The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-06-22

cognizes the fidelity with which I adj
hered, and still adhere, to a good
and glorious cause, be assured that it
has not been exaggerated or mispla-
ced. The feelings and convictions
which influenced my career in he
land have undergone no change
Still, as ever, 1 perceive within my
country the faculties that fit her for
a useful and honorable position, and
believing that they require only to
be set in motion to prove successful,
I still would prompt her to put them
forth.
Besides, there is within me q
pride that cannot be appeased. I
desire to have country which shall
work out q fortune Of her own, and
depend no longer for subsistence on
the charity Of other nations. Z de-
sire to have a country which L can
point to with exultation--whose pros
perity shall be my life-whosc glory
shall be my guerdon. I desire to
have country which shall occupy a
bencficcnt position in the world, and
by her industry, intellect, integrity
and courage, shall contribute, in
community with all free nations, to
the common happiness and grandeur
of humanity. IIccpes may have
darkened, but the destiny to which
| would see my country lifted. is be-
fore me still--a height, like that Of
Thabor, crowned with an eternal sun.
1t is bold ambition, but in this
fine country I could have none other.
The moment VIC set our foot upon
her shore, we behold the offspring of
Frecdon-the energy, tho thrift, the
opulence to which she has given birth
and, at glance, We comprehend
her fruitfulness, utility and splendor.
We behold the wonders she has
| lwrought7--the deformed transformed
the osisaf IA {, lsaasF Ringing inte-
the robust proportions Of an Empire
which Alexander might we'll have
sighed to tho adventurous
spirit of her sons compensating by its
rapidity, in a little more than half a
century, for the thousands of years III
which the land lay still in the shadow
Of the ancient forests-we behold all
this. and the worship Of our youth
becomes more inpassioned and pro-
found.
TO this land I came, as an outcast,
to seek an honorable home; as an
outlaw to claim the protection of
a flag that is inviolable. BY one of
the wiscst and mildcst of the ancient
legislators it was dccrecd, that
all those who were driven forever
from their own country, should be
admitted into the citizenship Of
Athens. On the same ground, iii
virtue Of the sentiment of perpetual
banishmcnt which excludes me from
my native land, ! sought a quiet
sanctuary in the home Of Washing gton.
10 no other land could the heart
which has felt the rude hand Of
tyranny so confidently turn for
Il serene repose.
Long may she prosper; continuing
faithful to the inheritance left her by
the fathers Of the republic. Long
may she prosper; gathering into
the bosom Of her great family the
children Of all nations: adding to
her territory, not by the sword of
the soldier or tho subtlety of the
statesman, but by the diffusion Of
her principles, and the ccnsonancc Of
her simple laws and institutions, with
the good sense and pmcr aspirations
of mankind. Long may she prosper;
each year adding to her stock of
strength, and dignity, and wisdom,
and high above her countless fleets
and cities, even to the last genera
ton, may the monument Of her
liberty be deserted! In the darkest
storms which shake the thrones and
dynastics Of the old world, may it
stand unscathed In the darkest
night which falls upon the arms Of
a struggling people, may it shine
forth like the cross in the wilderness,
and be to them an emblem of hope
and signal Of salvation!
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a CuALLESGE.-Two or three Bos
ton ship-owners have sent challenge
to the ship-owncrs Of Great Britain,
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