The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-10-14

store the good old days Of Carolina
wisdom and generosity n.
I5haYe been accustomed to discuss
this qnes $;ion practically and intend.
ed odu 20 now, but have been lead
off into 3ieso reflections until I have
5altnost Fl Sod the space Iought to oc-
3cupy. ,ssftc Seccssionists, so far as I
hive I ;s!tt them, dwell at length upon
the sotoaegs which have been inflicted
upon the South, and upon the right
of d State to secedc. When they
have proved these propositions, they
have not much more to say, Now,
ne who oppose secession, begin ex.
Iactly where they leave off. No re.
spectacle party in South Carolina
sSS:aa'ses that the South has been ag.
IS By .fNssNorth, and that we
4 iSsS,S tmple cause to resist the gov
,,t which has oppressed US
! ,lS 4rty in South Carolina denies
State has the right to secedc.
f5'e then is the necessity Of dcba.
45 tina; which all admits? Why in.
e the public mind by dwelling
,.<,,aan that which We all feel and feel
Yply? These are net the qucs-
Ems /; but how is this thing to be
fmedied This is the question
hich concerns US and concerns our
1earts. We say by limited southern
action. which VIC hope will end in
Southern Confcderacy. Our oppo-
ncnts say by separate State seces.
sion, and when asked what then i?
they say nothing that is definite
They arc utterly unable to tell the
people what is to be the end of this
solitary movement. One man adyi-
ses a scheme of smuggling, another
advises perfect Free Trade, another
advises ten rc~ cent Tariff, a,,o'',er
..t'r''rs h'f'tt ;a"ol!Jn, another i i,':
- 2.tr :, ~.l.aj"i' ":tH"r
~, A.a n~".r, another A. lsca " .;~y
iu.'"t q zw Sttc,..j ni.l. .
spai! 'uta.y and 81 ii!ic .,rscr r.yy,
d sferor- sou5 av.I"f ~. - -.
one ''.i "s"c - ~ rtc. d. =.
D"rru-. aUm ',., lis ..y .
~ fiery trial, ~ s,u.c -av w..
Hi2>: sl.c y,'n re coiin@ and ota
,pcH 'int a'l co@ci':dc, th:. When
%@ O. F'a@"c sos ltne@ ..tt IS 30
tf'sn tt-n-' 0a. II i M piY
can .c.;. .o.., La. ,thvua ).
man recommends to the people any
particular measure, he is bound to
,w Inc workings of his scheme and
- Hnbe rcsrlts. If he cannot
Is not . good adviser, and
;t% ' # 5t:d- Have the sc.
ne this? They
!tS} g 90 It.
" Uncertain
.W -". ,and Will Interfere Hnd
prevent interruption t. commence
says another, the othc, Southern
States will not see US hurt saws a
third, and when Il is gravcly suggest.
cd and plainly proved, that neither
England or the other Southern States
can or will help US if We persist in
nc mad scheme, we arc told with
much fervor, "a brave people take
nc counsel of their fears" Well,
this is all very we'll in the stump and
may bring down round of applause;
"t't docs it satisfy tho mind, and will
It satisfy the people after they have
been deceived into the rash step? 1t
is i'tnc, q brave people take no coun
sci u their fears, but o wise people
VIII always look to the consequences
OF move mcnt, and in forming ma.
nonal character, wisdom is, at least,
as important as courage. The pco-
pie have 4 right to know where they
are being Ind to, and when they ask
their leaders to explain the difficulties
"hich separate nationality presents,
II they be ,wrred =" take no coun.
Sc! OF .ionr .rs,' mcrccnary argu-
is, ~ hey have good reason
~ til they arc being deceiv.
-. refuse the blind
sarc too infuria.
81 @ss 9sgful consc-
q, ssh they