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THE CAMBM JWKIAL _. ,4 * * > _ " [:\'E W SERIES.] VOL. 1. ' ! CAItlDE^, SOflH CAhOLI\A, SATURDAY, JULY II, 1840. L MMa*r?^ 1 3?g 3<#? POLITICAL. I From the Edgefield Advertiser. To Wiiitefield Brooks, Esq.? Sir:?You will excuse my addressing you personally, since your letter to Col. Hammond, published in the last Advertiser, contains charges exceedingly injurious to the characters of those to whom you allude and, until they are named, applying indiscriminately to all4 in this District' who arc opposed to that gentleman in the coming contest for Governor. You inform Col. II. as a matter of fact, and not of inference, that his 44 opponents in this District" are engaged in a 44 systematic effort" to excite 44 public prejudice and opposition" to him by 44 false and ungenerous insinuation," 44 fabricated and circulated for party effect." As gentlemen are not in a habit of fabricating and circulating falsehoods 44 for party effect," or any other purpose, and as some of those who cannot support Col. II. happen to be gentlemen, and many of them his personal friends, I call upon you, in justice to them, to name the individuals to whomgyou allude. You have, of your own accord, publicly made the charges, and we now demand the specifications and the proof. As you were the advocate of Judge Johnson, when you 1 last44 defined your position," and consePrwl TI'c " nnnnnents in IJU'vllll^ VI1V V* VVI. M.M. -> this District." I shall not dispute your right to speak for those of his "opponents," who support "that eminently virtuous citizen and faithful public servant," whom it i appears you have now abandoned, though but a short time since, you would have been " exceedingly gratified" to see him transferred to the gubernatorial chair.? Knowing your great tact in " defining posi- 1 tions" I leave the judges friends in your hands, hoping that you may succeed in showing that all of them have been as in- j nocent of fabricating falsehoods " for par- ] ty effect," as I know the friends of Col. , Richardson are. ( Seeing that you have entirely mis-con- | ceived the objections, which Col. Richard- ( son's friends have made to Col. H., and consequently your explanations cannot re- j move the "public prejudice" which is against him, I will briefly state the only grounds upon which, they have ever op- ( posed him either through the public press, or otherwise. They have said that Col. 1 R. was the candidate of the Democratic 1 Sub-Treasury party?a party formed in ; 1837, when Mr. Van Buren took ground c for the South, from the scattered elements F of the Democratic State Rights Party of 1827, and composed of Union men and x Nullifiers without reference to those old j1 party distinctions?the support of the Sub- c Treasury and opposition to a National ^ Bank, the Tariff and Internal improve- J ments being the basis of its organization. c They claim him as the candidate of the 1 Sub-Treasury party, because he was nomi- c nated as such by every leading Sub-Trea- a sury paper in the Sf-ate. It is the pro- l. vinceof newspaper Editors to propose the . measures and nominate the candidates that !' are to be sustained by their party:?how . else can it be done? The press has, there- 11 fore, been always considered an index to P the opinions of its party, and a certain J criterion of its sentiments?it being well v known that the Editors of leading public ^ journals arc in a habit of continually con- * suiting with, and being consulted by the ^ leaders of the party. Have you yourself " not acknowledged this, and did you not r consider Col. R, the Sub-Treasury candi- P date when you nominated Judge Johnson, a Bank and Preston man, against him? If v not, what did you mean by saying that, t; from the manner of his nomination, you 0 were "warranted in the conclusion that a Col. R. was to be the candidate of that ? portion of the State Rights party, of which '' the Editor'' (of the Mercury) " is the re- v ported and recognised organ?"? ) Col. Preston and his followers have rat- j ted off from the Old State Rights party, ' and are herding with the Bank men, Ta- ]j riff men, the Federalists and Abolitionists ' of the pforth?they may stillbc considered by you as a portion of the State Rights ^ ? ? ?/inll kn m .->Al?rr?n A * nt> o 5 JJdl lVj uui tftcy tan ui^uiooi> to rr/t?g.?. Be that as it may, there is certainly but t one other party in the State?the Sub- 1 Treasury, and of that the Mercury ever ii has been and still is ,4the reputed und re- t cognised organ!!" ~ a Soon after tfiis formal nomination of 1: Col. R. by the "recognised organs" of our 1 party, Judge Johnson and Col. Hammond " were brought out by nobody knows who, I: in the Charleston Courier, (the only Anti- i( Sub-Teeasury paper in the State) and by 1< two anonymous writers in the Advertiser, t - ? . . .. . i . T Une 01 tnese pieces nas been attriDUtea 10 * you. Judge Johnson when nominated by c you, was known to be a Preston and Bank v man, and Col. Hammond was not known c tobe politically opposed, and was supposed ( to be personally attached to Col. Preston, t This, as was natural, excited our suspi- t fcions, and those suspicions were but con- > firmed, when, a short time after, some of ? | <?ol. H.'s supporters attempted to make him the means of reviving the question of Nullification. Who is to be benefitted by the unburying of that forgotten feud, except Col. Preston, arfdjhose of his fellowel's, who, by their opposition to the State, are now in a hopeless minority, and can only get into a majority by making nullification the test of political orthodoxy? Under these circumstances the friends of Col. R. belie ring with ?/0M,""that he was the candidate of the Sub-Treasury party, called on thai party to support him. They expressed their belief that both Judge J. and Col. H. were the nominees of the Preston and Bank faction, that Col. H. was brought out to divide the Nullifiers, and Judge J. to divide the Union men, and that one would be ultimately withdrawn, and his votes be given to the other. And it has lately been said, that those who are opposed to Mr. Calhoun and the present Administration, finding that they could as easily elect Col. Preston himself, as his friend, Judge J., have determined to drop him and support Col. H. in preference to i - . r.\ , i i f ! a tne candidate 01 me party to wnicn mey are so bitterly opposed. Now let us examine for a moment, the grounds upon which those suspicions are lounded. As you have concluded to abandon (with your candidate) "the quiet position of an observer of passing events," and appear determined to define Col. H.'s position (if you cannot your own,) you will not be surprised at my applying to you for information upon a subject, bearing very directly upon the point at issue. Do you know a single Preston and Bank man, in the State who is not opposed to Col. Richardson? Can you account for this opposition to him upon any other ground, than that he is regarded as the candidate of the Sub-Treasury party? I should not have troubled you with these questions had I not supposed that as the "social intercourse" with your "old and cherished acquaintance" (Col. P.) has not been interrupted by any political differences, you may occasionally hear from him, and be able to jive us some information, as to the'course lis friends are pursuing. As you appear disposed to drop your brmer nominee, Judge J. forget his many ' eminent virtues and faithful public services" upon which you so eloquently dwelt, ,vhen you last "defined your position," we vill, if you prefer it, discuss the claims vP ?r/Mi h ni ?s/%f / f/-il T-T \ onrl Kto nAn '1 YUUI ^CdClll J JUL n.y anu mo wii" lexion with the "Preston faction." As to lis connection with that "faction," you vill not be surprised to learn, I imagine, hat your espousal of his cause has in the >pinions of many, but helped "to thicken ther proofs that do demonstrate thinly." The conduct of a party is but the conduct >f the individuals composing it I shall herefore take a " birdseye" view of your ourse and draw from it such conclusions s I may, as to the probable position of . he rest of Judge J.'s friends at this time. Lfter feeling sufficiently horrified at the iea of a candidate for a public office, ieing nominated in a newspaper, and hav1 g expended as much solemnity and surprise as was proper on such an occasion, J ou came to the conclusion that Col. R. , ras to be the candidate of the Sub-Trea- ; ury Party, and proceeded to nominate a , 'reston and Bank man, against him. And ( vhy? Because "his" (Judge J.'s) " trans- ( 2r to the Gubernatorial cnair would have , clieved him from the heavy labors of his ( resent office; the duties of which he has ischarged for upwards of twenty years j rith honor to himself and signal advan- } age to the State." Upon the sufficiency , >f this reason I shall make no comment , s you are no longer supporting him; but imply inquire if the duties of his office arc , ess laborious, or if he has been in the ser- , rice of the State a shorter time than when rou penned the sentence above quoted, f not why have you deserted him? Is it ' >ecause he cannot be elected, and Col. H. ! vould be more acceptable to Wm. C. | 3rcston than Col. Richardson? Let us for a momont compare the claims vhich these two gentlemen have upon the ; Sub-Treasury party. Col. R. is known 0 be the nominee of that party, and Col. :I. has been brought out against him, and s supported by the Preston and Bank nen. Whilst Col. R. by his open, active i md effective support of the Sub-Treasury i tas incurred the opposition of Wm. C. 3reston and all his followers, Col. H's 1 1 oi-tninl mlatirmc" with that trpntlpmnn OVV/iai lUlUilVdU IKVII ? ? gVUViVUIMM iave not been changed, and even his opin- 1 ons upon the sub-treasury, were not :nown till last Thursday. Col. H. if not ! he political, is the personal friend of Col. ' 'reston, whilst Col. K. finding that he j :ould not "maintain the relations of pri- , ate friendship, and social intercourse with j ild and cherished acquaintances, such as lol. Preston," without some "abatement of 1 levotion to his political creed and compro- i nise of public duty, determined to split ,vith him even at the risk of a blast of this rreat "wind instrument" of the Whig Par ty. - Whilst Col. Richardson is " prepare to give" '-(as you hoped Col. Hammon would be!) his cheerful and firm suppoi to-Mr. Van Buren and the leading mea &res of the administration'" we find tha Col. H. only " prefers him to Gen. Harri son" and is unwilling to pledge himself "t any indiscriminate support jof his adminis tration" As a Sub-Treasury man hov should ydii decide? * * Upon the score of friendship yotl ar< also bound to prefer Col. R. Since yoi have assured us that you have long efiioyec t - n 1 //>\ 1 ms "connuence ana lnenusnip?con cede to him "high character,"?"duly ap preciate his many excellent qualities ane personal worth"?entertain for him the "highest personal respect" and " would b< prepared for more than a quiet acquies cence in his nomination could you permi the hind relations of old acquaintance anc the sentiments of esteem and consylera tion which it inspired to influence youi course in the selection of a person for thii high office." Unless Col. H. has saved you] life four times, and is in a habit of ex plaining away your inconsistencies, voi can scarcely entertain for him kinder feel ings or be inclined to speak of him ii more complimentary terms. You are also stopped from the argu ment that Col. H. is a Nullifier and shoulc therefore be preferred, since you admii that "the organization of old parties nc longer exists in the States," that "the line: of seperation have been obliterated, anc both" (Union men and Nullifiers) "are harmoniously united in the patriotic efforl of serving the State"?that "to carry oul the compromise which was happily effected in the session of 1834, all public officei should be open and acceptable to each partt/' and that the present state of public opinion and "the true interest of the State' would render "the elevation of a gentleman from the ranJts of the Union party tc the office of Governor" "liberal, wise,pru dent and magnanimous" To be consistent you must think that the election ol Col. Hammond would be illiberal, unvnse imprudent and contemptible! How then can you support him? 1 am sure that you will not act in a manner which even you rjourself would have to characterise as illiberal, unwise, imprudent and contemptible. You feel, you say, that you can "maintain the relations of private friendship and social intercourse with old and cherished acquaintance, such as Col Preston, without the slightest abatement of devotion to your political creed, or the least compromise of public duty." I am either deceived as to your political creed, or you are, in supposing that your devotion to Col. Preston does not interfere with the discharge of the duties which you owe to your party. Do you consider it not the slightest abatement of devotion to your political creed, or the least compromise of your public duty" to be made, by Col. Preston, or his friends in Washington, the means of circulating, in this District, all the abuse and billingsgate which Harrison YV higs may choose to heap upon our party, Mr. Calhoun, or even our own Representative? Devotion is a strong word, and yet you deny even the "slightest abatement" of it. Do you consider it not the slightest abatement of devotion to your political creed, or the least compromise of public duty" to assert that " South Carolina is in the leading strings of Mr. Calhoun," when conversing with Bank men, upon the subject of the Sub-Treasury? You may have been convinced by Mr. Calhoun's arguments, that the Sub-Treasury is "the oreat measure of deliverance and liberty to the South." You may be convinced that we should prefer Mr. Van Burcn to Gen. Harrison, and that "the true interests of the State renders the elevation of a gentleman from the ranks of the Union party, liberal, wise, prudent and magnanimous? but the relations of private friendship and social intercourse with old and cherished acquaintances, such as Col. Preston" have, I fear, caused a slight "abate inent of devotion to your political creed" and a small, a very small ''compromise of public duty. SUB-TREASURY. Public Sentiment.?We are info.med that at a meeting last Saturday, sixteen miles below the Village, where there were about two hundred citizens present, the people were almost unanimous for the present Administration, and against Gen. Harrison. We are also informed that all the Candidates of this District for the Legislature were present except one, and that they were unanimous in their opinions in favor of Mr. Van Buren for Pre sident. There were two, out 01 ine tnree Congressional Candidates, present at the same meeting, who both made speeches to the people, and came out decidedly for Van Buren and against Gen. Harrison. There is not much prospect of a contest in this District on the Presidential question ; we believe that the District has hardly ever been more united on any political subject,?Green. Mountaineer* d POETttY. d ^ ton THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. In the Poet's communications with the world, in hit commerce with society, many things tend to strike him with chagrin, and to fret his temper. His thoughts ore not as the thoughts of many, 0 and thirst of fomo is more congenial to his ideas than * the love of riches; but in tho prospect of a landV scape, he perceives images of beauty and delight, offering themselves to his unsatcd gaze, " without mo3 ney and without price." Though silent beneath the 1 scope of a still heaven, or stirred intobeantiiul ngita] tion by its breezes, are these lines written and ad. dressed TO MISS R. M., J OP CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA. ? Are the songs hush'd, in which our voices blended, ? Or doth another chant with thee those lays, And do they join the joyance that attended ^ Their cadences, in now, the by .gone days; i Do they not awaken in thine eyes of jet, The ? I* Ah' over thv Inred ninnii nnntlinr lnaneth. 3 Aud hie lips breathe the melody with thine? p Whilst every gentle pause that intcrveneth, Flings o'er his heart, those smiles which erst were j mine, And I, the parted one, am doomed to bo j Forgotten thus by thee, Must the Lethean wave, my memory cover, As ifjt were indeed a worthless thing? I And all" the bright hopes of my youth be over, t Blighted like roses in their earliest spring; > Must my mortality's last fragments have j Unwept, a nameless grave? ' Well,.be it so,?if it can give tby bosom ! The halcyon calm that 1 would wish for thee, ^ If it con make the hours of pleasure blossom - Where'er thou art, it is enough for me? ' Be thine the wreathes of happiness?be mine ' Whatever the fates design. N. C. June 25, 1840. J. W. . FOE T1IE CAMDEN JOURNAL. A STROPHE ) From an Ode written in French, for the 4th of July, in allusion to the "onstitntion of the U. S. Comme one colonne immuable, ' Brave les outrages du terns, Puisse ce code memorable Resistor toujoors aux tyrans! Panni des torrens^e lumicrc, Sur tous les peuplo9 dc la terrc, Qui'l reponde la libirte, Ainsi qu'on voit un astrc unique, ' Sur ce globe en sa route oblique, Versor les dots de sa clarte. P, M. By Authority. Laws or tiic United States, Passed at the first Session of the twenty sixth Congress. [Public?No. 13.] AN ACT to carry into effect a convention between the United Slates ami the Mesican Republic. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the hnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the P.apwlnnt nf tlia TTritlorl Slataa lir BIlH with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint two commissioner, whot together with two commissioners to be appointed by the President of the Mexican Republic, shall form a board, whose duty it shall be to receive a'nd examine all claims, which are provided for by the convention between the United States and the Mexican Republic, concluded at Washington on the eleventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, and which may be presented to said commissioners under the same, and to decide thereon according to the provisions of said convention, and the principles of justice, equity, and the law of nations.. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United Slates, hy and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a secretary to said commissioners, in behalf of the United States, versed in the English and Spanish languages. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted That said commissioners on the part of the United States, in conjunction with the commissioners on the part of the Mexican Republic, shall be, and they are hereby, authorized to make all needful rules and regulations for conducting the business of their said commission, such rules and regulations not contravening the Constitution of the United States, the provisions of this act, or the provisions of said convention. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the compensation of the respective olli- 1 cere, for whose appointment provision is 1 made by this act, shall not exceed me ' following sums, namely. To said commissioners, at the rate of three thousand per annum for each; to the secretary ai the rate of two thousand dollars per annum. And the President of the United States shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to make such provision for the con lingent expenses of the said commission on the part of the United States, as shall to Iiim appear to be reasonable aod proper; and the said salaries and expenses, ! and likewise all that part of the salary*and expenses of the arbiter under suid con* 1 vention which ts required thereby to be 1 defrayed by the United States, shall J>e paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Sec. ft. And be it further enacted. That 1 all communications to and from the secretary of said commissioners appointed under this act, on the business of the commission, shall pass by mail free of postage. Sec.6. And be it further enacted That so soon as said commission shall be executed and completed according to the provisions of said convention, the commissioners aforesaid shall report to the Secretary of State a list of alt the several awards made by them; and the records, documents, and ril other papers* in the possession of the commission or its officers, or certified copies or duplicates thereof# shall be deposited in the office of the Secretary of State, Sec. 7. And be it further enacted That the Secretary of State shall transmit to the Secretary of the Treasury n certified <mti) A/rnimiooiArmra VW|'7 W'D tXJIUl fc VI OUIM UUUI?Mluw*%'..vi Vf or of the award of the arbiter or umpire*, as provided by said convention to be made in case of the disagreement of said commissioners; and the Secietary of the Treasury shall cause certificates to be issued, in such form as he may prescribe, showing the amount or proportion of compensation to which each person, in whose favor award shall have been made by said commissioners or umpire, (hay be entitled as against the Mexican Government on account of the claims provided for by said convention. , Sec. 8. And be it further cnactedi That it shall be lawful for the Secretary of tho Treasury, and he is hereby authorized and required, to cause any moneys which may be paid by the Mexican Government in satisfaction of said awards, to be remitted on the most advantageous terms to the United Slates; and all moneys received under said convention, or by virtue of this act, shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United Slates, aud the same are heiyby appropriated to be distributed andpaid to those entitled thereto, according to tho provisions of this act; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall distribute tlie same, in ratable proportions, among the person* ? aforesaid, according to the proportion* which their respective awards shall bear to the whole amount received, and at such I time or times as the same sLallbe received into the Treasury. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That if the Mexican Government, in ptaceof at once paying the amount of said awards, shall see fit to issue Treasury notes therefor aa provided by said convention, then it shall be lawful for the Secretary of the Treasury, and he is hereby authorized amt required, to receive the said Treasury notes, and to deliver the same to the persons who shall be respectively entitled thereto, in virtue of the awards made under said convention, and of the certificates issued as hereinbefore provided. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That in the payment of money or the issue of certificates in virtue of this act; the Secretary of the Treasury shall first deduct and retain, or make reservation of, such sums of money, if any; as may be duo (he United States from persons in whose favor awards shall have been made under said convention. R. M.'T. HUNTER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. RH. M. JOHNSON, Vice President of'the United States, and President of the Senate* Approved, Jane 12th, 1840. M. VAN BUREN. [Public?No. 14.] AN ACT to authorize registers and re* eeivers to administer oaths, required to be taken by purchasers of public land. Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Stt rrro ?o That f/*Of (VU l>fV Wl?g f WW ??WWNW*V?f ? ? the register or receiver of any of the land offices of the United Stales, shall be authorized, and it shall be the duty of sai'l officers, to administer any oath or oaths, tvhich now are or hereafter may be, required by law, in connection with the entry or purchase of any tract of land; and, if any person shall, knowingly or wilfully, swear falsely to any fact con laineu in umii ui niuuaf Ik ou v? made, lie or she shall be deemed and held guilty of perjury, and shall, on conviction, suffer all the pains, penalties, and diaabili* lies, which attach to said crime, in other cases of perjury, under the laws of the United States: Provided, That such land, officers shall not, directly or indirectly, charge or receive anv compensation for administering such oaths. Arrnovur, June 12, IS40. [Public?No 15,] AN ACT for the discontinuance of th? office of surveyor general in the several districts, so soon as the surveys therein can be completed, for abolishing land