The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-06-29
From the Southern Press.
Political ;pss1y abn,Sns,,I

maignity on the ,SouMcru Press and
ITS editors, in, All article filled with
l;,lschoods, anl rccEiiiG With calumnics.
III utter violation of all the rules of
dcrcncy and truth. If anything could
ten to sink that scurriluus and stupid
sheet, and its empty editor, lower in
the estimation OF all upright and
honorable men, than its own iiIsome
batteries of Northern aggrcssors and
Southern rccrcants have already done.
the mean aud malignant slan,lrrs
which it retaiIs, would suffice to place
it IN II pillurY Tor scorn ito point its
slow mmoying finger at" Until that
loathsomc cXcrcsccncc on the politics
of that State sprung up, we had
believed that the soil ofSoulh Carolina.
like that of Ireland, could not pro
pagate snch crawling reptiles; but its
existence has been pr"trnctcd a.
%"ny, and the paper as well is It's
conductor have been unwilingfy al
mi,tcd into cooperation with any
party there, and both have been most
'mccrPnl'nously avoided and rcpu-
dated so soon rs there was no further
need Of the little aid they could
furnish. Out OF the district in which
it is published, where an arttul appeal
to the old Union feeling has given it
some little hold on the popular s,'m-
timcnt, the paper is Il stencil in
the nostriIs of the State, as its editor
verified during the session of the
last convention, Whrrc he occupied
the attitude of his great cxcmplar,
Thomas II. Misunderstanding sol tary
and alone, drSdaincd ly those he
had aided to defeat, rc"udiatcd by
those who had impalicntly tolerated
his cooperation. If we could con
descend to notice or respond to tNr
personalities OF the Ar,irlc referred to,
we might draw such /. picture OF our
assailmt as to cause even him to
hang his head in shame, accustomed
as he is to manifestations of public
contempt, but we can we'll afford to
treat his iliprant t;.lsrho"ds with
the scorn they merit: since even he
devoid of all foundation. The whole
course of the tSouMcym Press, past and
present, and the aN,cc5lcnts of its
cditors-who lave made those sac
riliccs i'll purse and person, talked Of
by many stamp their real character
on the base nsinuatinns or open al
Legations which that foul libel contains
1t is stepped ;ud saturated in t;,lSchoud,
and the very father OF all lies might
claim this outpouring us an immediate
cmanalion from himself, So wantonly.
manly malignant is it, SO utterly dcs-
titutc even Of the semiIancc of
truth. blinded like q viper hy its
venom, the blow is struck in the
d.1'k, and all who read it will marvel
more at the stupidity than the ma
Lightly OF such an from such
Il source II such a tis
We owe an apol$tss5& ."pr rcalcrs
for attractil!gsss6 \ S5i i,a.stf'itttnti"n TO $"
insighitie..4Es,, sSssS as this fororn
specimen GlfSSs GfSSsS;5SS ssifS;5S1Sulh Carolina sub
missionist--and for SO doing, must
plead the apology offered by Pope on
Il similar occasion.
"Tct Sporns .trcmbc-
What! that thing ui si't, .,,
S!por'ls! That mere white cnrd of Asses niTl:.
Whn hp.,s ~ TE:' h",,r,1,. " l rn" ,Is ,. L.u ,T.
"Yet, let ne flap this bus with sillcd wings,
This painted child of dirt, la. s,inks ana s,ings,
Whose V s.';, "zz the WHY ana ,,s fair an'"ys.
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