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Xattor of Judge Eforrowj of Missouri, to ,
111 OS. H. BENTON. i
My f? rbearance to notice your coarse, ma- 1
lirioua and scandalous attack ?tp<?n my rcjiuta- '
lion as a man, and r* au-.nSvv.r* has ceased to
he * virtue. The motive and de?ijrn of these '
unprovoked attack* remained a mystery until
iherleaked out first through the columns of the J
toffcit-ann Tnntim&. rind afterwards through vottr '
*peo,ch at Lyxmgt<>n. .Of your motive and '
design { will speak more At large af er I have '
ahown your entirn reckVititaess of truth in your
Assumption aftd statement of facts as a pretext '
Tor your fiendish nt?*ults. Before I do this, 1
however, L will remind you and the people that 1
Vou are doing all this behind fny back, and
without giving'ft)? any notice of your intention <
to do ao-=?and that you see*n to have forgotten !
you boost that you never hring the names of '
gentlemen before the public in their absence. '
Yotff "vaunted magnanimity towards General 1
Keprneyt^in sending notice to him through
Maj^ .Graham when about to afflict the Senate <
in secret session, and the country afterwards by '
its publication, with your elaborate thirteen 1
days lampoon upon that distinguished and gal.
Ia.nl officer?your elaborate excuses for assail- 1
- ?ai ? - ,u.
in?f:flffi *3fcRW?an in yo?JT spleen ?i mr v^upiiot ,
?ami Vfat^bast at Lexington that you had 1
4 given..". Jtydge Napton a chance to speak before
he ww condemned." All this you serm to
Kare- -fincjfoiten in my case, which shows that
yon* magnanimity. is that of a braggart?pretende#,yW-effect,
and hot from the heart.
fn Y$ur Glasgow speech you denounced me
*s ^"xpsrfitton is*?a n^ilifier?a prot estor aga i n st
<he ititrqe btfi?-and a scribe and corre?pondt?nt
nf ^ohn C- Calhoun." As you had not t!n>
magnanimity to give me notice of your intended
assault, and as you failed to make it in your
Jefierton 4$ty speech when you saw me face to
. face within Jen (eel of you, I will give jou the
authority by which I speak as I go along.?
WhaCf repeated as having been said by you at
Gtagewvds contained in a letter from a gen^Wmiii^f
undoubted veracity who heard you.
Ybtt also said in your Glasgow speech that
you had a reminiscence, that is a remembrance,
^yoor'own definition,) " that when Gen. Jacksou
issued hl? proclamation in 1832, against the
South Carolina nullifiers, there was a counter
proclamation issued here in Howard county,
*nd^hatWnptran arid Morrow were two of the
indirjjdt&ls who signed the document." This
is upiffa lhe authority of the. whig correspondent
of the Missouri Statesman, to whom it seems
you promised a copy of your Glasgow speech,
made otit by yourself.
Ypujikcwbe said.at Glasgow, "the real eo.
pjist [of the resolutions of instruction from
which you have appealed] are Judges Napton
? J ?t L u *??.:_ r?r
anu m?rn?V. Mills ID Ujiuu amuviK; ... .?v
Glasgow Weekly Times.
lo-jour Lexington speech, prepared for ihe
prewfhy jrem-self you say, 44 Morrow and Nap.
brother Judges, and one was good
against the. other. They were brother nullifiers,
andthat.made them fellow feelers on the
subject. They had both signed against Jackson,
and therefore were very proper to sign j
against Benton; They had sopped together in
the oW#sh of nullification in 1832; and there,
fore, yr'ere very fit to be concerned together in 1
cooking a new dish of the same hash in 1S43."
Now. Sir, I beg permission to say, in the ,
mildest iangaage I can command, that there is
net ooe word of-truth in any thing you have J
nttered about me. All the statements from
your mouth, quoted by me in this letter, are 1
falser-false in the gross, and in detail?and I
defV yoa to the proof.
I am ao disunionist now, and never Was?I {
nm no nullifier now, and never was?I n.'vei !
protested against the force bill?I am no scribe !
and correspondent of Mr. Calhoun?never hav.
ing srtfken * line for or to him, or received one
from him, - either directly or indirectly, in the
set iroa ?f.
WIKii^^vuiOV ??
Yoa state, Sir, that you have a reminiscence,
a remembrance, that I signed a counter pmcla- 1
nmtmn to Gen. Jacksou'a in 183*2. I must he '
aHowed to say in reply, that you have no such I
reminiscence at all. No such thing ever happened
amf therefore you car.nnt rpmemher it.
I-rteVer Winched the soil of Missouri until Oc- 1
, mobthx after the issuance of Gpii.
Jackson's proclamation?the passage of the J
force biff, and the compromise act which settled/
the nuHiflcation controversy. / -
t had nothing to do with the resolutions or
Instrdction fiom which you have appealed. I
never rconsul ted any body about them, and nev. <
&t was consulted by any body about them. I '
nevd? heard of them until thpy were introduced '
into the Senate, and never saw them until they <
were in print* I do not mention those facts to | '
excuse any apprehended odium that may be at- j 1
tached to their authorship, for on thp contrary, i
I regret that I bad not then the sagacity to see I
your proclivity for free-soilism, and the neces- (
Ity for just auch instructions to keep you out of t
the arms of Abolitionism; but I make the con- *
tradiclion "to vindicate the truth of history," '
and* to fchow the unscrupulonsness with which '
Too make statements altogether unfounded in
_.. . 1
Your assertion that I am a disunion Nf, or, in '
other word*, that -Y harbor in my bosom a trai.
torous feeling towards the union of these States, <
is a calumny, and you are a libeller. Yon must '
prodil<& yoiir proof or carry the brand of the ?
calumniator upon your forehead as long as you [
live. It is in vain for you, or your partisans,
to attempt to shield you from your responsihili. '
ty upon the plea of age and Senatorial dignity, t
You are the assailant?you have made the J
cbarg*, and must prove it, or swallow the false <
accusations down your throat, f lore my conn- '
try?I love the Union?1 lore the Constitution
of the United States, and I cannot allow you,
or any other slanderer, to ch'rge nie with treason,
without telling him that he is violating the
commandment 14 thou sh< not bear false wit.
newt against thy neighbor." (
As I promised, I now propose, to speak of the <
motive and design of your arhrks upon me.? t
It is well known that amendments to tho Con '
stHution are now pending, which, if passed, 4
rill bring' the Judges before the penpfo for f
election in 1851* Your design was to create v
he impression that nil Judges are tyranical, *
oppressive, covetous or corrupt?your motive r
was personal malice against mvselfand some of a
the gentlemen occupying the same position, and n
fn fhe event of the passage of tho pending r
Constitutional amendments, to wreck your von
gnance upon me and fhetp by arraying your ?
followers against us in the election, which will, i
of course* follow that event. I<
Nbw for the proof. In yotrr speech at the I
Ckpffnt yo9 exclaim, " Wo to Judges, if any r
suc5 therWare in the work," and repeat the '
same rtiylngat Glasgow and fvetinglon. r.
At ftoSaftvilte, with- your aenrstomed modesty, i
you ' Slflce tho speech a! Jefferson, no r
man nfany nriind or character pretnndst o justify' i
it. The man who would now deny the Con.sti- I
:ut!onal power of Congress to legislate slavery 'I
?ither into, or out of. a territory, tvonld betray '!
in obliquity of menial and moral vision, and a "
proclivity fir legal falsehood, whioh would fl>r
aver disqualify him for sittinjj as judge or juror c
in nnyrase of law or rrjuity whatsoever;" and 5
in your Lexington tyrade. you declare that 'I
l4c-*rtain it was that Judge [Napton] and his r
In Ige'v courtsellnrs in these resolutions, would F
be sufficient to sink the whole judicial bench of
Missouri at the AngOst election, in 1950?('51
[ suppose you meant, or are yon not posted up "
in matters this far from home)?and the, JefTer- '
son Inquire^ (pardon me, I onlv allude to it as h
r would to a finger-board,) taking i's cue froin r
[rou, already bpgins to give it out that such is ^
:o be the course of the war. Now, Sir, I sub- n
mit whether this "looks well in a Senator of
ihirty years standing." fi
It seems that I am marked as on" of the vie. r
iims to be sacrificed upon the. altar of your in. *
?aiiable, unappeasable unpatriotic and reckless
imbitinn ; but you must allow me to say, Sir, '
hat if I must fall, I will fall in the harness? 1
proclaiming you as a deserter of the policy of s
four State, a denier of the democratic doctrine n
the right of instruction, an ally of the aboli- '
ionists, ant] an oppn bidder for free soil and '
\boiition votes for the Presidency.
Your attack upon my private character I treat ^
as I would the billingsgate of anv ollirir black- 1
guard, only reserving to myself the right to say, '
that 1 might rptort upon you with effect, and be 1
fully justified in it. but instead of indulgin? in 1
your favorite amusement, personal invective,
scurrility and blackguardism, f bog leave to !
remind yon that you have provoked this contro r
vorsy, and I am only justified in entering into it
with you upon the ground of your position?an ~
American "Senator of thirty years standing."
Before I conclude, I beg leave to assure you
that the people intend to hold you to the issue .
you have tendered?The right of a Legislature
to instmrt a Senator, and the du'y of that Senator
to obey or resign. "
With the assurance that, if you offend a<rain j
against truth, propriety and decency, you shall 0
hear from me, I remain a Ireeman, and and op- |,
ponent of Abolitionism, Free-soilism, and Barn- /
barnerism, whether avowed or covert. t
J. W. MORROW. 8
Jefferson City, July 19, 19-19; t
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Answer Tms !?The Federal Whigs have j
much to say about "coalition'1 between North- 0
ern Democrats and Free Soilers. Let them t
say if Millard Filrnore is not a FreeSoiier?? s
If so, and there is no paper with the slightest a
respect for truth that will deny it, was not the t
union of his name with that of Gen. Taylor on t
the Presidential ticket, a coalition orWhigUm, v
and Wilmot Provisoism. which is only another t
name for Free Soilism ? Is not Mr. Winthrop, a
Speaker of the House, a Wilmot Proviso man, (
that is, a Free Soiler ? If so. was not his elec- ?
tion to that high and rpspousible office hy Whig f
votes, among which were those of every Whig c
member from Tenncsse. a coalition between c
Whiggery and Free Soil ? -j
Are not Messrs. John M. Clayton, Secreta t
ry of State; Mr. Meredith, Secretary of the ^
Treasury ; Mr. Collarnar, Postmaster General, a
and Mr. Ewing, Secretary of the Home De v
parfment, occupying the most important offices
in the Cabinet, Provisoists or Free Soilera? t
if so, was not their appointment a coalition he- j
[ween Whiggery and Free Soil! 0
Is not Mr. Webster a Free Soiler ? Ts not t
Mr. Seward a Free Soiler ? To fict, is net every (J
lending Whig politician and evary whig press b
at the North and North went Free Soil advocates!
And is not Hensy Clay and Cassius M? Clay, 0
in the Sonth, Free Soil! - 0
[l requires a conscience of India rubber, and i {
a free ofhrass, for the Whigs who have support*
?d Millard Filmore, and are now in Full fellow. t
ship with Seward and Corwin, and Webster,
xnd Collamer, to talk of coalitions between the
Northern Democrats and Barnburners. h
Nashville Union. ^
Tub Insolent Apostate.?The Augusta
Republic says: We see it stated in a public print,
lhat Thomas II. Benton, by way of exhibiting
hi* contempt for those true Southern men op- ^
|iose his treachery, call them "the blacks."
What do these Southern editors, Whig and "
Democratic, who sympathise with Mr. Benton |
against Mr. Calhoun think of that! !
The contempt is meant as much for the instilutimi
of slavery as his opponents!" ^
MANUFACTURES NORTH AND SOUTH? J
THE RIVALRY OF TWO SECTIONS
We have made frequent mention, for some a
months, of the rapid increase of manufacturies c
in the South, particularly of such as have been "
heen erected for tho purposo of making the
ronrser kind of cotton fabrics. Matty shortsighted
people have supposed that the establish- "
men: of these manufactories would make it the "
interest of the Southern section, who have so ^
>ng complained of the unjustness of protociivo .(
luties, to advocate a tariff for protection ; and c
hat it would not only tend to this beneficial re- f.
til It, hat that it would harmonise- the Eastern c
ind Southern sections, as Ixolh would bo direct- e
y interested in manufactures. f|
This is a much mistaken idea, though ex- "
remely prevalent among the friends of the ^
south and her prosperity, both iu aud out of it.
I'he very opposite result will bo the consequence \
ind instead of harmony, the interests will clash f,
riore directly than ever. We are justified in t<
Ira wing such a conclusion from the following
itemises :
We have given in tlm Herald statistical ta
>les, clearly showing that the .Manufacturer* in 1 tl
ho South can compete with the. Eastern, and . p
iroduce, with while labor, goods equal and ! P
heuper iIthit iti New England- Slave labor j ol
ms not yet been extensively introduced into 01
he Southern manufactories, and when that is ' rr
n'roduced, it will demonstrate that the South ?t
ran drive the Eastern manufacturers out of their j pi
?wn markets in the manufacture of coarse cot- jD
on goods. The average cost of slave labor , jr
$40 per year.) which, by experiments made at ! c|
Jolurubia, Soulh Cirolina, is shown to bo bet J gc
er adap ed to manage machinery than even ; p|
lired free labor, will not cost them inorc than |
ialf the price oflahnr in tlio Northern manu- tl
hctoriea ; ami the water power of the South, of (]j
vhich they have an unlimited supply at all sea- 0|
on?, would cost, as we have shown in the lor. y
ner Heralds, comparatively nothing. These ;1
idvantages will evidently deprive the Eastern ul
uid Northern manufacturers of the domestic st
narket which protection has enabled them to n
nonopolize and realise immense fortunes from
u former years. As by the tariff that drove w
ho South out of the supplying of th-ir own mar- n
;el by changing cotton for cotton goods with -p
bo rest of the world, the low rate of wages
esulting from the system that caused it, will iu Bl
urn,-enable the South to drive the North out oj
d their own market by manufacturing cheaper, 01
n consequence of the reduction ofthe profit upin
the capital and 'abor caused by the productve
system. A distinguished senator from c,
Massachusetts (Mr. Choatr) s;iid, in discussing t>
- |?t i in ,11 i?i t 11 ii ' imii - 11' - ??
he tariff of 1842, in the United States Senate,
bat the question uwas a question of bread or
o bread to his constituents.'*
So far then from any harmony being prodried
by the extension of manufactories in the
iouth, wo dread tlie result, and are fearful ol
he consequences. To the Smith they will
irnve of immediate and of great ultimate benefit
r they tend to develope the resources of the
iouth in other branches than those of agri< u'tire
and commerce. Ship building an.) sl.i i
wning at the Sooth would not be more di*na
rous to Northern and Eastern ship owners and
luildcrsthan Southern manufactories to Northrn
and Eastern, and so far from healing the
reach between the North and the South, it
nakes it still more wide.
The Eastern people generally are bringing
listress to their own door sills by their mad fataticism
toward the Southern section, and they
hould take warning bc'ore it is too late.?
['heir protective policy has forced the South into
nanufactures for their own preservation, and
heir devotion to the Wilmot Proviso and antiI
a very agitation will drive them, ultimately, to
l separation. We. speak plain. It hour doty
o do so as an independent journal, aid having
he harmony and prosperity of the whole Union,
ind not any particular section of it, at heart,
brces us to adopt this course. We wMl do jusice
to all, and we cannot do it more effectually
han by seeing fair play and showing in their
rue colors some of the grievancies inflicted on
he South, and. urging forbearance.
N. Y. Herald.
fllE CAMDEN JOURNAL.
Wednesday Morning, August 22, 18494
W. THURIiOW CASTON, EDITOR.
' n\'P. nFTiiR pp.opr.R "
We readily give room to tho communication o
1 One of the People." Without intending to concui
n the condemnation of cortain Statesmen and pnpn
if our State, we cannot refrain from noticing one o
lis suggestions as deserving serious consideration.?
brother Jonathan is certainly shrewd enough to maki
ho most of the general excitement that pervades tht
lavcholding Stales. If she become wholy absorbed ii
he question of slavery, and her Representation go tr
Congress expecting to combat qjfor and fanaticism onlj
n one form, free soilism, the North, with a great show
if patriotic concessions and forbearance, relying ipon
lie admission of California as a non-slavchoiling
state, may be prepared to yield the >\Vilmot Pro'iso,
ind its kindred measures, and before the Southern rrem.
icfs have ceased to rejoice at the apparent sucicss,
heir opponents may rush through Congres some fa
rorite measure; detrimental to the interest and piosjeri
y of the South. Any thing ibat Yankee shrcwdiess
ind political scheming can efTecl, our members in
Congress ought to be prepared to meet. It woull be
in easy matter for the Tarxffhct to flip through Con.
jross a new Tariff, if our Representatives should be
:ome wholly engaged in watching developcments on
mo question, and forget tho importance of all oilers,
['here are Stratagems, feints, and ambuscades in pdi.
ics and legislative wire-working, as well us in war,
md a skilful enemy may be expected to employ ihun
is measures to gain advantages in the one fields*
veil as in the other.
Wc may not have any cause lo dread llic resusciaion
of the defunct Bunk, and the Bankrupt Law, tut
I would be unwise?unwfo to lose sight of tin anxcly
I the North and Nortli Eist to fasten noon the coin.
ry, a liigli protective Tariff. Already a Conversion
if Tariflitcs, to bo held in Philadelphia, is spoken of
iy their papers, to adopt 6omo middle ground, upn
vl>icli all can unite for a revision of the Tariff, 'lhc
ggrcsBions of that region have so exasperated the mini*
f our people, that the opinion may prevail among them
hat we will bid high for peace, for exemption frotT
ncroachmcnt, and possibly, they may vainly imagine
hat we will even pay the price of a high protective, !<
njoy our rights quietly and wiflioul disluibanco.
Let us not be thrown off our gu trd, nor be dcceivei
y false appearances- In avtiding Scylla. let us noi
e thrown upon Charybdia. Incidit in Scyllam, qu
ult vitarc Charybdim.
THE WAY TO SETTLE IT.
Below wo give tho opinion of Major Noah, oflht
few Fork Messenger, a sterling friend of the South,
nd one whoso long connexion with tho press, and excricnce
in public matters afford ample opportunity tu
now thoroughly our groat Slatemen. Let tho whole
louth whig and Democrat, fully appreciate the urgent
leccssity of union, Tho testimony of this venerable
Editor, who writes amid abolitionism, free soilism, and
maticism, is desurving of every consideration. The
louth united to a man, standing upon her ConstitutionI
rights and gnamiities, firmly resolved to resist every
ncroachmcnt. will deter tho North from furthci
ggrcssions and perpetuate tho blessings, of our glorious
Republic.
Tho address of Mr. Calhoun has made a powerful
nprcssion throughout the entire South, and South
rest among all parties
Mr. Calhoun's Manifesto.?This important
ocument?more important Iroin the peculiar crisis
i which the country finds itself?is destined to
reate a profound sensation everywhere ; and, as
ir as Mr. Calhoun is personally and politically
oirerned, ho is deeply indebted to Mr. Benton for
nabling him to reply to his attacks in a manner so
rimnpliunt, and to vindicate himself and his moiv?
fmm asot rsions which none who knew Mr.
'alhouu ever credited. The document will unile
in Smith ti> a man, and lluil alone, is necessary In
il'le this ouest inn to the satisfaction of all parties.?
Ve shall have a few words to say about this mani>sto
in our next. It is a paper highly creditable
} its eminent author.
state elections.
So Kirns the Lie elections have boon heard from in
ic Southern and South western Sinks, the democratic
arty has tnndo a decided gain upon the vole cast for
resident. In Alabama, Kentucky and North Carli
nn, tlio whig vote has groitly fallen off, not howrcr,
making any very imporlunt changes in the
.'presentation to Congress?but in Tcnncssco, the
rongnst demonstrations were made in favor of.the
rinciples of the Democrats. Despondency and divis.
1)1.1 fill tho ranks of Southern W'higs, and doubt and
idocisrnn seem to mark llioir course ever since tho
ection of General Taylor. Difference of opinion,
ittlrug down upon new issues, the formation of new
at forms, and doubt and hesitomy os to tho pnp-r
jtirse relative to tho Wilinot Proviso, rendrred it excmely
difficult, in many places, to select proper candates.
Our portion turned their heads towards llioir
d rcgulorly constituted fie leaders. Clay, Wobstcr,
,'ilmot, Widthrop, while another portion, and wc trust
vast majority, determined to he truo to the South,
id tho great interests she has at stukn. In every in.
anco, tho Provivo Whigs of the South have met with
met signal defeat, if \Vc except Hilliard, who Ins
:cn clectod in tho .Montgomery District of Alahamn,
hero tho contest was warm and bitter. If ho is nol
Provisoist. he is a non-*ignerof tho Southern oddrops.
bnnnssec gavo General Taylor GUUO voles of a ma.
rity, but in tho lato election General Trousdale, a
crling Democrat, was elected Governor by a majority
3000. The whole battle in that Slato was fought
1 the following resolution, passed by the Stale Doin.
:ralic Convention, that nominated General Trousdale:
Resolced, That if in disregard alike of every
inside rat ion of justice, of constitutional right and
atcrnal feeling, the fearful issue shall be forced
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upon the country, which must result from the
adoption and attempted enforcement of the Wilmot
Proviso as in act of the General Government, wo
can have no difficulty in choosing between the only
alternatives that will then remain, of abject submission
to aggression and outrage on the one hand,
or on the other, by the adoption, at all hazards and
to the last extremity, of such measure? as will
vindicate our constitutional rights.
The Whig candidate, N S. Brown, was the incum.
bnnt, and a strong man aided by the powerful influence
of Senator Bell, who had been charged with a dispo.
sition to fraternize with free Boilers and desert the
South- Gov. Blown although opposed to the Proviso,
held the doctrine that the South ought tnmely to snb.
mit, in case Congress ahnoxed it to territorial acquisitions.
[lis defeat, in a Whig State, is a pointed rebuke
to the Free sailers of the North nnd the doubting at.
' the South, and well assures tho South whore to look
for Tennessee in "a crisis." Her representation in
Congress will be 7 Democrats ar.d 4 Whigs. In
Kentucky, not one emancipation candidate has been
1 elected to the Convention to revise the Constitution?a
' convincing proof that Harry of the West has lost his
influence and power in his own State. From all of
' which, we infer, that the principles of the Democratic
party and the cause of the South are brightening?that
a re-action is going on through tho South and South
1 West, tending more nnd more to unito all parties upon
the Constitution as given us by our nncastors, and that
unless the administration prove faithful to tho South,
it cannot expect the support of Southern Whigs or
Democrats.
FATHER MATHEW.
This groat apostle, after ad inistcririg the pledge of
total abstinence to about 20,000 in New York and
Brooklyn, has gone to Boston, w hero ho dispenses the
obligations cfthe pledge to thousands daily. It is sta
ted that ho will probably remain a year in the United
States, and that he has written a letter, to be published
in all the Irish newspapers, advising all his country,
men who can get away to emigrate to this country.
It is said that he intends to purchase a largo tract of
land out west to locate poor families upon.
From a private letter from Wilkinson county, Miss.,
! we learn that a very small cotton crop will be made in
that region, owing to the constant rains that have fallen
: this season.
? Hon. Albert Gallatin died in New Yord, on the 13th
) inst., venerable in years, an eminent statesman of the
past,
BIBLE PRESENTED.
The Fourth of July was celebrated in Chcrnw by
tho presentation of a bible, by W. L T. Prince Esq.,
on behalf of the Ladies, to the Division of the Sons of
Temperance. Rev. A Gregg Chaplain received it on
the part of the Division.
Their addresses were published in the Gazette, and
i we are not sure, that wo have ever seen remarks more
appropriate, and belter expressed,
Tho following is an extract from Mr. PV, allusion to
the Biblo:
I offer you sir no embroidered banner,: o pa inled
bauble, no gaudy jewel, yet a banner under whose
glorious folds all tbev who rally are invincible, and
free indeed. 1 olferyou the pilgrims staff, his rod,
his helmet, his shield, a mighty sceptre and a
gltitering sword, whose power and whose edge
have erer triumphed, cutting the oppressor down,
humbling the haughty tyrant's pride, creating all
things new, and yet progressing onward conquering
and to conquer to tho end of time?the book of
inspiration ;?"its subjects are eternal death?its
author God,"?a ray of sacred light, ifte lamp which
mercy in the night of time took down from the
everlasting throne to light the way of life?a sea
beneath whose shining watert the richest jewels
sparkle?a mirror which reflects the image of the
heart and shows its deep depravity, then points the
way to God. No vain system of philosophy in
! wnicn tnc guilty una a snort respite iroin ttie ueep
stiii{jas of conscience is here inculcated, but ever
in the car rthispers a "a still small voice' which
1 never can deceive. It whispers to the troubled
conscience "peace" while to the guilty soul in
1 thunder-tones it speaks of death. I teaches nothing
ih it we should not learn, it conceals nothing
] we should seek to know 'Tis this dispells the
t louds which shrood the soul in darkness, and kinj
cles in the heart the brilliant light of day. In
Life it may be your pole star ann your shield, or,
by perversion, it may be your curse. In Death
it sweetly soothes and brightly lights our way, or
else it tortures by its stern rebuke. Then heed its
: gentle whisperings, nor turn a deaf ear to its thun,
derinfis !
i A correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer say:?
i That if there arc any heirs or next of kin, of Thos.
Lucas Wheeler, a nnlivo of Shropshire, England, and
i formerly a captain of tho 100th Regiment of fool, staI
lioned in India, or of Benjamin Wheeler, now, or Into
of Charleston, S. C., living in the United Slates, a very
handsomo fortune awaits each of them, which can be
obtained by satisfactory proof of their rclatonship to
the dt ceased millionare.
The City of Charleston continues, remarkably
healthy. The cntiro number of deaths for tho weok
ending cn the lllii instant, amounted to but Id, and
of these 3 were between 80 and 90 years of age.
Willis Gregory, Sr. of Lancaster District, who had
been imprisoned on tho charge of killing his own slave
George, by whipping, on the night of tho 3d ulU,
was admitted to bail bcf.-rc his Honor Judge Wethers
on last Friday in the sum of ?10,000.
President Taylor's Proclamation*.?In
another column will be found the Proclamation
of the President, to restrain any expedition that
may he. forming to invade Cnha.
The Washington Republic says that information
has heen received by the (iorernnient, that
bodies of men are being secretly drilled in New
Orleans, New York, and other cities of the
Union ; that a large amount of money has heen
raised; arms have heen provided, and arrangements
made on n large scale for some military
expedition.
The Intelligencer states! that positive infbrmation
has heen obtained that hands of men
have lately collected at a point not far from
New Orleans, and it is known with certainty
I that an invasion of Cuba is the real object of
those engaged in it.
In pursuance of tlin recommendation of
the. (J. I)., the Lancaster Division No. 30, held
a public meeting in the village of Lancaster on
Monday, the 13th instant. The procession, we
1- _c . i.? o ...i
learn, was imposing, mane up <n mu omu.i miu
the Cold Water Army, and tho addresses of Rev.
Mr. Palmer, the Presbyterian Pastor, nnd Dr.
R. K. Wylie, were able and well received. - Tho
Division partook of a dinner of choice eatables,
prepared by tho ladies of tho place, in the
Academy. Tho condition of tho Division is
said to be highly prosperous, members being
initiated at every regular meeting since its
organization*
(?7- We see it stated that good calicoes aro
selling in San Francisco at two cents per yard.
.. 1 1 1 1 ""'i "J' sag
PLANK ROAD.
A notice that an application will he made At
the next Session of the Legislature for a Char,
ter to construct a Plank Road from this place to
the North Carolina line, has been Rent us for
publication. Our cit'zenp are becoming inter,
csted in the enterprise, and we have reason to
believe that a portion of the citizens of Lancaster
heartily approre of if, and will do much to
aid in its construction. We have hitherto
spoken of it, as certainly running to Charlotte,
hut we now believe, that if it ever reaches that
town, her citizens will have to make an effort
for it, A strong disposition prevails to extend
i it towards Concord, and ultimately to connect
it with the Plank Road at Salisbury. To secure
the trade in that direction?in the counties
of Union, Anson, Cabanas and Eastern Mechlpnburg,
is of the highest importance to Camden.
. The sooner the better. The early construction
of the Road is urged with the belief that it will
divert a great deal of trade from the Rail Road
now being built, to our market, which otherwise
would find a channel round through Co.
lumbia. If it should be built to Concord,
Charlotte will find it to her advantage to construct
a branch from it to her Rail Road Depot.
But our neighbors of Lancaster will have a
, voice in its location, and we ar3 anxiously wait
tng to near trom tnem.
We have said hut little as to the advan'age
of such a Road. In many points they are too
obvious to require parsicular mention. We
state, however, that in those sections where
they have bepn constructed, the same team of
houses pull three and four times more than on
the ordinary Road. What an immense saving
of time and labor would it be to the farmers of
the up cnun'ry, to haul from 15 to 25 hales of
Cotton at one trip to market, with their ordinary
teams? How inconvenient, expensive, and
troublesome it is, tind how much does it derange
plantation business, to be rushing off to market
every wpek or two, through mud and cold, with
7 or 8 bales of cotton, exposed to all the severily
of winter, and oftentimes over'roads almost
impassable? The wear and tear of negroes
and horses, of wagon and gear, in the course of
a severe winter, would be amply sufficient to
pay the amount of toll on a Plank Road.
We will continue to offer such suggestion*
as may occur to u?, relative to the Road, and
?A r .! r i i i c._
invite n irce uisrussion nj use aims anu oenenis.
To ihc Edilor of the Camden Journal:
The fanatics of the North oppose the inslitu
lion of slavery, on the ground that it is immoral.
They preach this from thp pulpit?teach it in
their schools, and inculcate it in every depart,
ment of their social system. It strikes me that
the clergy of the South would render the most
impnrtnnt service to their country by enforcing
the opposite opinion, that slavery is moral and
well sustained by the laws of nature and the
Holy Scriptures. It certainly is obligatory up
on the clergy here to perform this duly with
zeal, as their brethren, in the North are so
active against us. Parents in the nursery and
teachers in our schools, should .also carefdly
and earnestly enforce the same?and the rising
generation would certainly be sound on this
point of morals?and with our people thoroughly
educated in correct principles, and with good
consciences, wo would have nothing to fear
from ab.oad.
But ii is more especinily the duty of the clergy
to be active and zealous in our cause, since tb
evil springs from their department of the social
state. It is from individuals of their hody that
so much mischief has been done to us?rf is a
question of morals over which they more fcspe
cially are entrusted with the guardianship.?
Their very neglect to be active in our cause
may be construed iuto a belief that thtey feel
some urivate scruoles of conscience in regard
to the morality of slavery,- and thus incline many
lo go against us. The clergy should look upon
it as the dearest cause of their country, and so
look upon it as being the cause of-God. Let
them,- therefore, arouse themselves to this high
patriotic duly, and prove to the wavering about
them, (if there bo any,) and to the people of
the North, that our moral guides, our clergy,
are as zealous defenders of their country's rights
as the clergy of the North are zealously engag.
ed against us?and that instead ol laboring by
wild hypothesis and false argument to elevate
the intellectual grade of the negro to that ol the
white man, (as has lately heed donu from a
certain high quarter in this Slate,) they should
labor to prove, by tho laws of nature, their intellectual
inferiority, and their just adaptation
to a state of servitude. The clergyman who
will not do this, is at least of douhifiil patriot*
ism. FEARLESS TRUTH.
For the Camden Journal.
Mr. Editor: As your paper has long sinco
established for itself a high character for its
calm devotion to Southern rights, I have con.
eluded to spend a leisure hour in making a few
remarks upon the Signs of the Times. Well,
then, our political sky is any thing but clear?
selfishness and egotism seem to have taken
possession of too many of our leading men ;
and we have also too many papers published in
the South. Each editor mu?l, ol course, go
ahead of nil his brethren in blustering and
.-I -- - o._._ l
Dragging^ UUlli, US H oitUU| i Ilium wo iikij
soon lose the liigh position wo have long maintained
in the Uuioi. The excitement got up
liy those loiters lately published in our Stale
papers, on the subject of Abolitionism, is well
calculated to place us in a false position before
the world ; and no doubt I he iYor/A Co. be.
gin to think our Institutions will not bear a
; closa investigation, and that we are afraid of
free discussion. This is not the fact. The
Southern proplo are not afraid of the "crisis."
As Christians, with the nitric in our hands,
making ample provision for slavory, and as
politicians, planting ourselves on our long tried
Constitution, we have no fears for the fulut '
as long as truth is mighty and must prevail.
I would therefore respectfully suggest that
Magistrates, Committees of Safely, Post Masters,
with all other good citizens, he on the loolc
out for every man or missile that may he tampering
with our slaves; but do keep It out of
the papers, that the community is thrown into
excitement, Irecauso some anonymous letter
hns been written to some of our respectable
citizens.
1 have not time now to do justice to this subject,
and shall content myself with merely
! throwing out a few suggestions for the consid!
eration of those who mny have time and talent
j to devote to their country** good- I say, then,
psiluated as wo are, (I mean the slave States,)
I wo Are not afraid of the combined efforts of the
ssBaesemrnammmmrnmiSmammBke*'
whole world,, no long as we arc true to o?ir*oif?. *' .
But h?re we been (bet? AIm! thereon,***
a tale." J Iwliere it in conceded peneralJy; ?
that our safety i* in the purity of the Democratic
party North and South ;d?ut how have our lead;
ing men heen acting for yeara part, with regard .
to this matter ? Have they not been abusing
all parlies, and but for lhp vnir* aT iKaivaoIh
previous to the last Presidential electio^, woiikj ^gnot
otir "Great Statesman" and nor litlla
statesmen all been for Taylor,*(alias Whig?)
You hare, not forgotten who said that 41,5
Southern man who was farthest from
nearer io us than the Northern man wnp professed
to be with ns," or words to thiit amount. 4 '
I ask emphatically, where was the wholh |>t btii'
| delegation in Congress on this subject during
the late canvass for President? and! also ask
where ? yes, where were all our Editoft.lbeh; 'a*'
that are now so clamorous about
The Palmetto Banner then edited by E
Arthur, took up Gen. Cass manfully; ihe othrrs
as Irt as I now recollect, took him tip after, the
people hat! spoken. Some, poweVdiy Wftif
clear through .for Whtgcfcry; but I mtisCrlt^S e
I this subject. It is painful for mO to Ioolff?W(w
: on the course our leading men and editors haver: *
j pursued, and I hope their pwsf unfirtlfafulbe*#'
will only wake up ihe masses in Ibia and
slave State, unlil all ihe people bnll know-thrir
rights, and dare maintain them."*1! 'do hope ^
" wait and watch" policy will nev# ffiid
with our noble and high-minded people, arfrii""
lhat South Carolina will never again beptacetf*
by her leaders, like Martin Van- Borett, Ht the
political market, to be knocked down W Hie r>
highest bidder. Bnt afier all a Yanke#
calculating chap, and Jonathan will lose nothing
by the excitement no\vgoftBjjr<W'4Wf*^,
if he can't free all thepoor u nr^eft^ ill'tier**''*
South, he can do this, (mark well if he don't do *
it,) at the next Congress be cancel t^Gyeat ^
1 Coinpromiaor to allay the excitement on
ry, by killing the Wijmot Proviso, (seeing the
Californians have done themselves all the Pro..
viso contemplates,) provided the Southern Stales
will give the present Administration a Uahfdj^ _J
States Bank, a Bankruj?t Law and a high Tar
riff. Indeed I fear that, unless onr leadiogmg^jj
will unite heartily on Democratic .principle*, j,
that the next Congress trill be able to ahear n?^ n
with a vengeance, the cloven foot of Wbiggrry.- <,
By the by, I *ee?ome oft he paper* out agalqs-U,.
the annexation of Canada ;. they need noi.trp?v^0 '
hie themselves on (bat subject. , Canada ia not
>??
yet " free and independent." Should
become so, let us take it if they wish to be an.) n
neted. Our Government is slrong eniHijgb.t^^
hold the Universe. c. 1 .wfZ) fH
ONE OF THE PjWBIjK^^riP
?~
From llie Charleston Mercury., ' ?
A PROCLAMATION. [.'Xzri-M
BY THE PBESIDENT OF THE UXn'BD^^ATI^i^^
There is rpason to beliere that attyayaiedf
expedition i* about to be. fitted not, ?n,jfw yoUyd)^,
States, with the intention to invade the Island
of Cuba, or some of the Province* of ^etwowr,,-*
the best information which the Executive #
been able to obtain points to the Island of Cuba
as the, object of this expedition., fefo.4l!iX'.i<j
of this Government to observe the fai}b.pftrea?;rj|'
ties, and prevent any aggression by our citixens
upon the territories of friendly nations.j.havrj ?y
therefore, thought it necessary ajyi
issue tins proclamation, to warn all citizens of*
the United Stales who shall connect themselvfajr
with an enterprise so grossly in .violajHHt^.,*.
our Uw and treaty obligations, that -theyrJRif %
thereby subject themselves to heayy peuahie*,
denounced against them by the acta of Cqngi^eiPgj-i.
and will forfeit their claims to the protection pf,
their country. No such persons must expect . r
the interforencn of this Government., in anr
form, in their liehalf, no matter to
ilies they inay be roJured in conae^ueno^ i^, *
their conduct and enterprise. ? .i'vv^pn^^
To iuvade the territories of a friendly nation,
set on font and prosecuted wiihin the limits or
the United States, i* in the higbesl^grpfl'
criminal, as tending to endanger the peace and
compromise the honor, of this nation;
therefore, all good citizens, as they regard our
national reputation, as ihey respect their nun*
!a\vs ami the laws ol nations, as they.walwe the
l)!essings of peace and the welfare of their
country, to discountenance and prevent,!^''*
lawful means, any auch enterprise.s: And j[ call ;
upon every officer of this Government, cirri or
military, to use all efforts in his poweTto aq^t
for trial and punishment every ?U5A ^ti?d<U?c
against the laws providing for the performance
of our sacred obligations to friendly -nr.il
Given under my hand, the eleventh ?C
August, in the year of our I^irdoaethmitttail
eight hundred and forty nine, and
fourth year of the Independence of the
States. Z. fAYLOB,
By (he President. ,, ;n*vrof ri&iiito>i
J. M. Clayton, Secretary of State. ^
BRADFORD SPRING'S FEMALE INSTLTOTE.
. .
This institution, under way since the .first of,.
July last, we are happy to state, ha* assigned ;;
position that its most sanguioo. friend* hardly
anticipated from so short an experiment. H'e
say experiment, because during a short fleeting
mouth every thing requisite for the maintain.
ance of an institution of the highest order ha*
been procurer], and as exigencies, havo manifested
themselves they had to be accommodated.
The Trustees may congralula'e themselves oi?
the choico of the gentlemanly principal ibey
have been fortunate to ofttain, as may also be
said in reference to the lady assistants. We
paid a visit to the springs during the week,.an<l.
must confess wero very agreeably disappointed.
We found a well appointed and regular School,
?(for take the word a* you may it is the oinro
forcible expression ofthe designs of the Institution,)
of thirty young ladies, who are, and have
been prosecuting their studies for the last
month. And while we commend the school,
we must not pass lightly over the Bursei'sdr.
partment. Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins, ultK great
zeal and perseverance, seem to have overtopped1
the formidable, obstacles that met them at th*'
onset; they assumod their charge* while the I'll1- .
stitute's grounds were l?arre?*- atid* uncultivated*
and notwithstanding its situation, they are enabled
to placo before the young ladies, as sub*,
slautial and great variety of food as can he- met'
with in few like institutes iu the State. ;.Ttlo
rvrt ft if nrrtn.int rm r/v n f inrlltOAmaial'a- In f tlA
^uili|muj yi tocin iuu<n^ ?W .. ?
public, they not only have obtained the most
available talent, but they place their term* considerably
lower than any institute it the S'ate*
The Government of the School is entirely paternal,
and it presented to our eyes the appearance
of a large family. That it must imdoubtodly
succeed is undeniable and the public tnay.
rest assured that on its m&intainance thejituro
happiness of| generations to come depends.-p
D. R. McLaurin, Esq., will furnish the public
with the Company's terms, and we in condu.
ion would advise a visit to the Ins itutc^situated
in the most delightful and healthy position 4
perhaps in the State, removed from the attractions
of the world, with excellent preceptors,
and all at an excludingly low pricc,fbra? o.dcsir .