The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-09-30

Ieol,ltiona, venerable alike for his are. q: =.
tues, and services. THIS il 8 as HAT show.
ised tie c6i,ssinsnaate ART of the tacticint, s
Ftnis ceronat opus. Who id that larue
|assemhiy was n,lmDyed al spactacle i;ks
this HIT eilcligf 1t were necessj,Yv.
Mr. Editor that you and yasir readers
shouid no present. and witness the sgene
here exhibited, TO enable you 10 form 4, nd.
cauate conception of It's dramatic power.
Vas there fearless eye in tha, whole
house confess mine was not. q. B, 4 :
cannot, inttie compass OF i single lei.
ter. do anything like Justice 10 Col. Pres.
IONS admirable defence. Never, sir, did
the native dignity, worth, and purity Of his
character shine forth more conspicuouslv
than on this occasion. His vindication was
colnplete-it was unanswered and unai,.
swerable. He showed by .appcals 70 The
record, !" to the proceedings oi our Leaisla.
ture, since his entrance on the pofitica,
stage. and mass Of facts and con,empora.
'ieous exposition by newspapers, Sc, SC.
that there is NO inconsistency between his
position as set forth in his speeches in the
Legislature, or his pledge 10 tho Assoc,n.
tion, and his Pendleton, Barnwell. York.
vile, or any other letters Ee showed Thai
Secession dill moi enter into the discussions
in the Legislature, Otherwise than as a con.
tingcncy in the failurc to obtain concert OF
action will, one or moro OF tho aeprieycd
States; that, whilst all may have regarded
It as possible, yet few, perhaps, thought il
would occur, except in The ..Iast rcsoI,' Of
State TO vindicate her sovereignty, and
thus relieve herself from oppression. He
shuwed ttat the Convention was left I'm.
- rNF,Nc, Ssn<a s<,A
wisdom and discretion, according to the cir.
cumstarces existing, or the events occur
ring at the time Of its assembling. or during
the period Of its continuance. He showed
That when this body actcd,it was the sa.
cred duty OF every citizen to obey it's beliest,
but that until this mandate did issue from q
body thus free to net according to its soyes-
eign will and Pionourc, no citizen wns plc,lg-
cd, either by allegiance or otherwise, 10 any
spscliiic measure, whether DICTATED by or
gan'zed or unorganized associations Of indi.
riduals. Until that period arriyes-until
the Convention acts, every citizen was free
TO Judge Of the ''mode and measnres OF re-
Dress" always keeping steadily in view
Resistance by Cooperation if Il can be OBJ.
tained, or separate State action if It canno,
"as the one thing necdful." True 10 hi.
| pledges, Col. Preston now stands where
he has ever stood--pledged to exhaust all
honorable means to obtain Cooperation:
but, failing in that, pledged to stand by his
State IN any measure which the people, in
their character as sovereigns, acting
through their Convention. may decree
Now. ask you, Air. Editor, and ask eve.
~ Patriot within her borders, what create,
pledge than this can be expected or 70.
quired!
But you will have seen the proceedings
Of this extraordinary meeting, and can draw
your own infercnces--caE make your own
comments. There arc other things con.
ncctch with il, which would gladly ad
vert 10: but time and spnsc would a, INC
Sutfic. ii 10 say, the csi,ci % prescription
has gone forth, the great Central 4Associa,
{ slrn have dccreel it; two OF the most deyo
led md useful citizens Of Carolina have
been prescribed and rcpujiulnd BY an irre.
f, sinnsith .s"ain, aud for what For daring
In :h,nt-+1 srs {. -::rrs
10 cAnrc.'5thc FgCnogativc oil frccmen--ior
dnfng t. think md Ia act AZ independent
freeman, liAer high and solemn sanction
Of conscience and all the responsibilities
they owe to GoD and their country.
You may hear from me again.
VIyDEx,