The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-09-30
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than His niau OF lie,a. ind
|EsNliens the JUS o II ah
Ase cent and Yssgo si5es S5sI
|;eiiiesl ta q d q esseo tiie seecs.
sion sssolt d lone, j am am
)s,slthest l,esi sitatiin :.d sinst tafltI iil3
ever oEllier tes!
mays md what Yer cons Iuences
letsps soc sife5 com pIaiyits
Or them would lie removed
sor edrsssetl tho secession ia 81,
South Caro- lima alene sot ;eg G
slaysho ding Stat aaiiiliIa in tlie IA
Union. w ould tho prosDect soe res
]. eo'seglng itixe s. 81 5e bet
They niay now be, alld oSf Dire sfcs3
covered ssninmaiii iiy and 3 g offaiinly.,
when they are found Ia Il igace,l SIates,ss IS
The Z g q difficulty laimliis tllienf
az 3ieorgia 81 an i Other alag GlIoia aifs
State, is no greater than In the aiffe.
rent districts Of Oh own sSslato,
Each of these States affords 10 jss iill
the facilities that arc enio red 1, M its
own citizens l,they arc d, s,priate
and ample. 0arT Tonl III coe5ioplaislt e5 Isl,
TINT the mons :slaveliold ling statss not
only fuse to sSaiidl ID US, but ctaaIiys
obstfuct us;iin osir senidi eayoIs 10 .to rs.
claim aosl ieils lent
or 8 rline places sits within Ileirs
limits hey o,ll yiolate tic stipu.;
,lations Of, the g Constitution Oh i this lis
subject. S I'd d rs i,e,s.
;andgsyill notaeRer deliver sup sssIai IiSes
slaves i u vii not be ll: con tsps ss1r;tctl
that aeessioI1 would place ssTsto o
5secediAg In the gelat ion 10 fore iusl
state toward al The stsI tss R ofS
thy % l,nIoti. syeuis ID once He
s shmeilt of ne dts as
well asiIliel aas lies 81 no csist be-.
t~e,ssa titfps S'pa;l j.iii gifa
i:e, tstste ! 2sist,urts i;a,e f5tniietit IL
sE s g sa,s; aid Il
iiiritAiT .iF Il nee ,li ttelty@
,aiA s -.
Notritssshs - require another To- deliver.
'ti ta&''ire slaves: or fisi'ivb teIons.
~ .aY ~ no.ni.la !hts nt. eJiyin K.
.iiu ills ssi4 i.3 .!:....:..;sa .:....;sa s,s.a ss.hallt.
the requirements of astreaty.q Why
isit, that of the twenty ty.tGi eSthousand
fugitive slaves now, in Canada
country bordering on tic sBnited8
Stetes-one has never bcenSreco cover
ed by Ills owncra Why is Canada:
q place of refuge for slaves who ilee.
from the owners in tho South !? It
IS because it isSa foreign country, aud.
the treaties between Great Britain,
and the United States are silent on
tho subject. Would not. then, se.s
cessionbc the voluntary abandonment
on our part, of the right. to reclaim
fugitive slaves, within the limits Of
all the ,SoufAe,R States, and Of ALI
other countries? We could ,notseYien
cross the line Of Georgia, Teauessec
OF North Carolina, in pursuit ofthem,
BY virtue Of any right which ne ys
should acquire by secession. S. .51s,i. 4$
Wo know, as do tho enemies of
that Institution well understand, that
the most absolutely fatal policy that
can be pursued in referoncc to slave.
ry, is to conlinc itRithin prescribed
limits. THUS localised and hemned
in, it must inevitably languish and
die. a given area Of country ;@ill
afford lucrative employmentto a much
moro numerous white, than colored
population, whether it bc slave or
free population. Slaves are Tilted
for many avocations of the white
man. Thc slave population Of South
Carolina increases moro rapidly than
the White race and at this time con.
sidcrably exceeds it. What would
DC our means of diitusing over new
and less populous countries, our ra-
pldly increasing slave population, if
South Carolina makes herself for
cisn State by secession? Our slaves
may now be carried into any State
in the Union, which has not made the
introduction of them unlawful. They
may be sold to the citizen Of
such State, or removed With their
owners. The vast and fertile lands
OF Mississippi and Texas, offer
tempting folds for tho slave labor Of
the old Southern States. Congress
| has no power 70 in,crpose any pro.
Moition or restraint. But Congress
has long since, under the special pro.
vision oftho Constitution, maaoe'thc
introduction Of slaves from a. foreign
| country into q State Of tho Union.
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