The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-05-17

OF their etlects-lct me ask you how
much you propose to do for, or by
what measures is it you propose to
achieve her relief?
You can doubtless appreciate the
difficulty, if not the imposibility of
hauling the ten thousand Bales of cot
ton (now shipped at Wright's Bluf)
an average distance of not less than
forty miles, over heavy Road to Man.
chester Depot.
The expense Of such an onerous and
complicated mode Of transportation, as
compared with the facilities of other
portions Of the State, would in effect
almost amount to 4 prohibition Of the
culture.
But this you may suppose is a
burden chiefly to be borne by the rich
am not | assure you in that fortunate
CATEGORY. For wealth have no cr
pcr'mc"tal sympathy whatever; few
Of my profession have. But in the
humble and pious brotherhood ariM
whom lis my fortune to be cIassed.
and among whom it is my vocation to
''seck peace and trust ensure it''-
there are wagons-farm horses, Doul-
try, stock, and few bales ofcotton.
with which they were wont to wcnd
Their way to the markets of our cities,
with little expense to themselves. but
with small, although satisfactory pro-
fits on their produce.
l}ut tho i,nnrov,,,o,,. - a.
have abolished aI those hunble instru-
ments OF commercial industry. The
al pcrvadlns spirit Of Railroad mono.
ply, without substituting 10 thcm)
any advantage Of its own, has rs com.
plctcly isolated them from any other
form OF traffic or of transportation as
the shirwreckcd Robinson Crusoc on
his desolate Island.
The supposition therefore as to tic fl.
vored class upon whom the burden dc.
wolves is far from being true, and still
farther (wcrc it truc) from being gene.
rous or Just. What shall men. and
re,""rs good men, not enjoy their
indisputabIe rights, because ,3.ur are
either rich or poor? II the rieIi arc
excluded from justice, will not the in
vidious exception extend as well (and
very soon) to the class, who possess
none OF the propicaling appliances, to
aprraso it? DO not tie poor strive
and hope at soE.c time or another to
become ricl-And may not the wealth
OF the present possessor, or his pos
terity, us suddenly "takc, to clfwings
and flee away?" | am sure gentlemen
you are incapable Of representing the
People Of Clarendon with any such
views Of Political Ethics. 1t may be
that iocoi and other advantages. have
exempted you from ony such depend.
encc, on the ordinary facilities of in
tcrcourc with our market. But favor
cd rs you may be (and as trust you
are) have no suspicious ON that score.
! carnot entertain the belief, that oMcr
than by generous ambition to serve
your fellow citizens "scfuIiy to them,
and honorably to yourselves, you could
not be actuatcd But what is much
more to be apprehcnded, is your i'm.
perfect appreciation of the vital i'm
portance to them Of some measure of
relief; and the too modest loathinc of
the bold and and toiIsomc efforts, by
which its success (unaidcd by party
or political inlluences) can alone be
achieved. The zeal, ability, experience
and deserved influence of our Senator,
will doubtless secure for it q favorable
consideration i'll that Body.
What then are you prepared, and
resolved to accomplish for them in
this matter; and by what means 3
These are questions, to which would
respectfully direct your attcntion.--
Conceive the great emergency OF those
whom you ask to become your consti
tncnts, and am sure you will excuse
tho solcitudc with which Iurgc for
them, the expression Of your plcdqes
and opinions. Wero my next door
ncighbor in Summcrton to start
IN his own conveyance for Charleston
ne would have to direct his course
Eastward instead Of Southwark util
he found a pathway through Santce
Swamp, somewhere within the busi.
ness current Of Georgetown. And
should that be Murray's Ferry, he
would have the consolation of knowing
that dnd, distant, and almost impract;,
ea6le as it is, that oven that channel of
intercourse, is inevitably destined to
be abated, when the North eastern
Rallroad is completed. Should he on
the other hand be prompted, or called
on, t" confer with you in Colum-
bia on the subject of this very gricv-
ance, in similar manner ho would
have to wcnd his way North eastward
instead of Westward, until in militia.
ry parlance he turned the Instructions
OF the river of Camden. NV friend
on tie Eastern Bluff of the Santee
is'ver, can stand in his door and see
she s'nekc curling out of the chimneys
OF his neighbor's dwelling, not five
miles distant on the Western shore
but yet were he prompted by business
OF ever SO urgent character 10 reach