The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, August 08, 1849, Image 2
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From the Washington Union.
WHQJIAS BE I'RAYBl) THE SOUTH!
It cannot he denied, that a very great change
in relation to the subject of slavery has taken
t?lace in the free State?, not only in the senti
ments which prevail among the mass or the
people ofthose States, hut in the political action
of both of the great parties into which they are
divided. The fact can cot he denied, that it is
hut a few year* since when Abolitionism was
a meagre faction even in the New England
States, and its advocates were even there treated
with contempt, ridicule, and sometimes with
violence, when they attempted to hold meetings
for the purpose of discussing the doctrines which
they professed. Nor had it made any headway
in Congress. The South presented, at that
time, an- undivided front upon a question which
affected so vitally her great interest, and she
was sustained by a hand of firm and intrepid
friends among the Democrats of the ftce States,
which"enabled her in a great measure to suppresseven
the agitation of the dangerous question
of slavery. It cannot he denied, that not
more than six years ago the South was mumpliant
in the halls of Congress on this question,
which so intimately involves her peace and
secmity, and was enabled through the fidelity
of the Democratic Representatives frotn the
free States, effectually to suppress all agitation
upon the subject. Such was the state of things
no farther hack than six years.
Now what is the gtale of the question both
in Congress and the Stales in which slavery
does not exist? I Congress the South have
been defeated and prostrated on thisgreat ques.
tion. She has been insulted, and even the sa
cred guaranties of the Constitution, which should
be her protection, have been grossly violated
and trampled upon in the House of Representatives.
The rules adopted to prevent the agitation
of the subject have been repealed, and even
on the great question relating to the territories,
she has failed in obtaining the rights and securities
which she claims under the Constitution.
And what is the state of the question in the
free States? A change equally as radical and
profound hat there taken place among both
people and politicians. Six years ago the South
could relylmplitity upon the support of one of
the great parties at the North. She had friends
in Congress from the North belonging to the
Democratic party, who nobly defended and
maintained her rights. But now, what is the
vt 1.. ?it tkniu frii>nds have
state on Dings j ne#nj ?.
I>een stricken down and have disappeared, and
sheis left to battle for her rights almost alone
and single-handed. These are facts, stubborn
facts, and they cannot ho denied. And now
it remains to inquire into the causes which have
produced this great change in the sentiments
and conduct of the people ofthe free States, and
in Congress, tipon the subject of slavery, and
to ascertain, if possible, who have been its au.
thors. ... v .
fn our judgement, there is but one cause and
tho authors to that cause are as apparent to our
vietr as the cause itself. It is the alliance of
the Southern Whigs with Northern Whigs; for
which tho leaders ofthe Whig party in the
South are alone responsible. Let us look
back into the history of the slavery question in
Congress, and see if we have not abundant ev.
idence to support the position which we have
assumetL
Every Southern man will remember, that the
agitation of tho slave question in Congress is
comparative^ of recent date. It commenced
under tho authority of the late John Quincy
Adams, who owed a debt of hatred and revenge
to tho South for the political hostility which
both he and his father encountered from the Dr.
mocracy of that portion of the Union. He be.
came the great agitator, and the patron of the
pretended right of petition, under which the ab.
olilionisfs claimed the right ofinnndating both
Congress and the country with their inflama.
ble matter upon the subject of slavery. In
1839, tbo nuisance had become so intolerable
in the House of Representatives, that body
found it necessary to take some steps to suppress
and Dut an end to it. And hence the resolu
tions known as theMAtherton resolutions" were
adopted. Those resolutions were presented l?y
Mr. Atberton, a Democratic member from New
Hampshire, and were adopted by a unanamou*
vole on the pari of ihe Southern members, and
n large share of the Democratic members, from
the free States, very few if any Whigs from the
free States, voting for them. They provided
that Abolition petitions should be received and
referred to a committeo without reading.
Still the agitation was not allayed. Under
the lead of Mr. Adams, aided r.nd assisted by
Mr. Slade, a Whig from Vermont, and Mr.
Giddings, another Whig from Ohio, petitions of
the most objectionable character, and most insuiting
to the South, continued to bo presented
in greater numbers than ever; and so great was
the excitement produced by them, and the consequent
interruption of business, that the House
was compelled, at the session of 1939-'40to
adopt the celebrated 2lst rule, which excluded
the reception of petitions upon the subject of
slavery. This resolution was adopted by tho
unanimous vote of the Southern members, and
twenty-eight Northern Democrats; all the whig
members from the free States voting against
them except one. Thus, at that time, the whole
Whig party of the North had abandoned the
interests of the South and corne out on the side
the Abolitionist*; leaving the South and a Hevoted
band of Northern Democrats to fight the
battles of the South against the incendiaries,
who were endeavoring to light up the torch of
insurrection and servile war in her very bosom.
After this clear demonstration that the South
bod nothing to hope from the Whigs of the North
and everything to hope from t^n Democrats who
bad proved to be her true and steadfast friend*,
what course ought she to have pursued? Tho
voice of reason and oI common sense answer*,
that shn should hare stood by her true friends
in tho free States, the Democrats. But what
course did she take? Tho Democrats of the
South coutinuod to support the Noithern friends
of tho South but the Whigs of the South desert
ed I hern. After this demonstration ot division
among the politicians an<l people of the South,
and the alliance of the Southern Whigs with
the Northern Whig*, what whs the course o(
the latter? They became open and avowed
Abolitionists. They passed resolutions against
slavery, not only in their popular conventions
but in their Slate Legislature*, and permitted
no opportunity to pass to inflame the popular
mind against slavery. And in Congress, Whig
Representatives from the North voted on nil oc.
cations and on all questions, against the Demo,
crats who had maintained the rights of the
Sooth, They joined with the Abolitionists in
hunting down and destroying politically every
Northern man who dared to stand up in defence
of the constitutional rights of the South. Ann
while these Whig enemies of the South were
eogagaged in this infamous tvork of hunting
down the true friends of the South, Southern
Whigs aided them and encouraged them, exulting
with them over every victim whom they
had prostrated and destroyed. Southern Whijji
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rejoiced in every victory, which their Northern I
Abolition allies pained over the democracy of I
the North, upon whom clone the South could I
rely for the defence of lie.r rights. When the I
Permeracyol New Hampshire was tempera- i
rilv broke down and defeated by the treachery I
of Hale, Southern Whigs, both orators and pros, t
ses. were loud in their rejoicing at the event.
They exulted at the election of Hale to the i
Senate and again in the election of Wilson and I
Tuck ( Abolitionist) to the House. These are (
facts which cannot with truth be denied or gainsave
i. It cannot be denied that so far back as <
the adoption of the twenty first rule, the North- I
em Democrats were the only friends which the I
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omnil IIUU III IIIC5 ilt/iiii. iiMi V.IUI am i/w mv%?
that from that day this, Northern Whigs,
aided and abetted bv Southern Whigs, liave
been constantly hunting them down, making
this very friendship to tlie South and support of
Southern rights the pretext and cause of accusa- I
against them. <
But these are not all the flirts going to show .<
the treachery of Southern Whigs to Southern :
interests?conduct which has tended more than |
all other causes to alienate the Democratic f
friends of the Soutii, and to throw her great t
interests at the mercy of Northern Abolitionism. |
In the session of 131'2-'43 the 21>t rule was I
repealed. It was accomplished by the. unani- [
mints vote of the Northern Whigs, and a portion
of Northern Democrats, and several Southern t
W liigs?Stanly of North Carolina, and Botts of <
Virginia, being among them. Mere is an in- s
stance in which Southern Whigs not only do- t
serled the true friends of the South from the i
Norfh, but they deserted the Southern cause j .1
itself. After such, a betrayal of Southern c:
interests by tint Southern Whigs, could the c
South look longer even to the. Northern Demo- t
crats for sympathy and support. We appeal t
to all candid Southern men of all parties, and t
conjure them to ponder this ques'ion. But this t.
is not all. The territorial question came up, c
and was debated in Congress. Northern s
Democrats desired that the question should be p
settled. Mr. Clayton's compromise bill was q
offered; and while not a Northern Whig voted ?'
for it, enough of the Northern Democratic p
Representatives did, to insure its passage if all p
the Southern Whigs had voted for it. But e
they did not. Eight of them, including Ste- t<
phens of Georgia, and Pendleton of Virginia, a
voted against, defeated it, and left a legacy for r
the present, to distract the country and nipnace v
its peace and tranquility. Here is another o
desertion of Southern interests by Southern li
Wh igs, acting in alliance with the Whigs of v
the North, who were unanimous against the ti
passage of the compromise bill. fi
But the catalogue of treachery on the part of 1<
Southern Whigs to southern interests is not yet a
complete. The Democrats nominated a can- p
didate who avowed himself in favor of non-in- d
tervention in reference to the territories. On ti
the other hand, the Whigs put forward a can- S
didate who would not commit himself on the r
question of slavery in the territories. He was s
supported at the South, on the ground that he o
was a slaveholder, which was alledged to be a u
sufficient guaranty to the Soqth that he would tl
veto the Wilinol Proviso; while at the North he S
was supported on the ground that he would not r
veto the Proviso, because ho had pledged him- u
self against the use of the veto power; and tl
moreover, as asserted hy Abott Lawrence and c
' Truman Smith, had written private letters as. o
j suring them that he would not veto that meas- e
i ure if it should pass through Congress. Thus si
j was a deliberate fraud perpetrated upon cither v
; the North or the South, and perpetrated, too, if
1 through the agency of a Southern Whig slave- a
holder, and countenanred l?y Southern Whigs, a
! And th is base game of treachory and double ft
dealing is still going on. Gen. Taylor has not n
inado known the course which he will pursue it
in the event of the passage ofthoWilmot Pro. p
visn. Hi* personal organ in this city, the Re- a
public, refuses to answer question* put to it with tc
a view to ascertain what course (Jen. Taylor h
designs to pursue in relation to this agitating fl
question. And to this day it is not known tl
whether or not Gen. Taylor will approve the e
Wilmot Proviso?lie and his followers hoping f
to extricate themselves from the infamous (rand ii
and deception which they have practised upon a
the country by the accidents of the next twelve {
months, which they hope may introduce California
as a sovereign State in the Union, and (
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' thus prevent the exposure* or meir snameiui
machinations connected with the Chief .Magistracy
of this great and proud Republic.
Hut even this is not all. Southern Whigs
aided in nominating and electing Millard Fillmore
to the office of Vice President, who is an
avowed Abolitionist, and is in favor not only of
the Wilmot Proviso, but of the abolition of
slavery in the District of Columbia, and of the
interdictions of the slave trade between the
States. This is another undeniable and damning
fact, going to show the treachery of Southern
Whigs to Southern interests. Many more
might be named, such as the election by South,
ern votes of Robert C. Winthrop, a Northern
Whig Abolitionist, to the Speaker's chair, and
appointment by Gen. Taylor of Messrs. Kwing
and f*?|!am >r to his Cabinet, two well known
Abolitionists and Wilmot Proviso men?the
latter voting for every Abolitionist proposition
while he was in Congress, even Gott's resolution
to abolish slavery in this District; and the
removal by Gen. Taylor of Northern Democrats
who hare constantly and uniformly, in Congress
and out of it, voted lor and supported the inter"
csts of the South. i
Such are tho facts which in our minds con- I
clusively convict Southern Whigs of treachery
to Southern interests. They cannot be denied f
because they stand out in hold relief upon the i
records of Congress and the country. Nothing i
but the most reckless mendacity will venture to ;
; deny that ten, nay six years ago, the great body !
of the Not them Democrats stood firmly and s
faithfully by the interests and rights of the t
South, while tho Whigs of the North were then, t
and have ever since been, the enemies of the
south. None will deny that from that time I
ivi.:.?. 1 i
until tnc present, oouim-ru u.i.i; m-cu
in political alliance wilh Northern Whigs in i
hunting down and destroying Northern Demo. I
crnts, who arc the trim friends of the South.?
[1 it starango, th?n, that Northern Democrats
should heroin.' disheartened, and in the end j
disgusted with the Mack ingratitude ond trenchery,
on the part of the Whigs of the South, and
should change their course, and in self-defence <
take tin' sumo ground urion the subject of slavery ;
which Northern Whigs have always taken,
. without incurring the censure of their allies of l
. the South. We are not surprised that surh has
ercr been the rest! t, although we are deeply
grie.ved. We aro grieved that Southern inter
ests should be betrayed by Southern men, and i
! Southern rights struck down by Southern hand".
I Now, what is the remedy ? Is it for (ho people,
i of the South to hold Southern Whigs responsi.
r ble for this criminal betrayal of Southern inter- i
i ests. Let the traitors to Southern interests be !
. called to nccount for tho treason which they |
' have committed, by the people of the South, I
i whom they have deceived, cajoled, and at lost >
betrayed. Let the Whig leaders of the South
be summoned to the bar of the people, to answer
for their treachery to the interests of the South,
hi this way can justice he vindicated and the
rights of the South preserved. In this way can
he unnatural and revolting alliance between
lie Whig leaders of the South and the Abolition
Whigs of the North be broken up, and Southern
rights vindicated and sustained. And then the
South can, with the utmost confidence, again
claim the friendship and support of Northern
Democrats. At the approaching elections for
Congress in the Southern States, let their pariotic
and enlightened people recollect those
facts, and discard the traitors from the public
councils.
ANTI.SLAVERY PRESSES IN THE
SOUTH.
Emboldened by the success of the \\ra.?!liinnren
New Era, the Abolitionists arc thinking of
establishing other presses in I he South. We
iti^gpst to them that their work may be better
iccompiishcd in another form. Anti-slaver
aresscs, under that name, can accomplish little
or their cause. To say nothing of the peril of
hose pngnged in the enterprise, the. Southern
jeoplo ''forewarned," would be '-forearmed."
Knowing the Purpose designed, they would be
ireparedto resist its execution.
The wisest policy these fanatics can adopt, i<
o send out their Emissaries, who may, by disguising
th'dr purposps, succeed in placing themselves
in charge of Southern political presses.
\ little caution and circumspection is all that
s necessary for the success of the plan. The
merits selected fir the work should be able to
lisavow membership with an Anti-Slavery So.'iety,
whenever interrogated. (And many of
he most uncompromising Free Soilers could do
his with troth,) Once in the editorial chair, let
hem show the warmest political zeal, and most
mscriiptilnm partizans devotion; thus will No
sfablished a claim upon party sympathies and
[ratitude, upon which strong reliance must ho
laced in caso of an emergency, during subw(iiont
operations. In furtherance of their
[reat object, such gentlemen will probably he;in
with the manifestation of great National
atriotism, followed by ardent love ol'tlx* Union,
xhibited in frequent quotations from Washing,
on's Farewell Address. Thpy will of course
;S?ail with fiendish malignity, under the odious
mines of "Agitators" and "Disunionists," all
vho lake a firm and prominent stand in behalf
f Southern rights?well knowing that the Alioitionists
will have accomplished half their work,
then they can induce the Southern people to
a withdraw their confidence from their true
riends, their wisest and most vigilant counsel,
ars ? They will scent with the keenest smell
ny thing making its appearance in Southern
rcsses, or corning from the Southern men, toning
to invalidate the claims of the South, and
discourage her in the maintainancn of them,
uch expressions of sentiment will be eagerly
epublifihed. as an indication of feeling among
lave-holers. By freely quoting from each
thcr, quite an impression ma)', in this way, be
inde, and the opinion conveyed to the North
lal there is a vrry powerful minority in the
louth who are opposed to the extension ofslavc'*'
?llmlilinn ihpv
i nrjr win iiih iiuMitair j
ill only prove to us how much better ofi'arc
ie free than the slave States. They can nevr
find room in their colurns for a vindication
f tho South, however temperate. When call
d upon by unsuspecting patrons to republish
uch a production as El wood Fishery's they
. ill be able to discern in it Tariff, or anti TarT
views, which their political views will not
llow them to circulate* On the other hand,
speech from Denton will be. hailed as a per5Ct
God send ! its attacks upon Southern
ten gloled over with cannibal appetites, and
s arguments against the South landed and reublished
as the perfect logic ! Propose to them
ny plain by which the Sou'h may become amid
and powerful, and yon are met with num.
crless objections?you are told that the time
ir 'action' has not come?that there is no
anger?that this or that man having been eloctd
President, trust him and all will go well,
'eace, peace, is their cry. The South is lulled
uto fancied security, and any one who would
rouse her are denounced as traitors to the
Jnion !
Exempli Grati. Wo refer to the Augusta
Chronicle and Sentinel. Our portrait is peraps
not well executed, hut we are sure no one
rqnaintcd with the original would fail t?> rerog.
lise it. That paper is said to he edited by Dr.
jfo, late from Western New York?a writer
ffine talents. It is truly a '.Model Anli Southrn
papers,'published in the South. We have
nrsued it regularly for months with startling
nterest. We hesitate not to say, what we concientiouslv
believe, that the abolition paper
inth'.r thul name in every town in (Jcorgia.
vould not accomplish so much, f>r the ruin of
ho South, as this one sheet. The reader of
ivowed Abolition papers know what they are
tersuing, and are prepared to question its soundless
; hut the. multitude, suspecting nothing,
wallow Abolitionism, disguised as it is in a
Southern paper, never dreaming that its eflects
viII bo to destroy their antipathy to Northern
anaticism, and sooth them into the most listless
ndiflerencc as to their vi'.al interests.
Floridian.
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.
Nkw Yurk, July 28.
The steamer Crescent City arrived here last
light, bringing one month's later news from
California.
The steamer Panama arrived at Panama from
inn Francisco on the 1 lth of July. She. brings
MM. 1* | ,t.. :
SOUIJ.UUU in got" IIIIH" l in* g'"o 1,1 ,,IU oiiiiirs
is represented as being abundant, fully realising
ill expectations. There, are estimated at Irorn
25,0(10 to 30,000 persons employed in digging
it the mines, lint it is only those, who are acmslomed
to hard work and fa'igue who can
stand the labor and privations of mining.?
About one half of the miners are said to he
foreigners.
It appears that onr Consul at Panama would
riot assume the responsibility of sending the
California money by the Crescent City.
The British frigate Constance, was at San
Bias bound for tVlazatlan, with two millions of
gold dust on board.
The greatest efforts are making in California
to establish a State Government, ami thereby
demand admittance into the Union of the United
States.
The Alia California of the 14th June contains
a proclamation by Gen. Kiley, warning
the settlers not to countenance the Legislative
Assembly of the District i?f San Francisco, either
by payinpf taxes nr l?y supporting or abetting the
officers of the illegal and unauthorized body.
The same paper contain* a proclamation by
Gen. Riley, which slates tlint lie, in accordnnco
with instructions from the Secretary of War,
has assumed the administration of nflairs in
California, not as Military Governor, but as
Executive of (he Civil Government now existing
in California. The Californian condemns
the terms of Gen. Riley's proclamation, and
iW
d-'fondi the article of iho Legislative Assembly I
alluder to, and'publishes an address in which
they omplain bitterly of the failure of Congress
to girr them a legitimate form of government.
Conplaints are also loud at taxing the inhab!
itants without giving them a form of grant suitable
lr> their protection, especially after the
recila. repeatedly of thejr grievances.
The Assembly earnestly recommends to their 1
fellow citizens the propriety of electing at Ipast i
twelve delegates from eaeh district to attend a
General Convention, to be held at Pnebla or
?___ r .1-- . A it.rnut notf.
oan lose rn me mini .tiwuuujr ... ..., ,
fur he purpose of organising a government for (
the vhole territory of California.
It i* further suggested that these delegates
have discretionary powers to form a State Con- 1
stituiicn, or to adopt such other form of govern* I
iTU'tif, subject to the ratification of the people,
as thry may deem advisable. :
Ad entf."?siaslic meeting was held at San
Francisco on the 13lh June, to consider the (
propiiety of senriiiig delegates to the convention <
above mentioned &c. The 'Ion. Thomas But. |
ier King was President, and adJrcssed the as* |
seirJilage in a (breible manner.
Bisiness at San Francisco is very dull. Dry
goorli and provisions are selling below the original
cost. Lumber is still in great demand, aod
selling for $350 per 1000 feet.
Tiiero is no sickness of amount at the mines, i
Everything is going on quietly and peaceably. (
Tha Cresccut City brings no mails, and but
few passengers.
I The brix? Col. Fremont, and ship Grey Hound. !
I 0 ~
of Baltimore, harl arrived safely at San Fran- 1
I cisco. Ail hands well and in good spirits. 1
Tim i'rescpnt City brings over 8500,000 in ]
gold dn?{ to this city for different parties.
Tclegraphr.il for the Baltimore Patriot.
I
From the New York Journal of Commerce, I
Fit ISLAND. 5
PARTING ADDRESS OF Tit K STATE PRISONERS. 1
Previous to the departure of the leaders of the I
late insurrection, they placed in the hands of a }
mutual friend the. following address to their (
fellow-countrymen .
" Fellow-countrymen?If your efforts to procure
a mitigation of the penalties to which we <
are about to be subjected, had been as successful I
as you desired, we could not have off red to ,
you more sincere and grateful acknowledgments
i
than those which we now tender, lor the sympathy
and solicitude which you have displayed
in our behalf.
" At this moment, whilst wc are bidding our I
last farewell to our native land, the reflection |
that our fellow-countrymen have not witnessed
with indifference our removal from amongst
r .^sEsSfu I
tbem is n sweoi source ui n/mm.....#.. , ^?
assured, thai (his rem??inbrance will hen-after <
he a soothing alleviation to whatever Bufferings i
it may he our lot to endure. |
" Knowing that wo address many who do not
concur with us in political opinions, we do not
feel ourselves at liberty to offer any observations
upon llm policy by which this country is
governed?upon the policy which gave occasion '
to our resistance to British power?upon the I
policy which now consigns us to exile. We (
are compelled to repress even the emotions f
which we feel in reflecting upon the awful condition
in which we leave the land that we deeply 1
loved ; nor is this a fitting occasion to point out (
the means by which its disasters may be repair- 1
ed; but we cannot refrain from the expression |
ofa hope that you will not despair of your j
country; and we may be permitted to offer to
our fellow-countrymen a parting exhortation, {
that they will lay a?ido those unhappy t.isscnsions
which have so long paralyzed the intrinsic j
strength of I he Iri?h nation, and henceforth learn r
to love and confide in each other.
" We feel that it is not necessary to say any.
thing to you in vindication of our motives.? i1
Kven those who most condemn our conduct, t
know that we have not been animated by con. i
sidcrntinns of a personal nature in hazarding ali {
that was dear to us Ibr the sake of our native *
land ; but we owe it to our feelings to declare |
that, whatever may be lite sacrifices we incur j c
by devotion to its interests, our laiesi n^i.ruuon (
will be a prayer for the prosperity, the honor,
and indeppiidonoo offrelaurl.
" WILLIAM S. O'RRIEtf.
"THOMAS FRANCIS MEAGHER.
"TERENCE RELLEW M'MANUS.
" PATRICK O'DONOUOE. 1
" Richmond Prison." (
The Freeman's Journal gives the following '
details of the last savings of the unfortunate 1
prisoners : At that painful moment, when they
were about to be separated forever, perhaps,
from their friends and the land they loved so .
well, they displayed the utmost degree of calmness
and fortitude. Their thoughts were still '
about the country and the 'good old cause,' not I
what their own destiny or sufferings might he. ,
' My last words on leaving the country, (said
the brilliant and devoted young patriot, Thomas
Francis Meagher,) shall be, 4 don't gil'e up the 1
good old cause.' At about half pusl eleven 1
o'clock, a squadron of the carbineers, under the
command of Capt. Cuslance and Lieutenants ,
Shcrston and Pbilamore, arrived at the prison, .
and shortly afterwards a gentleman from the
Castle, bearing the order for the deportation of
the flair state prisoners. The van was then
driven up to the door, and the Gov. called out I
- "? "in 'Pi I
the names ot Win. r>. w nricn, i nouiaa i-. ;
Meagher, Terence Bellow M'Manu*, and
Patrick O'Donohoe from I he order, and request- '
ed them to take their places in the vehicle.? i
The last moments previous to departure, having '
arrived, the prisoners were, once more surroundI
ed by their friends?many of them ladies?ofl
I whom they took a tender and affecting farewell. (
i Mr. O'Brien's lady, his sister, and the Rev. Mr.
O'Brien, his brother, were with him from an
early hour in the morning. The. Rev. Mr.
Meagher, S. J., uncle to Mr. T. F. Meagher,
avd several female relations were present; as
' were, the wife, sifter, and other relatives of Mr.
O'Donohoe; and several ladies and others, re.
lations of Mr. M'Manus. The friends of the
exiles betrayed the most intense grief; but their;
own demeanor was marked by the manliness
and fortitude that distinguished them all through,
and even at a time when their enemies manaced
I thern with the 'traitor's doom.' On taking his
I olacft in the van. Mr. Meagher said in a firm
: tone, 'I feel a prouder man leaving the country
evon thus than many who remain in it.' 'And
so do I,' responded .Mr. O'Donohoc. The
other gentlemen made no observation ; hut no
man that saw them could doubt that if it had
been their fate, they would say, dulce est pro
palria mo/7, with as much fortitude and resignation
ns they now bid farewell to their friends
and nativo land.'
It is currently reported that tho captain of
the Swift, who sails under sealed orders, has
some proposal to make to the prisoners when
he. opens his instructions, that they will be permilted
to exile themselves.
Woman's 'Empire State' is matrimony.?
Here she always is in the majority?always
reigns, and sometimes storms!
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HIE CAMDEN JOURNALl
Wednesday Morning, August 8, 1849. a
W. THURLOW CA8TON, EDITOR. "
03" We arc compelled lo omit the letter of, a
itir Charleston Correspondent. It shall appear ^
in our next.
tl
03" We arc not aware of any irregularity ti
sxisting here ng to mailing for subscribers near si
Curcfon's Store. The Journal is regularly is. It
?ued every Wednesday, and mailed in the mom- li
ing for that office, and should reach them on the r
li)lln\vin<r morning. n
C7 rIt
has been issued only once on Saturday? p
the week before tho fourth of July?in conse- ii
rjuence of the celebrations on that day. If anr Ii
delays have occurred, the Post Masters will p
please give all necessary attention to the mails c
Tor the future. t<
DAY OF HUMILIATION* AND PRAYER. ,,
The recommendation of his Excellency, ft
President Taylor, to set apart Friday, 3d inst., c
a day of "fasting, humiliation and prayer," v
hat the process of the dreadful pestilence, now
'aging in many portions of the Union, might be ,]
stayed, was generally observed by our citizens. r
Religious services were conducted in the va- v
rious Churches in the morning :?in the Pres. a
liytcriaa. Church by Dr. S. 6. Davis, in the p
Episcopal Church by'Rev. T. F. Davis, in the j
Baptist Church by Rev. Thomas Mason, jn i ]j
he Methodist Church by Rev. T. B. Ruseel. ^
[n the evening, at 5 o'clock, an Union Meeting (]
was held in the Baptist Church, and all the t;
Divines participated in the exercises. The a
(tores and shops were closed throughout the ;r
Jny. and so far as the suspension of business ol
ivas an observance, it was remarked, that no f
iay was ever better observed by the public.?
It must have been gratifying to the Churches, n
lild it speaks well for the moral tone of the d;
community, that their suggestion in this respect r
was so universally respected and adopted. n
We trust that the thanksgivings offered up p
"or (ho blessings of a merciful Providence for (f
prosperity, the health of our Town, and exomp j4
ion from epidemics, may prove acceptable, and (j
hat the petitions sent up here and elsewhere,
o avert the fatal ravages ol the disease among |,
pthcr portions of onr fellow citizens, may be
leard and answered.
CREVASSE AT FACTORY DAM. t[
In consequence of the heavy rains that have
atL'ly fallen, the dam of the DeKalb Factory .
iroko on last Wednesday night, and let off nil n
lie water tn the pond. We are not fully in- ^
"ormed as to the extent of the injury done, hut
mderstand that aliout 00 feet of the dam was .
ti
Mitirely swept away, deluging the grounds heow,
The water ntoved the shoe house and
n
jacked into the basement story of the Factory ^
n the lower weaving room and ware roon^ j(
Jamaging the yarn and cloth consideiahly.?
P O <>
rim Company will repair the breach as soon ^
is possible, which may consume some weeks.
Plleir loss of time and cost of repairing will !
imoiint, it is said, to more thnn $2000. 44 ll is ^
in ill-wind that blows nobody good," and while n
ho accident was a severe loss to the Company, ^
l proved a perfect 44 windfall" to the fish rnonjers
about Town. Innumerable quantities of j,
he 44 finny tribe" were overhauled in the
trained pond, and Iroul weighing from 6 to 12
founds, graced many a table the next day. ti
PLANK HO AD TO CHARLOTTE. a
The improved trade of the past season, the c
lmount of cotton shipped from this depot, and ,f
ncreascd amount of goods sold by our mcr- a
'.hants, prove most conclusively that our citi- j ^
tens acted wisely in securing to their town, a
branch from the South Carolina Rail Road,
Their efforts too, in co operation with the u
titizens of Lancaster, to continue it to Charotte,
to secure the trade of North Carolina, and 51
rpen a channel through her depot for the cot- ^
on and grain of the up-country, were strenu- j,
nous and praiseworthy; hut Columbia, Fairfield, f,
Chester, and York outnumbered them iD sub- n
scribors and voters, and pushed them off the
track. What then, should he the course of l'
Kershaw and Lancaster ? To despair of ever a
effecting an improved mode of transportation
because their strained efTorts for a Rail Road T
failed, or to combine their energies and unit? CT
. I
in constructing the next best means of improving
the trade in that direction! It the work on j
tho Columbia nnd Charlotte Road should bo \
prosecuted with the same energy that it has
been commenced", thnt Road, before very long, ^
will be completed, nnd a great portion oltho ^
trade that has hitherto supported, and that is n
now supporting our market, will roll by in other
channels. If tho trade of the ttp-counlry
should he cut off, and our market be made to
depend solely upon the District* of Kershaw i
and Lancaster, Camden will be greaily injured, <
nml tho invoKtinonls tit hor ltnil Rna,t mnv f
? "*w ? ? - ' I
prove utterly unproductive. The prosperity of J
Camden is the prosperity of Kershaw District, t
nnd tho number and ability of her merchants, s
her amount of trade, and her quantity and price i
of goods so'd, govern, to some extent, the pros* 1 ?
perity of Lancaster District and all other pla* j t
cos that do their trading here.. What then I
should be done? Let all tho sections interest* I
ed, Kershaw, Lancaster and the lower portions .
of Mecklenburg and Union, Count res unite nnd I
construct a Plank Road from here to Charlotte. I
?a Hoad combining cheapness, durability, rapid
transportation and profit. What says Lancaster?
What say her Steam Mills and long i
leaf pines?
Internal Improvements are receiving the : I
greatest attention throughout the Union, and a '
new spirit of enterprise has aroused all our
neighboring Stales. Southern roads are naturally
bad, hut markets must he reached. No i
plan to improve them has met with more favor, I
nor seems likely to be more generally adopted j
#'
tan Plank Roads. Tennessee, Georgia, and
forth Carolina hare determined to try lben*?
nd even in our own Stale the subject i* atfrae*
ng serious attention. An application will Im
iade at the next silting of the Legislature, Ifof **
charier to construct one from a point on the
fnniburg Rail Road near Aiken to EdgefielcL
forth Carolina is showing us an example woriy
of imitation. Not satisfied with herCen-'
ral Rail Road from Goldshorough to Charlotte,
he has determined to hnild. and has already"
icated, a Plank Road from Fayetteville (o Sf
sbury, from which the western Turnpike is to>
un towards the Georgia line, securing a con?- : *
exion with the Caldwell and Watauga Turn- d
ike, which penetrates the State of Tennessee
i the direction of Jonesborough. They hare
pen effectually tried in the North, and hare .
roven to lie the very best roads for the hack
onntry. Thpy yield an annual profit of 14*
t 2o per cent. There are six leading frota
Jtica, New York, and the seventh is' ?iniidiugr
i which there is invested $900,000, yielding" ' *
profit of 15 per cent. Though a plan nPre.
ent adoption, we are not then suggesting a
rild. untried scheme, of improvement.
Our only object in thesp remark*, is to drsixr
ie attention, if possible, of our Icadidg rtren and
apitalists to tho subject. Some months ago.
ro published the mojpand cost of const ructionv
, . . . , i .ly ' J-. .'"I * _ , ^
nd our readers may remember the cost to ber
stimated from $1,000 to $1,500 per mile.?
ts cheapness, and (he ease with wViefth may
e constructed, the great nmotrrrt of Jh<? rrgfir
ind of .imber, and tho s t wrwflf* convenient tre ' *
le route, the level surface- of the ronntVy, anrf
is grrat number ofsnTalT punter* fo fafcp sfocfc
nd to be benefitted, the general1 good result- ^
ig to (bo. country, all combine to press upodf
ur citizens the propriety of the enterprize.?
tolay may be ruinous. v ;
Many of the nrgiimen!3'*o streriurttwly urgerf few
years ago, in^prvor of a Rail Road in that'
irection, are strongly applicable *o a Plank: -/'
load, and there are many section* that could! '."jK"
ot support the former, that might1 increase raidly
in wealth and prosperity, if they enjoyed*
le lieuefits of the latter. We trust the sub~
ct will receive the consideration its import
ince demands. Next week we'may ptthHtla '
icts and figures to sustain sonic of the positions
ere assumed.
r-.
FOREIGN NEWS.
The steamer Cambria arrived at Halifii* oi*4 '
ntlrsday last, from Liverpool,whence hm tj*
(1 on the 21st ult., bringingVeren dity*;' Ijtclligence.
We make tip 'the following ?f? ^
opsis of her news from the despatches of the
lolttmhia Telegraph and Charleston Mercury: ^
The news is cheering, and the prospect* of
'ade continue to brighten. Cotton cnntimi^r ^ '
> ndvance,~"&rttl- the consumption is greater
ow than was ever known before..SpmW? *
are advanced a half penny on I heir'goods oiv-'
ig to the advance on the raw material Salea *
I Cotton for the weekending the 20th ultl, v.
mounted to 76,940 bales, at an adraure of ont^
ighth pence on all descriptions. s,w 4,0. f,"
In London, the ravages of the cholera.am
ecoming alarming. In Liverpool as welt
s along the whole southern coast, the mortals-'
>* is becoming verv great. The cases of this
isease hare been very much reduced in Jre.:, . ^ ^
md. sev
A very serious collision bad taken plaredieLveen
Orangemen and Catholics near CaYtle '
Villinm, in which fifty persons were fcHfaifr
nd wounded, most ofthein Catholic*. Thirfv.
-? Tjepz.-gu*
ight of the Orangemen have been arrested Hyv ..
ie police. The potato rot has made it appear*
nee in some localities, but the crop is general*
r exempt from it.
R<ofE ?Pope Pins lias addressed an autoraph
lrtlor to Gen. Oudinot on receiving.lhe-;,
eys of Rome, congratulating him on hiairU
mph, and the order that reigned in Rome*,.,:
The general impression is, that the Pope will
nonreturn to the city, but the Roman frnop* , elitsn
adhesion to him. That portion nf then*
rhich was to hnre acted with tho- FreneU
-oops, has refused, leaving the whole remaining;
irco in tho city not more tha>ft etve tbousiuidj
nen. fGarrihaldi
has escaped, some accotmt**a^.t?j
ho mountains of the AWiruzzf?other aflcoui)^ w ^
eprcsent him on the Neapolitan frontier tcina,
, force of twenty thousand mem
lIuNGARY.?The Tnrkish Ambassador at
*tms has recerverf despatches by a specttHr .
mirier, announcing a great victory hr pw*
Jem orer tho Russians, on the Polish frontier.
Advices from Vienna say that Bud* and
Vsth had surrendered to the Rossian'fofCft *
vilhont resistance. ' '+
There is also a report of n sharp conflict
ore Comoro between the Hungarians ami the
tllied armies, in which some account* claim this
detory for the latter, hut i>thers slate- fchj* Huii<%
;arian victory compete,
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SOUTH BUN REVIEWS: (
Wo have been prevented from acknowledfl*
ng in doe time, the receipt of the July mroiho* m
f The Southern Quarterly Review, and ThoSouthern
Methodist (^mrtcrly Review. Thnfitly
issue well sustains the high charaetM**?"
heso able JoornaN. They conttoru* to. htt *
-'.u .
itrong pillars in support ing Southern. *tews ami1
nstitiuious, and' richly deserve- th* pnteoM^g
>ftho Southern.patriot and scholar* Thecorv*
cuts of the-Southern Quarterly are: 1st, th?
Vorth and the South ; 2 J, Union of Churoh wall
State; 3d, Tho Fine Art* in America $
Justice and Fraternity; 3th. Maeaidey'it Nik
ory of England ; 6th, The Owiqtiesr of Cfeft*
urnia, and the case oi Lieut. uwr. rremntu j
7th, Genera Flora* American Boreal?; 8th, Tbfr
Fate of the Wasp Sloop of War ; filht ftarhydt'a
industrial Kxchangos ; 10th, Later Poems at
Henry Taylor ; 11th. Monogra|ih o< th? Fo?if
S^walidao of the United States; and 12th, '
Critical Notices,
The Articles in the Methodist Quarterly tewr; *
1st, Providential Agency; 2d, Politfeat'Efynrf.
ity; 3d, Roger Willinim; 4th, Tim R** of
Separation j 5th, Outline Portraits of tKstift, *
gnished American Methodist Preacher*; Oik*