The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-10-28
last BY, believe, alTtho slayeholding

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States and some others; and il would
be Improbable to discuss it here
where we all agree. Tho light Of
the citizen toslcsist Injustice and op-
preston at the hands Of tie, Gov.
ernmcnt, is universally conceded.
and with that concession, It'll CT no
consequence by what term the right
is designated. Call it. rebellion,
revolution, insurI cction--what YOU
will, it is the samc in its results
and Secession but expresses the
same idea emancipation from op.
preston. Both parties agree, also,
that the injuries We have suffered,
and the dangers with Which We are
threatened by tho obvious tendency
of the course CT the Federal Gov.
crnmcnt. and the avowca purposes Of
tic dominant party in Congress,
demands Of Us, means of self.pres.
crvahon, prompt, decided, and un-
compromising resistance, They dic.
fer onl.y rs to the necessity OF waiting
for the Cool craiion Of tito other
slave States. The party Which is
designated by the term Seccssionsts,
maintain that, having the right to
scccdc, ;lc Government OF the
United States will not dare, in the
lace OF the world, to oppose Us, if
we tl'nh proper to exercise it; and
in any event, Sou,h Carolina will be
able to snstain herself against all the.
power she can bring to bear upon
us. These POSITIONS present the
alternative Of q peaceful, blcodless
separation, or one Of force. Let
us suppose INST lllat tho United
States bid vs. 80 in ru,tJJ55v.-and, !,
freed fron: lie t::&a.ss!sse!s/ t:&s!ssee.!!ss' &C tIH
federal compact, we take cur e!a,;cil
among the other nations acSle,
earth. Can We sDs.Sin on ssSs
surrounded, as wo. shall be, go &
all the other States, G.sSsod ssRs on,
body, and under tac con s5p ora
/ majority, Who, with lie aciyil;z6Tl
1l6ttions ofair< fGTF6d'II, II,d, aFc ssEiSoiillca
against rs, on the very POINT on
Which we differ with the United
States! Does history furnish No
examples Of thc utter impotcncy oi
small and feeble States to resist The
cncrcachmcnt Of their more powerful
nciehboys! Is there sno wa,nine
voice i'll the suffering cries ol
| Poland and Hungary still ringin 9
in our cars: We, nevertheless
take Our position, coni.l n: in our
own strength and resources. Our
own government must bc rc.modclcl
to snAt this new state Of lliiugs; and
without descending 10 minutes
nc must hAvc I'll ;hc raraplcrnalia
Of a sovereign, indeI cnccnt goy.
crnsncnt. Ministers, or otLcr agents
to rrp:cs mt Us broad: Navy ,c
protect our commerce, il we would
have any; an Amy, 10 protcc,
us against Tie petty insults and
lawlcss violence Of our ncighbors.
both might be necessary to secure
Us against tie crlsalcs of Nr
fanatics Of every ,oltioD Of tng
globe, made with = view t, EAcyo,c
our slaves. | Mil not su,ncsr ,u,
Immediate nc;oIlor. cata',ln ri.
but it is not without tLn ranrn =,
| pcssibiiiiics 10 conjecture ,.,o.
! iu,!iyiduals mirht bc ro.nl vI.
would be inciucd 70 s;rcnr,bcn tI..;,
plantation forces Ly occasi,,,o,
drafts from our sable uopula,ion
There is no data from whicl ,c
estimate the necessary cxrcuscs oi
this rev order Of ;linas but q
put it down at five times ,hr
amount Of our present cyr,nditurc.
would, in my juA pncnt, fill arcatIy
short Of our actual wants. viii on,
people, can they. bear his in ,Iq
form Of direct tax? Who orus has
net heard buzz Of l;scou,cu. rrr