Semi-weekly Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1851-1852, February 28, 1851, Image 2
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. Washington-, i-'eb. 23, 1851.
From tlie turn matters are taki ig in relation
1o the lioslon affair, it is evident that the patsage
of the Compromise hills ol last Session
have by no means ?pielled f!ie agitation, and
"forever ^?et at rest ail fears for the s;ilVfv o"
the Union." Northern members may speak of
the patriotism of their constituents, and fheir
determination to uphold the I.iw, hut there is an
old adage which says "actions speak louder
than words," and no man in his senses can &r
a moment believe that it is the intention of the
North to permit the execution of the law.?
Hence the danger is as great, if not greater,
than it was last season, and a very short space
of time may precipitate upon us the most as
on ,! |.?l |
Intituling eve Ills. i m." crisis is Hi ??ui liimiiom
in its most threatning aspect; ami to avert flie i
ruin which is impending, will require the exertion
of all the intelligence anil virtue of the peo....
In the Senate the consideration of the motion
of Mr.Clay, to refer, the Presidents Message on
the Boston affair to the Judiciary pQfnmittce,
was again resumed. The debate yfas very
animated, and continued for several hours, with
out any final action.
Mr. Douglas made,a strnd? speeefnn favor!
of the Compromise measure, and denounced !
those who were aiming at th<* violation of the j
Fugitive law. lie assured the Senate, that the '
law would be promptly obeyed to the letter in
Illinois.
Mr. Dodge also stated that Wisconsin would
also carry out the law.
In the course of some rsmarks by Mr. Cle- j
fnents, alluding to the false sympathy of the fa- i
natics of the North, he said some time ago a
certain prominent gentleman had been imposed j
upon by a negro claiming to be a fugitive. The 1
gentleman, who otherwise would not have no- j
ticed the fellow, instantly took him into his |
house and loaded him with favors.
Mr. Hale rather doubted the story.
Mr. Clements said it was the gentleman himself
who had told rae story.
Mr Hjde said it was true a negro once presented
himself at his door as a fugitive, hut he
knew the man to be an impostor at once, because
he sUmd irilh his hal on. This was proof
that he whs not from the South, where slaves
are taught manners. *
Mr. Rantoul, the newly elected Senator from
Massachusetts, took his seat in the Senate tojuv.
The "louse was engaged the whole day on
the fortification hill. At a late hour it was
laid on the table by a majority of 18. A'(notion
to reconsider the vote is pending.
Mr?t?lay still feels very sore on the score of
Hale's insisting upon following hiin in the dehate
as though? the New-Hampshire jnan considered
himself the second best debater. The ?
fact is. however, that Halo deems himself no <
longer a private in the Senatorial ranks, but
entitled to the badge of at least a corporal.? j
Under these- circumstances, he considers it no <
Kwrnli rtF nrivilrxro to 51 r*Kflll(*r> witll a brO I I
"'v" I T> " ther
officer. Me reminds me of n gallant Co- \
lonel, a member of the Mouse, who served in I
Mexico. On one cold night, when a violent ,
Northern wind was sweeping down froin the '
mountains, finding it impossible to resist the j
force of the wind in its exposed situation, had j :
bis marquee removed into a thicket on the hank !
of a creek for shelter. After he had lain down I ,
within, a newly elected Corporal came up and i
inquired of the guard which whs the tent of the i i
Orderly Sergeant, a particular friend of the . i
Corporal. Ajwag, wishing somefpo t, pointeil ';
out to liiai the tent of the- Colonel, and without i
a word, the Corporal ran into it to go! ont of i
the keen blast. It was dark inside; and touching
tbo Colonel shaply with his foot, he called i
out to him, "Lay over and give an njficer a i
chance !v The Colonel now awakened, and j
knowing tire voice of tire Corporal, and under- j i
standing that lie referred to his l ite election, i
and s'eeing his mistake, laid over without a word I
ami in bounced me corporal, saving as ubjhsorted
himself into the warm place of the Colo- '
nel, "It'? a great thing to he an officer, i,'ut it? I
drawing the blankets over him. i
^It is that!" said the Colonel; ami as he
said" so. the Corporal bounced up, for lie too j
knew the voice and stammering all sorts of ! .
apologies in his confusion, lis sloped quickly !
aut. Hale, however, although he thinks it a
fine thing to beau olficer does not ajipear to he ]
aware of any difference in rank and therefore 1
keeps the blankets over iiim.
Tho Anniversary Hall at Cant si's Saloon
last evening was well attended, and members
of Congress without distinction of party, kicked
up their heels at the rate of ten knots per hour.!
Several of men transformed into mere hoys, by I
Twigg3' hair dye, was particularly active.
It appears that the officer did :n>l succeed in ,
securing .Mr. luge as.was supposed; but us it j
takes two to light a duel; and as .Mr. Manly has
been bound over, there need he no reasonable
apprehension, lloth gentlemen have, however
left the city. As for .Messrs. Bayly and ('tarke
they sat wearing their spectacles in the usual i
mode.
The sentence of Commodore Jones is judged
by some of our military officers a* severe in the
extreme. They argue that he lias done no
more than scores of others have done in similar
circuiuauiuui-y.
Mr. Collins is still hero. He says his loss
by die delay of the Atlantic, with loss of freight
6tc., is upwards of $35 000.
A Curiosity for thr. World'# Voir.?A Loll
don letter of the 10th of January' in the New
York Albion, says:
"The contributions to the exhibition of 1851 1
are making their appearance i.i the shop win- j
down and ware-houses.' Asa toil to that little I
piece of coal weighing five tons, which is to be j
exhibited as a black diamond of St iflbrdsliire, |
and which is the most enormous mass of carbon (
that,pver reached the daylight, there is now exhibiting
by an engraver here a piece ol gold on
which is inscribed the Lord's iVaver; but whioli
is so small that a common pin'> head covers it.
Of course the words cannot be load with the
naked eye, but for the reason a magnifying
glass is attached to the opuscule by means of
which there is little difficulty in reading the
whole. It is supposed to he the article that will
b -ar away the palm of petilec.-e.
I TT-tiinn - . <l?ll|HLM ri1
iron ti.e Kinrk Ki\t-r W;ilc!:;n:iii.
T03I3HGPGAPBRS.
Rrcprcnrl and Dear firo'her:
You have thought proper to address the .puo
pie of South < -nrolina, through the public pees*"
in order to deter I hem. if possible, from carry
I iiig into effect what now teems to he their tie
termination, viz: a severance of their politico
connection with the I'nion. Why you shouh
liavo deferred this work, to this J ite date, re
mains with yourself to explain. It seems tt
iuc, however, a little strange, liiat you shook
J have remained profoundly silent, while matters
| have keen tending to the present crisis, for sc
| long a time. 1 have read your Address with a
i great deal of care, mingled with a great deal
of pain and mortification. If if were to depend
[ upon its intrinsic merits, I would not doom it at
I all nccessarv to notice it. Hut your high reputation
for piety, candor and talents?your exalted
eeclesiaslical position, give your hare
opinions, unsupported by the shadow of an argument.
more weight, in the estimation of many,
than the conclusions of hundreds based upon
t!ie soundest logic. And it is apparent, too,
that you are perfectly conscious of this fact;
for you say, ' my life guaranties my sincerity
and. on your part, personal good will." jlut,
stranjrf to say, w hile you propose to instruct mid
admonish the people of this .State, as" to their
duty in this political crisis, you set out liv telling
ilieni that you know Tioffifhg of politics ! i
remember too, when some ^ars since, your
name by mistake, was mentioned in connection
with some political movement in another State,
?you piomptly corrected the uiistako: and
not only so, but added; that von had not even
gone to the polls for some twenty years ! 1,
Dear Brother, am as much opposed to .Ministers
of the (Jospel engaging in political strife as you
possibly can lie. But it seems, that you loo,
can speak, when an occasion, in your judgment,
demands it. Believe me, my Brother,
when 1 tell you in nil candor, Unit iu view of
your past indid'ercnce to political matters, it is
rather, unseemly in you now, to thrust your
fears and trainings before the public mind. It
would appear that you have gathered all these
terrilic vaticinations from your five months'
tour, hi tlu* performance of' your cpiscopui duties,
ia the States nannd in your Address.?
Anil, Dear Brother, you do not sown to have
an opinion of your own c.ilher, in regard to the
wrongs which arc goading this State to the exercise
of the some power in going out of the
Union, which she exercised in becoming an integral
part of it. As a Sorr.reign she came into
it, and as a Soc<creign she will go out of it.
Your Address, I say, affords the evidence that
you have no opinion of your own as to the extent
of our grievances. Speaking of the overwhelming
majority in the Southern States opposed
to secession, you say: " the reason of
this opposition, I hum vn lcrstoo l to be, they
do not consider the act of Congress to lie a
violation of the Constitution." And then yon
go on to say further, " i u uien'^nd it to he the
Dpinion of our people'of South Carolina, that
Congress has violated the Ccfcistituiioii." Ami
then you arrive at this portentous conclusion |
from the above premises?'' at most then it is
a mooted jioi.it, and not a settled fact!!!"?
'O! most lame and impotent conclusion/'!
My Dear 1'rojther, 1 have never heard you reason
after this sort in the pulpit: and sure am I,
you did not reason thus when yon advocated a
dissolution of the horn's which held together
t'ae Methodist Kpiscopul Church in these Ceiled
States. Wny, my Brother, is there the Methodist
Church Noi th and the .Methodist Church
South' Was it a small matter that split in
twain a Christian Church Are those thousands
dead at the North, who hurled tin if hre.
I i I..
Ill re 11 01 lilO ?>OUIil :io:n iwnr h-jsuiid, .urn w
spoiled them of their Church property Or, if
nlivc, are their arms thrown wide open, and in
accents of brotherly love, are tiiev eal.i ig hark
their much injured brethren' Ah! my Rrnther,
the ih'ed lias been done?lite foul wrong
lias been indicted, and tney glory i.i it, as having
done God service. Hut perhaps you say,
"the whole Southern Church was prepared for
l!ie disruption." Hat I ask you, if ail the
Southern Church had agreed to tiie terms of the
North, but tiie Conference of South Carolina,
would you have said to this Conference, submit
f
It seems, my brother, from the tenor of vour
Address, that you have taken counsel of your
liars. You are specially tctrified .at the great
jicciuiiaru sacrifices to be made in ibis strug
gle for our rigb&jg^Cburiestoii will be shut
out from tiio reaWlfthe world?her commerce
perish?lic&jinfetfeTiunts leave her in despair,
while from misery suburbs, her Rice and Cotton
shall be carried to Savannah and Augusta
for a market !*' JLnn ilhv lachrjiiup. My
Urol her, our bravo forefathers did not calculate
the value of liberty in dollars and cents!
After depicting the /.crccli/ entailed upon the
State by secession, you ask the question, "Can
patriotism demand the sacrifice A thousand
swelling ami indignant bosom cry, "Yes!
Yes!" Patriotism demands any sacrifice consisfeut
with honor and religion. Liher'v is al
way's a il :ir comm iditv?its vast value i? tolil
iu a thousand hlood-fituimd field.-. Oh! .My
Bi other, remember fort Moult lie, Kutaw and
Cowpeus. and no longer talk about dollars and
Cv'iits. Did you ever admire the following sentiment
: " Millions lor defence?not a cent lor
tribute." Or this, "Dulrrct decorum c.v/ yiro
palria vtori1." O bow jejune and flat to talk
about |?atriotism in connection with dollars and
cents, 'l'ell it not in Oath ? publish it not in
the streets of Askalon, that South Carolina patriotism
has become a commercial eommoditv.
My Dear Brother : Allow rue to ask yon the
following questions: Are we any longer equals
in this t oulcderaey ? lias not tiie public domain
joint property of alLtlie States) been
appropriated to one section of this country
Is not the Oonslilution violated, when we are
told that we cannot take our property to soil
purchased with the blood and treasure of out
people Aie we not taunted, villified and coin
I teamed f I ut the fact is, you allow that oui
| grievances are such as l7i call for a dissolutioi
j of the Union. ^ ou admit ibis ? Vou would In
I willing to go out of the Union with the othei
aggrieved States. The only dilliculty upoi
your mind, therefore, is the dun err to he np
preheuded from independent Stale action by
South Carolina. Did the States come i*>t?
I
j this Union by platoons? Did they come in
i o i the same clay I Were ilny of tliem forced
' to come in South Carolina cannot act for
. the other Southern States, but only for herself.
, DM you ever know ot a great political move.
moot when every body was agreed in the out.
i set! Or do you expect the Southern States
1 to go out of the Union as if at the command,
1 I 'rig.'it about, facet' Such an idea would be
. ! preposterous. Perhaps you fear, that the ar- |
i! uiies of tlie Xorth, united with those of the nonl
seceding Southern Stales, will come clown up.
; ! on poor little South Carolina and devour her
> at n mouthful I The Southern States in league
l ; with the North to put down South Carolina by 1
I force of arms! Never! My Brother, No, nev- ,
: er ! It would be a suicidal act, and they know
;: if. My Brother, it is within the range of pos|
sihilities, that if we secede from this Union, we 1
may be conquered. Hut then we shall no longer
be a sovereign, independent State?but we ,
shall be slung on to the car of the General Govj
eminent as a Province. The style and title of
j this Confederacy will then read thus: "The
United States of North America and the Pro
; via re of South Carolina."
lint, My Dear Brother, it is perfectly futile
to talk about the poverty and dangers which
are before us in case of secession: Before your
vision, "Gorgons, Hydras and Chimeras dir?," start
up in dreadful array. Before mine, the | a
City of Charleston rises up in all her queenly i a
, majesty and beauty?with her port crowded ' tl
| with shipping;from every clime?with a busi- J e
j ness increased.an hundred-fold. I see the re- i p
I sources of till- whole State, brought into ener- j j,
1 getic and most profitable activity. I see a hap- j q
py people, and with low taxes. I seo North i ((
i Carolina guarding us 011 one side, and Geor- j .
gia on the other. 1 see Kentucky and Ten- j 1
?? Snf.-iiliii'r us amniallv with hoirs. horses I
p V ^ ,
;iik1 mules. .No "field of the dead, rushes
red on my sight;" but 1 see ten thousand
fields waving with rich harvests, and the hap- "
; piest, and the richest people upon the face of "
j the whole earth. tl
j And now, My Dear Brother, I must bring my hi
1 letter to a close. For you personally, 1 have, ft
and have always had, the highest regard.? ! S(
Your known kindness of heart, your urbanity ! ^
of manner, your christian integrity, your fervid !
zeal in the cause of Christ, your high ccclesi- j
aslical position, command the love, respect and
admiration of all who kpow you. tc
Yours in the bonds of the Gospel.
A Clkruyman. ?
in
South Carolina.?Some ol the submission w
presses are striving to excite all manner of pre- (a
ijudieo against South Carolina. They admit m
that wrong has been done the South, South w
Carolina included. Was that State the ag- a(
gressor ? They will tell you no. Did she eu- cj
deuvor to deprive the North of the common territory?
No. Did she ever organize societies
withiilfer limits to break down any institution w
at the^|rtli ? N o. Did she ever try to steal j 01
from the North her property of any kind ? No. i la
Did she, with a blind and reckless lanaticisin, in
j ever threaten to destroy the peace, tiic happi- j lo
iiess. or safety of the citizens of the .North ?1 th
No. Did she threaten secession for wrongs on l (0
this slavery question, till tiio iNortli refused her jt
a foot of the new territory, and proved that she '
was determined to degrade her as an inferior 11
1 No. Can a true hearted Southerner revile and J 11
forsake -South Carolina, because she lias lost '''
confidence in the affection of her Northern sis- ',e
I tors{ w
Have not toe States of the North united with th
England and franco, to persecute her and de- uj
' stroy. her institution of slavery, upon which her w
! wealth, prosperity and greatness so eminently jf
depend? Has not Soutn Carolina done every- at
t :ing in her power to get justice and preserve ' ()t
! t ie Dnion ? Did site not modestly ask only i g
i for the Missouri Compromise line, which would ; '
I have given the North two-thirds of the territo- i
! ;-y { Were not her efforts to get justice made | ,J
| in vain ? Has not the North grasped all the j ac
' land, and, is she not still defaming, contemning, lu
; and hating South Carolina and the South? ! lit
| (ieorgiaiiB, Southern men everywhere, can | .?
you rise up and take sides with the .North a- Vc
j gainst your own wronged and injured South. jt
j e.'u sistersIfyou should think that she would
err ingoing out of the Union alone, will you
not say in your hearts, go in peace and God
j Almighty prosper you. Would you stand idly
i by ami see the sword of the North, reeking
! with her free, noble, and chivalrous blood?see
her the subject of gross oppression in the first '
place, and the bleeding victim of cruelty and
tyianny in the second i If Southern men would
(io the, there are not enough righteous in this
Southern laud, to save it from political destruction.?
Augusta Republic. p
tl
Gov. Quitman.?The reports bruited about m
to the effect that it was in proof that- Gov. Quit,
j man had addressed a large crowd of the Cubans tl
at a club room in Lafayette above New Orleans h
t int ho had purchased Cuba bonds, &c., are u
absolutely and unconditionally false. When si
applied to, to take command of the expedition,
he instantly declined on account of the station a
: ho held; and so careful was he of violating the o
laws of neutrality, that he did not even inquire p
int j the means and plans of the expeditionaires. v
u.. r..L int,?ri>st nnd svmnathv in the v
j III- u-.l 'l ?
I expedition, ks dill thousands ofothers, including ti
ou self, and he gave letters of introduction introduction
addressed to the leaders of it, to
several gentlemen who had served with him in
.Mexico, who were determined to join it, and c
whom he felt solicitous should receive such sta- l!
tions as their merit entitled .them to. This, ll
with the private loan of some small sums of 1
i money, is about the extent to which ho was ?
"implicated." We have these facts from a near t
friend of the Governor, whose word has never j
been donbted or called into question. ?
And for this (we have authority for saving) ,
1 cabinet conclaves have been held at Washing- ^
ton, and venal letter writers have been instruc.
ted to declare, (for mean purposes,) that the
government had evidence "to convict him ten
i times over." Upon such a flimsy pretext, this
. indictment has been urged, forgetful of all cour- '
tosy due to the State Government, to the extent 1
i of forcing the Governor to a resignation. 1
Yiclisburg Sentinel. i
I
,! Intemperance is the evil of onr land. j
I
THE CAMIO JOURNAL
THO. J. WARREN & C. A. PRICE, Editors.
FRIDAY" EVENING, FEBRUARY 28, 1851.
Arrival of the Europa.
News in Cotton market unfavorable, decline ^
to jjd. Sale.-? of the week 20,00'J bales.
Our Market;
Cotton sold this morning from 8 to 11?tliis before
the News of the Europa. We presume it
ivotild scarcely bring 11 cents hero now. Corn
$1. G cents. Fodder 1. 50, Oats 75, New Bacon
lOi from the Waggons,
RETURN EA*S
For Darlington, Saturday, March 1.
" Fairfield, ? ? s.
" Kershaw, " ' J5.
" Sumter, " ? 22.
" Lancaster, " " 29.
Mons. Rhigas,
V/itli Jekrv meritirield, have lately been
musing and astonishing the natives of Columbia
nd Winnsboro, as we learn from the papers of;
Ijose places. They gave an Entertainment last j
veiling in this place, at Davis' Ilall, which sur- j
assed anything of the kind that we have had !
pre, since the Advent of the celebrated Adrian,
'he Stcord Exercise of Mons. R.?is truly an a*!
wishing feat. They will give their last exhibion
to night. "^""Sec Advertisement.
?
Our Position.
South Carolina has nobly taken her stand beeath
the Banner of Southern Rights, and in vain
lay the Cannon of the National Intelligencer, or i
le Pop-gun Southern Submission Prints fire into i
er ranks?invincible, unchangeable, and success- J
il is her bannered trio. But there is no position j
5 secure, but what some danger is possible. ,
o Castle so stro-ig, but what some assault might |
irry. And it is well for us to Keep waicn at an
Dints, and revive the old Roman J*aw?of death
i the Sentinel who sleeps at his post. The greatest j
fficuUy we will meet in our determined course
-is, in our opinion, that of a transition from talktg
to acting. Wealthy men, of quiet and ease,
ill be of different opinions here. Some we fear,
nid we distinctly say that we make this stateent
without knowing a single man to whom it
ould apply) will go against separate State
:tion note, because it might reorganize with
langes, the face of society,and call them into prac- j
:al life?but we are aimist sure thaf this number 1
ould not in the State, forma respectable minority
' a corporal's guard. Again, the speculating capilist
might fear a disastrous termination to )
s business, and therefore he had rather wait
tiger. Rut such men would do well to recollect .
o Fable of the Villagers, who begged Jupiter, '
give them the power of raining, or preventing
He did on condition that they must all agree ,
>on the time. To-morrow, one wanted it to rain,,
it his neighbor wanted to make a journey?so J
ere was no rain ; next day he had got home and j
wanted it to rain, but hi.-, neighbor had some :
ork to do, and again there was no rain?and thus .
ey were nearly killed by drought. Mow don't let j
i wait tor the especial convenience of every one, j
hen the time comes that our Rights and Justice j
unand if. if at the sacrifice of all we have, aye!
the sacrifice of life itself, let us not wait. Anher
danger will be the show of justice to the
outh of the moderate North pnd the causes of j
e ultra party against those, all of which will have |
r its aim, to cool down the South, and postpone 1
:tion until sometime hence, until they can eflec- !
ally fasten some other enormity upon us. Be- j
:ve not because Cotton is 13 cents, and negroes !
1,000, that you are in a state of prosperity. If!
)u gain fortune and lose your honor, what will j
prosper you, but to lose bjth, is even worse.
South Carolina Convention. j
Sufficient returns of the elections are receiv- |
I to induce pretty definitely the character ot i
lis Convention. The Charleston Mercury
lus classifies the.n :
Whole nnmbor of delegates 1G7
For secession 127
Opposed to separate State action ... 40
The Mercury states that among the 40 opened
to secession by South Carolina alone,
:ere is not not one who can bg. called a subis*
ion ist.
They all favor same mode of redress, and ;
ie minority will not be behind the foremost of
er sons in sustaining the action of their State,'
hatever that may be when she speaks in her ,
Dvercign capacity.
We cannot doubt that South Carolina will be
unit when it comes to action, and the loyalty !
f her sous to their State is authoritatively ap- j
euled to. Hut we cherish the hope that she j
. ill tarry awhile longer in the Union, and share j
rith her sister Southern States a^Jjujnion des
iny.?Augusta Constitutionalist.
No! dear Brother. IIow can you ask us to
irry awhile longer in the Union, and share a
ommon destiny?why not say disgrace, aye! that
> the word. You asked us to wait before, and
' * ' .M C i*. nmrrucoinns came
[)ia US Wlieil lljfc* HUB Ul ICUUlai
o such a point, you would march out with us?
marting under the kepnest aggression we waited,
lie billows came even, beyond, far beyond the
>oint you designated, and now you ask us to
lay?to tarry Iongei and share your destiny?
lever! we would joyously, have you go with us
rom the Egyptian task masters?and tell you that
be Red Sea has no perils?nor the desert beyond.
iVn will not worship the "Golden Calf!* (Cotton
13c. &.c.) and therefore will soon see the smiling
and of promise, our political canaan. Ask us not i
lien to stay with you in Egypt, if you love her i
lesh-pots better than the land your Fathers promsed
you?the land of your Rights, why we must
rid you farewell, but beware of the Red Sea if you
oin Phnroli's hosts, to pursue us.
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Herald of Spring.
"We were presented yesterday, by the lady of W ' .
Mr. F. A. Mange, witft a beautiful boquet of" J
early spring flowers?" The poetry of nature," _ J
in all their loveliness and sweetness. They Ji
speak to us of green fields and babbling brooks,
and are an earnest that the spring days areal*-Jj^
most upon us. Mr. Mange basin his gardwr ^
j near this city, a rare collection; of plants, 4
whicli he oilers for sale on very rettsdimw '
terms."
So says the Augusta Republic: Why more
than a week since we saw a s-reet little boquet #f
"bright spring Howers"?hut alas! there thence
public is ahead of us, they v*ere not given to us;
| Tis a gladsome thing to spe the .gentle flower*
| coining out in spring, and we j^oiider where it is,
j they have slept during the winter k. Where were
they when the storm-wind whistled over the hilts,
and the snow flakes whitened the house tops 1?
Where will they be by the return of that season ?
Ihike the hopes which come after a* night of sorrow,
they show us their beauty, that we may weepr
over their faded petals. Thev are to earth, what
the stars are to the sky, and what thoughts of beau*
ty are to the soul. _'
For the Journal. j
Messrs. E Jilorn : The people of the State of
South Carolina have now, under the po/j^'jof
law, expressed their determination to withdraw ij
the powers delegated hy tliein to the Federal
Union?they have determined to rescind'the |
Federal Compact Before the act of seeeisipa >m
shall take place, it is of the gravestitnportanee (
to settle the question of her future political rel*r
tious with t!ie other Southern States, should
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they also agree to secede. " ;.
It i9 fixed iu (lie nature of things, that, eves
should our State now enter into a confederacy
with the other Southern States, similar to that
of our present Federal Union, she would be
compelled, at no distant day, to resume an iif
dependent position, would it not then be artvueable
for lier at once, to setup for herself among
the governments of the world, adopting nsrh '^
constitution and framing such laws, as are best
calculated to secure civil liberty and promote
and protect her peculiar interests, having no farther
connection with the other Southern States,
than that which might be included i(\^sn alliance
offensive and defensive ? '* J
I'll is is all that we could desire at the most, 1
should the other Southern States co-operate and t
secede with us, and although this, at die time.
when we apprehended that the Federal Government
might attempt to coerce oar State, should
she attempt to secede alone, was a matter of
great consideration with as. ,^io\v when we
are assured that we cao sOgpde alone in peaee, Sj
of what great advantage would this cooperation
and even alliance, offensive and defensive be
to us ? We can secede alone, we can support
our government abundantly alone, and w^e are ^
secure alone against foreign aggression, or from
l>eing eonquored by the Federal Government.
Foreign countries would be interested in keeping
pence with us, that they might enjoy the '* j
products of our peculiar climate, and the Feder-' 1
al Government, through the other Southern
States, especially would feel it her iuterest to {
exclude England, or France, or any other cdft&t
try, from occupying our state, and she Herself <
could not attempt to subjugate South Carolina
without embroiling the whole South in intestine. j
wars of the most horribfe character. Sooth \
Carolina, in times of great danger from abroad 4
commands the alliance of the other Southern
States, without any Confederacy, or compact
She commands it upon the strong est principle,
"Ex mefssiiate rei.'' Why then should South '
Canli iu wait and beg for a co-operation of the
other Southern States, who seem still somewhat j
patient under the abuse that is poured upon them ;
and the awful dangtr that awaits their iqgtjtu- J
ti ins? Why should South Carolina soindeptihd- j
e.it, make herself a beggar for the interest of
others, ai d perhaps, in the end, enter into a 0
confederacy, that would afford them theylvantago
over her ? Would it not be eveu the part
of wisdom for her to secede alone and let the
other Southern States claim an alliance wKh ^
her ? By her greater extent of seaboanlffiy
her superior political intelligence and by the fact 1
that she has advanced already farther to throw
off oppression, she has proved herself qualified
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to lead in the cause ot equal riguts. juei ner,
tlien, unhesitatingly take the positioiuto which
nature and education and her disjilay of courage
entitle her. J. F. G. MITTAG. .
A Merchant Patriot.?It is related that
when the British were in possession of Boston, ^
a discussion took ploce in Congress in relation ' to
the orders that should be issued to Geo.
Washington, commanding the continental^
near Cambridge. Bombarding was (requent^g 4^1
hinted at, but the speakers felt great reserve aa
they looked at their president, John Fancod^*
and thought of the vast injury the measure might
work. The gallant Hancock, a trae merchant
priuce at heart, seeing that bombardment waa
considered necessary, summoned a member to -f
the chair, nnd taking the floor, said in substances
'iNearlv all I owu in the world is in Boston,
and the attack on the city may make we a
bankrupt. If however, bombardment is neeeesary,
or will advance in any degree the cause
we have on hand, lei tlic order be issued immediately."
We commend the example to all who
may be situated so as to follow it, or who may
Imj called on by duty to act in like manner.
Let them remember Mrs. Motte the hero-matroii,
and John Hancock the patriot merchant,
Columbia Telegraph
Be careful how you speak of the faults of
your neighbor. , . 1
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