The Abbeville banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, June 21, 1851, Image 2

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A demand; .of.tWr, eiwtwadng but the eqttMitjr ifti, jttttioe guarantied by the Constitution, mrule with firmness and mode . ration, by all the Southern States, united as ' <** man, must have exerted the happiest influence. In my humble. judgment its effects - would, ere now, have hiton seen in its fruits of justice in the Government, and peace and harmony among the States and the people. But this could not be accomplished; and the wrong haying boen done, each State must judge for itselT without consultation with the rest in the matter. ..Georgia, in advanoe of her waters, lia* met In hwsoverflicn <*jirvjir?i ty, an<Vber people bave determined, to pretermit the outrage committed on her rights, by the admission of California into the Union as a State with ber highly objectionable Constitution. This they have done, not from any aifcetion they nave for the measure or the policy which dictated it, but from their extraordinary forbearance, and encouraged to hope, too, bv the agreeable proclamation of some of their suntinels on duty, that "all's well." Their decision ought not to be disturbed, however much it may conflict with individual opinions. In a Government of law and order, such decisions must be considered authorative. They are the _.:n i. k ii 1- i mil ui uie |icu|ira. n lua |WU|)ID U??B 8Utliority to say, that they will resist, and to determine the extent of that resistance, they have the like authority to say that they will not resist. This principle 1 hold to be incontrovertible, and necessary to the Bafety and liapptb&s of mankind. The right of a State, in virtue of its independence and sovereignty, to seoede from the Union, whenever the people thereof, in their sovereign capacity, shall determine such a step to be necessary to effect their safety and happiness, flows necessarily from the na ture of our Governmental organization.? The Government of the Union was formed, for the purpose of protecting the Statoa^sjftT people from foreign aggression and foi^rft&j moting justice and peace among the Stated Uienwel vestdthe Mine extent, and io as ample a manner as each State might hrtre secured these objects for itself and its people, by treaty or otherwise1, had it retained its sovereignty. It is a Government for protection, not for offence. Each State came voluntarily into the Union for these objects; and if the Government fails to give this protection and security, it follows, that the State lias the right to take care of itself.? rri.:.:? *-i. a ma is uu new principle. jiiireeoi uie states, New York, Virginia, and Rhode Island, on coming into the Union, declared that the powers of the Government may be re-as tunned by the people, whenever it shall become necessary to their happiness. It thus became a condition of their adoption of the Federal constitution. The people of Massachusetts in their bill of rights, (embodied in their constitution,) declare that the people alone have an incontestable, unalienable and indefeasible right to institute Government and to reform, alter, and totally change the same, when their protection, safety, prosperity and happiness require it. The State of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, Tenn??p<?. Ohio. Indiana, Missis : a i_i ? - Difipi, Aifloama nna some otners Have adopted the same principles in substance. The StateB of New Hampshire, Maryland and Tennessee, have each declared in its constitution, that "the doctrine of non-rcsistance against arbitrary power, is absurd, slavish, and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind." Upon the principle of the right of resistance and the right of secession from the Union, the people of Georgia, through their delegates, recently met in convention, have declared that the State in their :..j ^ - ?? * * juugiuent, win ana ougut to resist, even to a disruption of every tie which binds her to the Union, any such action of Congress ns is mentioned in the resolution, containing the declaration. But'inasrauch, as the people of Georgia have determined, solemnly, 1 in Convention, that'from none of the past wrongs of the General Government, howevcr aggravated they may be, will the State . exercise this unquestionable right, it is sufficient to consider it as set down by our people, as a political axiom, to be acted on, whenever in their judgment, the evils of the j Union, more than counterbalance its benefits. . The constitution is the eompm^of Union miu our saieiy depends on astridH&nstruct- 1 ion of it It is to oar country, what the ' bible is to the christian, and a departure f from it will be fetal to our political security. ( But we cannot be blind to the fact that for some time past little respect has been paid * to it, and that the tendency of the Govern- f ment is to consolidation. We must return j to its principles as e^po^nded by the npos- < ties of republican!^ id" *08 and '00 or our noble fabnpwillfeUtopieces. Let us do alt we ean, ?Ca&tate to preserve it. Let us in- s siaton tii* full ? * r juouw uj OUPHMVe*, 0 . value their own t nguu, need not bopa_th*t thev will be inspected by other*. ^We must me the meant lighten the public mi|d, bring education to ?"?? ? to Ow n)#. ? Sgr?a?*H^iar^??? , peoplo, MTUthg dooi^fiSrtJ^d.0^ ? mtsvussz s*^s?. r the roeaa i ?t)e ^bbeuille Banner. HMity ? KK&R, Editor MdProprtetor. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Two Dob&M. per ftajtgiilr? if p?id within six month* from the ttono of subscribing; Two Ooiuu and Ptrrr Cents if not pt?id before ; the expiration of that time; and Tiireb Dot.if payment be delayed until the end of the year. RATES OF ADVERTISING. 1 square (12 line* or Ices) for the first insertion, 75 " " for each subsequent " 37 " " " one single " 1.00 " ' monthly, or quarterly, each " 1.00 For announcing a candidate for office, 5.00 Personal matters will be charged 01 per square, which in all cases must be paid in advance. O* Communications designed for publication honld be written in a plain, legible hand, and upon only one aide of the sheet. O* Letters and communications should be adttddreased to tlie Proprietor (post paid) to insure attention. MMMWLILB & a SATURDAY JUWE..SI...18S1. Apprentice Wanted. A lad of good moral habits, by applying won, will be taken as an apprentice into tin* office. He must also be able to read and write weH. Southern Rights Association. The Quarterly Meeting of the Southern Rights Association of Abbeville District, wiU take place at ADWTiue i/. xi., on ine ist monday in July. The Council of Safety and Executive Committee are wqwittd to o>eet in the Court House, previous to (he meeting dt tH8 iA Mocifltyn?eay at 11 o'clock. It ia also respectfully rrqtwW ftgL rill those who may not hare signed the ?r. ''"/jy, ciation, do ao, on or before the meetingbii o?Je?tlay next. A. GILES, President. ? pearanoe the determination of all was to resiftt tlie action of tlie General Government, cost what it would. Then the word war. dissolution of the Union or rain and infamy to the Southern people. The idea fixed itself upon us, that if we suffered the then lawless and unconstitutional acts of this Government tc pssa by without redress, or without dissolution, that our cause would be hopeless and our hands tied, and our hopes for the future cut off and blasted. That this was not a delusion, or the quick thought of a long entertained desire that seized hold of the occasion to gratify an ancient enmity, the unanimous voice of the State testified to. confirmed as it was by the opinions of the i wisest counsellors the South had at Washington, who declared that the success of the measures then before Congress would either dissolve the Union or enslave the white race in the South. And to show fully the real extent of the dangers to the South involved iu the questions then before CongrAM. we need only to refer to the manner in which it was met and discussed by Southerners in Congress, and by Southern Legislatures. This State, therefore has not magnified the danger an inch beyond the just proportions given to it by others: but feeling. ?? __ v ? o? she did, the real nature of the contest, and casting her eyes to the future, she gave explicit ani unambiguous notice to her enemies that her submission to oppression must and would soon cease. To her natural friends and allies, she gave pledges of cooperation, if they would but join her in resistance to the common enemy. In fact, her pledges were not volunteered 01 made before the asking: they were extended in re spoose to her sisters who took the field of resistance at the start, and called upon all who valued honor and who prized their property, to join them in the common purpose. , When we joined them, it was to. nm|j|ltf ' foe, and secure by our valor. owJftiCffy, and not to torn^our badftio the deta and eat our woMb. One by one the field was deserted, ind now but two of tho majestic powers itand firm to their original cause. The oth)rs deserted, not through panic, or well considered discretion, but because they were beruiled bv the amhitinn nf ilwi? ?L? V* ravsi VUICU>| mimw itching palms" overcome their principles, ind whose treachery was pud for with the illuring prospect of high offices which some >f the highest of them are marching to with inerring precision. South Carolina yet holds firm, supported y the constancy of Mississippi, with whom he is proud to divide" the honors of their outual position. The bearing of Mississippi has been so gallant and true that she has aved the honor of her neighbors from bong scandalised by their torpor and insensi* illity, and bids fair to raise from the ground hear spirits and animate them with her own. uu?ougn a reaction in f*vor of wbapiaaipp . *t us for a time the Southern 8tetea? yet , re feel eo?id?ilV the assertion that a so- .y ond reaction is now going oo under the io| exists, and never again will that prospect be as bright or more hopeful. In the midst of this success greeting us at home and abroad, we suddenly behold a party rising up at our very center, trying to thwart and prevent the state from accomplishing the great task of her own safety, holding hor back from leading the South by her manly devotion to the cause in which the safety of the South altogether exists. And for an excuse to justify their acts, thoy make the humiliating declaration that the sovereign State of South Carolina is too weak and insignificant to start the movement. To support their views, the dignity and honor of the State has to be assailed and degraded, and old cherished opinions of State Rights and of Equal Rights, are trainpled upon and discarded as no protection or comfort to us. This nartv whose nrinein1?R . - i r bad scarcely a voice to speak for it twelve months ago, now vociforates its wise dogmas about patience, and resignation, and hope? telling us that what we want to accomplish by acta and manly enterprise, can and will be accomplished sooner and better by inactivity and a hopeful trust in providenoe. At the very time when all good men, if they really desired a Southern Confederacy should be strengthening aud invigorating public sentiment at home, we see individuals lending their aid to organize a party whose object is to unseal and distract the public mind, onrl ' ? * v? .gwv him/ * uuuiaq nuu imtni us w me 'consequences that may follow secession, It is not saying too mwi. that those individuals who cry out for co-operation bo lustily and are so busy in stirring iij^o|^osition to Stale action, are the greatest enemies in fact to the cause of a Southern Confederate This party affects to abhor the doctrines of the Union party, yet it is becoming percep udio to all observers that the differences between tbem and the Greenville politician arb rapidly lessening, and ere long we may expect to bear of a coalition taking place between them, which is more probable from tho fact that their affinities, arising from a joint opposition to State secession, will easi ly run them together into the same party, the effect of which will be, whatever may be the wishes of individuals composing it, I to strengthen and consolidate the Union to | a far greater degree than it is at present. We call upon all honest men who are opposed to us, not to weaken the cauxe of the South by distracting this State with parties at a time when the unanimity of hor citizens is so essential to give encouragement to our Western friends. If no disorganizing move is made by our opponents, it is yet within the bounds of possibility tbat some one or more States will move up to our side. They will only move up by the attraction of the position of our State, which will lose all her force and dignity, all her ends within prospect of success, and all her honor, should she falter or fall under the responsibilities of that position. Execution of Negroes. Tlio two negroes of Jas. Watson were to have been executed on Fridaiaffifth instant, wero unexpectedly resnfodP'by a small error in the date of thAjjft^iitment. The jailor refused to <kBv?rthero on demend of the ootwtabliipKhe court was re-1 organized oitolifilffMondny. and sentence of ouneed upon them, which was executed yesterday^ A very great error seems to prevail in relation to this matter. That is, a day being specified for the execution, and having pasted, the condemned are thereby acquitted. It is true that the condemned cannot be legally executed before the day appointed, but that day having arrived their lives are forfited to the law, and they cannot any longer claim their lives* It ~?vn> usvamiiajr uisi> i? ooure Having power to conrict and sentence, hare power to execute that sentence, and no error of date, or neglect or misapprehension of duty in an jflioer can prevent its execution. Sentence being passed, nothing can stay it, bat s parJon from the Governor. Suppose a person lenteoeed to die on a certain day, should gcape and not be recovered until the expiation of the specified day, does any one preend tbat lie would go M Moti free P The edge would simply Appoint a new day for lie e*ecution. It ia monstrous to snpposA hat (the trial and eenteooe bring legal,) a rifling inaccuracy in dates, or a neglect of loty bf an offloer ootild operate as si pardon. SVe do not intimate that there baa been any wglect at daiyAny where in this eaaa, but nerely sUte tbatH as a hypothesis. This , '* *^a X' X.'*. 01i*ngB of Publication. In order to suit the arrival and departure of the mails, the issue of our paper will be changed from Saturday to Wednesday. We hope no one will object to this, although it may not suit a few as well as the present day of publication. As the arrangement now is, many are inconvenienced and delayed in receiving their paper, which by the change will be remedied. The greatest accommodation to the greatest number holds good in relation to subscribers to newspapers, as well ns parallel maxims in politics and relanristvk kg.l/ll. In consequence of the change, no paper will bo issued until Wednesday, July 2d. [For tho Abbeville Banner.] King the Chang?. Mr. Editor?In January or February, sixteen months ago, when Harry of the West's bill of abominations (otherwise miscalled the Compromise) was under consideration, Toombs and Stephens, of Georgia, with some of our own people, viewing it perhaps in its true colors, were for resistance at all hazards?to the handle of the knife; they were for manly Southern resistance to Northern aggression?no backing out. But in a few months afterwards, these GeormmiB ? - ; - ~T~ 0 were at home, preaching up submission to the Compromise?stating that the Government was in a better condition than it had been for the last thirty yeani; that by the Compromise the South had obtained every thing aha wanted, and by their great influence completely paralysed the action of i Georgia, a|ter she had gone great lengths in } declaring for resistance. It was believed generally, (upon what authority we do not -know,) that they had been tasting the kitchen pat at Washington, which had so completely turned them round, as to make them full-blooded submission men. In Abbeville iknd elsewhere, the people rose indignant at their^pnduct. Torrents of abuse were poured forttMgaiust tbein, and if we heard right* ly, our member to Congress contributed his full share^^ut observe, the fall elections for a member w^gopgress and members to the State Legislatunraad not taken plaoe; aspiring men had to jfo. with public opinion, or they could not be elated. The elections over, what a change haftlUken place since til At timn f Mon ?>li? ' ? 41? ?.vu nuv, vnmit] uiuuuib ago, from their declarations, or gknuieacance in declarations made and resolutions passed, were for resistance at every hazard, arc new as meek and Rubraissive as TodpBS and Stephens, and as much so as Fhxmore and Wkbstbr would have them td&be. Where is our member to Congress 1 Hundreds heard his declarations last 68. Hundreds have seen his reply to the greenwood call. Will any man acquainted ^ith the two exhibits attempt to recongjffe them to each other t In the first, (if we understood him, and there are hundrcdH^who understood him in the same way,) htf*was for resistance at every hazard andUtoy way. We ask again, where is he nowT A full-blooded submission man. Eft us hear what he says: "The estabfrtaient of a confederacy of the slavehq^rngStates (not all) is, I solemnly believe, gnironly measure that promises security or even hope to the South, &c^ <fec." Again? ** the WrODGTS of South 0?m1ina /uinlil i>?? be redressed by separate State secession." Id this connection be holds forth that she would be surrounded by slave-holding States that would furnish a receptacle for the runaway negroes from South Carolina, from which they could not be recovered. Was tbere ever anything so inconsistent! These States must receive them either as freemen, and protect them as such, or make slaves of them on passing their boundary. The first would be ruinous to the institution of slavery among them. They would as willingly see the same number of fugitives from the in fernal regions let looee among their slaves. They would banish them at opee from their borders; no more would run to them; and so would it be if they were to be made slaves. Indeed this bug-bear would secure to South Carolina her slaves. But we are further told that if South Carolina secedes alone, that J coercion will be resorted to by the General ( Government, and we will not be able to ( stand. Alas! for poor little South Carolina, , she must submit; no bope of salvation from i any other quarter: for. under exintim* ?r. , <m instance*, * Southern Confederacy cannot j he formed. We now ask, what is Major ( Bust and his submission friends doing to ( bring about this Southern Confederacy?the < last hope of relief to the South I What is t their platform, Ac.f Not a single -more is made. Can we ylew these men as sfaoere f m their declarations? If tbtf really wer* would they not, as lovers of their obuatij. be doling something to bring about thisso desirable an object to all parties ? Or, may Itnotbe oonsidere^ asan excuse forsobmis- I ioaT Uutmoreof t^fc torwrfWr. W**a- 1 urn to M?jor Bubt. He cJovm h? oomrau- J ;^^?f .:v -'?< -- -v-v ., 2 olina. It might be well for him to consider that the greater part of his constituents may be considered as secession men: holding his present sentiments, can he in good faith be their representative any longer ? With regard to our members to the Legislature, whether the secession men or submission men in the District are moat numerous, they are bound, in good faith, to carry out the principles on which they were elected. Honesty is always the bent policy.? Mr. Editor,- beyond all contradiction, great cnanges liave taken place in our inidat since i the last fall elections. Cause and cfleet must go together. What is the cause that has produced these changes? Is it new light? Let us haVe it. May it not be something like this, upon reflection:?I hold an honorable and lucrative office; the secession 1 of South Carolina might deprive me of it. Or, I am looking forward to a speakership or some other post of honor or profit; the - c a ii n ? * onnsiuii vi oouiq ouronna raigut ruin all, as some of tho otlior States might go with her, and then tlie glorious Union weald be dissolved and all my prospects blasted forever. Or, I am comfortably settled, living at my ease; secession might involve all in ruin. Or, I am too great a coward to confront a foe. But a word or two about Southern co-operation. It appears that our submission fritonds, (for we do really respect many of them, however well they love the glorious Union,) in consequence of the wrongs imposed on the South, would be willing todis:f tl? .?? ? .? u tuoj vuuiu usTB company, or a Southern Confederacy. Like a timid child in the dark, they aro afraid to go oat alonerij Do they really deserve a Southern Confederacy, as we before hinted ! What are tiro doing to bring it about) 'What are the Vforts making! We see none. All tliat/l| doing is by the secession men. If they con! tinue to stand with their arms folded, do they think it will be accomplished f Vain hope. Bnt are they waiting for some further insults from the North, that will arouse the South and bring them to united action t If what has already taken place will not put them up to resistance, what will! You have so often heard the Northern aggressions that we think it unnecessary to repeat them.? Northern men tauntingly say that the South cannot be kicked into resistance; indeed, there is too much grounds for the taunt. But there is a kick, if resorted to by the North, trill arouse all hands: that is, the repeal of the fugitive slave law. But of all kicks, this appears to us the most ridiculous, as to bring about a concert of action in the South. It never was intended for anything more than a gull. The provisions of the Constitution were far better than those of the fugitive slave law. What does the Constitution say, Art. 4, Sec. 2: No person held to service or labor In one State, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein. be discharged from ?n/?h UKn* a? bat shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due. Now what have you got in its stead ? Ths Fugitive Slave Law. How does it work f You must have your slave arrested, tried, and at- an immense expense may obtain a verdict in your favor; but in order to return, you must have a guard of hundreds to place you in a state of safety with your property?and this after having expended the price of your negro, and affixed upon the Government an expense many times over the amount of the property recovered. Witness Potter's case. Would it not have been better for the Government to have paid to Potter $8,000 for bis negro, requesting him to abandon the prosecution ? Observe, the Treasury of the United States is charged with the greater part of the costs; of course we are taxed for recovering other men's runaway negroes. But, Mr. Editor, this kick, the repeal of the fugitive slave law, is wanted as a panacea to set all things right. We ' hope this kick will be given, for two reasons: 1st, The repeal would draw us back to the ' provisions of the Constitution, (if at this ] time it has an existence,) which are far bet- 1 ter, a much better ssfegusrd. 2d, Ii would j lilenoe clamors for farther Northern aggression, in order to Southern Confederacy, iod might stir the people up to secession. c But we must have another look. Take cave, c est it be so bard as to disable yoa from re- J fotanoe. We are daily growing weaker, by lesertions from our ranks to those of our ' >pponents. Let us oommence our opera- [ iooa before we become so enfeebled, by. re- . >eated strokes, as to be unable to resist at " > **? ?. > - i"; " * may near irom ua agajn. , SOUTHERN RIGHTS. 4 M-yt: ' 1, v' 0 t&T Whenever a foe peojfle permit their n Mm to control them in reftwiW to vindicate * bwr righta t bey are ready to b?akm and v rakfor despot who baa more eooM** > bey hava to make them inch.?Ctdbo**. ? The ? ? ?????I???, ' " Our New Tork Correspondence.. Arrival of Stoomeni from Europe?a Riot in Enf> jK laud?all quiet on the Continent?New York by Suurise?Cruelty to animals?Love?Suicide and Murder, &c., &c. New York, June 12, 1851?The news by the two Steamships which . . ,*&, have arrived from Europe, this week, is of no importance to the American general read- - ij r>r A t tL. . < ? - v.. hi, who time oi mo amkrica'S departure from Liverpool, there was a slight' lm- - v provemcnt in tho Cotton market, and the demand was more active. The Protectionist* recently held a banquet at Tamworth In Knglatid, !/ut wero assaulted, and driven out by the towns people. The Crystal Palace still continues to attract crowds of visitors. From the Continent of Europe, there is nothing of importance enough to merit a paragraph. * A novel case came off in one of our infe- % rior courts, a few days since. An up-towo gentleman, according to his affidavit, had got the " scald-head" bad, and be prosecuted liis barber for allowing him to catch it ; alletrincr that said ImJ w_-t~* ? * w 0 ???v. uuu uiusu^u ana 5 combed his hair with the same brush and ( comb that had been applied, a few hours previous, to the head of a man whom the barber knew to be suffering from that loathsome disease. Several M. D's. testified that the scaldhead might be caught from a hair-brush'; but the evidence that appeared to have the most weight with the jury, was that given by Mr. Phalon, the owner of the celebrated Broadway Hair-dressing saloons, who said that he had known cases where not only the scald-head, but other kindred diseases, bad lR8n^btributed among a barber's customers, when <&4fck0f them harc$ja?ctJttfbe afflicted with anv^fceh tjSfttont M- ? * ^atl ilia. JL UUIUII said that he wartsS^Ill satisfied of this fact, that, in his establishment, he never allowed a hair brush to be used more than once withN^t being thoroughly purified. Judgment w a tendered in favor of the plaintiff, to the amonntcf^rlto hundred dollars. I hope all barbers will EBjreafter give every customer a clean brush. Should any of your readers who visit Gotham, next month, tre&Wjo v'ew our city xa^r der its most saddening asp&*,Iet themtg^v,... a stroll through^Otfr'*lrtlWa,t early in morning, nn&tfiey will behol&sights whipp will be infinitely of more value to them tfin any temperance lecture. Drunkards of all degrees, and, I grieve to say, of both se>t may then Ixr^een ataggeringjjome, exhaujted by midnighFttlgHp, ond^ whose conn- > tenances few or no signs of intellect remain. If a man wishes to disgust his son with intemperance, let him take him into the str&ts of Mew York, at sunrise, and the cop tout bci~ecn the glorio'.iR brilliancy, freshness, and beanty of nature, and the self-deifc^d and desecrated image of the Creator,^ ^ ited in the expressionlesscountenanoe3|feiM? iK staggering sot, will present to him a tmypble, but hideou t picture of the tempoMgbJh ' which is the sure consequence of deBfljpifcf* . \ Last evening, an elderly lady, wKgBkXhfr- \ tempting to cross the road near thejlKnK* M way theaMfr, was knocked down er, b%?a omnibus. The bead of thlSMMSL J dy waS completely battered to pieceaffjHHHfcfa ; fl horses' hoofo; and the wheels of * Jj cle passed over both her arms, aImoj?|jgpP^ * ing them from her body, Tbo re rafting of tKe unfortunate deceased were subsequently identified by ber friends, and conveyed home. '9 It having been found impossible to attest : . 9 blame to the driver of the omnibus, he has been since libelled. '' I An Irishman arrested, on Friday Jj mMM for cutting or pufljg ou^tho tongu^f hi? boreo. Such a brute asTHa man must b?, has no right to live among civilised" He should be doomed to live in tbo of Africa, among sava^beasts of pre^MiBpt^B few months in the peoHm tiary: will, The usual serenity of that fasbiona^^^^^^ej >laoe to scenes of a scan<Wous i wealthy dtiaen residingin the abotvlj fit iood, was seduced several roontfes^JB 9