The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-09-09

III ~ t,iits 1Is
cars confidently believe, mai h sifss
The iact that orr population iprnisi,cs si,o I
sailors, and that our harbors S1rs i'll sr;oy.
may compel us 10 take d Gefensiva posi-
ton, that of: an agricultural people viii u 3
strong military organization; but, at least
under sDcl, a government, should VIC want 8
more room for our slave popuiatiol, wlsca
the exigancy arises, We can take II.
Bnt 1 do not see how the sepa aie 81.
cession Of South CarSlina. will abate sIios
settled hostility Of Tie North and The world
to the institutions Of slavery Our exports
cannot command thu marker OF tie snrsd
and conquest is out Of tie question.
suppose, now, that tho secession viii 6s
indeed separate, and that no other State
will join us, which is cue Of iIej jalscsna.
tives, proponnded BY the separate action
party. ;ssSssS
Granting that we could maintain our
selves, in Q snnail way, tho spectacle OF iiile
South, broken into fragments, at the first
serious demonstration of our eisenics.
would be to them glorious triumph; they
would persuade themselves, either, thai tfss
institution is net worth extending or Inst
the South is incapable ofuDion. and ii,erc-
fore Of self government, thcir hands e. slieir
hearts would be strengthened against. u.s..
Much less, canSI see, hog separate seces.
sion, can regain The balance Of powcrrs
which we have lost, which was 81, Dur our.
side, when Texos was admitted. with the
privilege Of making four slave Staieg, bns Z
which is now reversed. Whether It can I
be. regaincd in or out OF the Union, Il IL
certain that South Carolina docs nothing to
regain it, by seeding from The line Of Z
Southern States, but in effect restricts the
area, upon which her own sIayes, are here
after and forever to subsist. Ia \; 80
So great and lupansweruble, are tia arr
guments, against separate secession, that
the separate action party, no longer con-
template il as aa end, though TINY do not
deny that il is an a,ternafire;; but they
suppose, that by ecceding alone, they S:ll
precipiiate IN issue, which will end ifs!tlicS
dissolution of the Union, and in the forma -
ton co ins,anii, Of Southern, confederacy.
Iobjectto this experiment, becauss, n
not successful, It leaves us, bill one alter
native, TO set mp for ourselves, as an iinsls-
pendent nation, thus withdrawing our
forces, in Congress, in Tie presideutial
election. aad in the general politics OF tic
country, from the side Of ,kc South, as long
as j, remains IN tile gnion, aud exposing
uf, to be harassed, Distracted and beaIea in iI,;
detail, before the South is readyio firm i.
Cove rnment, upon a s,ahis and permanent
basis. out Of the Union.
< object to The experiment. Of iarsing o,ls-
cr States 70 join II becauao from the Best
lights i can her, and from iii a,it
ef men, il, whom have 1T Il, {
EssiIl taif;sss
object q the 81 Her
Southern States arc Id De forced into sihs'
struggle. n!
This is Government, Of opinion, ssis s;iis 1
iiEdng opinions :.s, pfonose!
to resortto urIns. s.575=3fA. y NJ !@5s
Secession Of iisclf. wiilnot tring ;i,em
TO cooperate with us, in framing a South.
ern Government. II is probable, that no, no,
amount OF pecnniary loss, or commercial
and agricultural distress, Will bring them ,o
our side. There must be q conf d, arms.
and il is supposed, that the first gun will
bring the Southern chivalry5 to rs feet. 5s
In,ny opinion, Gentlemen. tha, depends,
somewhat, upon ,rto .};;1es frs,. AS long as
The otl,er Southern States stand aioof, ,i,a;
Government IS perfectly competent, with
out firing gun.,o proteti their iinterests,
IN The collection ofreyenue, sufficient for
its duo administration, leaving Us 10 she $exs
pertinent Of separate nationality, which, i
believe, will be Immediately fatal 10 oar
prosperity as a people, and remotely, to Tile,
cause Of Sonlhern insti.u,ions; and in thai.
position, z cabin'd, cribbea, confined z z We
will remain, unless we take the Initiative
and commence the aras.
We are, thon, TO point the first gun. NOT
10 secure or defend a separate nationality,
which wcdo mol inreali,y desire, nlWhiof.
does no, fesiore The balance Of power or eS~
tend our institutions, but on The contrary.
restricts them; but we areto shed the iisss.
blood, 10 excite sympathy. 10 secHre co.o,-
erafion, and, as tho first step. TO nav. jiral
and stable Government. without the assar-
anee, from the aa,horisiss Of q single Siate.
that they viii sytprathizo in such a moves
ment Truly,wo may pause, before sse
commit ourselves, to This bloody Issue,
which, 70 make The best OF Il, might probas
bly, end in a separate, and let me add, a
crippled nationality.
Having taken my position, against the
prac,icabii,y Of separate secession as a
means of restoring the balance Of power
in the Governmenss before the election for
the Convention, when, / supposed was in