The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-06-01

ILL, lho IVY OuS aiehCiil, lS IL llSpltCu
by the relncmbcrance oftlat day when
resistance to oppression bathcd its
summit in the e-blood of Americas
best men, swells to a torrent, 'as
the voice Of many waters,'' assuring
her sisters that the sold Bay tState7
will be found foremost in the great
moral strife for mans redemption.
The thunder of voices is heard
above the dcafcning roar of Niagara:
Canada catches tho strain; and, ac-
knowledging herself our debtor i'll this
great movement, gladly follows the
example of the States.
Rhode Island, small in stature and
few in words, but with the firm de-
cision of trecmen, boldly proclaims
-"We want the Maine law; we acill
have it; 1t shall be sustained!"
The mighty Empire State next
catches the sound. Tired of the im-
beetle, temporizing policy, that has
SO long shackled the gigantic energies
of the greatest State IN tho Conicde
racy, she rushes to break the ignoble
fcttcrs from her limbs, and join in
the crusade against the system Of
Alcoholic traflic-l system that was
born in hell, baptized i'll the blood and
tears OF human suffering and misery,
and is nursed and perpctuated through
policy so unholy, that none but
the Arch-demon OF the dark vaults Of
Pcrdition is worthy of its paternity.
Next spcrks the "hcystone Stute."
Ashamed Of the rctrogr;dc steps she
hns made, she nobly marches to
the rescue. From her halls of legisla-
ton the word comes forth, that the
descendants Of the philanthropic Penn
will no longer have their statute
book detaced by the foul blot Of Il
License Law
New Jersey, not often backward in
q good cause, boldly uvows the
"Mainc Declaration OF independence" {"
Delaware t;llterS not in her duty,
but valiantly moves on the high road
to progress and reform.
The gallant spints Of Maryland, re
i, l}r,in" ,,AtGG+-ia,ipy deeds oi' old,
and gazing upon her proud Monuments,
wheels into line, and registers her
name OH the mustcr-roll ol this great
national campaign.
And the little District of Columbia,
proud Of The exalted name She bears,
1orgcts the cares OF St;itc, the cor
rurtions and mtrigucs OF political dem
agogucs, appeals to her people to
say ior themselves whether they Shall
he free from worse than kussian
dcspotism, which is grinding them into
alb ect slavery, under the very shadow
Of the Capitol Of American Freedom.
Virginia, ''the mother of States"
the land OF Washington, Patrick
Henry, ) Jefferson, and Madison, strains
her ear to catch the glad sound, as
it comes sweeping over the broad
Potomac. The clarion notes of IL
Gaiiy, a Drinkard, and Lee arc heard
throughout the wide domain OF the
"Old Dominion marshulling her
forces for the conflict against the rum
ticnd and the soul-dcstroying traffic.
The glorious sold North State"
the first to throw oil her allegiance to
the tyrant King George, and declare
herself independent, is eager and
painting for The strife! The spirit that
stirred the hearts OF her Alexanders,
her Brcrards, aud her Polks, in
'15, and caused them to "bcard the
Douglas in his halls" boldly and
openly to defy the myrmidons Of
royalty and oppression, cannot and
wili not quietly submit to vassalage
more degrading and ruinous than that
against the tolerance Of which she
poured out her blood like water, OH
the fields Of Alamancc, Guiltord, and
Camden. From Currituck to Chcro-
kee, from the shores of the Atlantic
to the lotticst 1nountain-p peak in the
West, she is arousilIg to strike the
blow of separation Of Alcohol from
State sovereignty. North Carolina
shall be freed from the vile traffic, for
SO the People will declare.
Nor will South Carolina be out
stripped in the contest: but, entering
the arena like IL gladiator, her sons
will be found doing valiant service
wherever duty calls. The descendants
of Pinckney, Rutledgc, and Calhoun
can never submit to be the slaves
Of appetite, passion, and the rum
ocracy, any more than they could to
political bondage. The patriotic dead
would arise from their tombs and
curse their degenerate sons had they
sunk SO low into vcnality and das-
Hardness. Led on by the gallant
O'Neall, the people of the "Palmetto
State" will prove worthy sons of
noble sires" in this great work, and
and Danish the poison from their
borders.
Georgia, too, is waiting for the
watchword, to make vigorous on
slaught upon the vile traffic.
Alabama, who is just old enough in
the tamily OF States to appear in
her bridal robes, adjures the tur-
bid waters Of the still, and will finally
forbid their being borne upon the
surface OF her many navigable' streams.
And Mississippi. n yOunocr s;star