The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-02-08
France and the Northern States of

this Uiion.
France in the phrenzy for popular
freedom, abolished villianagc, and pro-
claimed liberty and equality to all. The
shouts Of her fierce democracy were
+ heard all over Europe But soon came
the rytribulion. Ra'licalism, outrage
and civil discord maddencd the ma
tons, dnd invited the plundcrer. And
after few paroxysms of freedom;
the first French Republic sank pow
erlcss and willing into the arms Of
a military despot
A half century went hy, and again
the faubourgs of Paris, rc-echo with
cries Of Republic. The King in
mean disguise flies from his palace
and begs protection in the dominions
of his ancient foe. Propagandists
shouts hosannas, bonfire illumnations,
and the mouths of cannon herald to
the world the gIories af the New Re-
public. Again is liberty and equality
the watchword Of millions. Citizen.
ship is thrown open to all, and univcr-
sal suffrage is established as the pre-.
rogativc OF a free people. Watch the
catastrophe. The nephew aspircs to
the throne Of the uncle-hc appeals to
the votes of new born frccmen. They
approach the lalot box for the
first time. Surely, wo cxclaim, this
people will not sustain the usurpcr.
The polls are closcd-thc votes count
cd, and hy Il majority Of millions Lou
is Napoleon is master Of France! Here
is q people, cultivated, refined and
brave; yet by the lcvelling of political
distinctions, and infusing into Gov
crnmcnt the Influence of the mcnia!
class, with one hand dashing to
the dust, mild dynasty, and with
the other, erecting limitlcss mill
tary dcSpotiSm.
Turn now to this continent. En-
couraged b, the example Of the United
States, repsblics spring up in vigorous
promise, on the shores Of South Amcri-
ca. Slavery is abolished, and citizen
ship laid open to all, settlers, natives,
and half. breeds, alike. What is the
result? Radicalism, anarchy, and ty.
ranny. The same policy has convuls
ed Mexico, with inccssant revolution
and usurpations, and prostratcd every
effort for organized lbcr y. And in
Central America Manual I'crrcra, the
halfbrecd dcSput, now wiclds the
sccptrc, which he won, at the head of
his Indian fellow citizens. In all is the
lesson taught that wherever the Gle
mcut Of slavery docs not exist, aud it
has been attempted to confer political
equality upon all classes, we find i
section Of society, where history has
always placed them, in DANCE Gus iel-
Iow>hip with the demagnguc and
usurpcr.
have. genutmcn, in q former ror.
ton Of this address. made allusiun to
the downward tendencies of Rcpubli
canisln at the North.
You have now the solution, in the
Elective, yet laudcd system of public
cdac@.i seconded by a licentious
Press; and more than all, in the want
of tho balance Of slave institutions.
The present social condition Of the
North is indeed sad spectacle. With
all the deep wrong the south has sull'
cred ut its hands, and the inccsSant and
cowardlv war it is waging upon our
institutions, there is enough in the i'tue
Of chat people tn make the heart OF the
true man bleed with pity. Bold, sa-
gacionS and cntcrpri>ing. the sons of
the North are the pioneers of progress,
discovery and acquisition, all over the
world. With bleeding feet they trud
the SHOWS of the Sierra Nevada, and
plucked the golden harvest Of Calif,r
MIA. Far of in the isles of the Ia
ciiic they fix their restless habita,iuns
and grind to powder the feeble pos
SCISSORS. Their sails gistcn under
every sun, and their kccls disturb the
sea king in his realms. Their arts
and handiwork defy competition in
every mart, and whi,hcrsocver they
GO, they impress their rcculjarities,
and erect their empire But what of
their homes and social PRINCIPLES q
" hat OF their prospects Of Il mature
and exalted civilization? Who dOcs
not see that this prosperity is the un,
: timely ilsl. of the fuit whose core is
worm-ca;e:? The kncll of peoples
downfall is heard long before it toters,
monrnia'Iy and G,fuly, like tic sigh
ing of the autumn wind through the
forest. Ard it only rcals forth when
anarchy and rnin have done their work.
The masses otthe North have ignored
history, and laughed to scoe, the