The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-02-22
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For tho Banner.
(Ths article wan intended for tho lar,
issue, but cp,no too Iate---ED. BAN)
Mcssrs. Editors :--Wo were much
pleased with tho npint OF q communication
signo'l "Vulcan," which appeared IN tho
last Banner, nnd heartily unite with him
III exproaHing tho hope that tho AnSocia-
ton engaged in tho iaudbls eilor, Of maxi
ing certain viulatora If law, order and do.
concy, "drdme their positioi,'' mny very
soon effect thnir object. A set Of rabid
AboltionIsta could not operate with more
dctriInGnt to tho interests Of slave owners,
than these miscreants, who are engaged
nigh, alter night, in Illicit traffic with our
slaves indeed, what better can be expect.
ed, of class SO unprincipled, than The
uttcrancc of sentiments in the prcsenre
the poor Negro, calculated to excite in him
a spirit OF dissipation and INSTRUMENTATION!
Who can doubt that they encourage HIM
by precept, as well as their acts, to rob his
master, or that they seek by pretended
sympathy t. win HE lore an,! confidence.
when he is punished for crimes they en-.
courage him to commit. When " Vulcan"
and his associates have forced them 10 de-
fine their position, or have defined it for
them. we trust their position will he made
SO very uneasy as TO induce them to change
it by favoring lis with their departure
But hlessrs.EditorS, we have lately heard il,
in,ilnated that "Vuican," and his associ-
ates are few in number, aud though the en-
tcrPrIzc in which they are engaged is an
arduous Que, demanding grea, vigilance,
and necessarily. subjcctng them to mucl,
loss OF sleep, ye, there are some who r,ght
lend helping hand, but will not; nay, who
seem 10 fear that these vcrrnin may sting
and bite rliem, and who therefore neither
by word nor act. show any signs of oppo-
sition or dsfavor towards them; who
will not "scrcw their courage to the slick
my place be- ause they may fail, and in
case OF failure they would gam the III Will
of the owls without breaking up their
quarters. and who are therefore willing
that select few should bear the heat and
bur'hcn of the day, designing when sue
cess is certain, then, To share the glory by
shouting victory. If this be so, we would
inquire %! Vulcan" whether he thinks !,
practical to 'rasp the scales from The o.
truse vision" OF such folks, and if So.
whether II would not be well to open their
eyes .c the propric,y OF def ling their posi-.
ton also. We understand it is the deter
'nna'Ion OF those associated To put down
the Illicit traict referred To and hers
friendly to the same object. not only TO
bring to the bar of justice all who arc de-
tectcd in ii, but after cracking the skull of
their credit, 10 withhold from them in fu-
ture all support, and ali friendly regards
whatever. Would il not be well, friend
vulcan, TO doom to the same fate, those.
whltcvcr their calling, who plainly init
mate their friendship for the violators of
law, order and good morals. We by no
means reler to those who have really any
good reason or excuse for not taking par,
IN tho enterprise in which you are engaged,
but, he who by word or act gives them
secret aid and comfort, or whose silence
and inuction plainly proceeds frnma friend
y spirit towards them or The plea OF en-
counlcrIng their hostility. should be treated
as bird OF the same feather.
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