The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-09-09
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sUMTERVILLE, s. O., SEPTEMBER 8, 1s51

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regardingit I know, Sir, that the
majority here, and perhaps through.
out the State, is overwhelming, but
majorities have no terrors to my mind
I am sure that shall not into a
smaller minority, here or elsewhere,
than l have been placed heretofore
on different theatre in battling for
tho rights of South Carolina.
If my countrymen desire a victim
because of the fearless expression Of
opinion, | am ready for the sacrifice;
but let me say once for all, that the
cold neglect of former friends, nor
the taunts Of enemies shall ever
kindle in my bosom, any feeling not
in unison with tho interests, the hon.
or and the glory Of my beloved Car
DINA. My counsels may bo rejected,
my name perchance covered with op-
probium, but no son Of hers will sus-
tain with more energy, her cause and
fortunes when the rubicon shall have
been passed, than myself. fl pur.
sue the dictates of my Judgment,
let the issue be what it may in the
future, | shall
"Fccl within me
a peace above all earthly dignilies,
a..
A still and quiet conscience"
The action of the spoliation Con.
gross has inflicted so serious blow
against the institution ofslavery, that
its preservation in the future re-
qulres tho separation Of the slave
holding from the non.slaveholding
States, and tho organization Of the
former into a confederation under a
new Constitution. There is no rcas-
enable hope that the injustice Of the
past will be redresscd, or that sccuri-
~ for the future can be obtained, and
our peace and prosperity both con-
spire to pointto Southern Confedc.
racy as the only means left to per-
pctuato the institutions (which our
fathers #bcqueathed US. New ag-
grcssions arc not necessary to engen-
der aa implacable hostility To- the
GoYoinme at Z ssls lsslhllg lllg gton-eii eiioagfi
was done BY the memorable sSsaljust-
ment Congress to alcnate pcrma-
ncntly the people Of South Caro-.
lima from the Federal Government,
and We had fondly hoped that our
fellow citizens Of the Southern States
were prepared to resist the wrongs
done them at every hazard. Vir-
glnla was the first to plant her colors,
and am sorry to say was not the
last to haul them down. The major.
ity in our sister Georgia have retreat.
cd from the declaration Of her Leg.
islaturc, that the admission of Cali
tornia would be sufficient cause for
dissolution Of tho Union, and have
erected 4 new platform, which con-
templates new agsrcssions, before
she will act dccisiYely. Others, per.
haps, arc willing to acquicscc, if no
ether assaults are made on our insti-
tutions. However painful this state
ment Of facts may be, it is stern truth,
and demands on. serious considcra-
ton before nc venture 10 take all re.
dress in our own hands, and enter
upon the untricd pcrils Of rcyoIu.
,lon.
VIII the secession OF South Caro-.
lima alone, result in establishing a
Southern Contcdcracy, or in redress.
ing past grievances? There are few,
il any, who would favor secession if
they believed that South Carolina
alone, would constitute Republic,
independent Of, and isolated from the
other Southern States. What arc
our hopes for sympathy and co-opc.
ration, when We take the step "a
step, Which once taken, can never be
honorably rctractcd. The cotton
States have the same destiny and fate
before them that We have, and ulti.
matcly, they will cooperate with us,
if our rashness does not destroy our
friends there, and enable a common
enemy to divide and ALLEVIATE those
who must be common friends, or all
will perish. What arc the prospects
Of sympathy and cooperation from
that quarter, il VIC act now? There
are individuals scattered all over the
South, who arc prepared to sustain
US with their blood and treasure.
They sympathise deeply with us, and
perhaps feel greatly hunllitated that
their own States are not arousing
from their lcthargy to sustain US; but
the oycrfiowing patriotism is no critic
rlon by which to judge Of the com
munity, even i'll which he lives.
Many Of our gallant brethren, scat
tered all over the Southwest, urge
US to strike, and the buglo's first
blast will find them shoulder to
shoulder With us in resisting tho To-