The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-06-11
"A Yoica from. N ortIl CnroIina.

e EST convictions Of their mind. have
I read the Resolutions and Address OF The
States Rights Convention held in Soul
s Carpiinu, (Charleslon) and concur will
p thorn. lf.hey are wrong, am wrong
also. lfit is wrong TO repel aggres
4 sions, then South Carolina is in tho
wrong, and so were our Revolutionary
fathers when they opposed the acts o.
sa The Parliatnent of Great Britain, and
for their opposition were called rebels
q 6nd South Carolipians will be cullet
9 rebels, by the Same creed Of usurpine
I tyrants, submissionis,s and tories, whc
go for strong consolidated government
vested in the hands Of the few to gov.
rrnfthe many, and 10 destroy The sover.
eighty Of the people and the reserved
rights fthe States.
Hence the threat 10 use the arms oi
Federal power; 10 awe sovereign
State from seceding from the Union, as
It already has a. State from establishing
its jurisdiction over lis own territory.
Therefore, ai,h the peoples money
i ms hbribe in ono hand and u threat OF
Federal bayoncts and the sword in The
other, TeXas was dismembcred at the
expense ofthe Southern States to favor
freesoils aboilionism and fnnaticism, re.
gardless Of the equal rights guaranteed
bysthe Constitution.
.S'Fhc rights, equality and Justice, ,ha,
belong 10 the Southern States, have
been denied and withheld by the North
ern portion; and foslered by an abolition
Congress, President and Cabinet a,
Washington, aggression has followed
aggression from 1910 in swift success.
ion; sand the last bill Of denominations,
called the compromise, is SO palpablc
and gross violation Of the equal rights
guaranteed by the Constitution, .ha, all
The demugogucs, union meeting dcma,
gogues, federalism and toryism, toge,h-
er; with the threats Of an abolition Con.
gress headed by Fillmore aud his cab.
met fail 10 make the aggricvcd States
believe them or submit 10 further viola.
lions.
TO deny the right Of State TO scccdc,
would be ns palpably erroneous, MS 10
tell mo ,ha. would be bound for the
acts Of an agent to transnc. special bus.
iness not named in the trust or power.
lt,is evident that The Federal Govern.
mcni is oflimited powers, and has no
power but tho granted powers named in
the Constitution; and all The powers not
granted are reserved 10 the States re.
;spectively or TO The people. Therefore,
the Government is only the agent crea-
ted by the States. and the States one or
all are not bound by any act Of the
ngent, only those specified in the grant;
no more than an individual is bound for
'theiact of his agent not specified in the
grant or power. 2 When the Federa
Union fails to act out the part or its
agency and begins to usurp and assume
powers not granted, to3tax one section
10 give, 70 another and 10 meddle with
as gf a''s ay y'ssss' 81 'ths is
States; and 10 enforce them, il becomes
ID usurpar and d despot.
a State has rights, the same right TO
turn away. from such un agent rs il had
itosmake it. All business mon know
not bound for the bad conduct
of ftheir'ugent beyond the granted pow.
erspeci6ed, neither is Slate, so says
common sense. If the Federal Gov
Sernment believe il has power TO keep
Slate in The Union and nuke it submit
10 wrongs, il must be derived from the
higher power not from Heaven nor
the Constitution Of these United States,
but from Sowardism, abolitionism, fed.
leralism, consolida,ionism and foreign
and home fanaticism. tia, nothing shor,
ofsHHehyen or He'll can satisfy
AS sure as we live, when tho first
federal gun is fired and Southern blood
shed, so sure our stars and stripes will
fnll, our Union lost in the tumul, per
haps' never 10 rise ugan. The South
/ must and will defend her rights at al
I hazards when that time arrives. ] bid
South Carolina God speed in defence Of
her just rights; her course is right, and
.ifthe Constitution and The Union urc
worth any thing 10 US and our chidcn,
and to postcrity after them, we should
unite heart and hand with South Carroll.
m 10 save them by holding Southern
Congress; or if not, tho South should
unite with South Carolina in the emcr.
gency, or honestly believe our rights
and Constitutional liberty will be los,
and gone forever. Win North Carroll.
ma stand idle and sec her sister South
Carolina's blood shed in defence Of Just
and equal rights and not 90 TO her re.
3iet? No, never! Our rights, our lib
erty, and our all, depend on the issue.
South Carolina will defend her rights,
she is a terror 10 government plumber
GERS. Under her banner Of just rights
will repose, hoping that the Southern
: States will unto 10 do balIc and save
the Constitution and equal rights.
A CITIZEN OF NoRTn CAROLINA.
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