The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1856-06-26

scatter away up the valleys and over the
hills to the right and left OF lis, are of the
same opinion. know Of no better place
i'll the west to settle, or to make invest
lnents than this place and this section of
! country. We have Il beautiful country, Il
rich soil, al entcrprisimg, Intelligent, and
| moral population, and what few will Object
to, great for making money Here YOU
may scatter upon the mountain top Il
handful Of corn, and snon it will wave like
the cedars Of Lebanon"
KANSAS AND PREsIDENT-MAKING.
all other ideas seem at prcsrnt to be alb
| sorbcd i'll President making, but for our
part We think there is more important
subject to the South, AMI that is Kansas.
Kansas Is not to be gained hv clectng Mr..
BnclIanan or any Of the present :spirants,
| but by col"nizing the Territory. Kansas
will be a far more important acquisition
than the next Presidency, especially rs, from
present appearances, there will he no can
didatc from whom much can be expected
iavorably to the South. AS to Presidents,
the South will have to take those that the
North chooses to give her, rs is beautifully
illustrated by the late Cincinnati Conven-
ton, III which Il Northern majority had
their own way in selecting the nominee.
How can it be otherwise when the North
| Is SO much superior to the South in those
elements that control the Presidential clcc.
ton, as it is ACTUALLY conducted! The
South has yielded to the suicidal policy O:
going into national conventions If office
seekers and dc:nago@ucs --convcntions l.av-
| ing for their object to take the election out
! of the hands OF the States, and to vest it in
mere numbers III the majority Of the peo-
pie OF the United States. And at last
South Carolina has taken step in this di-
rection. Perhaps we should not say South
Carolina, for it remains to be seen whether
the recent movement will bc endorsed by
the State. Is any rational man blind to the
inevitable consequences Of the Soutll's put
ting itself under the majority Of the people
OF the United States? Is any such blind
to the consequences Of adopting any system
of action, such rs national conventions,
which must inevitably lead to that result |!
The very object of the national convention
system is to collect the sense and to con-
ccntratc ;lie action of that minority The
system is ut the same time, in connection
with all the various means and appliances
it employs, a mighty and irresistible engine
of popular agitation, by which the passions
OF the masses are operated upon, by which
prejudiccs are fostcred, aud opinion manu-
iacturei. And under this system, can any
one doubt what direction this opinion will
take, and that it will move III n direction
adverse to the South? Under this system.
the source of all the evils Of the country,
|
North, which step by step has grown in
strength until j: has become the michtiest
power III our system, controlling as it now
actually does the lower House OF Congress,
by far the most powerful branch Of the fed
eraI government.
How can the torrent bc arrested that
threatens to overwhelm us? Manifestly
not by the convention system; for although
It gives us the same means Of popular agi-
tation, and OF forming popular opinion, and
although We might for while gain little
partial success, the Northern party in addi
ton to the same means of agitation has on
Its side great advantage. That advantage
consists i'll the ant-slayery syrnpathies of
the whole Northern mind. In such a. con-
test tile event is not doubtful; it is govern.
| W ~ '""S 40 ou'e anu HTCSltlUlo aS tnOSe
that control the material world.
How then can we best hold our hand in
the contests BY relying upon the element
of our system, the States. Let lis quit the
Convention system and throw the election
of President into the House, where the vote
is by States. Let us look to the Senate of
the United States where the States are
equal in power and mere numbers do not
govern. And in this point of view it is
that it is so important to gain Kansas
Let the South look to Kansas, and leave
the Presidential election 10 take care of it.
sell, unless she can do something to break
up the lefarious spoils system. Beyond
this she should have nothing to do with it.
1-New6erry. Ai,ror.
| Suieide.-It is our melancholy duty TO
chronicle the fact that Mr.. G. L. Dollar
a very worthy citizen of our District. com.
mitted suicide, by hanging himselffro a tree
near his dwelling, OH Sunday morning last.
Dir. y. was much respected in the District.
and the. reason for committing the rash act
is involved in mystery. His wife first dis
covered. him suspended from the tree. and
Immediately cried for help, but. alasi Il
came too late--|ife had left hns Body. BE
was sober, industrious and eseesbie man,
,t and no cause can be assi9ned. & unless from
4 Temporary alteration Of ipfb aHs leaves
4 AN arniable wifa 9and iarge fAf6YS of chii;
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