The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, November 25, 1840, Image 2

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" p^i'i:rscfAii. _ 11 Tiir: voir: OF SOtTii'CAUOLIN.Y.j it wms .vu-eringly ?>i?e.l the oilier day ; t>. iif. New Y>?rii Courier ij- Enquirer, j %vis:w will South Carolina il<>, now that ! rr vote cannot influence the Presidential j Question?" -iiV l-i:U paper continues, 11 her vole could eject Van ICukn, he; v.ju}il undoubtediy get i;. Inn she loves;, Itiio mo well cnou?h ti? trowhii! iiersell ( bowt hint, now limi in* is defeated.*'? Such tilings have been repeatedly said, and e class of polilicans have taken it (' *i granted thai this Slate needed the incite- i, went of success to induce her to vote fir; Mr. Van Burkn; that she v.ouhl sustain > him, if she could keep liim in power, but! .would turn her back upon liim if her proved to be the losing party; that site I would he willing, nay joyful, to partaker of his triumph, but thai her respect fori him, or Iter courage, would shrink from j sharing his defeat. Such considerations i sound to ns very strangely. South Curo- , Jiuians, Whigs though they be, would not, , we think, venture so to dishonor the ( State. Wo notice these suggestions, not be-1 cause they have been made, by men in- j caprble of appreciating or studious loj, wrong the principles and feelings ofSonib j; Carolina, but because they have an ap-i, parent, not real concidcnce, with views | expressed by one of the most venerated ; t)f our own public men. Will South Carolina in any contingency ! fail to vote for Van )3uren? We ask not' this question, with intent to canvass the j ' strength of parties, and the publicly de- J claTcd principles of the members elect of of the Legislature. As far as we have! observed, we believe there is no differ-] erence of puinion between the friends of the two candidates for Governor?botli1 hare as a general rule, declared their pre- j * ' ? - r, | lerencc lor ivir. van ?mu ^noileston Delegation is, we believe, unanimous?that of Edgefield and Barnwell, which support Col. Hammond, arc equally so?the few Whigs in the Legislature ! are not likely to do much for Gen. II?r-| rison. So far as the two candidates for i the Presidency are concerned, the Legis-1 Jature is almost unanimously for Mr. Van ; Bi:rkn, and that is every where cooccd-! cd. But it is urged that they are only in ! favor of hint, if they can elect him. There is no third candidate for the Pre-' sidcncy. The vote must be given fur one of these two, or it must be z blank?put-1 ting them both aside as equally obnoxious,1 and deciding that a nobody is belter than ; cither. Can the Stale so vote? And we j allude now to her established and long; cherished principles, as the only guide to a correct answer South Carolina has given to the Admi- j nistration of Mr. Van Buren her appro-' val and support. Burying old hostilities, yielding up a multitude of prejudices, forced against all party feeling to nCfcnow!- ^ , edge the constitutionality an J justness of ' l -I ...I ho IDC pilUCipiCS DC UVUWCU UIIU llltujuiH ?IV , proposed, she has yield to him no com-1 parative, but a positive and hjarty support?she support which honest men must over give to their own principles, wherever they rind them in contest. He is a-' gainst a National Bank?so are we. He is opposed to a protective Tariff, to Internal Improvements by the Federal { rovemrrcrfT, to the assumption of the Slate debts, to putting the public money in the keeping of speculators, to the reception by the government of any thing hut the legal currency?he is the open, uncompromising enemy of all the designs ofthc Abolitionists?and are not these too our principles? Are not these also the very principles for faithfully adhering to which he has been opposed and over, thrown? To what end, but that an administration of opposite principles might bo made to take his place? If then we could elect him by our vote, we should think of securing the triumph of those great fundamental doctrines of the republican school. We should vote for him, because it would be giving a solemn sanction to principles that we deem necessary to the continuance of the Union?and an equally eolemn condemnation of the heresies of Federalism. We cannot escapo passing the judgment, before the world. The candidates' representing, by our own concession in word and deed through the last three years, principles that we cherish, and principles that we repudiate, are before us. If we reject bcith^ and give a blank vote, we decide that one set ot principles are as worthless as the; other?or what is worse, we decide that a course of policy and the avowal of doctrines that compelled us to support Mr. Van Bunes in power, have no sufficient; importuncc to induce us to pass a vote of; approval on him, now that he has lost power. Situated as things are now, the! vote of the Siato for Mr. Nan IU ue.v. ' ?Ml nnli' .1 A ? Ui oa i will xtittw ? mvi i'liuiiwii tliUi OilVf uiyivivo ' fast by the principles she Ins hitherto so! unanimously ami zealously sustained. It' would I e an unheard of reason for with-! holdiog such votes, that the enemies of I Those principles have secured a momenta-' w tr'uMnnli. and that thev arc therefore' -J I -* in emminent danger of supplanted* mid tram plod 011. It is not thus l!iat the' people of South Carolina reason, nor are; they capable of deserting the standard of Stale flight# for no better pretence than ' 1 that the battle goes hard and there is ur-; d gent need of all tln-ir resolution and' strength to save the union from lasting subjugation 1'' Federalism. Tin's gjuc'i we have tlmngth proper to say, by way of indicating the reason# which have already decided the State of1 South Carolina to caslber electoral vote or MARTIN VAN 15UREN. Charleston Mercury. Fmm lite liic/tmoitil Enquirer. TO THE REPUBLICANS OF VIRGINIA. Gallant comrades! we are defeated inj die Union, but we have saved the Citadel, i Let us ncvei strike the flag?never givel 11 j* the ship. It was our purpose to have) addressed you to-day, on the past and on the future; but we have no space to spare, ;?n?! we must reserve that commission for the next week. We content ourselves today with laying before you the manly reflections of the Republican press of the North What a noble spirit do they exhibit! It is indeed the true fire of the flint. We bog you especially to read tne arucie from the pen of ftryant, Editor of the New York Evening Post, and the first poet of America?as masculine in his prose as he is beautiful in his poetry. With him, wc think we have much to do. There is 110 cause for despondency, but every thing to stimulate the generous spirits of the laud to bolder, to more successful exertions. Mr. Van Buren .is indeed beaten; but in the midst of his defeat, ho hears himself with the equanimity of the sage and the courage of the hero. "I took tea (says an intimate friend) with the President last evening, lie acknowledges himself defeated; but he hears it like a hero who has fallen in his country's cause." . And well may he bear it with philosophy and dignity. fie is indeed an object of envy, instead of regret, lie retires with the approbation of his own conscience, and amid the applauses of all impartial men. History has a rich recompense for him, and .1.. jjubiuiuj i11 ill' nun juonct. PROSPECTS OF A GENERAL WAR. To Louis Philippe, King of the French. May it please your Majesty?Among the political parties existing in Great Britain, there is one the members of which appear to entertain a favorable opinion cf your Majesty's character and understanding. They persuade themselves, and per haps with reasonr that you sincerely desire peace, not simply because it is necessary to ensure the stability of your throne, but from a respect for human life, and a natural, deep*rooted, and growing aversion for strife and bloodshed. To confirm this conviction, however, it is necessary that you discard from your councils and confidence a minister who seems to comprehend neither what is due to others nor to himself. That minister is M. Thiers. After havin<r. bv a fortune at combination of C" - 0 circumstances, acquired the credit of being a shrewd and able statesman, thoroughly conversant with the tempers and interests of the various powers of Europe, lie has, by bis reply to Lord Palmerston, forfeited all claim to so respectable a character, since i:i that document he degenerates into a mere political sophist, insolently confident in his own powers of misrepresentation, and resolved to accomplish by vaii*and frivolous abuse of terms what he is unable to effect by sound reasoning and a frank and candid statement of the truth. Being incapable of explaining away the f.icls related by the British minister, RI. Thiers ventures to contradict them, not, be it remarked, on his own knowledge, but upon the testimony of a third person, and because he has failed to find in the archives of his bureau. documents supporting the statement of Lord Palmcrsion. It will at once be evident to your Majesty that this is a very lame attempt a: escaping from a dlctnmai. Lord Palmersloti, who has himself conducted the dip!oma;ic business of his country during the whole of the period referred to, makes certain affirmations on his own knowledge, his character and honor being pledged for the truth of what he states. INI. Tillers, from having engaged late in the transaction, has no personal concio-.isness to oppose to thai of his lordship, but searches his bureau, and has recourse to the recollections of General Scbasliani, on the strength of which he gives the British minister's memorial a flat contradiction. But this nut enough. To accomplish his purpose. M. Thiers must not only make u certain statement, but must prevail upon the nations of Europe to yield belief to that statement. Now it is certain that lie has done this, or even approached the proper way of doing it, for he neither affirms, nor dares to affirm, that iii lite French archives there exist no documents confirmatory of the statement of Lord Palmcrston; he only says, that during a search, neither very strict nor very preserving, lie could find no such papers. But would a hurried and scrambling investigation like this have seemed sufficient warrant to any one deserving the name of a statesman to put forward a formal contradiction of an English minister's testimony? M. Thiol's is deceived if he imagine that either his own reputation or that of Gen. Sebastiani is so high in Europe, as, a mere ipse dixit, to neutralise the dice of a British nobleman's solemn affirmation* The world is too. well acquainted with the school in which both those gentlemen hare been bred, to give much credit ho anything they may say. unb'-'S their testimony he probable in itself, and corroborated by circumstances; and in the present case b ?th circumstances and probabilities range themselves on the side of Lord palmerston, leaving your Majesty's servants in a most uncomfortable and suspicious position. Again, there is another circumstance which goes to undermind the credibility of M. Thiers; his interpretation, I mean, of what is signified by the integrity of the Ottoman Umpire,*' which, according to him, means en. The chiefs listened with their cusmary silence and decorum to a long >eech, setting forth the advantages that ould accrue to them from this measure, id when he had concluded, begged the itmval of a day to deliberate on U. On the following day, a solemn convoition was held, at which one of their tiefs addressed tin- Governor in the name f ?II ? I' -Unnllia n O colli nothing in the tvorhl hut the absence of m Russian protection. Before this notable to explanation of the phrase had been given, sf it would doubtless have appeared impos- w aiblo to find a respectable politician in Eu- iai rope hardy enough to couple so contemp- r in tiblc a piece of sophistry with his name.! If. may be distasteful and dishonorable to j c; the Sultan to owe the possession of hisicl throne to the employment of Russian ol bayonets; 4nit so long, ashy any instru- " j mentality whatsoever, he maintains the ti : sway over the whole of his ancestral do- tr ! minions, it will be acknowledged by all in men of sober understanding that the in- e tegrity of his empire is preserved. M. (1 Thiers, however, has framed a novel idea o of integrity, which he believes to be per- rr fectly compatible with the separation and y loss of all the intrcgal parts* According si to these views, your Majesty will still pre- t; serve your throne and kingdom in nil their fi integrity though England should claim tl : and recover possession of her ancient ti j provinces of Normandv, Picardy. Guien- h m 1 1 1- /iAMnftontr rr MP, I ourcnnc, auu inuugu ucmh?h; & should successful!/ assert her right to all s the country along the banks of the Rhine, j I and though the remainder should be bro- li ken up into so many independent sover- b ingiies. Integrity of empire, in fact, as t< i expounded by this new political sage^sig- tl Initios, anything or nothing according to ] | circumstances so that Turkey is as entire h and complete now as before Greece asser- y led its independence, or Mohamad Ali robbed it of Egypt, or your Majesty of j tl Algiers. I mention this circumstance, s because it appears to be lost sight of, that fi France has long since commenced the (lis- tl | memberment of the Ottoman Ee'pire; not a simply by favoring the ambition of rebel a pashas, but by apportioning to itself a s large portion of the Turkish territories, y 'Such Being the state of the case, your d | .Majesty must net be greatly surprised if | the rest of Europe persist in believing tl France to have still some sinister and sel- m fish end in view. It is even reported that h orders have been issued to the French ti fleet under Admiral Augonic to seize up- 1 ? ii.? nt Ifnnnt <1mt ia ?n cnmmrnp.e e I I'll lilt; jUJI l l/l 11UIIV.II| IllUk tw ?V WW... the war by a moat audacious and profli- e ! gate act of aggression. And such an act |> on the part of France' though it might f 'excite deep disgust and resentment, a would surprise no one, since duplicity " and bad taiih have long been the dislin- <1 gulshing characteristics of her policy. I h will venture, however, as a British subject, to remind your Majesty there is ac- r tually stii! in existence such a thing as a I1 British fleet, and that the hulls of Admi- t ral Ilugon's ships are not impenetrable to t British balls. The probability, accor- r dingly is, that should your minister veil- a ture upon this most insolent, wicked, and a disgraceful step, a British force would be h sent to fire your fleet in the harbour of n Kancn, and thus inflict signal chastise- k incut upon France in the sight of those b ; very people who witnessed her infrac- t . tions of the law of nations. Be this as it v I nny, let your Majesty be fully persuaded u ! of one thing, namely, that although j Great Britian he desirous of maintaining t! , llie peace of the world, she is still as able t1 ,l_r 1 k?? Imnnr n 11 it In i< as evtr w uuicuu uv? umi punish in any nation whatsoever the slight- f est attempt to invade her rights, or to (lis- b pule her naval supremacy. It is not our a practice, as your Majesty must be well a aware, to boast and bluster and menace a I our neighbours, but when just cause of t : war is furnished us by others, we usually C strike home, and our blows, as Trance t can tell, arc long remembered. It is tbe t| consciousness, indeed, of these truths v ; now rouses the irritability of your Majes- t j tv's journalists, and stings them inio some- 11 thing very much resembling madness.? v Hut if he be "thrice armed who hath his v quarrel just," England has good reason to v be confident at the present crisis, since it ' is supported not only by the conscious- v ness of unrivalled strength, but by the i certainty that in putting fourth that h strength it will only be asserting the t cause of justice, humanity, and good p faith. Such are the views and sentiments t of every true-born Englishman, as your r : Majesty and your people will, I doubt t not, find, should the present disputes ri- t ! non infd lincliliCitu* I / GREVILLE BROOKE. t } P. S. It mny be gratifying to your Ma- i jesty to be informed that j\ve at present t entertain no design of fortifying London u ; or any other of our great cities, not g being under the slightest apprehension of d a hostile visit from your Majesty. We can in fact repeat, with truth, the Spartan boast, that our wives and daughters j a have not for many generations beheld the j |, smoke of an enemy's camp. Besides, i "the citizens of London being freemen, (] would not suflcr their government to coop e i them up u'liliin walls, which shows the [ | difference which yet exist between En ! ,| glishir.en and Frenchmen. No British;,] J minister would dare to face the House of j 5 Commons with a project for overawing;(] London by fortifications. Wc manage | r 1 these things at least better iti England. j | [English Papers. t [From the Knickerbocker for October.] c A SEMINOLE TRADITION. [ BY WASHINGTON IRVING e When the Floridas were erected into a ) territory of the United States, one of the ] earliest cares of the Governor. William v P. Duval, was directed to the instruction and civilization of the natives. For this purpose lie called a meeting ol the chiefs, c in which he informed thonj of the wish of (J their Great Father at Washington, that c they should have schools and teachers c among them, and that their children should be instructed like the children of white I ( ail uir list, .?*? uiwiucif OUiu ..V| we have been thinking over the proposion of our Grout Father at Washington, ) send teachers and sot tip schools among s. We arp very thankful for the interst he lakes in our welfare; but after much ('liberation, have concluded to decline his fier.?What will do very weil for white len, will not do for red men. I know ou white men say we all come from the ame father an ! mother, but you are mis1 ke. * We have a tradition handed down out our forefathers, ami we believe it, lat the Great Spirit, when he undertook ) make turn, made the black man, it was is first attempt, and pretty well for a beinning: but lie soon saw ?hat he bungled; r> he determined o try his hand again, le did so, and he made the red man. lie ked him much better than the black man, lit still lie was not exactly what he wan[!tl. So he tried once more, and made fie white man?and then he was satisfied. t ... .1 f ,U..? ?n? ,vnr? mndf? [Oil see, inereiure, mat juu ist, oiul that is the reason I call you my onngcst brother. When t!te Great Spirit had made the iiree men. he called them logether and bowed them three boxes. The first was lied with books, and maps, and papers; tie second with hows and arrows, knives ml tomahawks; the third, with spades, xcs, hues, and hammers. "These, my ons," said he, "are the means by which ou are to live; chose among tliern accoring 10 your f.iiirv.*' The white man being (he favorite, head lie first choice, lie passed by the box of forking -tools, without notice; but when e came to the weapons for war and liunln<r_ he stunned and looked hard at them. The red man trembled, fur lie had set his yc upon that box. The white man, howvcr, aficr looking upon it for a moment, assed on, and chose the box of hooks and lapers. The red man's turn ramc ilex', nd you mnv be sure he seized with joy ipon the bows and arrows and tomahawks. Ls to the black man, he had no choice pft, but to put up with the box of tools. From this it is clear that the Groat Spiit intended the white man should learn o read and write; to understand all about he moon and stars; and to make every hing, even rum and whiskey. That the cd man should be a first rate burner, and miglitv warrior, but he was not to learn ny thing from books, as the Great Spirit ad not given him any; nor was he to nakc rum and whiskey, lest he should ill himself with drinking. As to the Jack man. as ho had nothing but working ools, it was clear he.was to work for the rhile and red man, which he has contihed to do. We must go according to the wishes of n ~ he Great Spirit, or we shall get into rouble. To know how to read and write s very good for white men, fiut very bad or red nun. It makes white men belter, ut red men worse. Some of the Creeks ml Chcrokeos learnt to read and write, nd they are the greatest rascals among II lite Indians. They went to Washingmi ami said they were going to see their Jreat Father, to talk about the good of lie nation. And when they got there, [ley all wrote upon a litile piece of paper, mho lit the nation at home knowing any liing about it. And the first thing the lation at home know of the matter, they rcrc called together by I he Indian agent, I'lio showed them a little piece of paper, I'hicli he told them was a treaty, which heir brothers had made in their names, villi their Great Father at Washington, tnd as they knew not, what a treaty was, le held up the little piece of paper, and bey looked under it, and lo! it covered a ;rcal extent of country, and they found hat their brethren, by knowing how to end and write, had sold their houses, and heir lands, and the graves of their faher.-; and that the white man, by knowng how to read and write, had gained hem. Tell our Great Father at Washnylon, therefore, that we are very sorry hat ue cannot receive teachers among is; for reading anil writing though very rood for white men, is very bad for In liana. Eating.?Every animal f ats as msich s it can procure, and as much a* it can told. A cow ca:s but to sleep, and sleeps nit to cut; and nut content with eating all lay long, "twice it slays the slain," and ats its dinners o'er again. A whale swalows 10,000,000 of living shrimps at a Iraught; a nursling canary bird eats its >wti bulk in a day, and a caterpillar eats >00 limes its own weight before it lies lown to rise a butterfly. The mite and naggot eat the very world in which they 1 ve; they nestle and build in the roast icef, and the hyena, for want of better, iuts himself. Yet the maggot has not the rout, and the whale is not subject to sciatica. And the Esquimaux, though he ats le.ii pounds ul seal, and drinks a galoii of oil at a tneyl and though his meal asts as long his meat, is neither troubled vith dyspepsia, toothache, or hysterics. Curious Bonnet.?A bonnet is now ixiiiiiiiinu 'it tt.e Institute iu Niblo's garIcn, Ncw Y??rk, made of Melon seeds. It (Milains 8703 seeds and 17,770 stitches, aeli taken with a needle! This ts a monuricnt of both patience and industry. Troy Mail. 111 mi i i gAgj&fflg 3?WSia&1h* OAttXDE?, &OABOLXNA. WEDNESDAY MOHNISG, NOV. 85, 1840. Tbo absence of the Editor, during the last week, must be our apology to day, for the barrenness of this department of our paper. Ei.eazar Waterman Esq. has succeeded Mr. Wtir liam CiiAruAN in tho Editorial management of th^ Georgetown Amencav. If we mistake not, Mri Waterman bas already considerable experience in the duties of the editorial chair, having formerly' been editor and proprietor of the Winyaw Intell? gcncor. Removal op the seat op Government.?Tho I Charleston Putriot, of Thursday lost, has a long I article, on the subject of the removal of the scat of Government from Columbia to Charleston; a subject which we havo very Iittlo doubt will fa brought up for consideration in tho Legislature. We have heard this matter'spokon of before in private circles,and many reasons urged why the change should bomade, most of which, as well those mentioned inprivate, as those given in the Patriot, arc to say tho | least, carious. We have not leisure at this time, to notice there 1 reasons, but shall on some other occasion give our readers the benefit of them. i James Rose Esq. was, on Friday last, unanimously rc-olectcd President of the South Western Rail Road Bank. The Legislature ??f South Carolina, assembled at Columbia on Monday last.? We have not vet received Gov. Hennk can's Message. The Weather.?We have had a cool summer, and have, so far, been favoured i with a mild season. The mornings are i cold, but we have had most delightful days j of warm sunshine; such as our fair sunny clime is so justly celebrated for. Bright ! enough to tempt even the invalid to breathe 1 the pure atmosphere. ; The Southern Ladies' Book.?The 1 j September number has reached us, and an 'excellent number it is. We are assured f ... j by the publisher of his intention to perse| vere, amiJ nil the difficulties he has to encounter. Among the articles in this number, wc notice a poem from the pen of A_ B. Meek, of Tuscaloosa, Ala., the reputed author of ''Richard liurdis" *m\ of "Border Beagles," also, one from Mrs. Caroline Lke Hentz. This lady's style ia ni.iimiloi.U- <>!lnnl?il Jo jli?> nriirinnl tlpciirn )'?. .j ............ ..... ?..e 6.. of "The Southern Ladies' Book." There are, also, several correspondents from our own Slate,] and among the number, some from Cuindcn. Success to the work. GoDEy's Lady's Book.?The December Number has already arrived. It is unexceptionably the most punctual of the ; monthiys we receive. The engravings j "The Deatli of Luath," is most exquisite. The print of Fashions is coloured, and contains four figures. The publisher announces his intention of furnishing a Fashion Plate monthly in his next volume. There are, as usual, two pages of good Music, with the customary amount of literary matter. Miss Leslie will hereafter furnish an article for each number. Six attempts have been made to assassinate Louis Pini-LirE, since his elevation to the Throne of France. The entire popolation of the world, is now said to be, eight hundred and sixty millions; of which there are two hundred sixty millions Christians, four millions of Jews, ninety-six millions Mahomcdans, 1 " 1 1 > .?!ll!rtnr o f Tfl/tlfltnri of .(and live nunuruu unmuiu u. ?. | all sorts. I Lible Convention.?Our readers will perceive, from the subjoined notice, that ! a very important movement is about to be j made, at Columbia, in reference to the i Cible cause in this State. We trust that a full attendance will bo secured at tbe : time and place appointed, and that the j noble and christian object in viefr will be i fully accomplished.?Charleston Courier* i BIBLEj CONVENTION. I Those who are familiar with the histo- J | ry<)f ihc.distribution of the Bible ip South ^ I Carolina, remember that in December, 1830, a convention composed of Hates from our different local DiVib Socie-v ties, Was heldjat Columbia, y,'nich resuk ted, it is believed, in the aobsequent siip?. nlv'nf almosi'every p*rt of the State, with. I~ J t ? - , topics of the word of God. It' is apprehended, however, that lh? changes so often taking place in onr population, together with other causes, render it necessary that the same laudable ob 'ect should again be. undertaken. Accordingly. another convention was proposed to be held at the sam.0 place in December, J837, which, from untoward circumstan-. ces, failed of effect. As there is ground for apprehending that the need for continued aud active exertions in this great and good cause, is scarcely in any degree diminished, the Ilible Society of Charleston respectfully, invites all kindred societies throughout lie State, and the friends of the objeot