The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1852-04-21
The Lancaster Ledger:

The Publisher of the Palmetto State Ban.
nor, seeing that n false impression has gone
abroad by the change ofpoitics fthe paper,
and desiring to correct the crrorswhich the
editor of the Lancaster Ledger seems, In
common with others, to have fallen into
relative to said change, takes this opportunis
ty, afforded him by n notice of the Banner
in the last issue of the Lcdgcr, to make
true statement Of the facts
The Publisher and Proprietor of the BAN
ner, finding it necessary, from pecuniary
epbarrassments, growing out of an exten-
sion of his facilities for Printing-his legiti-
mate and proper cmploymcnt-was COM
Peled, before the decision of1the people,
at the ballot-box, against separate secession,
to offer privately his newspapers for sale,
and with the intention. of eonhning himself
to Printing. To effect which end, he ten
dcrcd his paper to thepsuy whose viewsit
then advocated, and that .party having de-
clincd the offer, for reasons assigned which
were altogether tenablc, the Proprietor sui
sequently disposed of his interest in the po-
lltical department Of the paper to the friends
OF cooperation, who were about to establish
q newspaper in the town, making the be,t
bargain he could, to relieve himself from EN-.
barrassment This is true statement and
S',' ~ oubo'shahhhiil NouCucU, III uecetbIIy,
by some of the most respectable citizens of
Coumbia-members of the secession party
The Ledger says: "The Bannef formerly
advocated the doctrines Of the Secession par
ty; but MIR. Morgan, .fnding, h6 party ia he
minority, sold the political interest Of the
Banner TO the Co-operation party"
Now, that "Mr Morgan sold the political
interest in the Banner, finding The secession
party in the minority" is q. statement based
upon no foundation in truth, and shows con-
clusively that the editor of the Ledger has
Judged of the transaction without properly
informing himself of the facts.s
In this connection, the Publisher of the
banner begs to say further, that, in his hum
BILE conception, there is hoprmciple involved
in the sale of the paper, Is has been asser-
ted by some to be thecat6z He conceivea
the cooperation party 70 be one wing of the
secession party, differing with their breth-
rem only as to the propriety of acting alone.
or when there is no prospect of obtaining that
concert of action" which the separate seces.
sionists published TO the world was amuch
to be desired" See the resolutions adopted
at the May Convention In Charleston, last
year. Theprincipic inYoised is secession---
both parties adhering tSit How, thcn, with
any showing of truth, can the Publisher and
Proprietor Of the Banner be said TO- have.
sold his principles or the principle Of the pa
per! Will the editor Of the Ledger ex.
plain? Truth and justice demand, at all
events, that he should correct the error
which he has led his readers into, to the
prejudice Of tae. Publisher and PFaprietor of
the Banne,, who he has been pleaped 10 re.-
present rs having bartered his principles for
a matter Of gain. Should he feel il incum.
bent upon him to do so, it is hoped he wiz
hrst-no, last, inquire into the facts Gomez
ted with the transaction alluded to, suffering
no circumstances, but the bare and naked
truth, to be weighed in his scales of Justice.
IC. MORGAN.
The above is from the States Rights Re-
publican of the 10th inst. We have only
afew words to say in reply. ~
II we are not rcry much mistaken, We
think Mr. Morgan will find by rciSrinp to -
some Of our State papers published nt the
time when the transfer Of the Banner was
made to the Cooperation party, that tho.
same expression "sold the political intsfesty
was used by many of them. But iadefts,-
dent of that, 1t seems clear to US that HI. 81.
acknowledges in the above the same thing.
He says zoe have fallen intoan error In this
respect "in common" with o,hcr., 1 !. ALLEN
into this error, equally with osierss his
strange that every ones,sho1ld have so
thought Mr.. Morgan 6sS he ofBced Ais
paper to the Secession party, but they would
not purchase it, then. he disposed Of his IN
tercst in the political department 10 the
friends of Cooperation. Is il not plain, that
II the secession party had been In the asceu-
dency. and were willing 90 nav b;ehar. that
Mr. M. would hpse sold the political irtss
est to them out the case being o,l.s..si.s -st