The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-07-13

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could not honestl yt pied dge ii, yseIf to
|iSadhere Si To and abide B AL the string
ofT olutions is contains OF implies.
Yet, when tile Southern Rights men in,
that Convention agreed to abide deYby
It's action, and presented candidates:
personally uhobjeetion onable5 to us on
the main issue, and it became evil
dent that those whose interests and
principles the Southern Press rep
resented and wafml VI accepted the
nomination seemed to- me that
the question was narrowed down
to "a choice between the two parties
and in making that choice / could not
hesitate q moment, assuming the fact
that the faith they plighted would be
kept. .inviolate. 1t seemed to me, that
masterlylinactivity" would notsan-i
s,wcr in this case; and that for the sake
Of our friends, end the ultimate tri.
utnph Of our principles, it was ilnpor-s
tant, promptly and openly to sustain
the nominees ofitlie Democratic party,
and oppose the triumph of General
Scott, and the evil Influences which
surround him. This was my judg-
ment. My colleague, thought other
wise; and cheerfully accord him the
same justice he Will, award to me, that
a strong conviction alone has swayed
his course. He was anxious, and in
fact insisted upon promptly expressing
his views on the Monday succeeding,
and was only withheld from doing SO
by my remonstrances and declarations
Of decided dissent. ~
AS the proprietorsof this paper he
had tho undoubted right to give it that
direction, as ! had the right to. ayow
my own independent opinions; but we
both hoped that We might be relieved
from this antagonism by the action Of
the Southern Rights men in Congress,
at whose invitation we. came here, and
whose battles we had fought. Atmy
request, we. submitted our difficulty to-
them, and proposed to resign our trust
into other hands. The result; Of that
negotiation thus far, has been already
stated; and Mr.. Fisher; as far as ! am
concerned, is released from any impcdi-
ment on that score, and free to pursue
any course he may deem proper.
have done my duty, and more than my
duty, in .interposiny and meditating
thus long, and us it has proved, thus
far, SO truiuessly. | can do no more,
MIR. Fisher is the proprietor ofthe pa
per, and will shape its course to suit
his own views ofpolicy and propriety,
should othcr.arrangemcnts not be. coin
My own future connection, with this
paper will depend on tho course which
it may take; for which cannot longer
be responsible. In so far as | can CO.
operate withmy gifted colleague, in
advocating the views and the princi-
| pies which we entertain in common,
and in exposing the fell designs OF the
enemies ofthc South, ! am still willing
ito lend him my aid. Believing, MS /
do, that this agitation far from hciug
lssst ed has hut caasna ensed, Vii
i continue even to the bitter end, ram
10th to terminate my labors in the
cause, to which all my time, my means
and my energies have for the last five
years been devoted, on the threshold of
great events. For. without claiming
the gift Of presciencc, ! yet foresee in
the future of the South impending per
lis, more thrcatning and dangerous
than any yet encountcrcd-perils pro-
crastinatcd only by this Presidential
contest, but into which the South will
be precipitated as soon MS this contest
it over. But | know | can speak for
my colleague as we'll as myself in saw
ing that, as we did not como unbidden
nor unsolicited, as volunteers to this
work, nor have either sought or sue
ceeded in making it a matter of profit,
so we are perfectly content TO resign
our trust into other hands, more pru.
dent and polite perhaps, if not more
Jealous.
For my own part, at six hours no
ticc left my home, my friends and
my private interests, to answer this
call; and have been chained to the
work-like a gallery-slave to his oar
ever since. without relaxation or inter
mission. How have performed that
duty is not for me to determine; but
have done my best. Owing to pro
tracted absence, i'll health. and inces-
SAINT occupation Of mind and body in
this hard fight, hiavcpaid Il heavy pen
atty for the honor Of championship OF
the Southern cause. But any sacrili-
ces under such circumstances would
have been cheap; for it was not only
in pursuance of the promptings ola not
ignoble ambition, but Of duty also, that
it was undertaken.
The call to fill such a position, Mt
such time, and with such a college,
was an honor and trust for which any
| Southern man mjuht we'll hp ,yiIlinn IN