The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-02-15
COMMUNICATIONS.
For the Banner.
To Vulcan.

party ol gentlemen in and around Sumter
vile. Now, from what can learn, of the
obJectsto be sought by this Association, it
meets my entire appreciation and ii is what
Sumterville has been needing for many
years. 1t is, If l have been informed Alright,
measure in the success Of which erery
honest man in and around Sumterville is
deeply iHtsrestcd-for it is as we'll to the
poor mans interest as to the rich mans To
have his property, anl especially his corn-
crib, protected from the visits of midnight
prowlers, whoare tempted and made rob
bcrs by the unlawful inducements held oul
to them by those who are regardless Of
the law and arc continually JriJing the
negro TO rob his owner. It's MS well, too,
to the poor mun's interest as il is to the rich
mans to have his country and his neigh
hood occupied by a sober, honest and or
derty set Of negroes, and not by such a
drunken, mpudcnt and dis;honest set Of
rascals, as this practice ro trading
will. in tho end, inevitably mike. and, 1 am
sorry to have to say it, il fast making in and
around your village. ! ! say, then, it is
erery bodys measure, and say so, to show
that cannot be opposed to the objects Of
the Association. 1t has my best wishes,
and if Vulcan will clear up tho difficulty l
am under promise ip1bc with them always
in action as we'll as in sentiment. say then
| Mcssrs Editors, "Vulcan" has go, him
self into dIflicul,y-hc is either unjust
in his article or there is something, which
looks suspicious in the Association; and
propose, with your consent, to put few
questions to him through the coIomns of
your paper, which hope " Vu!can.' or
some body else for him, will do the public
, the f"vor to answer II may say the public
because many in the ccnnry, who have
not access to the Constitution, and " no
arc not able to mnyIc with the members
]ect OF this much ado in SumrrvilIc, are
i'll the same difficulty with myself. and we
wish TO know what is the truth in regard
to the matter. Well, TO be brief. Ii the
Association is Il lawful onc-ii its objects
are fair and good and if it is Gas ii has been
! rcprcsentcd) meas ure in which the pub
lie good is conccrncd-onc in which the
poor and rich and all are Interested, why is
it that " Vulcan has ieE out other promi-
ncm family names in his communication of
those " high-minled citizens" who have
gone to work for the public good? Does
he Intentionally cast Il slur upon others
who are members, or have others whose
names he has not mentioned, who sianl
full as high MS those he has, seen that the
Association is not what it proposes TO be.
and consequently have not joined it, Why
did not "Vulcan" mention the VEBBs,
the MosEsEs, the LEwISES and the BLAND
INGs These names give weight to
measure MS well as these he has hunorcd.
and these men profess to DO identified with
the public good. Why then cast n slur
upon them and others when "Vulcan ;"
has neglected to mention if they are mem
hers nf the Association ! And if they are
not members why are they not 1t must
be because there is something wrong in
tho Association. 1t cannot be for the good
Of all when it does not meet tho approba-
ton and support Of such men as those
have mentioned. They are men who, as
have said. profess to seek the public good
and especially the good OF the community
which has honorcd them time aud again
Men, whom wc have followed and whom
we expect TO lead i'll good measures
Why are their names left out -? Ii they
nave not associated themselves with the
| measure is it not because there is "some-
thing rotten IN Denmark" "Vulcan I"
does not surely mean to insnuatc that they
seek only to be honorel ,che,e there is M
lubor, or that because two of them are
candidates and lawyers that they refrain
from uniting their names to the Assucia.
ton through fear OF loosing Il lille busi-
ness and the contemplate vote Of few
contemplate Negro Traders.
Col. MOSES is man, holding the high
est public Office in the District, aud whom
have heard say, time and again. that he
sought the public good above everything
else and "Vulcan," has either cast s,ur
upon him and others or let The Association, Of
'chich he so ernhingly boasts, look ,reH that
they are not all ucrong. There is another
thing, "Vulcan," says and have keard
others say, that one OF the objects of this
Association sto put stop to an extensive
practice, carried on in your village, of re.
failing sprituous liquors of :hc worst and
Ineanest quality, to the negroes Of the
community, and yet "Vulcan," in the very
next sentence, does not mention the name
of the "Grand Worthy Patriarch" OF the
State as being identified with the cause
OF the association, why again, say, is this,
have heard the Grand Worthy Patriarch
profess to he, if not quite, yet almost, a
main-liqnor law man, and yet his name is
not mentioned as one OF those who seek to
put stop to this practice. "Vulcan,"