The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-10-22

sinsssJipn. ID Quarterly mud Monthly Advertise Z
taefts vii be charged the seine rs single in
ssrtion, and semi monthly tile same us new ores
netter of Hon John L.. Orr. e.
! to an ihOita hon % attend The.
lslorougA Meeting, 1ag.alg.ds5
AsHINeroN, August rs, s52
sIk:l shavesthe hoySff to aclSnowl-
edge the receipt OF your letter Of ,l%
- lst sllt.. inviting nc to. be pregsht
ard aadrcssR grand mass 5.conytn,iou
ses the Democracy Of NslS7sIS Ststmpshirc,
/ 49, lItilsL orough on 9th inst.
congress has hpon the 3lst
ii1atssast the day the adjournment
sfstlle present bstssion, and very much
nfFthe impSFtant business of the scs-
sss5n, including the appropriation bills
siuust be disposed of between this and
TINT period. Public duty here, there
! ssttsrs,,s will much to my;regret, preclude
me from accepting your invitation.
s Mol portion Of tho republican party
sefthe United Suites have greater cause
s0f joyous pride than the people of
New Hampshire. Frank Pierce, the
worthy representative of the united
democracy, is your fellow citizen, and
ifhis career has been as honorable and
Snleritorious in his own State, as it has
been manly and consistent in the ma
tional councils, sou may congratulate
yourselves on the occasion to do hon
ssaflto so noble, generous and gifted
son. His record and speeches in Con.
sgress illustrate old fashioned rcpubli-
canism in so comely form as to chal-
slenge q comparison with that of the
fathers ofthc faith even, mono having
sshoWn3a more steadtast devotion to
the Constitution and the rights of the
sSstates than your follow .citizen-And
you. .mhy rest 90, s>that
sfie South will u nm sUch
yhnS reimbursement in tlfee election as no
man has received since the time of Mr..
Monroe. We are satisfied with his
nationality; we arc satisfied with Wis
fidelity and devotion to the ConS,itu-,
stion; we are satisfied with the purity,
and incorruptible integrity of his lite,
public and private; VIC are satisfied
with his courage, probity, irmncss
and intelligence. He has been tried
the crucibles fsectionalism, of flat
gtery of Intimidation, and like pure
lnetal, eachtes has FURNISHED the lus-
sire Of his deYotionto we'll lsln,ssiss.srct or
/ gthodox principles lie peelli
ssedneed from tlt;sa
i ~ Sss,77 IS (. a x x. "a "a sl
\ ShHl- selfaggran-
idizelnent or Ihtimidated from a bold
rralintenance of the Constitution by the
Recommendations Of sectional agitators
aud reVilers. May your hills and
5dalcs long continue the birthplace OF
such a. race Of men.
Our candidate is national, not sec
sfional, because his support is based
on one set of principles; and hence
considerations OF cxpcdiency do not
require us to advocate him in one To-
.callty on ohe ground, and in another,
on its opposite. 1t matters not wleth-
ser it be in Maine or Georgia, Iowa or
mississippi, the principles of the re-
publican party arc the same.
e 9pon the most important sectional
issue now pending, the fugitive slave
acs, the party stand committed to its
,taithtul execution and'it is IS source Of
high pleasure to see the northern wing
of the party, without cquivocation,
maintaining their plightcd faith, with
manly independence. 1t augurs we'll
that the winter of our discomfort is
fastening to its termination, and that
in future All cause Of just offence to
any section will be avoided BY the
northern Democracy. regret that rs
much however cannot DO said for
northern whiggery, which has for
years, in the main, been twin sister to
abolitionism. 1t has always been
ready to avail itself Of abolition innu-
.ence to secure party asccndancy and
party triumphs.
The game which is being played
here no,o by Gen. SCOTS supporters
isSthe most reprchcnsibc and disingcn-
ioiiss that honorable men have ever en-
gagged in. doubt if the loosing
gamester III the widest desperation Of
his sinking fortunes ever practiscd II
moro fragrant deceit than some of the
friends Of Gen. Scott are pursuing to
deceive and delude the American pco.
pie. Their principal document for
general circulation is fusomc life of
Gen. Scott, and broad sheet covered |
over with wood cuts which purports to
represent the battles Gen. Scott has
fought. In all these variable cuts
Sen. Scott is represented as leading
the charge in advance of all others,
even at Churubusco and Chcpultepcc,
when the truth is he was never near
the charging columns. Nor do | cen
sure him for not being in the fight, it
would have been unwise that the Com
manding General should have exposed
himself to the enemies batteries; and
columns. But why is it attempted to
the truth Of history by !