The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-11-11


nonnced in almost the same words.
WHY, when the removal OF the dc.
posits was nude from the United
States Bank, and also when the Go.
vcrnmcnt was finally divorced from
all banks, there wcrc dennnciations
of ruin and desolation quite equal to
what we arc now told would be sure
to happen if the Union we're dissoly-
ed. Nay. those measures were dis.
tinctly pronounced to be revclutiona.
ry. Mr.. Clay said VIC were in the
midst Of revolution -blootllcss as
yet. So that is no new thing for Mr..
Clay to use violent language, and to
indulge III cxtravagant predictions Of
the consequences of disrcsardins his
plans; but It would nc rather new for
his prophecies to be fulfilled. Mr..
Webster told us also t!iat occasion.
as an excuse for making a'spccch in
Baltimore on Sunday, that there
were 10 Sabbatls in revolutionary
/ ,imcs. And hc evidently thinks that
there would bc no Sabhaths if the
Union were dissolved. If, therefore,
We judge the future from the rast,
and consider the many analogics that
present themselves, we have no room
for Encouragement. The sentiments
OF tho State Rights party lis neither
transient nor trivial. On the contra
ry, recent and coming events will dc.
velopc its necessity.
| After the preparation Of such a
deed as the compromise. the standard
OF public morality must fall so low as
to invite other attempts Of similar
character 10 acInicscc in the com.
promise, is to acquiescc in princi-
pic and precedent pregnant with cv.
cry enormitY, and threatening every
interest. 1t will whet The appetite
for spoils to such voracity, that the
robbers themselves will fall out and
ltarn Upon enc another. Already is
tlhls Tendency, distinctly visible. We
.s ra.s,ss,.irq -;
s'sasiifS;ss u1fHf IIsII ,,rsy
ed for u distribution Of the public
lands TO actual settlers: and this poll
cy has been sdneisiiaRReeS5 zhy My. Web.
ster. This will destroy tho T:tiiis q.
the public domain; and although its
worst effects will be, visited on the
South, it is also an act of spoliation
on the sca.board States of the North.
But whatever may comc-whe,hcr
the decline and fall Of the Union can
be avcFted, or whether it proceed
with slow or rapid progrcss-it Is
the duty and interest," OF all who have
prncivle and property, to resist and
rctard its abuses. Tue pursuit of ar
honest policy, and its yindication by
such abilities as the Southern part,
possesses, will always exert potcn
tia! effect on public affairs. Tie
change of few thousand votes il
Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi
will bring them all to the side o
South Carolina, together with Flori
da. Texas, and Arkansas. And
when these States mako al homes
demand OF the Fcdb bral Government
that demand viii be respected. As
for the labor anil time which tho
struggle will require, they are tho
price which must always be paid fol
the attainment CIR preservation o
r,sN's, and arc not too high price
Some men may fai int by the wavsidc
or sink down in s4llen despair, or g
over to the cncmyL But We have AZ
mcNi'aust'blc supply Of recruits i,
the young men of'the South, who ar,
generally taking the right side.
There is very wide spread con
vlctlon at the ,Se,sth of the ncccssit,
of doing sometls'g to preserve an,
restore her fortaacs. Some are fol
commcrciaI.lm'l manufacturing move
mcnts--oth>>rs for territorial acquisi
ton for t}uba and for the Sierra
Madrc. We shall have occasion
from timclto time, to examine these
plans. fcrhals it is not unfavorablc
that variety is proposed. They
enlist a greater number Of minds i,
common object, and prepare them
to adont final y that which argumcn,
and events slall demonstrate 10 be
tho most cffcctual. -,Southcyn Press.
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