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

i men eoul not do so I, Stiiiis
time bout feeiiing soff 5parse eiisl
lalegrasl eonie, sh her, toSs sito t
confess itsLout fsag ak ii d Wiilhoae
nities pro osetl stby 81 OF iis Sd u i.
|sg5ess two aposiE tons The first is,
lsWhather se eession bes the only salterii-
|EsatiyeslloW efE ins the Southern States.
The second is, syhetherto to the event
lsef other slaveholding States re-
manning in5t the Union, iit Bill sbeeolae
1.-The duty Of South Carolina fo,rrtiswiith
l5to ceae, on tho ascertainmen of
that fact Tho only full and fitting
freEl inquiries Of such grave S;ill.
Eport, must be 4 found in aeonsia aera.
ton of the objects contemplated ssby
ssecssss sssioe and ofiits probable efficacy i
in i accom- plishing those Objects, D reislo es I.
leading object to 8be attained BY Sc.
easslon, will be admitted to be tho
pres gation Of the institutionof IA fri
can t staScry unimpaired and sitnino.
Tested It comprehends tho quiet
and undistya,5ed enjoyment of this
specie .of property, as we'll as tho
mems ne M of nakingg g profitable and
desirable. These conditions are ne.
cesar to- save fifteen hundred mil.
lions Of property, the most profitable
|EinIl, in the world, and the source Of count
less blessings TO mankind from be.
comm g 4 nuisance and curse. They.
are alnalY secured gin the Constiti.
stioT, .tl1T and that instrument would nc!
yer have obtained the approval OF
5ontli Carolina and otlicr@ s. ogt lerl,.
States, without such Sc ecuriit ssiit
these s.ipulatiens mid com pacts llasc
mot been carried sout iil good faith,
! by tlles fsherIl States, But have
| 99s.ssa 9!..!. ?'efi2 a,s' ,tterlysth thsregard.f
SSs55sss. So aro not iysrtb &c issis,iT i
SsGf::e s; tEt,y {tGiirsa q at.i5ytai- ;I583 he
! ssssssi;,s -, pa
irGlh5 .nlhte.ys *;llsA}3taloag 70 a.!
ihs STATES. aed tGat the suhjcct Of
ia.ag geHy itstl.. s y.y,lp ~ tor:c eT
vehement anu nischiesouss u.su uss,o..
in tie Northern States and in Con.
gress. They arc well.founded com
plaints-zacts that are palpable viola
tions Of the Constitution, and would,
in my. opir.icn, any one Of them, Jus
|tsfy the secession Of the Southern
States: They impair the security
and the value Of slaves. The -e&pe-
|Sricncc Of eight years Of anxious hopc
and apprehension, have brought inc
to the conclusion, that these com
plaints will never be removed or re.
dressed by any exercise of the means
provided by the Constitution. How
can South Carolina reform public
opinion in Massachusetts or Ohio /?
by what potent instrument can she
disenchant the public opinion of tho
North. or. break the spell which holds
in absolute sway, the intellect Of the
North Our appeals to their justice
have been UNDECIDED, and our remon-
strances contemncd. We cannot lis.
guise the fact, that the guarantees Of
the Constitution in favor of slavery,
are rnockeries. They are openly re.
pudiated by those who yielded them
to the dcrtt:id Of the South, as ba.
sis Of union with them. Indiyidu.
ais may submit 70 wrong without tho
loss of character, or OF sclfrespcct,
but such submission by nations bring
dishonorsand degradation. 1t implies
both weakness and pnsillanimity, and
invites aggression. as well as incitos
contempt. The Federal Government
cannot, and would not if it could, con
strain these Northern States to the
discharge Of their duty. 1t has Meth
er functions nor functionaries, to
reach The evil. The great function
of government, in modern times, is
the protection Of property. Proper
ty in slaves, Of all other property,
can least endure aggression, and
most needs the arm Of government,
A government that fails either from
its weakness orits will, to protect his
property from domestic as we'll as
iorelgn foes, does not deserve the
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