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

Inst issue where they will find our com-.
men,s, with our reasons at large for tic
course NO adopted in ahe outset. What
s@o have done, has been 10 good faith. We
have nothing more TO say.
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Aetters Addressed TO tho Gosfi-
snittcc of Hnyitafion.
ANDERSON, 28th Sept. 1851.
Gentlemen: A prior engagement. will,
Iregrc, to say. deny me ,he pleasure of
participating with you in yanr Co. operation
demonstration on The first monday in Octo-
bcr.
should favo bccn much gratifc1 to
,ningle my counsels, humble though !
know them to be, with the noble spirits
who will meet you on that occasion, as al.
80 to have made the personal acquaintance
Of my fellow citizens OF Tho wealthy and
populous District of Sumter.
concur fully in the objects and purpo-
ses Of your meeting and hope il will ac-.
complish much g"od in illustrating the lruc
character Of the contest now waxing SO
hot in Suulh Carolina. The painful soici-
tudc which have felt fur the position Of
our common mother has been greatly mti-
gated by the accommodating evidence that
the people have taken ut last the question
OF Separate State Action into consideration
and verify believe, they will prevail in
spite of tho eitnrts Of n partisan press and
save the State from the miscnrfiages Incl
dent 10 separate nationality. Tho extra
ordinary action Of the Charleston Convcn-
ton in May last precp'ta,cd n d.v.slou in
South Carolina which pcrchancc might
have been avoided. Tho Co.opcrationsts
We're no, allowed to stand upon the plat
- %n ! tho address and resolutions of
Sa.d Without sacrificing their
rrin .8 d. !hc s'rnugcs, dictates of
aa'y anA ssa.
q.
This rcqni,s' ouch tor that grea, end
Wc 1s5. -;rccssi..nis,s upon llla,
o"t III go which every resist
nncc man in the State con!d occupy With
out ;nvoivlng any sacrifice of principle, and
were ling to irll~l The whole matter To
the Judgment, wisdom and discretion ol the
toto ,IoI
il no eiG,r,s should bc made there or else
where to influence ~ decision unduly.-
The Scccssionisis judgn% from their &C.
tons though, il 10 be 0i;%icnsabe that the
State should be irrcvo at'y p!edscJ to sep.
crate action as FAR rs tl,r :nud and there.
by manufacture fictitious publc npinion
in the State in favor nf their nlicy, which
SO far from having becu arr led upon by
the people in The election, ni ne Delegates,
was never discussed be Jrc '!c,n. They
were unwilling to trust liz srcat issue in
The hands of The Convent without put
ting the !c;tcrs and tralnm2.s ot supposed
popular opinion in favor Of atra nation
| ality OF every mcmbrr uf that body. Tie
State must be committed then aud ,hcro.
Such a bold movement. in their spccuia.
iions, might lia the effect OF ,lrivn. INTO
the ranks The feeble minority tha, oannscd
thcIn upon ,ha, occa5i;,ii. 1t failed li"wev-
or and subsequent events have clearly de-
m"n>'ratcd tha, they msjudscd the scn,i-
. - II, 10, 4 a,
ny vain regrets Ill! the urinds o! the actors
in il!n, body that a itir more moderation
did not mark their deliberations. Most Of
them now CLAIM 10 be Co-opcralinniats and
say ,h,, they will wait reasonable
time for i, but that reasonable time which
can only hc regulated by "vcntS, yet To
happen must end with the # year that
/. ~ rS:>"n' "mNcnHo' : 10 lT", and ihG'
! trA,sl'ion - Ih.u lhli ser must pasS Ia"
| Charleston meeting think such a mndcr-
ate opinion rs that, would have pu, the au.
Thor under snSpicion; for tho lopgcs,'swa't-
er" Of that plr,Y whom had There the
pleasure to meet, thought that dislonoT
would suliy the fair cscu.cheon OF South
C,roina it sho remained in. Uaion,
where Georgia, Alabalna aud Mississippi
was, Ipnger,hna The frs; of next May. The
l2d February was tic faporiIe day fixed
in the hotels and at the street corners for
passing the ordnunee. Tho change which
has come 'oscr the spirit ofilcir dreams y
proves one thing at least, That Cooperation
was not sucl,an unini,igaici humbug at
that time as was supposed when wc were
told that "Seccssion was tho last arrow
in our 1uiver," and that il must DO shot of
before our thickskincd brethren Of tho
South "would face the mnsic In de-
fence Of their own rights.
The Charleston meeting pledged thc