The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-06-15

l3ts5S; fEh the Southern
%,stIsss TO its admis-
SONS as 1tttthe plan Of
pacihcat'on ft.a acnt".--
''the settlement" ThGcffGaS5iasa be
no better evidence than SfSAs'
evidence-thc voluntary confession
of accessories before the fact. If
we required any Justification for our
previous and present course, in re-
gard to that "olan," we would find it
in this dcath.bed confession. But
tho facts and events have justified
and will justify us.
Thus speaks the Union:
"In the absence of all excitement
in regard TO the old points cf diff:
erence between the two great par.
ties, Q brief examination. of the main;
issue before the country, aud an MN n:
quiry into the relations which those
parties respectively bear towards it,
would not seem at the present
moment inappropriate or i'll timed.
"Strive to conceal it as VIC may
-flatter ourselves as we are inclined
to do, that all is peace and tran
qui:ity, and that the noble and
beneticent institutions we enjoy arc
established upon q foundation that
cannot be overthrown-it cannot be
denied that danger has existed. docs
exist, and will continue to exist, rs
long as the elements out Of which it
grows are permitted to combine with
our political action, and enter into
the composition of the public sen.
timent which it produces.
"Gradually and slowly, but stead
lily and surely, the great question Of
the day has for years been increas-
ing in Importance, until it has
at length concentrated tho interest
and riveted the attention Of the
whole people Of tho United States
upon one particular point Of issue,
upon the decision OF which depend
not only their peace, prosperity and
happiness, but their very existence
as nation. We are not, it
is true, called upon as yet pcrcmp.
torlly to rely to the query, Shall
there be peace or war!--shall the
integrity of the Union be preserved
or its bonds at once be severed, and
civil strife aud internccine slaughter
take the place Of lraternal good will
and friendly domestic relations?
The enemies Of the pcrmanency of
our Institutions are not quite prepar.
cd as yet for a resort to the 'ultima
ratio' Of republics as well as kings;
they are not yet ready to draw
the sword or point the gun the dc.
tenders Of the Union and the Con.
slitution. But the question before
US is preliminary, and necessarily so,
to the last terrible demand which
tanaticism threatens to make upon
patriotism; and upon the nature of
the answer given to that question
depends whether that demand will
ever be made, and one portion of
the confedcracy be compelled to
surrender It's rights or stand to
its arms.
"lt is unnecessary for us ut
this time to do more than merely
allNde to the alarming progress of
anti.slavery acntiment in the North.
10 adduce facts in proof of its pre-.
valencc, or to use arguments for
the purpose Of showing the dangerous
character of its prctensions and
designs, would be labor thrown
away. Tho noise of their captains
and the shoutings are borne to us on
every Northern breeze" .
"Anti'slavery agitation is to bo
continued--continued, too, in dc.
6ance of each one and all of the
interests of the country, in opposition
to sentiment political or purely pa.
trlotlc--carrlcd on and carried ou.