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

{ would be the doing Of some act
which, instead OF farousin5 thc sc,icr
t Gus and manly SYM atLies Of on,
: brethren i'll other States, would Oh
llse all suspected Of having s. lnpa
thlzed with us to rcpudiatc us, or y.
rspudiatcd themselves by their neigh
) bors. There are high considerations
OF patriotism and statcsmanship, Oh
yions to the minds Of all; why on,
State should not yet awhile srccdc
from her Southern sisters. And lcl
us pursue such Il course, as that none
will be able TO dispute that We we're
actnatcd by those. high considcra
tons. Let us not TO just S, much,
aud sucl. sort of things, as will make
1t manifest to the world, that we alb
stained from d"ins more, only be-
cause VIC were afraid Let the State
scccde or not scccdc; do what will
touch the hearts Of men, or W lat viii
challenge the approval of statesmen.
! No irrcsolnse cxpel incn,iny with 10,
litical quackcrics.
4 Anxious that the movement in the
South should not prove fluitlcss
one. | cndeavorcd for a long time to
hore, that circumstances might jns;i.
/, fy the Convention in rrorounGinr to
the other States, an amendment Of
the Constitution, such as was suggest.
CT BY Mr.. Calhoun. Upon that bro
position | know that Mr.. Calhoun
locked to a protlactcd and ample
discussion, invoking 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
'iisrlacins the insidions olicy Of our
enemies; Which is that Of well timed
periodical assaults, with intervals,
more or less extended Of cai,llcry.
ilattery, and pledges of llatlor,us,
clectlonjub!crs and intrigucs with
Southern ambition. Bat the Con
vc";ion IS near at hand, aid tile
H i,atie ii FIJI i ~ !, !;
and | an satisfied that The rrorosi
than useless orr f;cnis ora ,|t
sufficiently strong TO institute a dis
cnsslon upon it, and it would find in
comlni,tel. and in mnny instances
oryanizcd and cp,l,ittcrcd aro;rst !,
. know tl,at Mr. C,lhoun ,nnomt -
practice more than usro, cant;on
/ 10th as to on,,ortu,i,y and ~ ~ ~
souce from Which The nrnnos;t; n
shou,l come c,nnot !, y ny.r !,
! a state of ,}in,s NOT r,r.socn H."
him, assume to make ,i)irmo,;ons os
to What his advice woull be Int !
| have an o,i,.i II ncr!cc,)y sa,;si;oc,nry
to myself.
1t appears 10 ME ,hot the conrs a
,rorcr for the Convention is Iii,
\ mere numerical ma;,ritv cannot
consistently with sound poiicy CT the
doctrines of the State. undertake. +,
scccdc. The supremacy Of nu,nc,i.
cal majority was the oliict Of aLhor
cncc and dctesta,ion With Mr.. Gal.
houn. His great work, the rre"tcst
Of works. on government, is almost
/ exclusively devoted to the OK, osurc
, Of the cnarrnity Of this idea, and the
maintenance OF the proposition, that
uIton the opposite idea lcrcnls nearly
ever; thing great or valuable i, h,.
man society. lis rraud ilco ;s
that government shoull be "that Of
the whole and not Of rort.n 10 thot
adjustment of power between the low
and up.country in South Carolina
maki,.. The government in some de-.
grcc one Of concurrent mai,ritics he
ascYibcl mainly those social ucculio,i.
tics, Ylich are, undcu;allv the sub.
icct Of condemnation u,,i culorv
/ throughout the Union. This ,,i,ic;.
plc he would have o,,.ljcl +, nvorv