The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-01-29
From the southern yr1p.,.
Southern Earonna ana her posttj

State of South Carolina. its pasyosc Is
disclosed IN the first words Of it's tiisscua.
ton. S''It 'is a matter,of prppriety, .,s well
as convenience, to separate the casc.of
South CaTsliDa, from TINT Of ,oIher .S,a,cs
which have given 'esidsnce .of .d;sopn,ent
'w~itbtheir condition in the Unien.'n at is
n mattertoT. prnpriety, as we'll as of conven.
,ioncesY not 0fjHslioe ,ortruib; and accord
ingly h goes TO work, without regard ITO
.irutli or sssrsa, .'sto separate the case ar
South Carolinn from that of other S.ates."
The .d%iscontent" Of South Carolina, does
not arise IRON causes cemrRen toahe whole
So,iHl.s Ut does not arise from the notion
'ofthe Federal Government Itslopprrssiye
tariff IN a52S--its base perfdy in over
throwing Tire Compromise tariff of 1855
by tariff Of lS42--its currency and internal
Improvement schemes, TO enrich the North,
'andt control and subject the Southland
lastly, its gigantic measures of Tebbery and
wrong, passed at the Iast session Of Con.
gress, by which Tire South is denied any
participation i'm Off tcuitorics, equal in
eXtcnt to Itlfc whole territorial area Of the
old thirteen States; these are not The causes
Nf her discomfort. Nor havethe froc States
gwen her any cause for dissatisfaction.
Nhey have iastressuea into Congress the
agItsdios OF slavery. and they rave kept it
uPs ander. one pretext or ano,her, for the
last ten years, to the exclusion of almost
every other subject Reconsideration. They
practically nullifed, by the acts of their
State legislatiors The Fugitive Slave Law
ct l7ea; and now, when Congress attempts,
by add't,onnl Legislature 10 carry out the
.tohest 'of 1.-THE CONSTITUTION on this vital sab
,lect, tho Jaws ,0f Congress ar. suiliticd by
Vermont, resisted in massachusetts,, and
scan onay be enforced in a few Localities by
tho employment OF such physical power, rs
renders the law utterly useless for any
practical good 10 the South. Nor does the
matter stap here They arc making this
law the test Of their elections, and arc filling
the Senate aud House OF Representatives
with members pledged to overthrow it.
Now, all these outrages against the Con
stItution, and the rights of the Southern
States, are not causes for this "disoonlenl"
IN South Carolina; according to the pro-
found views of the Intelligencer. These
are all. blessings, but upon her by the Iu-
t%elligencer aud his Northern supporters
and allies, for which she sh, uld be duly
grateful. The true causes Of her discon-
'tcnt, and hostility to the Union, are two
list, "her climate and the circumstances of
her geographical POSITION" and I'd, ire
sentiments Of thwarted AMBITION" These
arc causee which separate the case of
South Carolina from that of the Southern
States, whscl, have given evidence Of dis.
content with their cordition III the onion"
Ultimate, and other circumstance of her
geographical position" How these have
operated to breed discomfort in South Car.
ollna, the intelligencer very wisely declines
10 snow. He says "it is net necessary
here to state" But is it not" a matter of
propriety as ~eA as convenience" when
he is making out a case of separation OF
South Carolina from tho other Southern
Statcss The climate of South Carolina is
the same az Of Georgia, tho growth Of
whose patriotism the IntalIigoncef cannot
weary in p~raising. The climatic Of South
Carolina 10 very much the climate Of Greece
and Rome-.a pretty gosd latitu 10 Tor the
t'breed of noble men,"
And then cher resentinenta Tor thwarted
;ambition!" These the In%telligcncer lays
off in two branches, frat mot having tha:
asccndency IN station and power 10 which
she aspfred aaaenggst tho Stntes; and second
ly--not having elevated her ~favorito son to
the highest rank in the National Govern
lncnt.
ii South Carolina has not been satisfed
wIttther position amongst her sister States,
SO lar AZ consequence and consideration are
concerned, she must be az stupid, or ms
crazy as the National Inteligencer would
have. her to be. Let tho I%ntelligencer nut
It's finger on any great question in our
affairs, from our Revolution To the last
slra mn nj Tho EAfnvtou ~ 49, -
has South Carolina had to be disappointed
or ashamed Of the part she has PLAYED; AL
though small in numbers and territory, what
State has given to the Union ADLER men, or
drawer soldiers! IL she is disappointed. it
has not been because she has not com.
manded the Esteem and admiration of her
sister States, nor because her glory has no,
been emblazoned in the establishment OF
Inc Mo She has quite consideration
enough; and the InteIligencer knows it.
Ills article proves it. Her discomfort, he
fcars. 1t is because he respects her, (dc-
spite his pretended disparagement,) that he
Singles her out for a~niinadvcrsion, and mis-.
representation, from the other Southern
States. Her people may not submit to the
degrading wrong, which has been inflicted
on them in common with the people Of The
other Southern States, in being dcspoilcd
OF their rights in our territories. They
may redeem their pledge TO the world, to
resist this wrong "at every hazard and to
The last extremity" Hence his mper
hroad-side against this State. Hence his
effort. TO Isolate her position, from that of
a.be other Southern States. AS TO the
spoilsG of office-the honors and emolumcn,s
of this Governmental is true, her sons
ia &c enjoyed but few OF them. They hive
pursued exactly that course which must
exclude them from them. All tho office
holders, for tho Last ten years. under his
Govern neat from South Carolina in
Washington, The fnteIiigencer may coun,
on the fingers Of one hand. But her people
have not been disappointed in not obtaining
offices. They have not sought them;
whilst their, statesmen in Congress have
beon far above those party.tics. and party
operations by which they are to he obtained.
But her ambition has been tI,wartcd in
not being able to liz Mr.. Calhoun to the
Presidency.
We do not doubt that South Carolina de-
sired to see MIR. Calhoun ~ the Presidential
chair. She thought him doubtless worthy
OF this DISTINGUISHED Statiop .nI tho b,,n