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

d would be s,he doing Of some tact
/ which,finstsad ofsarousinstitl,c3 3gcner
!. Gus and manly symr atLics Of ON,
brethren in other States, would OBJ
llsge AL suspected Of fsliaying s. lnpa-
d tl,lzedq With US to o,repudiatc US, or ,be
4 repudiatctl themselves BY their neigh.
4 bors. Illcreiaretl,igh considerations
4 of3patriotism andIstate5manship, Oh,
\ yioussto the minds of tall; why our
7 State should not yet awhile secede
4 from, her Southern sisters. Aid lct
us'pnisue, sucha couise, as'that none
! will be able TO dispute that We Mere
/ actnatte'l, by those, llish cdnsidccrraE,
4 tlons. Let9uslnot 10 just 81. much,
4 anq, sucl., sort Of things, as 4will,make
4 ;Etamani.est to the world. that .we alb
stained from ding mere, Is onlyi,bc,
! canse we were afraid a. Let the State
secedeEor not seccdc; do wl,ats.wili
touch tile hearts ofimen, o1+'what viii
Challenges the approval of of.statcssHiicn.
i ~ II !lrrrr'e;!solu:es seXPel ineh,ihg With po.
litical quackeriSs. 3is.s s j.,'',, 49, ~
| FAnSirms that the movement in, lie
South rslioulds not SlroSca a. fluitlcssi
onc:41f c,ideavofcdatoE Il longl;timeltoi
thore,,7 that circumstances mi gilt tiusti.
.fy'tlie Convention in proroun'di6g t6
.the other States, an amendment Of
1.-THE Constitution, such as VAS su,Gre ST.
ed by Mr.. Calhoun. Upcn tl,at bro, :
position l know that Mr.. Calhoun
locked. to a protractel and ample
discussion, involving as it would all
the relations between the North and
the South, comprchending every:
form of Injustice and danger from
the Union, present and future, and
.aisplacing the insidions policy Of our our
enemies; which is. that Of well timed
periodical assaults; with intervals,
moro or less extended of ,cai9llery.
.fiattery, and pledges of platior1ps,
clectionjubilecsp and intrigues with
SontherIl ambition. But the Con.
ycnticn is near zatA llsnll, gfasl the.
r; s u Nsts.
! and / am satisfied that the PROPOSE.
| ton woald be iHoprortune, aid worse
tllani useless. Our. friends are not
sufficiently strong TO institute dis
cnssion upon it, and it wJuld find in
every State overwhelming majorities
committed, and in many instances,
organized and emLittcrcd against it.
know that Mr.. Calhoun meant to
practice moro than usual caution,
10th as to opportunity and as to the
source from which the proposition
should come. cannot Ii wevcr, in
a state Of things, not foresccn by
him. assume to make aflirmations, as
to what his advice would be, but l
have an opinion perfectly satisfactory
to myself.
1t appears to me ;llat tho course
proper for the Convention is plain.
\ nero numerical majority, cannot
consistently with sound policy or the
doctrines Of the State, undertake to
seccdc. The supremacy Of nulncri-
cal majority was the object of abhor-
cnco and dctestation with Mr.. Cal
houn. His great work, the greatest
OF works. on government. is almost
exclusively devoted TO the exposure
of the enor,nity Of this idea, and the
maintenance Of the proposition, that
upon the opposite idea depends nearly
every thing great or valuable in hu.
man society. Ills grand idea is.
that government should, be shat Of
the whole and not of part" 10 that
adjustment Of power between the low
and up-country in South Carolina,
maki,y the government in some dc,
gree one Of concurrent majcritics, he
ascribcd mainly those social pcculiali.
ties, which are, undeniably, the sub.
ject Of condemnation and eulogy
throughout the Union. This plinci-
pie he would have applied to every,
even the least considerable act Of leg
lslatlon; for instance, an act to char
ter ferry, or incorporate reading
club; and judge what he would think
of an attempt BY a numerical majority
to sweep from existence, at a single
blow, a whole system Of government;
to ordaIn new order Of things, and
to take under its control, a vast and
complicated social question, extend
ing immensely beyond the limits of
the State, and in relation to which
there are in sister States fiftynine
times as many people directly and
equally interested, as there are per.
sons in South Carolina, in favor Of
Isolated secession. Why let US see
what process the State has thought
it wise to adopt tomakc ths smallest
modification Of the State Constitution.
Two.thirds of the legislature, elected
upon the principle Of concurrent ma.
jcrities, arc required to vote for the
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