The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-10-07
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Ths cireulsr. cnsso ics :ip M youy ii, coia,suL
nicsticn and which you request 10 So ptssi,.s
Iialcd. may convey d us some ides ofwltst
10 meant By tho phrase . t,opsg ,Hssss,s
10 well 90 by the term, I. soura si6c9Nesifs.',
This circular ysI say 10 dated 26th May
:tis5I and although no, addressed 10 you,
was slleyn q you, |. BY u gentisuaunow
RsctiDg withihe Eo-opcratibn paste, !, and.
whom tits to be presumed wns supposed
iheD, to be separate Socessionisf II and
thar since call has been made upon you,
a gentleman has given you asimiIar doc
nsnent with authority 70 publish it--of
course that gentleman does moi consider Il
,dihonorable TO publish, even though Il be-
married. private and conf identiai. YouaIso.
diaayow acting, as President of tbe Asso-
;eiation.s In pprsuance Of any assgestions
cpn.ait,ed id ibst circular. TSia nave mo.
doubt that il has been Just as you say. We
dssire to: :notice Il without AM: personal ref.
efence 10 you.
Among other things. which claim our at-
.ienlioD, tho circular states, that there was
in the Charleston May Convention 4 some
diversity Of fopinion as 10 iIie question what
node Of resistance will be most eHsc,ual.ss
Upon your. authority Wa say, that there
lsas---not some, but--a very 5iside diversity
Sofopinion on tho subject. For spsakingof
the objects of the true-hearted OF hotl, par.
tics 10 This, as in the other Southern States
syo,Ircmark - Unfortunately we ais.s. ss
TO the expediency Of q certain important
lmeasure openly proposed I. meaning Or
course Separate Secession - the ono par
~ believing itwould result in the salvation
Iofihe Countrywide other beliey;ng ii would
not only fail Of effecting tie object in.
Tended, but on the contrary would result In
the ruin o. the State. 2 II
Wide difference. ihss is not TO plain
men. there would seem 10 be considerable
difference letwesn the 1. = sdspdtion = and
Z. = ruin = of any p.,ieet s The Committee
appeared 70 think differently NOW uhas.
ever may have been its real criinffon, II liz
thus attempting to undeIrate the sisally .iin,
portant !" poin. Of difference between the
two parties, il bag given abundant warrnn,
for concluding, thas,isc obSec; OF s,i,e seecs.
taion party, whose agen. il was, was no. to
enlighten, but TO < 1bunIbooslc " The people:
Having thus, as il supposed, by akind Of
sleight of hand. broken down I" tho middle
wall of partition = between the two par,iea,
and succcededln In making tho iasigaiacan.
rninofi,yiaad the poor supplemented peo.
pie believe all ttssy wanted, aSd hayiEg:
them all saddled and bridied, with rcins
in hand, itlnaie ready for,hednve. Hear
tha .elaek s Of tie cosehman. issatssssy
cnurasingga srhe Committee apes T.
'sI'hsss ID mo difference s6et8aeu Is lsa.
a4e llaa - and sti,i,. = sif,ule. hearted
Peepie sag as they pleasc anou, it----sasIr..si
therefore The coa,mittee hopes; ashat the
sons the South Carolina viii nose iof.
ward (ihe Coo,m;ttee says q ii IN defence
oftheif rights, but that's Z. snere blind
foT many Of ttii,e sons OF South Cafulina ! Il
previously declared It 10 be their oI,iaR
that the Comlnittee'a way led DOWN 10
fhsir ruin--ihen they were thus MOI cnly to
move Forward 2 10 what they beiiesedf TO
be theiraceffain min, but they were o5ssli.
ently to do so, "with an ,tnbraken front and
urierdmpled nnanisnily !" ,.ts
That plain, honest and prudcn, men
were likely TO rush blindly 10 what they
beiiegedto be their certain destrnc,nn,
strikes one al FIRST view as rather al, np.
credible thing ! but thc COMMITTEE ,hongh.
differently. and we suppose. We had better
not dispute il. The Separate Secession ol
South Carolina which many believed would
he erruin, was tho okiees, towards which.
in the Committees view, all her !. Sons y
were 10 move, aud that q with an unbro.
ken front and unexamplad unanimisy.n
"'ro effect this great obiect,' says the
Committee, "she ntmos, respect" (condcs.
cendng, this y should be shewn. and g,hc
naosf eonciiiatory." Gust to have the smilcs
of,ha Great Committee upon one y : con.
duct adopted on the part OF the majority
towards The minorityr r. How kind 10 pal
one on the shoulder while leading him
bIindfolded TO his ruin! Have we no
complained that the North has been serving
us after this fashionf itwas most un
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