The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-10-28

WI WI sftl.t lone She
has credit ut home and abroad -e,,i-l
IN means of.borro oWing WiilldepepdSu
our on pros spect of. success in tlc most
t;pnstnal ~ lpsa contest that the world ever.
witnessed. Individual distress will
follow 1.-The train. The millions ins m
rested ip Railroad ds will 8 be lost, and
the work consigned to- decay. Bank:
and and commercial capital Mil iil i our
borders md seek profitable invest:
ment clseshere--onr productions
}leftto rot on tour sI,auds. Dcb.ors.
utterly ruined and creditors unpaid
Thss view supposcs a conflict of arms,
4andit would bon source Of sotnc con- !
ssnlation.to strike "a leasty blow, if it
should be returned even with inter.
est. But tile United States, will
have. no motive to butcher us, OF; de.
uolish cur8eitics: a blockade of our
sea coast, and an intcrdicticn Of our
intercoulse with tic ncighboring
States, will inevitably accomplish aIIS
that that she can desire. Tbere-will.
DO no necessity for her coming With.
in the range of our longest guns.
An injured man chained to a stake
may shout defiance, rave and threshs
I'll the air, but the enemy remaingun..
scathcd.
But il has been said, that we have.
but to raise the standard and the.
other slayeholding States will rally
around US. This unocr other cir
cnnstanccs would be imposing and
5l,l' m'Ellt4 be reasonably calculated on
They have the snTlr>iaH. crest, suffered
the same wrongs, are exposed 10 the
same dangers which threaten us, and
entertain The same principles, hut
all who have officially acted on the
question, tell us, no! thatsthese IS no
cansc Of complaint which would
justify the extremity 70 which our
course course is tending, arising ont Of the
rccei,t action Of. Congress that pre-.
ccdents Tor tho abolition ofthe slave
l trade Of. Of which we complain, is3fonnd
mn the book pfsa.l tl,e Iss;ss d.
holding States: on rrccedents are
found in the history ot. sthe Gov
orslnent for admitting Cal;rornia
INTO lho unl2n with a constitution
f1r,b lfq1r,bildin.s the introduction Of slavery,
and 50 for the purchase Of new
Mexico from Texas. Yon are wrong.
therefore, III seizing this occasion to to
quarrel with tie Government, and
we will not unite With yon. Tie
tendency Of Tho course of The Coy.
eminent, will lead TO an attempt to
overthrow the institution Of slavery,
and We believe with you that the
time is not distont when, it will be
clearly manifested in overt acts.
In that event you may depend on
our hearty Cooperation. we NAV
question the propriety and wisdom of
this determination, but I cannot
command confidence in their
change of opinion, and their coming
to our relief now. l blush for the
Ignorance Of any one who hopes or
expects aid from any Of the Guy
ernmcnts Of Europe. Is it known
that every civilized nation on the
Garth land we must speak of things
as they) arc opposed to involuntary
slavery, and will any one believe
that any one Of the nations.of Europe
Will forego the advantages of com.
mercc community of feeling or sen.
timcnt. But these considerations
overlook entirely, that thc slayeho!d-
ing States, united by a common
interest and nctuatcd by a common
principle, would be formidable:
in numbers, and from the richness of
our soil, and the value Of her
products, would command resources
adequate to almost any demand, that
patriotism would require. That
she would have the power Of re.
tallatlng any interference Of our
Delglbora with our slave population
that the great motive power of
all the nations Of the earth is wealth
as the meails Of attaining power and
glory that our staple productions
arc not only indispensable To-
all Europe, but to tho nci.hboring
States; aud it is not likely that any Of
them would forcgo these advantages
to pursue a plsnton amanating from
a distcmpcrcd abstract sentiment. 4
= BE this as it may, I, for one, am
willing to hazard the consequences,
it the slave States will join us
in setting UP for ourselves. / have
no fears Of the interference Of any
foreign Government, and the dread
Of a contest With our neighbols.
Amongst ourselves our right to
seccdc from The United States, if tho
Government shall violate lilo con.
di,ions contained in the bond Of our
apian, is admitted by both of the
great parties tbat haze utlbappitY