The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-07-13
. From the southern Press.
ssIss esaanpl Explan:ello,a.


rom the Southern Press
ersaIapl Explanation.
The statement made by my col.
sIIcagle explains the silence of the
IsSontherns Rress an the subject of the
Demo moaratie 81 nominations That 81.
lepcs has been protracted far longer.
than syas agreeable TO- either of us,
ssinces ss;e ,iayet have been accustomed
10 conceal cur opinions, on any subject
ublic interest. In this case we
haYe only consented to waive their. OK
sion, for q time, in order to allow
\ parties Interested to relieve us, aud
themselves, from a most painful and
embarrassing position. Self respect
Fill not admit of our keeping silence
longer Itis'onr right and our duty
now TO speak.
Eortwo years past, since the estab-
hshment of this paper, it has been un-
the conduct and control of Mr..
Fisher and myself; and during the
sspghele OF our connection no serious
difference of sentiment has ever before
arisen between us. Our difference
now, (as regard it, turns on a ques;
ton policy, not fprinciples; for the
8 principles we have ever avowed and
maintained are still entertained by us
both. Those principles neither Of us
cans 9r ssgstalld4 IA change; and we can look
4 / teifik nth equal pride and pleasure on
the record of our lubprs which the
\ Southern Press bears and,will perpetu-
s:ste as the fruit of two years earnest
labor. a
The question: which divides us now
.sjs,S Swheth the Southern Press should
lend its aid and influence to the support
Sef Pierce and King, or stand neutral
the, residential contest? Ny col
league is,i: in favor of the latter cpurse
i E;I1IF,TIny. OWN Judgment has led me to
& prefer the former. But am free to
confess that events which have recently
transpired have created doubts in my
own mind as to the good faith of a
i portion of that party, and .belied the
professions of .conciliation and harmo-
ny on their lips. "a voice supposed to
have come from a higherauarter, has
Eliminated accommodations on the
southern Press,fits friends and sup.
norters, orall e end through one Of it's;
LED IF ssOGinGrn
~ q. .c to. be, denounced and pro-
scribe before the necessity for their
4 did is over, what have they to expect
erthat necsssitY,h has past? If dOld
t'ogies" of the party are to be indulg-
ed in feeding fat the ancient grudge
they bear" those who have thwarted
their views of personal aggrandizc-
lent, how can they expect their Demo
cratic brethren to- dwell in unity {? In
4 solent and unprovoked as the assaults
lave been, they are not without mo-
D tiye;;E for the kiss of Judas is often not
i more treacherous than the noisy vapor-
i ing ofthel stabber, seeking to provoke
a,hraWl. The mettle of the Southern
men has been much overrated, if they
will meekly endure such buffettings,
4 OF consent to, sit at the Democratic
board as ssprodigel sons," even with
remote prospect of a slice of the fat
& ted calf of party.
lt is well known, that, previous to
the reorganization: of tho Democratic
party, we strenuously insisted on the
erYation of;the separate organiza-
tipn of the Southern Rights party un-
It'll the Conventions had acted, believ-
]; ing that our friends. would have more
power outside than inside of those
4 Yentlons. In that policy we we're
eyerruled;; the. reorganization was eff
1 tected on certain conditions, and the
4 next question was, how best to secure
tEle interests of the party and of the
1 Sputh, within the pale of the Demo-
cratic party. My colleague was una
ypldably absent for some weeks pre-
u scsding the session of the Democratic
ss1s convention, and feeling the necessity
of taking position, ! took the response
bility Of indicating the course which
\ was, in my; Judgment, proper for the
party to pursue In, a. carefully con-
ssfdered editorial, which appeared on
the Friday preceding the session of
that Convention, thosesgiews were in
Sdicated. On its appearance it metthe
approval of those friends in whose
opinions ! place the Hnost reliance.
a or that, editorial neither Mr.. Fisher
NOR any of my political friends should
\ be held responsible, for none of them
were either. consulted or cognizant of
at. before it appeafad in print. Subsc-
@auent reflection and examination have
only convinced me the more firmly of
the correctness of the views set forth
I'm that editorial. | still adhere to
them; as right and judicious, aid in
perfect harmony with our antecedcnts
and those OF our party. 1t would be
lSsfsedless for me here to reiterate the
reasons and the arguments thon so fully
set forth, 1t is sufficient to refer to
them, and TO reafFirm my conviction of
their the truth. Those who carefully
weisghssd r d and considered the language
of that editorial must admit that its
rsaEisitions were not fully met by the
action of the Convention, especially in
lation the platform. But they