The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-12-02
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established. According to your in.
structious, I cncampcd the ten Bri.
gadcs ofiInfantry and five of Cavalry
in the State. The officers, generally |
speaking, exhibited great enthusiasm,
and conducted themselves as soldiers
and gentlemen. y high toned spirit
and patriotism seemed to animate
them, which convinced me that they |
would ever be ready at their country's |
call to stand to their, arms Al |
though encanpmcnts must be admit
ted by all to be excellent schools for
the training Of soldiers; and although
the gool which has been done by
them is already manifest, yet am
not prepared to recommend their |
continuance under present circum-
stances. Where the immediate nc.
ccsSity for them IS not too great, !
do not think the State ought to be
subjected to the heavy expense, nor
tic officers to the Inconvenience in.
cidcnt to them. Where the Brigades
are compact, little inconvenience at.
tends them; but where the country is
sparscIy regulated, and the Brigades
are stretched over Il large extent Of
country, the duty of attending them
is exceedingly oncrous to all the off.
GERS, and almost runous to those OF
them who are poor. Under these
circumstances, | recommend that
they be abolished.
The General Assembly, at its last
meeting. put at the disposal of the
Board Of Ordinance, in connection
with the Governor, three hundred
and fifty thousand dollars ($350,-
00O) for the purpose Of arIning the
State and putting it in condition Of
defence. lVhat progress has been
Emade III the matter will be seen set
Ilfatlain the report Of the Major Of
4 s. nance which is herewith trans.
latnre and Convention Of New Hamp,
shire, also BY tie Convention Of Ma,
ry'anl and the General Assembly Of
Illinois, on tie subject Of tho conpro
mise, together with resolutions passed
! by the Legislatures Of Florida and
New Hampshire, on the subject Of
'hc establishments Of an Agricultural
j Bureau i'll the Department Of the H.
, terror at Washington, are herewith
, transmitted.
On the subject Of our Federal re.
'ations, | have but little to say. You
are fully aware ot ouv wrongs. and
hnow II the Federal Government
which ..as instituted lor our protcc.
! tom and Welfare, as well rs that Of
tVc other States, has directed all its
energies to tie destruction or,ha, IN
slitntion ron 'rhich oUr re,v citalit,
! dypetn}s. You haou that We have
been deprived Of every inch Of that
: territory which was won. in part, By
ou: blood and treasure: that we have
been robbed ~ tyraMnical and un
Just government Of the very graves
) oi our gallant coun,rymcn who sacri
tccd their lives that the 'Slar-spran
slcd Banner might float in triumph
on the bloody fields over which it
waved. You LMor that our equality
i'll the Union has been denied, by tile
90, - .nt a, ,I,,.l, n.,l,, Ia, 80, T., ~:
territory. You kNow that the tide
Of Northern iuna,icism must sweep
over us, dcpriving ns o! our property
aud desoIatlng our homes, unless it
is stayed by the bold efforts Of free.
men, worthy to be free. The noble
attitude OF resistance which | suppos
!, ed the State was about to assume,
and which have directed all my en-.
ergics to place her in, seems to have
been delayed Or abandoned by the
popular voice as indicated by the re-
suit Of the late elections. | cannot
believe that this result has been
founded in willingness tamcly to
submit to our wrongs, but in a differ.
cncc OF opinion as 10 the best mode
Of rclrcssing them. | know of no
other mode to recommend than that
which I have heretofore so earnestly
advocated, viz That, as our equality
is not acknowledged in the Union,
'we should assert our independence
out Of IT, This course | think our
pride, honor, our sa,ofy alike demand.
Others, whose opinions are entitled to
rcs2cct, think differently and it
seems the popular voice has sustained
them in their opinions. 1t remains
now for those who have defeated the
proposed mode Of action, and who
have proclaimed their uraltcrabc
purpose not to submit to our wrongs
and DEGRADATION. 10 MONT out n better