he vindcatcd aud
secured wiimS disso!ving the existing
EConfedcracy s''S's difference i, docs not
s9Eai1ss Is , ' ss sSass ]; lizsns Of South C,ro;ng
! aware thai rccdl:a.i.y cf political position,
arising from past cvcn,~ ,sndercd GER
tain reserve, MI :!;cir part, prudent and
proper, have studously avoided everything
which NIGH, look like assuming The lead.
in The defence Of Southern rights. They
desired I" act. because ;i,ry believed! iha,
safety and honor required action; bnt they
hoped that they might fihd leaders in other
States whom they might follow in defence
Of Tie common cause. When the arcicnt
commonwealth Of Virginia. tllaipropcr .cad
or Of the South, declared hcrtlc,crminaton
! :: rcsis., al a.! hazards andto The last cx.
,remi.v, hostile measures 'hcn threatened.
South Carolina, with afacrily, stoo! ready
to support Virginia in carrying out her i,;sh
resolution. when Georgia, whose former
resistance TO Fedora! usilrpa,or, under
her heroic statesman, Troupe, gave prom
i,c q: uni,juchng iirmncss. in any contest
/ ~ wi'ch she mig ht engage, proclaimed her
I determination 10 make stand Tor the ririlis
or the Souil,-Suuth Carolina rcioced nj
l'tc prospect Of rallyIng under The banner
! al Georgia.
And when the young and sister, Missis-
I sipp. proposed The wisn measure nl South
crn Convention. Tor tic purpose al cndcav-
I ornT 10 .ni,c the Southern States in mnir-
/ tanning ihr.r Constitutional rights, ani at
/ Ia" same itini prCScrymT, II possible, the
/ rN SlInr Union. South Carolina heartily
! entered INTO this measure, and She hl. cnr.
| rIH out tie recommendation oi the Cunvcn-
I tion 20 assembled al the instance Of M,ssis
/ Npp!. hy providing Tor The election OF Dele.
| gate, 10 Suu'hc.n Congress, To whose
'mcct = she stl. looks w,th anxious inter-
| est.
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