The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-12-03

seeming order and harmy-proceeding from
combination with national party. Expe-
rience teaches the necessity of tolerating
extremes, even i'll politics, in order to Sc
cure just mean. If South Carolina has
ever occupied the extreme position of isola
ton, it was not from choice, but from tho
torce OF the patriotic principles which regu-
lated her action, like the balance wheel
whose motion, peculiar and to the careless
observer apparently useless, is yet so ncces-
sary to the successful and safe operation Of
the great engine. There is, in fact, no dis
position on the part Of this State to either
fanaticism or isolation. Politicians NAV
wrangle, and public journals may oppose
one extreme of opinion and argument
against another; the people of the State
will adhere to the just medium. Vencrat-
ing and preserving those principles so essen
tial to the reserved rights of the States,
which are illustrated by the history of
Carolina during the last thirty years, they
will be ever ready and willing to make
common cause with the neighboring States,
having " common interest to protect, and
to unite as heretofore with the general
Democratic party in tho Electoral College,
aud in the Federal Council, also, so long as
those principles are duly respected in prac.
tce.
a.
Our friends iii Kansas, who have srur-
gled manfuly to sustain an unequal con-
test, arc entitled to our sympathy NIL
we have right to offer. NoLwith-
standing the Vaccinations of design
ing men there, and the pcrversion Of
power, whether individual or conventional,
due to notions of cxpcdicncy, trust that
) just counsels will yet prevail and ultimately
establish in that devoted Territory system
OF Government conducive to their true in
tcres:s and the public welfare.
MAINE AND CoNNEcrlcrr
transmit certain resolutions from the
States of Maine and Connecticut, whiv,, in
dicate tho prevailing opinion of the Legis-
latures from which they emanatc-so to-
tally at variance with our own. They pro-
test against the late decision OF the Su-
: prone Court in the case Of Scott as. Sand
ford. The political principles recognized
ny the decicsion referred to, meet with tho
sanction of the people of South Carolina,
who applaud the wisdom Of the decree in
which they are judicaly embodied. Ow-
ing to the prejudicss of birth, education and
association, men reared differently will
diverge in sentiment from each other
Especially is this the case in relation to
domestic slavery-an institution which
existed when ths American Constitution
was adopted, and recognized thereby Let
the law of charity prevail in judging
one another. In preserving and protecting
the property of our fathers in negro slaves,
we deem ourselves entitled to the respect
and aid of all good men and wise statesmen,
Our ancestors, dealing with gold and silver
coin, bought the negro from the capitalist
OF England and New England, whose tllriy-
ing trade, however abused in many instances,
was ovcrrulcd by the Providence of God,
to convert the barbarian bushman Of
the African coast, into the orderly
domestic, the Christian black laborer
of America. There are few results moro
amazing in statistics than those which arc
produced by the fruits of this abor-a
labor Which could no moro be dispensed
with by America now, than could the com
merce and manufactures so dependent oAits
productions.
THE STATUE OF WASHINGTON.
One of the last letters which received
from tho late Senator Butler, related to u
copy, i'll bronze, Of HouLon's statue of
Washington, which he recommended should
be purchased by the State. 1t is pleasing
to rccur to the recollection of this great
and good man. 1t is boon to mankind
when the good God permits sometimes the
wisdom Of love, associnted with faith and
hope, to be embodied in human form.
whose favor We may look upon and admire.
It's true that our debt of gratitude to his
memory cannot thus be paid, but it is duo
to ourselves that we should acknowledged
it by sorne visible token, and it is duo 10
posterity to provide II monument, to which
the young may be pointed when curious to
realize the idea Of his manly proportions.
or when enjoined by their lnatrons 10 study
the character of Washington, and emulate
tho virtues which adorn it. propose that
statue bo ordered and that provision DO
made for its erection will, the New State
Capitol.
STATE MAGAZINE.
In the month Of February last, in ma
king visit to the Magazine in Charleston.
discovered that the proprietor of tile land
adjacent (Payns's Farm) had di, ided it into -
lots, allowing sufficient room for streets
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