The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-02-24

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pension the soldier, and take care of
his widow and orphans-the reward
of actual services-whllc 1 am willing
to allow all claims of that kind, am
not willing to select any individual
and give him the means of becoming
wealthy out of the public purse, and
to place him in position in which
he has an opportunity to form public
opinion, simply because he is an
editor Of leading journal dissem.
ated extensively throughout the
country. / want no man to make
public opinion for ne, nor do my
constituents desire it. 1 hope /
shall never see the time when party
ties and PARTY allegiance shall be so
strongly fixed upon me that l shall
bc willing to sacrifice principle for
the purpose of advancing the position
or standing of any one. / do not
mean, under any circumstances, to
give vote in which l shall have to
part with principle for the purpose of
promoting the aspirations Of any
man to the Presidency. / ain
thankful that I am foot.Ioose from
any such bonds. l represent a con-
stltuency that require me to be
toot-loosc, who have returned me by
BY a large majority. l am foot.loose,
and bound by no party ties or ob.
legations which l have asserted.
| will take occasion to say, while
| abhor the consolidation doctrines
which have spread every sheet of the
Union newspaper, whilst | naturally
abhor and cschew them, if the
editors, will do the printing any
cheaper than anybody else, they are
welcome to do it. If Mahomctan
or Mormon will do the printing better
and cheaper than anybody else, ] am
willing to lay for it. | trust there
will DC decided effort in this
House, to keep this printing out of
the hands Of any men who will be
likely to make use of so great
power in the presidential campaign,
| prefer a practical printer who is
not an editor; and l hope We will not
be called upon TO give fuel to
fire that will give power to any TIA
chinary which may generate a
miasma over the whole length and
breadth Of the country. | take this
occasion, and am glad Of the op-
portunity, to say, that in regard to
the vote Which shall! give upon this
question l consider myself rs de-
tachcd from any sort Of obligations
to sustain any mans prctensions for
the printing; neither will vote
for any man for the presidency who
does not i'll his avowcd opinions come
up to my views Of what patriotic,
constitutional American statesman
ought to hold and adhere to.
have been much entertained as
well as amused, within the last few
days, by the revelations made in the
discussion between several rcprcscn.
tativcs from Massachusetts. There
was disclosed by the rccriulination be-
tween those accomplices i'll abolition
what | always bclievcd-that both
the Wings and Democrats, as a
party, i'll that State were deeply
hostile to the peculiar institutions OF
the South. | had no interest in
such a contest, except for the infor.
nation Of the people when repre-
sent. | shall take occasion to ci:'-
culate those speeches freely amongst
them, that they may have the
highest evidence of the correctness
Of those conclusions with which | had
made them familiar in my intercourse
with them. 1t was a battle in which
l desired the full exhibition of
prowcss on both sides, and that at the
close of the combat, bystandcrs
would have to do the kind Office Of
burying the dead. Gov. Boutwell,
carried the State because he and his
friends bid higher than their com
pctitors at the auction. A lid Of
one quarter Of dollar more by the
other side would have carried
the day against against them. The
price was the consideration; the
offices and emclumcnts were ire
sistiCle. Did the democracy coalcscc
with the Abolitionists? Let those
representatives of that State who
here dcnouncc them, say why they
voted for Mr.. Winthrop? They pro-
fess to be satisfied with the compro-
mise, and yet support Mr.. Winthrop,
who within few days after the
passage Of those measures, voted in
the Senate for bill abolishing sla.
very in the District of Columbia.
lie bid for the Abolitionists of Mas
sachusetts; endcavorcd to revive az
itatlon on the slavery question, and
upon that achievement was nomina.