The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-04-06

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|ipolitiea'Iy and in point of fact, the
I.lnslltution and its destiny are one
|Ithiough5ut the South, and these wllo
|.wlIll lpdk ~ the mater, not through
1iat lawyers; spcctaclcs, but MiIEi.
4 the tllfpc eye sof the STATESMAN, Will easily
.Ifperceiye The Meisshtys reasons, Why,
lone s.na!l s State sl,oul,ltinlot 4nponl
theap pleasEot sitccli,ical intlividualitg,
notwithstanding, ana justa. aud
wise aldtGstatesmanliLe, TO- set aatl
lnaught tie counsels, mid disregairtii
lIthe wishes, Of those tttlrtecn sister.
Estates, 50 lbpg as there existed no
llsntiicient .reasons foif ,suspeclinY tfat.
they Sha,I abandoned tall idea Of de,
fendits themselves. 7 confess my
monihcatien14at What . has taken
|iplace, ,ibutithe State: is in,no danger.
!ofloslnggcaste,;c except first loseher.
liself-possession autliselfcentrol. IIasty
and abrupt action is natural to re-.
Ipnblics. It's tie incident Of high
|fanimation and exubcrancc tfFfc, and
I shoula BE glad to. believe, thai, If,
like tie ancient, republics, NC Lave
q. great al facility OF falling into error,
pnhks tl.egm, Me have q .comTensa7i
tory}facility in coming a gain. With
this COMPENSATION republics would,
bessecore; without itthoyis.would not
deserte to be. s.l3 y! t,sl
s'I lave o;stlircct interest Sim the
matter to which yourlcttcr refers, as
I shall not 9e a candidate fof re:
election, Ny only concern is, tliat
Of q private citizen, whose fortunes
arr: involved in those OF. tho State.
Very truly, syourtfricnd, Ns,i s,.t
d g.i j. a. WOODWARD.
SAM'L. G.. BARHLEY, ESQ. a,f
SCI III sos-.S>~~,~~>~>~> II 9ss4el
gtEt,t From the Southern Press. ~
Deficiency EEll F;aisFafasi e g.
y4affssiGEa os s:aa H4isSv-.s 3if;
The House of1Representatives has
been engaged tor 4 he last ethree,dlys
debates OH the 4 3rsffi iciencSs L.; fhe
eth j uie next, am oiillted + Is d s bt,5 I'll
ty millions Of dollars As this has
been ycarof peace, and last Congress
was onetott the most patriotic that ever
met, and the Union was saved by d
union Of tho patriots cf both parties.
after the most copions profession of
principlcsthat ever occurred, it Was
not clearly understood howit happen-
ed that soenluch money WAS required.
But. perhaps, u matter Ut ten or twcn-
ty millions, more or less, was too tri-
fling TO engage the attention of the
great statesmen that were saving the 4
Union. But now, when rc-union Of,
parties is the order of, the day,
and President-making epgrosses the
thoughts of anxious rutriots, Mr.. Pre-.
sidcnt Fillmore comes, and like Oliver
Twist, holds out his empty soap bowl
and demands of the horror struck
treasury guardians, nearly three mil-
lions more for the current year. just
rs we were discussing the policy of
intervention in the affairs Of Europe,
OF defending the frontiers of Hungary
against the Russians, and of Italy,
Switzerland, Belgium, and perhaps,
England, against Louis Napoleon, we
are told that aboutthrce millions more
must be voted, or we cannot defend
our own iIon'iers from the Cananches,
Apaehess, and Nav;!joes.
ihls Is a great aud growing country.
,t Is growing III territory, and in popu-
iaiioi', IN philanthropy, iii politics, in,
PRESIDENTIAL candidates, and i'll plat
forms. butit is growing more RAPIDLY
IN deiiclency&blils. there, is a deil-