The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-09-16
doncy Of their temper and principles il


in tlis direction.
Ii Marat, Robcspicrrr, and Cnuthen had
forcseen distinctly the scenes of blood which
their doctrines developed, they might have
paused. Certainly, Lafayette, Roland. and
Brissot would no, have encountered them.
IN truth, the French Revolution is not more
an awful spectacle Of terror than profound
lesson Of wisdom. ] beg leave to commend
to you, sir, and your committee, the perusal
Of Iauartine's History Of the Giro,,dists.'' y
The committee having prescribed you be
the authority Of their names, to make thy
work Of your destruction ,loubly sure, keep
up the fire upon you from behind the covert
Of an anonymc for i, is pretty plain that
if f"Palmetto" was not written by the same
twas dictated by the same spirit; so that
Mny take "I'aln,etto" as further expo
sitlons of the temper and purposes Of The
personal respect and kndncss--thc same
Delinquent boy, that lie may thrash him
the better.
Tho writer, notwithstanding some sly,
and. perhaps, half sarcastic alusion TO your
condition and circumstances, your nativity,
your kindred and your property, is no,
conscious OF any personal ill-wil-no, it is
not tha, which inpels him. 1t is the more
prcdo,ninating and nnrclcnting spri, of
revolutionary prescription which belongs to
his party which sways him, unconsciOusly
for tho present, and which win sway and
contaminatc The State If his party succeeds.
Wha, is that party! "i'almcilo" uludes
! 10 ,he notification contest. reserve my
! opinions in regard to that contest; but look
| al tho contrast.
Calhoun, in the Senate Of the United
States, led tie nullificrs, his colleagues
concurring with him. Rhc,t leads the
separate scccssionists, while his colleague,
| who is no nnonymc. and is the child of an
ilI.lcmpered and untas,cful saying of Mr.
Clay, but who, with his glorious patronym:c,
has attained position through the laborious
gradations OF public office, does in nowisc
concur with him. iIaync was Governor.
In the House OF Reprose senta,ivcs the
nullifiers had the stormy clhlucncc and
indomi,able energy of. McDullic. The
separate seccssionIsls have Mr.. Colcock,
In our judiciary the nulliticrs had
n "lIarpcr"-th,t magma nominis umbra
The excusionists have Chancellor Dargan
In tho Legislature the nuliticrs had the
uncqual!cd cloquencc Of Pras,on-thc
contrast is too distant for inc to find il.
May it not afford you some consolation,
sir. to look round at those to whose
company you nrc excluded and condemned!
You are placed with the great Cheves, with
| Andrew Pickcns Butler the very name
has music in it. You arc in the category o
David Johnson, who is amongst us like
| :.l.
tho clustering associations Of years and
years of respect and love. There is by
your side Rooert BarnwcIi--.-"mns zach.
d sans nenr.' Bat space would fail me to
record the goodiy company Of martyrs
whom your committee cast you.
! That The secessonis,s, party, or your
cnitah'sts, cntcs.u.n definite purpose o!
u,vidag the STATE and segregating he;
from ti.- Southern States, cannot believe;
ort ft!iey had that purpose, their measures
could noi b= more cuEnIngiy contrivcd tu
accomplish It. As IL your own case, thcy
denounce ard ptoscrihe even The minulcsl
shade of opinion. Yonr disposition foy
resistance il expressed in the strongest
terms. Your opinons. suspect, go further
'lan those OF ANY man in the United S ,a,es
, out O! your own State. Your ldent. ticat,u,l
with the South. az understand, s secured
by the deepest interests in that institution
which is the sole subject in controversy;
but you are not TO be trusted, unless you
Will at once pledge yourself to udrp,
course which no considcratc man thinks
likely To protect slavery from the progress
OF that feeling and policy which threatens it
The truth is that these gentlemen, by
an ordinary dclusion of human nature. have
forgotten the end IN the apprcc atlon of the
means; and many, doubtless, Of warl,kc
| propensitics, are not aycrse In the hubbub
and uproar of revolutionary violence.
| II the scccssionists succeed, then the
new nationality of the State is TO be
| moulded and fashioned hv ,!,cm-the
excluded from all share in the government
, except in It's burdens.
! Mr.. Rhc,t, suppose, will be the
Washington, and the President, unless
more ilust.ious title courts lis
acco pi.nco, and then he Frauklius
| Jclirrsons, Adamses are to be chosen from
his followers. The empire OF South Car.
"lina, extending from the Savannah 10 the
Pee Dee, will be the theatre Tor Tic display
OF a glorious and ennobing nationality.
| There may be a great prosration OF
property; but will any patriot listen to nj
! appeal to avarcc! There may be great
destruction OF life aud terrible civil
conflict; but what patriot will heed ~,
! appeal to his fear OF blood and death, Those
few Among us wlo are familiar with the
! pistol and the bow &c hnic, or whose habits
oi l:ic enable them 10 look. as Gcmcr;
Jackson SAID, with compIarcncy upo.
! blood ald carnage. may be able tl
! contemplate the probable result with
c"nposurc; but confess cannot
and therefore must content myself will,
submitting to the dcnunciation OF these
| gentlemen, more innocent for the present
than when they have the power OF the
| State.
hope, sir, yon will pardon me for having
taken The liberty OF using your name AZ
a vehicle for these sentiments. Yours
especially,
GRACCuuS.
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