The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-01-01

people OF Mlssissippi, through the only channels
gwen Tor the expression Of public sentiment
puplic meetings, the Press and the Legislature
-hnve signifed their disnprobation Of his course;
ana It Is equally certain, that Mr.. FoorE's seat
III the Senate has not been vacated. His decalnr-
uon would seem to indicate, that he was u man
oi the finest sensibility but his acts arc wholly
Inconsistent with that declaration. evinciug an
utter want o fpridc, oftruth and of dignity.
With regard to the discomfort Of the people o.
mississippi, ns expressed through their public
meetings, he says, that il is but the cbuli,ion of an
cfierfescent excitement, which means nothing,
nnd That the people of That State do not i'm renli-
ty know their own sentiments. But even grant.
ing, TINT they are in the full possession of that
amount OF intelligence, which it would seem is
requisite To insure them in n knowlv dpc of their
own thoughts and wishes upon this particular
subject, MIR. +. can only recognise, in the fact of
his being invited home, the prevalence of that
snicidicnl policy, which would induce the child
to throw Oft the protection Of the parent, and
he gives the world To understand TINT the article.
Patriotism, enters much too lnrgcIy into his com.
position to permit of his allowing his loved but
nnioHins Mississippi to commit any act so sub.
rcrire of her own interests, as that Of Kidding
herself of his services.
With rrgnri To the attacks Of the Press. he
processes Il supreme contempt I" for newspaper
scribblcrs,' in,imating, that their shafts when
aimed mt ~ exalted nm object ns himself, are as
harmless ns the arrows Of the Liliipu,ians.
With regard to the resolutions passed by the
Legislature c"ndcmnntury of his course he has
the unblusiling cfrontcry to assert, that the gen.
tleman who compose tina, body, although en-
lightcned and patriotic, ar. yet guilty Of misrcp-
rc*cnting the people, in the passage of such res.
olutions. So that, when the Press md the Leg.
%islatnrc declare, that Mr.. FoorE misrrprcscn.
sents his constituents, they arr Themselves mis-.
representing the people nml when the people
Themselves declare, that Mr.. Foorr misrrnre.
sentS them, they do but misrcprcscnt their own
views and feelings. Surely this particular por-
ton of tho universe was never destined to figure
upon cnnvns-so difficult is it of rcprcscnfn iion.
But then does not GONE one represent, il, Oh
yes! MIR: FoorE does. Happy Mississippi
happy III the Possession Of II servant who knows
her better than she knows herself mud loves her
better than she loves herself. So others NAV
think, and cxclnim bu, rs for us. W. nrc in
clined To the opinion, that the case of Mississip-
pi is much like tina, Of" Sinbad. the sailor -
that she has saddlrd herself with m "old man
OF the sea- and ihnt it will take something ,uorc
than words TO ,isloigc him from his scat.
The circumstances. attendant upon n snjorrn
III Washington, are clothed with n degree of nj.
Effectiveness far greater than ,ha, which invests
tho sitnplcr features Of the distant homestead :;
and the people of Mississippi may long in vain
for the presence Of their bencfactor. Thoughts
of home have 10 charms for him nor can the
touching p!nint Of the exile. home, sweet
h"mc'-fini n responsive echo in his BOSOM
lie is determined To stay it out and not NIL the
nllurmcnr employed by the Syrcns-no, the
picture of al his social cnjoyincnis-not even
the anticipation Of the can.sscs tolc had Mt The
hands of the juvenile Fccte-can move him
from his dctermination-or from Washington.