The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-09-23
From tho Southern Press.
To the Planters of the South

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What good will scccssIon, disunlon,
or anything OF this kind do you, if your
great interests shall remain in the hunds
Of your enemies? Would moi con.
vcn,lon of planters, subscribing cotton
bales for the basis Of some good prac,i.
cable commercial movement in relation
to continental Europe, be greater and
surer plan for independence than fifty
Nashville conventions, that leave no
trace Of actions or advancement behind?
You have the power, the means, the
elements Of commercial and political
supremacy. Why do you not use theme
Suppose you elect Southern rights
man to Congress in Mississippi, bu, send
your cotton 10 New York, or through
Northern agents in your own ports, to
your other great cnemy-England =!
Suppose you carry the whole ticket IN
Alubamu, yet deliver your wealth 10 the
North? The excuse thu, you have no
money 10 compete with these opponents
is frivolous. You do not need it. Your
cotton is money. Is not the whole Lii.
verpool aud New York cotton operation
bnscl upon q fic.icious capital, nude
available alone by It's connection with
you cotton?
You have friends upon the conlincn,
Of Europe. Money is plenty there,
and if you will only invite ii, i, will be
II, your feet. Money, loo, from people
who sympa,hisc with you, who have
never intcrfrrcd with your domestic in
s'lu,ions. People who are jealous Of,
and rivals Of, England; people who
have The means of rc>cuins you from
the grasp Of oppression.
The planters must move. You must
meet, aud not for passing resolutions,
('xcrm those Of commerce and ins,ruc-
tons To your agents aud mrrchanl,) hur
YOU must NEE, and act. Mccl as friends
without distinction Of party. Form
Your foreign alliances. Establish your
correspondents. Subscribe your cot.
ton, and invite capital. You can GO,
advunc, and all necessary and even
extraordinary facilities. Or, are you
snlticd with the old state of things
What has i, done for you! How have
you interests been promoted? You have
been imposed upon. The fictitious mon.
led interest Of England, aud New York,
cher agcnIs,) have monopolizrd your
scaboard, your trade, your everything.
You nlc subjrc, 10 all kinds Of i'm.
position. High commissions, enormous
expenditures, tremendous charges for
what YOU consume, unreasonable inter
cs, aud insurance, constant and uncX
pec!ed, and ruinous fluctuations. From
what wealth do those marble palaces
rear themselves in the North? Why
should you no, possess it? Wha,
natural produc, Of suppressing value is
II that keeps i'll motion those iron hands
of. English power and BRUSH
uris,ocracy! You have been dcIormcd
politically, morally, and socially. Your
S,u,c credit, your personal credit, (yes,
ye sons of Southern origin, rcprcscn.
,utivcs Of manly honor,) your personal
credit ruined nlnos, throughout Chris
tendon. BY whom? Who are your
agents! Friends! Have they proved
SO! Has not the wealth Of the North
intcrcs,s) already its representatives
in Congress! Yes, TO rive, the chains
that bind you. Gradually and by
degrees yon are being embodied by the
mighty arms Of Northern enterprise.
One IN already extends from Maine
to Ca ornia. and lhc iron fingers Of the
other is extending and grusping The
wcalll, Of your beautiful Ohio--your
magnificent father Of waters. Suppose
for Instance, that New York and
Eng and should, by invention, su-
pcrScdc the use Of your great staple?
Should you not bc III u position 10
! defy her! You have o!hcr resources.
Your climate and soil is ull productive
10 be idle is 10 be Vicious saws
Johnson. 10 be idle Gas regards the
Soull) is death. We must rork. Yes,
pnl our shoulders 10 lhc wheel and
tabor. Labor, human labor, is the
great lever of powcr--ot national
greatness. No man, no STATE can
thrive without il. 1t is a necessary
| md divine institution. The sweat ,ha,
IailS lIoill tHc OIO" oI HuiltSl tIlI IL INC
rain, blessed hy Heaven, which fer.
taliZcs and cnrichcs the land.
Let our young men take pride
in useful pursuits. Let The talent and
energy devoted 10 politics and The pro.
irsSons, (now ovcrstockcd) be conccn.
tratcd upon our agricultural and com.
mcrclnl interests. An action Of this
sort would do more to strengthen
THIS Union and TO give the South whai
they dcnand nor, and agitation, than
all the compromise bills ever passed
Virginia in September will s,likc a
blow. But il is a meeting merchants
Then lc, tho planters attend the mass
meeting at Macon, Georgia and so lei,
the bail keep moving. Mississippi will
follow with Alnbnma-Tcxns win her
wool and cotton But remember, that
unless yon, unless The planting interest
acts directly, individually and with
combined determination and frmncss
every other effort will fail. Then
let Tho cry be ''ndepcndcn, action Of
the planler-direct iradc--polilcal
equality. ALA BhMA.