The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, August 06, 1850, Image 2
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Firm the Baltimore Sun.
Thirty-First Congress?1st Session.
Skvatr.?Mr. Clemens laid on the table a
resolution for creating for Gen. Scott the office
of Lie^t,'General.
TW.compromise bill was taken up. The
pending amendments to Mr. Bradbury's amendment
being rejected, Mr. Dayton moved to
amend by providing that the Texas question be
brought before the Supreme Court After a debate,
in which Mr. Cass, Mr. Dayton, Mr. Foote,
and Mr. Ewiug took part, this wawiegatived?
15 to 39.
Mr. Benton offered an amendment, providing
that the commissioners be unprejudiced on
the question. Lost, 12 to 33.
Mr. Bradburry's amendment was rejected?
yeas lit*, nays zo.
Mr. Bradburry offered the same proposition,
but providing that the commissioners be authorized
to take a convenient boundary. Mr. Rusk
offered to amend so as to annul and condemn
all orders given by Col. Munroe, Arc.
Soiiie debate followed, awl Mr. Rusk'samendment
was rejected, yeas 12, nays 42.
Mr." Underwood moved an addition to the,
amendment, providing that in case the commissioners
do not agree, or their agreement be n<H
ratified* it shall be lawful to bring the case l?$fore
the Supreme Court, bat withdrew it for the
present.
Mr. Mason moved an amendment to Mr.
Bradbury's last amendment, which was decided
in the .negative?yeas 29, nays 27.
Mr. Hale moved an amendment?lost, 14 to
41.
Mr. Turney offered an amendment providing J
that no pecuniaiy consideration shall be given
for altering the true line.
Mr. Foote said it was a proposition leading
to civil war.
Mr. Turney said it was not uncommon for
gentlemen to differ in opinion. Mr. Jefferson
and others spoke, and the amendment of Mr.
Turney was rejected?yeas 20, nays 31.
Mr. Hale moved an adjournment.
The Senate adjourned.
July 30, 1850.?Mr. John Davis presented
the credentials of the Hon. Robert C. Winthrop,
appointed Senator from Massachusetts in the
places of the Hon. Daniel Webster, resigned.
Mr. Winthrop was qualified and took his seat
Mr. Mason offered joint resolutions confirming
the right of Texas to territory claimed by
her when she was annexed, and giving her full
possession of the same. Laid over.
The report of the select committee on the investigation
of the Benton and Foote difficulty
was ordered to be printed.
The Compromise bill was taken np to-day,
and Mr. Dawson moved to amend Mr. Bradbury's
amendment, by limiting the proposed terri'"??>?nmon?
nf Mpw Afpxico to the terri
IV/liUl va
tory west of the Rio Grande.
Mr. Clay sapported it. Mr. Rusk, Mr. Foote
and Mr. Dawson vindicated it Mr. Ewing and
Mr.:Douglass and Mr. Benton opposed it
Mr. Walker moved to lay the bill on the table.
This was rejected?yeas 25, nays 32.
Mr.JDlawson's amendment to the amendment
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The amendment ofMr. Bradbury as amended,
was agreed to, yeas 30, nays 28.
nmnn/^ Kw ctriUnfT nnf
im*. l^uil ID lliuvcu IAJ auiviiu ?/j Wfi (UIII^ VH?
that part of the bill which prohibits the territorial
legislatures from passing any law to prohibit
or admit slavery. A debate followed, in
which Messrs. Phelps, Foote, Downs, Pratt and
Turney took part
Mr.Tuniey said the effect of the motion would
be to exclude slavery. The officers of the territory
would be appointed by a Northern President,
and they would exclude slavery.
Mr. Clay spoke in favor of striking out the
clause, as it assumed a power 01 intervention r>y
Congress. The North would be for the restriction
and the South against it
After a long debate, a motion was made to
adjourn, and lost, yeas 10, nays 41.
Shortly after, Mr. JefTerson Davis took the
floor4 and the Senate adjourned.
July 31.?'The Compromise Bill was taken
up; pending the motion of Mr. Norris to strike
out the provision which restricts the territorial
governments from passing any law prohibiting
or establishing slavery.
Mr. JefTerson Davis opposed it.
The amendment was agreed to. veas 32. navs
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21.
Mr. Walker brought forward an amendment
striking out all except what relates to California.
But Mr. Pearce offered an amendment,
which took precedence, to wit: to reinstate
what had been stricken out relative to New
Mexico, and the amendment of Mr. Downs
adopted yesterday, and provides that the territorial
government of New Mexico shall go into
operation on the 4th day of March, 1851.
Mr. Pearce spoke in support of the motion.
Mr. Foote resisted it, and declared that it
would defeat the bill.
Mr. Rusk opposed the amendment He had
hoped that Texas would be at rest for one day.
He would stand to be shot at, but not everyday
to be snapped at He complained of the want
of sympathy and regard for the rights and feel
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ings 01 1 exas. ne was airaiu mai some were
ready to test tlie strength of this government in
n conflict with a State. It would be found a
hazardous ex[>eriment.
Mr. Dawson opposed the amendment.
Mr. Shields had with reluctance voted for the
amendment of the Senator from Georgia. Upon
reflection, he would ?->t defend that provision:
and he would support the amendment of
the Senator from Maryland, (Mr. Pearce.)
Mr. Benton spoke at length in support of the
amendment, and in opposition to the surrender
of New Mexico to Texas. He was in favor of
keeping possession of New Mexico until the ti
tie was decided by competent authority.
Mr. Houston and Mr. Dawson replied.
Mr.' Pearce's amendment was finally agreed
to?striking out certain sections relative to N.
Mexrco.
Mr. Dawson's amendment was agreed to,
yeas 33, nays 22.
The questiou was then 011 Mr. Pierce's amendment,
providing that the territorial government
of New Mexico shall not go into effect till
the 5th of March, 185lv
Mr. Douglas moved a substitute for it.
Mr. Hale moved indefinitely to postpone the
bill. This was rejected, yeas 27, nays 32.
Mr. Underwood said the bill could be passed,
but it was necessary to give New Mexico a
government. Do it ourselves or let Texas do
it, or have a territorial government. Itwa9 our
duty to give New Mexico a government, and he
was willing to put in any clause saving the
rights of Texas.
The question was taken on Mr. Douglas's
amendment providing that the commissioners
shall report by the 15th December, and that until
Congress adjusts the boundary dispute, the
rights of both parties shall remain as they are.
This was rejected, 24 to 33.
Mr. Turney moved to postpone the bill indefinitely.
This was lost, yeas 29, nays 30.
Mr. Atchison gave notice of an amendment
to strike out all excepting what related to Utah.
Mr. Underwood's amendment to the amendment
striking out the limitation ill Mr. Pearce's
motion, was lost, 25 to 32.
Mr. Yulee moved to strike out the Board of
Commissioners and all that remained in the bill
on that subject. This was agreed to, yeas 29,
nays 28.
Mr. Chase moved an indefinite postponement
of the bill?lost, 29 to 29.
August 1.?The Senate, on motion of Mr.
Douglas, took up the California Bill reported
from the committee on territories.
Mr. Foote moved to provide that California
shall exercise no jurisdiction south of the parallel
of 35 deg. 30 tnin.
Mr. Dawson supported it Mr. Foote said
he should not vote for the bill withoutthe amendment,
and he did not think it would pass the
j other House without it
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I Mr. Mason maae some remanis iu euppu.?v.
the motion.
Mr. Clay was in favof of the admission of
California. He commented at length and with
great severity on the causes of the defeat of the
Compromise Bill. For himself he intended to
be unawed by the threats of individuals or of
States against this Union. While he had a voice
or an arm he would raise them in defence of
the Union._
Mr. Foote spoke at length in comment upon
disunion sentiments, as expressed particularly
in South Carolina at public meetings and in
public papers.
After some remarks, in which Mr. Foote,
Mr. Butler. Mr. Hale and Mr. Dickinson took
part, the bill was postponed till to-morrow.
The bill to admit California as a Slate, to
provide, for the establishment of the territories of
New Mexico and Utah, and to moke certain propositions
to Texas in regard to boundaries, and
for other purposes, was read the third time,
| amidst some laughter. The bill was passed
and title amended.
The Senate adjourned.
House of Representatives.?Mr. White
asked the unanimous consent of the House to
offer a resolution providing that the Speaker
shall appoint a special committee of twenty one
members to consult, and report to the House
such a bill as will be calculated to allav the
?* Av?;?ninn.if art A cretin tbp nnpstinna ner
nianently which have caused the excitement
Objection was made by Messrs. Root and
Carter to. ^e. resolution, andif yvaa pot introOn
motion of Mr. Duer, the rules were suspended,
and the House resolved itself into a
committee of the whole on the state of the Union,
(Mr. Disney in the Chair,) and resumed
the consideration ol the fortification bill.
Mr. King moved to strike out the item of
830,000 for the preservation of the site of Fort
Moultrie, Charleston harbor.
The question was taken and the Committee
refused to strike out?ayes 11; nays 104.
Mr. Jones moved to reduce the item of $50,000
to Fort on Soller's Point Flats, Baltimore
harbor, to $25,000.
Mr. Kerr defended the necessity of this fort,
and the whole amount of the appropriation.
The Committee refused to make the reduction.
Mr. Thompson, of Pa., moved an amendment
linking the application of the appropriation to
works nearly completed, which was voted
down.
The bill was then reported to the House,
when Mr. Bayley moved the previous question.
A message was annouuced from the Senate,
with bill for the establishment of a territorial
government for the Territory of Utah. Its annunciation
created a general laugh.
Mr. Kaufman moved to lay the bill on the
table, pending which, on motion, the House adjourned.
MR. CLAY AND MR. 'RHETT.
Recently in reading the debates of the Senate
we were struck with astonishment at a most
outrageous vindictive attack by Mr. Clay on
the strictly Honorable Robert B. Rhett, frequently
a member of Congress from South Carolina.
Mr. Rhett is now a private citizen and
an amiable man. It was a safe attack because
Mr. Rhett cannot reply to Mr. Cluy on the door
of the Senate, and thus " right, his wrongs
wherever given." And Mr. Clay's age and Mr.
Rhett's religious associations alike Ibrbid that
mode of retaliation which our southern sentiments
and customs approve: a law higher than
the law.
Mr. Clay said "Mr. Rhelt teas a traitor, and
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acscrvea a iruuur s juit;. it u regrei mat some
southern Senator had not the manliness to l>oard
Mr. Clay with the word Liar. This word Traitor
has now become so common, that we copy
the true definition of Treason from the Constitution
of tho United States?Article3. sec.3.
"Treason against the United States shall consist
only in levying war against them, or iu
adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and
comfort:" We commend this definition to Mr.
Clay.?His ideas were always loose, and it is
scarcely possible that any inan who knew what
legal Treason was, should declare in tho Senate
that a public speech at Charleston amounted
to it.
But it may be that Mr. Clay distinguishes be
tween legal ana moral treason, but he would it
seems, punish both alike, consign both sinners
to the Bame late. Well, ther * is auch a thing as a
moral or a figurative Treason. By this wo understand
the man whose tongue and heart are
unfaithful to his country. In this sense of the
term, we pronounce Henry Clay a Traitor to
to hiscountry, to his constituents who have cherished
bim, to the laud of his birth.
Yes, sir,' the clouds which now surround us
are of your own invoking. But for your influ
cnce in theNational Councils since 1820; but
for your continual bartering and compromising
of the rights of the south fora hope of the Presidency;
but for your alliance with the profits of
our pillagers such as protective tariffs, rotten
banks,&c., the country would now be safe, the
Union in no peril. If the Union is dissolved, sir
you are the traitor who has for 30 years been
engaged in sapping its foundation, and shivering
its columns. Tottering as it now is, and as you
are to dissolution, it would not be inappropriate
if the Temple and the Ephesian who fired it
should perish together. That you are eloquent
and brave, no man doubts: but you are ambitiousaud
selfish.? Wilmington Aurora.
TFIBDE JI(D)raHAILs.
CAMDEN. S. C.
TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 6,1850.
The Camden Meeting and the Union.
The course that the Washington Union has pursued
toward the South, has severed it forever
from the confidence of the Southern People. And
now with ua pale and yellow melancholy," he decries
each raevemettf of the South as "more Ultraism,"
"Treastm," and like expressions of horror.
We take no notice of the pecuniary incentives
which drive this paper to the support of the Grand
National Party." And coupled with them the efforts
ot its reputed co-editor?Gen.Foote?to gain
a place under the government, since it is certain he
can no longer represent the people he has betrayed.
Mr. Ritchie would fain still the tumult in the
South?he would have them yield to Northern agj
gression, and place their necks as footstools for
the North to uphold the "glorious Union"?and
wonder in concert with Mr. Foote at the character
of the toasts at our celebrations in Carolina on the
4th. As veil might he sit, Vulture like, on the
verge of Ema's crater and with his hoarse croaking,
thiuk to 6till the rumbling thunder of its inward
fires. He remarks, relative to the Union,
that "there is imminent danger, and our brethren
Mnrth an mjpII an nf thp Smith should be ac
quainted with the signs that are exhibited in the
horizon. On the present occasion to which we refer,
it is not one man whose speech breathes discontent
and disunion; but it comes to us in the
shape of a popular meeting which has taken place
at Camden, in South Carolina."
Does he look at the papers? Does he not see
from Arkansas to Florida, demonstratiQns of the
same nature?
lie ask^ u is Col. Gregg mad ?" h Father
Ritchie mad! the indications are against him. To
suppose that an aged Politician, and a southerner
too, could think the South so tame as to submit to
the miserable efforts of political jugglery to degrade
and subject her. In awful array he copies
the entire proceedings of the Camden meeting,
and holds us up \o the horror stricken North as
"Disunionists." You are right, we are disunionist,
Untune mn gnf Ailfl tfirt U wwtu
our title to our own, with our swords for pens, and
our b'ood the ink, depend upon it that titlo will be
drawn?3d 30 is most emphatically our ultima
I turn. We have all to gain by a dissolution of the
Union?nothing to loose?and can you listen to
the mighty voice, which is rising from the Dan to
the Beereheba of the south, a; 1 doub4 our determination
? Every breeze bears ujon its wings the
oathes of a nation of freemen, to assert their rights
?and think you, Father Ritchie, that the threats
of a hemp rope, from one whose life has been one
long, deep curse to the South?the picayune blustering
of him whose business it is to Foote Clay
bills, or the long union homilies of your most worshipful
Editorship, can convert the South into
submissionists! If so, you are sadly mistaken.
You class us with Seward, Hale, &c.?well Seward
and Hale are better friends to the South than
you, Mr. Foote, Mr. Clay, &c. are. They are the
open enemy?the honesl enemy?we see their advances
and know how to meet their attacks. You
would mask the abyss and direct our footsteps di-i
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recuy over usmuuui. wneve lien, tue uuiajiuia
ot tlie South, as you term them, are numerous
enough to have the Union as they made it, or
have it not at all. We ask the North 110 favors,
and we shall never ask them any quarters.
E57~Our location and institutions mark us as
the people to take that stand relative to America
that Sparta or Athens held towards Europe, and
we should, like them, prepare to meet any and
every emergency. Let us have Spartan training
to accomplish Spartan acts. We suggest ,to the
next Legislature the establishment of branch Military
Schools throughout tlie Stale, say one for
each Congressional District, which should be not
only preparatory wbodls, but able to give a full
course in military and practical sciences. Let us
have young men who know how to handle the
sword as well as Horace?who spend more time
in acquiring a practical and useful education,
such as is generally attained at those schools, than
in poring over Greek and Latin, and reading always
of men and acts, and take no measure to
enable themselves to imitate them. The expense
will be small, and the benefits incalculable, and we
earnestly hope the Legislature will adopt some
plan of accomplishing this important purpose.
The Pistol Committee
Has reported. It makes Mr. Benton in the first
place the aggressor. Acquits Mr. Foote for his
defence but condemns the wearing of arms in the
Senate.
The Hornet's Nest.
The editor of this truly excellent paper has
added to its title the word "True Southron," and
the paper is now published under the name of the
"Hornet's Neat and 'lYue SouthronWe have
on several occasions noticed the bold and decided
position he had taken on the side of Southern
rights, and we hail this as an additional pledge of
his fidelity to the South. The Hornet's Nest was
the first paper in the old North State to rise up
in defence of Southern Rights, and echoing as we
hope and beiieve it does, the voice of old AJeckenburg,
the feeling will no doubt, spread as in days
of yore, until few will be left willing to wear the
chains their Northern "brethren" are now forging
far them. We make the following extracts from
the editor's reasons for a change of title:
"All along we have supported a position
which seemed to call either for some other name
than the 'Hornets' Nest/ or for some addition
to the present. We came to the conclusion
that the addition was best ' Hornets' Nest'
commemorates the events in our early history,
which have given to Mecklenburg a fame that
will never die whHe there shall be a language
to record it in, and wo have thought it very appropriate
to have connected with that which
calls up the past?something which has an immediate
and close intimacy with the present
and future, and consequently we have added
the title, Tkub Southiiojt.
" True Southron our paper shall be in. every
sense of the word. True to the interest of the
Imo fn V?or linnni* trim t/> ovarv thimr
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6he may hold dear. True to her now, true
when the conflict shall wage fiercely, and true
if we be the last left upon a defeated field to
lisp in dying accents?the South, the South forever.
We see that she is either to l?e trampled upon
and succumb to submission of the most
shameful and degrading kind, or stand up and
proclaim she will dare attempt at- every hazard
to sustain her rights, her honor, her position.
We see she is to become a mere cypher in the
confederacy, to bow the knee to the Belial of
oppression, or to occupy her proud position as
the most noble of the Union, or to establish her
independence, and we have not hesitated where
to place ourself, and it is, to be with her through
victory or defeat, through weal or wo, through
honor or through blood.
"in view of these considerations, and this our
determination, we have added the title in question,
and if any conduct of out's ever belie it,
I ask the first Southern traitor I meet (the lowest
character in the world,) to cat my throat."
PLANK ROAD MEETING.
Camden, Aug. 3, 1850.
At a meeting of the citizens of Kershaw, held
this day at the Court House, on motion, Cbas.
J. Shannon, Esq., was called to the Chair and
J. B. Kershaw appointed Secretary.
The Chairman explained the objects of the
meeting in a few appropriate remarks of a practical
character.
Col. Jas. Chcsnut jr. offered the following resolutions
with a few earnest and pertinent apjieala
to the meeting, to come fully up to the
exigency of the occasion.
1. Resolved, That in the opinion of the citi
zens of Camden and Kershaw LMstnci, wno are
here assembled, a Plank Road from this place
through Lancaster to Monroe, or some other
point in North Carolina, will promote the commercial
and other interests of the places indicated,
and ought therefore td be built.
2. Resolved, That tho citizens of Kershaw
District will constmct tlie said Road to the dividing
line between iaincaster and Kershaw,
provided the citizeugof Jyancastyr will cogtinue
' the- Ilottd toHWe diyldiugline, between North
and South Carolina, and the citizens of North
Carolina will continue it to Monroe or some
other suitable place in that State.
3. Resolved, That we invite the citizens of
Union, Stanly, Anson, Cabarrusand old Mecklinburg,
North Carolina, and of Lancaster District,
South Carolina, and such other Districts
and Counties as are favorable to the measure,
to send delegates to meet in LancasterviIIe, on
the first Monday in September next, for the purpose
of settling the plan and devising the means
of building the said road as soon as practicable.
4. Resolved, That twenty-one delegates Ik?
appointed by the Chairman of this meeting to
represent us in the proposed Convention.
Maj J. M. DeSaussure seconded the resolutions
and commented on the subject at some
length, estimating carefully the reasonable results
of the enterprise.
Messrs. W. E. Johnson, J. M. Cooper, and
other gentlemen severally made a few remarks
and the resolutions were adopted.
The Chairman then appointed the following
gentlemen delegates to the Convention:
Capt. Thomas Lang J. S Cunningham, Esq.
Maj J. M. DeSaussure A. D. Jones, Esq.
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Col. J as. Chesnut, jr. w. d. i ieicner, i>sq.
Col. J. B. Kershaw Capt J. M. Ingrem
J. M. ^ooper, Esq. Col. T. P. Ballard
W. E. Johnson, Esq. Col. J. C. Haile
J. B. Cureton, Esq. Maj. D. D. Kirkland
Col. T. L. Dixon Col. Wm. Drakeford
Col. L. J. Patterson John P. Knox, Esq.
J. It. Dye, Esq. Dr. J. W. Ford
Capt B. Jones.
On motion of Maj. J. M. DeSaussure it was
Resolved, That the Chairman be requested
to correspond with the Pablio -Authorities of the
various Districts and Counties named in the
third Resolution and invite them to^twite in
said Convention.
On motion of Col. J. Chesnut, Jr., ordered
that public notice be given of the intention to
apply for a charter at the next session of the
Legislature, as required by law.
On motion of Maj. DeSaussure, Resolved,
That when this meeting adjourn, it stand adjourned
to tho first Saturday after the first Monday
in September next, to receive a full report
from our Delegates to the Convention.
The meeting then adjourned.
C. J. SHANNON, Ch'm.
J. B. Kershaw, Sec.
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For the Camden Journal.
tup dt amwt nmn THE CRISIS!
JL11U A JUaiiia. - *-r
" There is a tide in the affairs of men which taken at the
flood leads on to fortune."
Ono of tlieso propitious tides the people of
Camden wisely seized at the full flood in '45,
and have since sailed on a sea of comparative
prosperity. Another is swelling up, and if again
wo opportunely launch upon it we may continue
to spread our sails and ride prosperously, moving
on " like a thing of life but failing?shallows,
quicksands,and disastrous shipwreck shall
speedily overtake us.
The sagacious, enlightened and public spirited
men of Union county, North Carolina, have
taken the initiative, have nobly led in this most
important enterprise. And Lancaster too?
though disheartened by the failure of her noble
effort tor r. Kail Road, and reluctant at first in
this movement, but always ready, as in 1812,
ft
when ber whole regimenfcof 12W men at Jbe
tap of the drum stepped forward as volunteers r
to meet and drive biHk the arrogant: foe?always
ready, when her duty is made clear, to1
perform it at any and all hazards, stands pre
pared to meet as at the line?has challenged m
in a spirit of noble emulation and maoty public' spirit
to meet her there. And where is old Ker
shaw in this great argument! SiOw to more,.
but hard to beat, she too will be found **np to the
full point," whether it be "near the flashing-of
the guns'' on the field of battle'Of on the fcr
nobler field of peacefnl public spirited nadlfcenificententerprize.
.?
Are there yet any wlm doubt the necessity,the
policy of a prompt, manly and effective prae- i
tical response to the invitations- the generous
nk.illuiwroa tlmt hnvp rpndiAft n?- Atfi there. 1U1V
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hesitating to take up the giove )<f sack at controve
rpy. Then let them turn to MillsvMapr of
South Carolina, and trace a line from'Colombia,
via Rioe Creek Springs, 16 miles from
Camden, and Winnsboro, Chester^iwd theNation
ford to Charlotte and Salfcbuty; 3tiotbei<
from Manchester via Sumter andDarbngtotf
Court Houses to Wilmington; another from*
Darlington via Cheraw tckConcortT, aud stilP
another frou> Fayetteville to Concord orSaffe'bury;
and then consider whitt vimU be the'eitn-dition
of Cdmden and all bei* dependent inter
ests, when the Rail and Plauk roads'cimtewipluted
and in rapid' progress upon the lied* indicated
shall be complete. Remember,- that
tlioan mad* witWuit fnmrwtitinn will enmmaild- J
all the trade beyond them, and for ten* tniles at |
least, within them. 'Miiok^weearnestly invoke>
you, of tlie character of the soil and geological
structure of the country, the trade of which Will '
still be left to Camden! What is iti Mostly a narrow
region of Band hills and slate formation, >
already worn oat, or ineapabfo-of improvement
Can the trade of this region sustain Camden!
We repeat, let die merchants, "the tradesmen,
the mechanics, the lawyers and the doctors,
aye, the RevM Clergy, and those whose noble vocation
is "to teach the young idea- how to shoot,"
the planter, the jodgo, and the retired gentleman,
aye, all whose'faoilities of trade, means of
aducation, religions instruction and social intercourse,depend
upon the prosperous condition.of
damrlnn?Let them reflect what will be their
own condition when the statu of Camden shall
have become Courthouse shops and dagegrie*,
with houses abandoned and dilapidated and
worthless; churches and schools closed' or
shrunk to skeletons, when the rolling of the
cars shall be heart! but once" a Week, or the
road be broken np entirely and your Banks all
closed and withdrawn.
Is this exaggeration f Consider the effect of
forcing into market a dozen of the principal
houses! A reduction of half the'whdle value
of the real estate of Camden would follow! and
then another dozen, andunotberi But will these
disastrous results come Upon us? Circumscribe
the trade of Camden within the limits indicated
and where will the Mathesons, the Villepigues.
the Levys, the McDowalls, the Ken
1? J nrra/la.
neuys, auu Lsuuiupt), auu ouicn III WHU gauuv
be found with their capital, their charader and
skill? In Cbarfofcie,Chester, Winnbboraand
Salisbury. Is this but wild prophecy ? Mene,
nieoe tekel: tliy glory shall depart and shall be
given to others; live or ten years will unfold thebook
of fate and the prophecy will be a tact accomplished.
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What will avert this impending- doomj - We
answer, a Plaxk Road, or s vsfK* -of^Ptaxk.
Roads, projected northward, eastward and.
.westward. These will do it No artificial
uieans of transportation of persons .OFr things,
yet devised, on such Kites as we propose tooccupy
can compete with these roads^ Thtyvill
curry ike trade acrosr Jhe line* of'RaiT.Ro^d*
awl from the rtry towns at their termini.. The
actual cost of toH for 100 pounds -1OO^ihS^npon
a plauk road at the.ratefc established upon,
some already m operation and p?K^ as high,
as 80 per oeut profits, is only threcr cents!?
Three cents J00 pounds per- 100 rtiiles!' This;
ha (Wmar would hjiVA tn nnv_< iJWoold betJBV
. 7i~?" r~4 --^ v - ,? it?
or would he subject Ms Gbftoir," flojir, wheat,
corn, or bacon to n Rail Road cferge bfat least 1
25 cents per hundred mibw'T.
B u t are we able to, Wild it ! ,Ab]eX tfliy, the 1
met libera end [ww holders ?f a single Church
in Camden are worth three^nUluMe bf dollars;
a tithe of their annual iocdroe would build half
what we are reqnired to-dd. Able!-the* real
and personal estate oflBeto^n ^Camded, including
merchandize, is oue'milHon ; one years
income and profits would Wild the road to
Concord and Cbnrlotfe.; <ndoe<1 l why toe
Corporation of Camden cair Knild 20 miles of
the road and not rrdd pde"doUar to tfcepresent
scale of taxation?perhaps the lowest in the
Union. Able is not the word. Are ybu *ill~
ing ? Do yon see your danger ? Have yon
the spirit to meet it?to meet it. noj/v Have
none prejudged the in^err^Aye^'there'no nnmanly
prejudices? Ai&:riohedusjjbsetflo sbirk
their fair share of'a contribution to an enterprize,
noble in itself sud of conlnion iiftbrest?
of universal benefifc-from the poorest laborer in
the streets to the richest1' merchant or planter.
It was said on a former -great, occasion by an
eminent riri*en then of i&mdeir, ""Is-there any /
man in this house, having a common interest,
who perceives that the work will ihu're to hia
advantage, and who is able,* mid who shirks his
just share of the commorf charged If there be$
I icould not trust him withmy purse."
Let every maq 'put the matter to Iiis own
mind?to his own heart?be true to kimsrlf,
and do his duty to his oouritry,' and the work
will be done. Camden will again advance.?
Our children will riso up and call us blessed, outworks
shall follow uS, and the wise- ancT good!
will praise us. ' BLANDING.
NON-INTERVENTION DEFINED. I
During tlie California debate in the House om
the 29th inst, our immediate Representative 1
- - ? v . J , "
took occasion to refer to tnis ceieoraiea term,
which oxhibits so striking an illustration of Talleyrand's
definition of language?**a means invented
for concraling our thoughts."
He is thus reported:
Mr. Woodward said he had but two view* to.
present We were told that the question whether
rights in slave property in the territories he'
recognized by the Constitution, should be determined
by the courts either for or against
those rights, good faith and respect for the decisions
of the courts, would bind the North