The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-05-21
Shall we gccede?


grandize tho North at the expense OF The
Southland if there is nothing upon which
to base hope that tho former conlemplatcs
any change in her policy Of aggression,
which all acknowledge she has been pur-
suing, we ask wly-why the South should
not sccede!
Is she n able TO rcrcl the assaults Of
her enemies! Then she is already en-.
slavrd ls she afraid 10 make the aitcmptl
Then the Legitimate inference to DO drawn
ls still less crctlitable to her boastcd
ch'vaIry. Or, is it, that although we con
less we have hccn wrongcd, yet that we do
not consider the wrongs VIC have hitherto
suffered, sufficiently aggravated TO Justify
secession! aud that. therefore. we would
rather "baar these ills wo have, than tly to
others that VIC know not on''
We fear that this is too true, and that
"thcrc's the respect 'lln, mikes calamity of
so long ll'c,' and that is tho .'conscicncc
t!lat makes towards of us ALL"
And thus the nniivc hue Of resolution
ls slckllrd DER with the pale cast of thought.
ana enterprises Of great pith an romen,
I'm 'hIs regard their current turn away,
h"d lose The name Of action
Hlit such uUvcs and such rcasoninn
VIII not bear examination. and if we suffer
ourselves to be influenced by them, the fate
"i The hos'Ics Danes may bc ours, and we
ana orr enemies both fall by the sword at
last.
we have beer wronncd, say our submis.
s'"n trends, bu, ,till no, 10 that degree ,ha,
would warrant II. in breaking IN his
glorious union"--',lc last refuge for tho
down l:oddcn' sc. Let us investigate
this little
In thr iirat place, to subui, TO one wrong.
L, holding out direct encouragement, and
offering powcrlu! temptation TO our cn-
cinics to 'ntiict second and more ag
gravalcd one How clearly THIS truth is
concentrated IN the history of his country!
II The South had not SO !ooiishy listened 10
( The fatal cnunscls Of tie "Cumpromiscrs"
III i9So, hui had maniu'ly stood UP for her
rigi'tS--aii her rights to tho milionlh part
OF nn ioia--who believes that the OK.
pertinent OF asccrtaning how many in
dgn''ies conld be succces;ycly hcapcd
upon her i,npuni,y, would ever be ,hc
second time entered npnn! Bu, il is not
the lirs', nor Inc second, nor tho tenth, nor
twentieth instance Of wrong rcructratcd
upon her by The North. of which the South
IS now complaining. The mos, paipabc
and harc!acnd acts OF aggression have been
committed upon her during the long series
OF twenty or thirty years past.
IN The second place, il the South submits
much longer TO such confcsscdly unjus,
Legislation rs has marked tie history Of The
fcdc'ai Government, during the last quarter
OF a ceNtnry, she will become 30 weak and
tho' NA6 90 Strong, as To pu. it out OF her
pn"'f oiGsls, tho shackcs nl her abolition
opprc sGr4 II! she would.
In ti'c tiFr,i placc. il breaking M The
lnIon vauit be a great Calamity 10 the
world, nowi9S,anding the injustice cr its
Legislation towards The Southern section,
whose iaut we,Is$ith hel Certainly the
gnllt woult #l,nt reseupon the shoulders of
tho South. Ends herself compelled
10 20 out of the Il VA l.o s.sr r.Aa
hsole pafpGass stii.s iaaat lt,sssst. which
SHE assa eng s 5alI!!s asesss sFs
turn upon dla question of how much inss
South cnn possibly bear and how many acts
OF oppression she can possibly mana9e 10
PAT up with; before absolute Starvation and
The Chains oln tyran, actually coniron, her
Tsin the iacc,--5nt, is jIhe intcr,.un OF her
as l'anis TO wrong her ut all. au,i lave
( wrongs really been committed! Weak az
| were the American colonies when the
! revolution broke oui, and powerful as was
f.ngnnd, they did not hesitate mnlncn, to
! vtni'ca'c ana maintain their constitutional
| rights by the sword. They never "sub.
mit,cl,' from the first. Why should The
| southern States submit now,5Mhn arc more
| oppressed than were tho mother Colonies
OF l17li!