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

this UniOn.
France in the plirenzy for popular
freedom, abolished vilianagc, and pro-
claimed liberty and equality to oil. The
shouts Of her fierce democracy were
heard all over Europe. But soon came
the r,tribulion. Ralcalism, outrage
and civil discord maddencd the ma
tons, dnd invited the plundcrcr. And
after few paroxysms of freedom;
the first French Republic sank pow
erless and willing into the arms of.
military despot.
A half century went by, and again
the faubourgs Of Paris, rc-echn with
cries Of a Republic. The King in
mean disguise flies from his palace
and bcgs protection in The dominions
of his ancient foe. Propagandists
shouts hosannas, bonfire illuminatious,
aud the mouths of cannon herald to
the world the glories 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 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 l.allot box for The
first time. Surely, wo cxclaim, this
people will not sustain the usurpcr.
The polls are closcd-,hc votes count
ed, and by Il majority Of millions Lou
is Napoleon is master Of France! Here
is a people, cultivated, refined and
brave; yet by the lcvclling 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 lnitlcss mill
tary dcspotism.
Turn now to, this continent. En-
couragcd BY the example of the United
States, repsblics spring up in vigorous
promise, on the shores Of South Ameri-
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 incessant revolution
and usurpations. and prostratcd every
effort for organized liber y. And in
Central America, Manual Fcrrcra, the
half breed dcSrot, now wclds the
sccptrc, which he won, at the head OF
his Indian fellow citizens. In all is the
lesson taught that wherever the Gle
mcnt of>lavery does not exist, and it
has been attempted to confer political
equality upon all classes, we find Il
section of society, where history has
always placed them, in DANCE Gus fel-
Iow>hip with the demagngue and
usurpcr.
! have, gentlemen, in q former ror-
ton Of this address, made allusion to
the downward tendencies Of Rcpub.i-
canisIn at the North.
You have now the solution, in The
Elective, yet laudcd system of public
cducati seconded by q iccntous
Press; and more than all, in the want
Of the balance Of slave institutions.
The present social condition of the
North is indeed a sad spectacle. With
all the d""n wrong the south has sult
cred at its hands, aud the incesSant and
cowardv war it is waging upon our
institutions, there is enough in the lutuc
Of that people to make the heart Of the
true man bleed with pity. Bold, sa-
gacious and entcrpri,ng. 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 Califnr
MIA. Far off IL the isles OF the Ia
ciic they fix their restless hahita,iuns
and grind 10 powder the feeble pos
SCISSORS. Their sails glistcn under
every sun, and their kcels disturb the
sea king in his realms. Their arts
and handiwork defy competition in
every mart, and whi,hcrsocvcr they
60, they impress their pcculiarities,
and erect their empire But what of
their homes and social principles 3
What Of their prospects Of mature.
and exalted civilization Who ducs
not see that this prosperity is the un.
timely ilish OF the fuit whose core is
worrn-ea;e"? The kncll of peoples
downfall is heard long before it toters,
mourntu|Iy and ftfuIIy, like tic sigh
ing Of the autumn wind through the
forest. And it only rcals forth when
anarchy and ruin have done their work
The masses oftho North have ignored
history, and laughed to scoel the
dread warnings it uttcrs. No extra
vagancc, however Wild, dnunts them ::
but right onward they dash, tranpling
under foot all that is venerable, and
rl"ting in the strong drink of novelties
and isns. Temperance rctnrn, abo.
liiion, spirit rapping. commingIcd.
'For charm of powerful trouble,
Like hcn-broth, boil AMI bubble
Sec how their social fabric swavs.
and trcmbles; how religion is poison
ed with atheism and pan'hcism, how
thoir political system tutters on
the brink Of puro democracy that
worst form oftyranny-how woman,
despiSinS The holy offices of wife and
mo'her, markets hor modc,y in pub
lie hrawls; how legislation is reckless
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