The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-09-16

~ SooDe'"toH hEcfHS, HcHI u
forhuilIe, S. e., on The 6th dug.
CAMDEN, 30th July 1851.
Gentlemen - You must prevail
upon the people of York District tc
excuse mc for declining to appear
and address them, as I am invited to
do. While employed in the Judicia
ry department. of their government,
l am dedicated to very cxactins
and delicate service, best performed
by 6 careful abstinence from the heat
OF partizan bias, and thus giving earn
est that / seek to maintain the cqua-
nimlty which warrants a confidence,
on oil hands, that ] am to do right to
every litigant before me. This con.
sideration has no manner of affinity to
that pompous prctention that would
place Judge above the question of
the day, COT the greatest gravity in
my estimation, or above the people,
with whom he must face it; all ready
to do so { hopc) with courageous
resolution. My notion is, that true
sense of propriety (though it rcinEor-
ces long cherished disposition) ad-
monishes me to shun any temptation
that might draw me into the vortex
OF popular commotion.
In addition to this, my views, up
on the matter you are about to con.
slider, have been rendered to certain
gentlemen of Grcenyillc; and / sup
pose the newspaper press has made
them accessible to such Of my friends
OF York as may desire to know what
they are. l yet adhere to them: and
venture to say, that they ought to be
received as free from guile, whether
wise or not; for (savc only their un-
bought good opinion) what can the
people now give me that l could cx
cept? Nothing else, aver, do I
coyct, or eSerldid.
IS From the earliest budding forth or
the scheme of giving to South Caro-
lima separate, isolated nationality. |
have been an unbelicyer in its wisdom
and efficacy. Except two or three
(who seem not to have recruited dis
ciples Of that particular article Of
faith,) nobody commcnds this scheme
OF solitude Is desirable condition in
itself. We are assured, however,
that it must work out the result Of
cooperation by other States, mike
condition with this, in military opera.
tions, Git the occasion should require
these and ultimately in an organic
cd federation; that to this attitude
the issues we shall create will force
our colleagues, by the overwhelming
stimulus Of interest and the burning
sublimity of pride.
Gentlemen, beware of that council
which teaches you to rely upon a
friendship-to serve you upon the
battlefield, or in council-.hat is pro.
cured by duress. Beware, when
you perceive that those who promise
it are discarding the admonitions of
the very equals to whom they are in.
tent upon applying the Pharisaical
presumption, that our colleagues, in a
common cause, arc now beneath or
behind us in spirit, or in the knowl-
edge of their own rights and duties.
Beware of those who assure you of
the cordial friendship and co.opera-
ton of neighbors, by rendering their
commerce, if need be, the prey of
privateers, plundcring under the flag
and authority of the Independent
Nation of South Carolina; of that
counsel which, in one breath, lures
you by the destinations of plethoric
purses, swollen by the contributions
OF smuggling, and in the next scouts
as ignoble any regard for property or
life, when the glorics of martyrdom
beckon on the State to an illustrious
sacrifice. Too long and too often
have some of our people heretofore
given cause or pretext to the South.
ern States, or some Of them, to i'm.
pute to us, in matters Of coMmon
concern, o temper of domineering ar.
rogance. At this crisis, when a
mighty common interest is at stake,
when the foe counts as the sands on
ON the sca-shorc, when tho spirit of
aggression in waxing fierce enough to
admonlsh us all that it must be met.
and can be successfully y met alone by
nur ,choln pnwor ,no ,ol, lInI ~, on,,
: certed organization, let not this small
State take one doubtful step forbid.
den hy the advice and judgment of
her comrades let her not yet as
sume, by word or deed, that they arc
craven, corrupt, or stupid; above all
lot her not vault into the saddle and
usurp tho whip.
The main purpose Of this letter is