The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1855-03-29
Ffom,tae Carolina S,,arfon.
The Southern Patriot and the Now State

Capitol.
AtEssEs. EDIToRs: NTo do rot rcror,l
our7cIf very captious in reference to lie cor
rcctness and propriety OF Newspaper arli-
e'cs generally. We allow, as is right, a
| large marg:n--a pretty extensive latitude,
within which the coi.,!nct0rs of the preas
may exercise their own discretion and con.
! suit tl,eir own taste.
| Bat when such bounds are wantonlv, Sor
! cap:cious'y ovcrlcapel. then we are mt lt-
erty to apply the scourgc Of criticism, and
submit the questions of righ. or w,ong to
! the c!"did opinion of the reading public.
We have enclosed, hercwitii. an c,i,orial
! cut from the Southern Patriot of the Sili
March, anfrequcst lis republication. in con-
nccton with this note, for the cnnvrniciie4
ofyour rc;rlrrs. There is, in Major p.rry's
article, SO much of injustice; so much Of
inpropriety; SO nuch of ba,l taste. and so
much calculated to mislca, and deceive :;
,hn: it were positively culpahlc to let it pass
wi;hnuL Il mcr,c,l structure. Two or three
points arc made hy Major Kerry:
/. Tie Com"li>>nncrs Of The State House
and Mr.. Comptroller A:imore, have dis
agrccI as to the lec::! right rf Tie former,
20 d:awsAn'l appropriate tic puhlc funds,
to carry OH tle work. And whose fault is
this? At whose door lies this sin T.? Who
are responsible Cor the mischief! Is II ere
atty can.lor, any justice, any tra:h. any pro-
priety, i'll changing this h!undcr, this mis-
carr''g:, this tarrasslncnt, upon til" lN"l-
tJi:rs, the .Stce$%ioaists, or the State of South
Carolina at !argc' Has Aaior Perry lost
all sense Of shame? All notions Of Justice
Al! ideas of good faith and fair .leaIing!
Has that redoub,aLlc agitator, and dciycr
of majorities, really quailcl before q faction,
corpor;:l's guard, who t,warcl the will of
the State, on the last night of the last scs-
sion of the Legislature? VIII he not have
the manliness and the personal courage, for
which the world has given him credit,
to lay the blame of the matter exactly where
it Lelongs2 If his nerves are too weak for
this task, we hope he will call out the able
and fearless member. from ALLeviilc, who
stood by Major Perry, and the majority, till
twelve O'Clock ut night, the hour of final
adjournment, earnestly striving to prevent
the very state of things over which oMajor
CaroIiIia, aud Tie Nullilitrs and tic Seccs
sianists!!'' For shame, for shame, :let the
Patriot make amends. = -
~, The appropriation Of $250,OOO cut Of
the p"t!lc Treasury, TO hc placed without
restriction or responsibility in the hands of
theSo!ds commissioners, was ably and forci-
lily andsstcc"syHNy advocated bv Mai. Per-
ry.. .jli December, 1853. Those Honorable
,a:fd hi ighmndcl :scnienrn,' expended the
lgo'eY, qlen pulled down the woi k, II! Il loss
~ H tllcsState, estimated vnriousy from s37O,-
5000 tos2o0,o5o. Now it the project was
started wrong con'd it be cxpcctel to end
very gloriously? Aga;n. whose is the re-
sponsihiliy9 The Major must bear his
part with al! tllc ,Secsssionisty and NulN-
Geys' a -
! ?. Another point made. is, that ws@ do
nothing well in South Carolina Witness
the failure OF Nuiiticalion, Internal Improve
mcnts ard Secession
Well, one ;:t :, time.
/. We haze always understood that the
action OF So:!.. C::o!ina. Mn,ler lhe teach
ings Of the late Mr.. Calhoun. resulted in
the modification of that oppressive and
lniH't"us Tari!l System oi which Ike Soull.-
ern agricultural portion of the -Cnipn so
justly complained. And 4 agreatcr and more
valuable an; important result still, WAS the
Investigations and dewlopem"nt of the true
nature of on: lc,cra:c1 Government, in all
The States, thus cf,~t!aG the only adequate
bc;rrIcr to the consolidation and u!tmat.
obstruction OF The fair fabric Was this
the case! il so, dill that political excite
ment end ingIorously
Il Fact .tor Mc Tiacs.-A wealthy GEN
temai,. now deceased. Int formerly va!u.