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

That trade IS completely cut off, for
the inducement to purchase in
Charleston is entirely gone. But
some arc ready to say that Georgia
and Alabama would become dissat-
isficd with it, and finding that goods
could be purchased cheaper in
Charleston than New York, they
would not submit to the restriction.
My reply is this. The commercial
interests Of Savannah and Augusta
would be delighted to destroy SO
formidable q rival as Charleston, and
they would sustain every restriction
imposed upon our trade to the ut
most Of their ability. Bnt another
answer is still more conclusive. If
the fact Of an ability to purchase
goods i'll Charleston at lower rate
would dissatisfy them, and make
them unwilling to pay the duty, why
is it that they arc not now dissatis6-
ed with the revenue laws Of the Uni
ted States, and arm to resist them,
when they can buy goods in Liver.
pool Manchester or in birmingham,
twenty six per cent cheaper than in
Ncw-4ork or Charleston? If the
Federal Government would impose
no tariff, these Georgia and Ala
bama merchants could buy and sell
20 per cent cheaper tllan they do.
Still they submit to pay % per
cent more now than they could
otherwise buy at. Yet the 4nducc-
mcnt Of getting them 2G per cent
lower in Charleston than in New.
York, after the secession of South.
Carolina, is to dissatisfy them, and
they arc to raise the standard Of re-
bc!lion against the Government
They will chccrfuly y submit; to loss of
3G per cent, but will fight TO the death
before they will submit 10 q loss Of lG
per cent. How visionary is The hope,
hen, that you can save tho commerce
OF Charleston from decay and ruln.--
And here let us remark that il is q
mistake TO suppose that Charleston
alone will suffer. Every man who
sells orsbuys in lhnt market, will feel
kcenIy the blow which snites thu. city
which is now and always hns been The
pride Of .Ac State.
Would lie Federal Government be
'"clincd 10 make u commercial treaty
which would OBJ late these formidable
difficulties. and give 10 the "rcbellicus
State OF $oull.. Carolina commercial
privileges greater lhan all the o.hcr ma
tons o!,'hc globe! is there member
Of tiI.s Cunycnl!On who believes for u
momcil' that the Federal Government
would ln!! on every occasion 10 impose
all ;hc shackcs aud restrictions which
lhc comfy of nations would tolerate.
We have shown that ,wo.,hirds Of
the commerce Of Charleston will take
wings 10 itself and ny awny--;hat
"sauni ruin will stalk" through her
streets. Capital now actively employ.
ed Will be Withdrawn. Your Internal
improvements in the interior, for want
al business, Will decay und 90 10 waste;
and all III an experiment 10 force our
| ncighbors 10 Join us in a common quar-
rel, "licn they urc unwilling 10 embark
IN il, and when Inc orco, n,rnoso i,
yicw--yjz. ,hc establishment of n
Southern Contc,I, ho do.
.yA,cd by our jucouijJ,ro,c zeal 10
.!.rusA otiih blu,Liuo G,ujt before i,
has ripcucd, when rjmc i,sclt wll ccr.
.aiu.v cause il 10 fall
In our suprosilian, we are on, of,aa
Union, surrotnLcd by all Inc incon
v,u;cmcr, 10 Which h,v, nlyer,cd
how would !hc Guyclnmcn, be- iucljocd
10 Us! Our sister Southern States
could have no rrco, sy,nn,,hv for MS
and the hiuhc,t nroofor lin, is ,hev
rcii.sc 10 90 with us. III. lir), SYM.
pa,Av which y.bra,cs in their hosoms
.or Carolina, would soon he dissipo,,d
and after the following mauncr;-
There arc few Northern men who are
in favor OF doinrus Justice under The
CONSTITUTION. The ony arrumcn, ,hey
have been ableto otltr 10 The luna,cal
hosts Of The North ngains, pursuing
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