The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-06-29
his declaration of the ds,mion organ

ut Washington. The whole course of
the Sonfhern Press has been TO
dennuncc every one in the Soutr for
not taking bolder ground against the
Abolitionists who opposed the de
struction of tho republic. Now it
comes ont and courts the Abolitionists.
and warns Southern gentlemen not
to displcasc or Giltnd ticni, lest
we lose their support! For ourselves.
we have Just us much scorn and
contempt for the support of the !SouM-
erm Press as we have for that of
the AboIitionists. In principle they
arc equally vile. We always knew,
and always said, tlr,, the conductors OF
the .Sp""crn Press were actuatcd by
no regard for slavery or the institutions
of the South. Their only object was
to use tho slavery question as
lever with which to destroy the re-
public. AS to slavery, they cared
nothing about it.; they owned 10
negroes, and had no property in tn.
Southern States, OF anywhere else.
They were hircIngs to accomplish III
unholy purpose. For years past: they
have been sowing broadcast their
treason, expecting that it would
take root and grow in the sunny South.
They knew how cxcitablc the people Of
the South were on the subject Of
slavery, and cndcavorcd to make
them believe that all their slaves
would be lost unless the Union were
dissolved! But they lave boon dis
appointed. There la3c been wisdom
and virtue enough in the South to
rcpu'liatc everywhere, all over the
length and breadth of the slave States,
their treason and their tlcaclcry.
Seeing, as they now do, that there is
an end OF disunion flth, they como
out and take sides with us in the
Democratic ranks, and tell us TO as
sociatc with Erec>oilcrs and Ab-
oiilioniStS, and we may be successful
in c|crting Il President!
The great curse of the country has
been umprincipIcd presses. Hy the
press good men arc deceived and
their passions nrddrncd by ialsrhoud
and sophistry. With the conductors
of such Il press politics is Il trade, and
the interests Of the country arc
never thought of. Tho success of
their schemes is every thing. To
secure this they arc willing TO
plunge their country in blood, and
sacrifice her peace, and happiness,
and existence. Aud yet such men are
able to pass through life, for years, as
the true defenders of their country's
best interests!
We hope the Baltimore convention
will express themselves freely OH the
subject of slavery, and drive from
their ranks all the AboIi,iomistS,
and teach them that they arc not
! fit associates for Democrats. We
hope, too, that the Wing convention
will do the same thing, and clear their
ranks of all such base distirbcrs of
the public peace. We hope that both
Of rHe great national parties "&i;ttSs
force the Abolitionists TO keep to
themselves, and thereby render then,
as puwcrlcss in the Presidential
election IS they arc infamous i'll
their politics.
1t is probable that the ,Sonibc-n
Press will now return to its first love,
one of its editors being Quaker,
and having been SO much opposed to
slavery that he would not wra cotton
Goods because they were the product OF
slave labor. 1t is not ut all i'm
probable, therefore,, that this pro
; slavery organ may, after all, be
Ifu,in,b \ AI,Ii,;.,n ,l,,. m.
step already taken, that we must
, not offend the Frccsnilrr$, and refuse
to speak on, ut the Baltimore con
vcntion, lest we lay down Il plat
form on which they cannot stand with
us, is a very strong indication OF Ah-
clifton love and f'rccsoiI glory.
In fact and i'll truth, the .SouMc,2.
Press has been, throughout our con-
trovcrsy, an Abolition paper, TO
all im,cn:s and purposes, by being
constantly filled with extracts iiuml
all the most rahiL Abolition sheets in
tn. United States. The papers
in which these Infamous pieces or
+ igiIalIy appeared could not circulate at,
the South, and wc.c, therefore.
hnrH'lrss. but, by being extracted into
the .S""t|e|n Press, they were seen
ali over Tic slave States, and in some
instances read hy the slaves and
free negroes
y SouArrrR's SrEncIl.-I'hc follow
ing is an extract from the speech OF the
Hon. Albert G. Brown. Of Mississippi.
on the Homestead Bill before Con
grcss. Mr.. Brown is II member of the
House OF Representatives., and his
speech was delivered in that body
llc said:
! g know something, Mr.. Chairman
of svuattcr life. 1t was my fortune to
have been raised in new and unset
tied country. ! know something Of
the tolls aud IardS'ips, and priva,ioms
encountered BY the >;Iwttcrs Shall
not dctain you with Il recital OF all tina,
have seen, and heard and felt. One
incident | may relate. will tell You