The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, November 05, 1850, Image 2
From tin? Tri'e S t!:ron.
southern rights meeting.
( r. \ft.iiTTK, n. C., Oct. 29.
A of ilie iri-mis of Southern Ri^hti
w;i* hehl i;i t ie Jo.i:t ilonse tliis al'te. iioo-i, and
"'o - ftwrwiil fOtl ItV flip flection of S. A. Davis,
Esq., .as President, and W. M. Matthews. Secretary.
Mr. L. 3ndger beirg called upon explained
very briefly the objects of the meeting.
Upon motion made and seconded, it was
Resolved. That a committee of five be ap
pointed by the Chair to prepare a Preamble j
and Resolutions expressive o! the views of ihe i
citizens of Mecklenburg upon the laws recently I
passed by Congress respecting slavery.
Whereupon the Chair appointed Messrs. Jno. j
Walker, S. H. Elliott, J. M. Potts, Dr. C. J. j
l ux arid L. th- committee, who retired.
Wlrle the committee were out, R. P. Waring,
esq,, who was called upon, rose and made
an animated Southern Address.
The committee returning reported the pream
1 1 *! ' ?* '"Itiwli K/*inrr l
hie ana resolutions which mnuw, ,
rend, were unanimously adopted.
<,.erea3 theabolition fanatics of* t!ie Noitli
liaw from a very early period of our history I
made and continued to make aggressions upon
the institution of slavery in the South, and not- :
v i...standing repeated concessions on the pait!
cf ?!t Sootii nave persisted in tlieir warfare up- {
on rant institution, and being emboldened by
tip i.- {icq! e 'f successes and our many humble ;
and j acific concessions, have not only invaded |
Oiit* domestic relations tlnough these attacks,
" 1 '* - * - J?.... An. iiAnaftfil. !
but iiave gone so.iar as u? ucuy uui whsmw (
;il ij its ; nod whet ens, we bed've the admis.;
'i :'i of Califnrni i as n State, (dictated as it was (
by their spirit ot' aggression and rapacity, and '
their (iis|tnsitiuii to deny us our just afnd itial- ;
ir",;|jle right:;) to lie unconstitutional, and pass* i
d i.v utter disregard of the epual claim ol the ;
Si.utli to a portion of tiiat territory : and believ- 1
iag the offer made hy them to purchase a por- 1
tii>h of Texas is hut another coveit attack upon '
our domestic institutions, a bribe and an insult.
'} i ercfore he it R"*o!rt?i%
1st. That we, the citizens of Old Mecklenlimit,
in convention assembled, do in the hrst
j Ir.cc and in t!.e most emphatic manner, enter!
our most solemn protest against the law admit- '
ti-.g- t diiorni-, as a .State into the 'Union:' that1
- | u I :!; upon such admissii n as impolitic, unjii:
t. :.s i!i graceli.l to the n njority that passed
? it. rd as a viol, tion of the constitution.
Cd. 'that we have hereto.ore legarded and*!
re? acted the line of-'Jl) 30 as a settlement line
b i\ vt*;j the .North and the South upon this de1:
;:d agitatingquestion of slavery, that we
! : e sii.it of ti e ' omnroinise establish..
; i ii a- ?:n.? been violated. and South of it,
f.i \ ti. il.> e.\piv?s meaning, invaded hv
. ; ifMsii laws p:t sod ia < ongivss and coin- i
, 111 .1! in the compromise or omnibus bill; that
c view their parage ;;s eminently disturbing
harmony ami tending to a rupture of the
i .:i?ui, if they have not already sounded its ,
Ivell. a.id tliat against those l.iws, all and sin
tie. we do earnestly and seriouslv enter our
I
1?. :iC-C. _ |
Hit 'I hat we believe the U rion o| the South
fo? itMt tutke uud safety of tin* South to he a Just
and tigiitemw (jiilift, and i\e pledge ourselves
to co-operate with other Soiitueni States tiiat
ti e using means to strengthen Miis I. nioti and '
rcsi t the violations of hie I onstititlion.
I'ii. Tfcit we view the action of the North
si* r .i - time, wh re every effort is being made |
to ueie -t the operation of the Fug'tire Si .ire
L > -. as furtiie ..ggressive upon the South, :md .
a = deserving t to j st co .demialion ol tlie
yoiu.ieru people.
?'! ?* foilo*.\ is:g we: oiier-'d it\ Win. 11. .My-|
o as additional resolutions. and uiiaiih >
iiio adopted:
t hat the St ite . ro.npo.-ing t ie 'etle.al
I. ii.ni are free a.id iiidependimt sovereignties;
Hi it they may and of ri .'lit should exe ei>e all
the rights of separate, distinct and in lependi
nt commonwealths, whenever the protection
of the i 'ederul (ioverumcul is withdrawn, or in
the wisdom the jteoplu wronged, it^ deL-^ iu'.'
|>.m?ers nre wrested tod j>erve ted *-.t the iajarv
o ' that |iC*o;ile, i ii" in<?i i" u;.i?n tV-ir reserved
. i^hts or invading 11> i. institutions: granting
to t:n? -eit,?MI ttitvj ii-ii-r.it ?,neh i towers otilv
...? . - 0 - - ,
n.i may be {'or tue mutual protection and prebe
-vation of trie a bole.
l?. i'iiat tie ot itc of North Carolina, in
common with Ik*, -i tor St.it > i toe South,
' should adopt such, u.'fiirdatio-s nine a- iiw.i
tib uvty ..seentjn ?>t tii t ; o t g to restriction
and nor i it leiej e u). .\o:th.
that tlie di>ot^':i i * - ei* t',::! *, ti?m. mav se<* :
ti.O HO till'.' "tltd V'-i f ill: C'-.' O tit !r .!? j
ill*: out o! t.u i < -vious upon ami oHlcio
i I termed-J I i ; i;: t ii t i* ::t i n: 01 I,.*.
'.t .. i iiat I t oii?.?.... .11 h? tney li.4, we here
pledge "out livis, mi. hi time, and our most
sii'.vd Sumo." to .o:iiu'..>i i southern Kigot.-.
and hoior. ,
lV.'i-ioUM M the parage of t ie Resolutions
11*1 *: 5 eie :11141 < Liillieut ? iceelie in t.ieir mm.'-lf
wi re delivered l?y John Walker, Esq., and the
li(Ni.'( . VV. Caldwell.
Mr. Myers made some very appropriate and
spirited remarks upon (lie resnlutio is lie offerel.
*t ?\ xk fir t ier inaiifniouslv
V- 7, i or ?' present:ttivr8 elect In
?'f 1. ; i I H i' TiM' on, warm t.ia.iks ii?rtne
: '{' ! Iii-* ; litev recently took up<>,
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r/...,..... . !. i l< (. i I V this '
. :n
> ' V I . . I I III- ?'! I II*
. . i.jh s Ii - ' O ?r -li iii-'ii wi re j
lie . i' *?' s i ;i:nl >V. it. 3ly- .
1 i'i .'.i' Sisi. ami r.iai lirii*: j
u.stCfc'
if. iii'itiin> t a j :.at these ornrciMi- j
> in :! ? ,-i iii' nets' Ni-sl," ami j
1! a *.'l .i ! |iupt'i> iii tins State ami Suiitti lane ,
una i-.'ii'Jly to the c.i'i-c he p mupsi ! to c?|iy. !
<), motion tlic iiu-i iinjr adjourned, sul?jt*ct j
?u O.iii Ul Ult* 1'iVsi.IiMlt.
S. A. DA * IS. Cli'ni'u.
' V. M Mathkws, Sic'y
; it.v Patrick IIknrv.?The tlistinU'i'-ii'il
\ iron in orator, Patrick JJewry, hail
hve .njin's Jauti jleiedith, Ai.ne Christian, I
Lucy Wood, Susan Madison and Betsey Russell.
The last mentioned lady was the grandmother,
of the Hon.vW. C Preston, President
of the South Carolina College.
William Henry was his only full brother.
Patrick Henry's mother was Sarah Winston.
His father was John Henry of Aberdeen, ScotIrthn
f-J on er'a mntliae time Tana Rnh. I
ertson, sister to Dr. William Robertson, the
Historian.
THE SIGNS OK THE TIMES.
By a careful examination of the various presses
of the Union, we find the following to be the
present state of public opinion.
In New York, it is admitted that, the only
chance of success for the Whig party, is to rally
on the Free Soil doctrines of Seward. With
the exception of the merchants of New York,
who are becoming alarmed at the manifestations
as to Southern trado independence, the
voice of the people, in denouncing the South, ,
and in the resolution to assist the Fugitive Slave 1
Hill, is all one way. The Syracuse Journal, j
whose editor is a candidate for Congress, pro- j
poses organizations of the people to rebel,
against the law, whose execution would be in- :
suiting to God and man. He pledges himself
lor a lepeal of the law, and the abolitio:i of sla- '
vfiv iii flu> District of Columbia, and of the
slave trade between the States. The negroes
have been called on to ami and defend themselves;
and urged to strike dead the man who
first offers to put the law in force.
In Ohio, meetings are held favorable to re- i
listing the Fugitive Slave Bill At a meeting
at Cleaveland it was declared to be the latest
boon of despotism and tyranny.
In Pennsylvania, the opposition to the law is
becoming every day more palpable. In Pittsburg,
at a meeting of a Presbyterian Synod,
the ministers who professed to extend the reign
of the law abiding Saviour, recommended any
extremity of resistance; arming if necessary.?
The Southern people were menaced in most unchristian
and ungentlenianly terms; terms bet- i
ter suited to a set of gambling, grog-shop cow- J
ai ds, and gastonuders, than clergymen who
wear gowns, in the effort to arrest thirteen
fugitives at Wi .ebarre, lately, the people rose
in iniv* mill dr .vi t-,.. liins-i-s ill' tile law. I>V
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force iVtuu the town. Tiie pence ollieers refused
to interior . a- It .? fugitives uv.'v asM-ted
on to Canad t.
in Texas, th c i'i-i.' of tin- ."Snsitli is gaining
ground. It ise iiv.nelv probable that tiie pe? - .
pie will rise in die strength of their patriotism,'
and reject the partition of the State-a partition
wuich the ey. s of posterity will regard as
we do the par i i of 1\>| ind.
In Mississi. ,i, governor Quitman's resolution
in calling Hie Legislature together is high
ly approbated. Let our friends never fear for
tne people < f unit uoole young sister. She is
sound to the centre of the heart. Following
our example, she is resorting to all manner of
non-iutercou sc. Refusing to bu v from, or sell
to, obnoxious persons: to employ teachers
from tne North, or to patronize any trade conducted
by men, at all questionable.
In Alaba.ua, the friends of the South are striking
heavy blows A few party leaders, blind
and deluded, are still like the blind man in scrip?
' .L . J__I_ i ?,.i?a r,.
lure, groping 1.1 ine uaru, unu crying aiuuu km
tnoir Ki <ls; D it every attempt to rally the penpie
against to* .South, is n miserable failure.?
J lie p> o,.le k iow llie leaders?they know what
they were in old rimes. In (Jcorgia, Alabama,
Mieaissippi, t iey are dead men?those who tie
themselves t > t!iem;an<l follow their lead against
tlie aoutn, will be dragging putrifying corpses
all their lives. Come out faithful patriots!?
t?fi ? _ i :\
i ca. u> pieces your *?ing ;in<i isciuoui.imi
badges; tr? ;i !i- flio r-tr'r h'tuvhr of office under
yn.ii* feet: mi in tin* glory of a conscience,
unsoil -d even hv :i thought of listening to ;i
proposition of bribery; stand resolutely by your
country.?Ct ir. birr. .V-aw.
SPIRIT OP SOUTHERN WOMEN.
We have received the following spirited and
pnt;iolic e<?m iiuiiieatioii troin " A Daughter of
Lane .Me ." When Indies use such liigiige
il is no1 sur-rising that South Carolina de-ires
so earnestly
SECESSION.
" there a chief whom Ajaxnnghl to dread,
Ajax, in all the toil* of battle bred !
The acts of the last session of Congress determined
the course which the South must puro
i- - ? wishes to maintain Iter rights and
p-o < !! wo '\v of her noble ancestors.
: ! ir:n i t.ie Constitution ceases to answer
the ' . w..;.-:. it w is formed ; on the cotit ft.
rv. ' i " ! i 1 g ' edv North in Iter uowarran
n.I i..?-nd "it aggressions. Now is (lie
time (.11* Sunt . to separate forever from a
(I in-! wment which denies her equal rightsfro
o a government t.'iat ii t robbed ter of in :nv
millions of dollars and still intend to rob her of
more, and eventually reduce her to the most
awful ruin. The So.ith has nothing t > lose by
united and immediate action, but e erytliiug to
g in. The North would be the sufferer.
Men of the South, it is your in erest?it is
your duty to yourselves?to your gallant ancestors?to
the cause of humanity, to strike alto
gether, against the common enemy?to have
l? it one end mid that t(? bent for Southern
(lights. |
. owmhI-.! ivuieiitbor biat you Imv mothers
i r it.us! rem .t ?-it vou are about to
i . ?i. . ;ih against you motherland?to
' lit : f ,e jtower ?.l ?<od ifavi- vou li?'- noble
j- ;..>>os, in tii! i>!';? rut'der.-; (in that t'isv; '" is
to ti;i* lair mother.*; tod daiighteis of
<ii *o111111*v, i-i'.ii;i|is voiii own kindred to the
no t mocking cruellies, and t" reduce i!u* |
.iliodcs .?J' uiiji|ii ie>s and weaitii to tim.-e of >
.iii>ei v a ui liesoj-i'ioii. K-iiiomber your rank^
is tuat ol th.* lowest and \ilest ,,l mankind :
even 11 a-I- l'?vi* their homes.
i.ct tlie whole South be nrgn;u/.od into pom* j
panics and well supplied with arms, suitable to |
defend Iter rights and secure Southern Independence.
I liat we may be tlic strongest in
this, let none l?e backward ; dial we may all lie
ready at a moment's warning, let our Iroary
beaded sires enlist with alacrity under the
"Southern Runner." and by their readiness
each to occupy, according to its strength, posts
of danger and usefulness, lire our youth with
double seal to prepare lor deedfl oi noble daring.
Let our District, heretofore so prompt to her
country's call, now come forward with all her
patriotic spirit to defend her freedom and her
> <4 1Ua an*/l in aAaw tiirtA
iii cbiuco, aim icv iw uui uc ouiu, in aiw muiv,
that wen one in*? traitor was found, in Lancaster
when Southern Rights was at stake. Be
not depressed? waste not a moment in grieving
over past wrongs, but rather look forward to
the time when, by your gallant deeds, you shall
have avenged them; having struck down, forever,
the flag of Federal oppression, and raised
that of Southern Independence to wave
triumphantly over your sunnv fields.
A DAUGHTER OF LANCASTER.
Stale Rights Republican.
TPH3E JJ0U3BPTAIL
CAMDEN. S. C.
TUESDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 5, 1850.
Our Rail Road.
Mr. Petsch, the Superintendent, says that Passengers
will be conveyed over the Camden Branch
R. Road on and after Monday, the 11th inst. This
we learn from a gentleman who has recently visitted
the break down.
Fall Court.
, The Fall Term of the Court for this District,
commenced yesterday morning, his Honor Judge
Evans presiding. Thn dockets are not large, and
it is probable. Court will not be in session longer
than Thursday. No cases of interest have been
returned to this term.
The Weather.
VVe are having delightful weather, but would
be quiie willing to have a little rain to quiet the
dust, which is getting quite troublesome.
No. 2.
"Free Trade, with greater prosperity to all the
various interests, agricultural, in-chenicrl. commercial
and Manufacturing?cotton never e.-s
than J<? cents per pound?oftener Ju. '
This is the second bie.viug that I ropliet srys
w ould arise Irom Disunion?and wo unhesitatingly
hold that in this lie i> nlrnr Prophet.
Disunion would bring as its natural result, "Free
Trade." Ail systems that have been started in
opposition to "free. Trade," ha i been for the benelil
cf the North. The Tariff on Iron, is to build
up the Pennsylvania Iron interests?not to benefit
the southern Planter. In a late case the Railroad
from t.'hattanooga to Nashville?the President o!
that Road went to England, bought the amou it c f
? i .u ?..J
iron necessary ana returneu m one inouui?auu
sought the iron at $36?the same iron in Pennsylvania,
he would have to have paid $63 for. Now
deduct the amount that the tariff on iron rai.-es
the English iron, and see the vast difference.?
Union makes us pay $63 for iron Disunion gives
ti6 "Free Trade,"and consequently iron at ah. i t
$25. And the vast amount of iron that we shall
need, in the completion of our internal improvements,
Would make that a considerable item. Our
giods would be likewise lowered. Instead of
bringing them round by way of N. York, paying a
duty, paying a per centage, and other items, all ot
j which must at last come out of the southern pur!
rhaser, we could get them under the influence
of free trade at a very reduced price.
likewise, there would be greater prosperity to
all the various interests, agricultural, mechanical,
commercial and manufacturing. Our agricultu!
ml interi sts would prosper from the fact that
l>r night into direct intercourse with Europe,
w mid find a never failing market for our produce
?and the fact of all odious duties bei ig removed,
the European market would yearlv enlarge and
there could and would be no competition in our
agricultural market. Our mechanical interests
would rise as if by magic. "Thornton" would see
his Buggies rivalled all over the Sleuth, and "Blautlitiir
and Avery" would have to make their teeth
.i|'"b.-nuleous ivory pearly white" to secure the
prize. Oir commercial interests, now so depending
would rival the ancient flotillas of Tar.sish.?
"~C)
No country on earth possesses so many means ot
commerce as the South. Cotton, Rice, and Tobacco,
the staple commodities of the earth are hers.
At her voice the world of Manufactories in the
North and Europe, either move on or stop. The
vast multitude of the working masses of this and
other countries can only live by southern cotton.
With our Rice we feed starving millions?and the
luxury of tobacco?is our peculiar product. Slave
labor in cotton has sent more missionaries to the
dying heathen, in one year, than the whole ofabolitioniMn
since it first reared its Gorgon visage beneath
the stroke of Wilberforce's wand of fanaticism.
The commerce of the South; no Ei Dorado
imaginative have evet fancied its- wealth. Its
sails would whiten the waters of every sea?and
in every harbor of every nation her ships would be
found. Our manufacturing interests would experience
an equal prosperity. So long as we found
it more profitable to engage in agricultural pursuits
we would do so, but so soon as we found
ourselves in possession ot 3 latent capital, that capital
would find vpnt in manufactures. And from
what source would we fear competition. Producing
the raw material ourselves, owning our operatives.
and the prod int.- free from tariff, there
could be no sutussful competition. Nature, it
set iii>, intended to aid u.?end our natural advantages
aie unrivalled. Cotton would never he
s than 10 cents, and oftener 'J!), for various n ns-jris.
The firm balance which we would he able
find f:r our capita! would prevent our planting
ton largely. The amount we would consume at
hritue wouid les.-en the exports, and the facility
lor 'hose exports would always cause it to command
a high price. We have only touched on
subjects each of which would afford matter for volumes?if
we can only call attention however to
these points, we will have succeeded in proving
that one of the many blessings of Disunion would
be "Free trade, with greater prosperity to all the
various interests, agricultural, mechanical, commercial
and manufacturing. Cotton never less
than 10 cents per pound, oflonor 20."
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Submission Paper. *
There ie to be started at Greenville, on the first
of January, next, a submission paper, to be edited
by B. F. Perry and C. J. Elford. Blast it in the
bud. Lei every paper in the Stale refute to exchange
toith it, and hold up its editors and institutors
to the scorn and contumely of all true
Southrons.
Whi taker's Magazine?" The Rights of the
South." '
We have received the September No. of this '
excellent Magazine, which has been unavoidably
delayed in its issue till now. It contains many excellent
articles. "Heaven?A Dream," is a beautiful
production. "Dialogue between Clay and
Webster," tells the truth concerning the aims of
those gentlemen. "The Prospect before us," is
well worth perusing. There are many other excellent
papers in the number before us. We hope
this .Magazine will meet with a liberal support.
pB^The October number of the School Fellow
! is on our table. Walker &. Richards will be very
I popular with the boy's and girls, so long as they '
; continue to send them such an excellent little pe-'1
riodical. f
Direct Trade.
The Charleston Etening News says: "The ball 1
put in motion continues to roll on. Some of our
merchants have this year imported directly; and |
they inform us, that they are astonished at the re- (
suit. Th*y obtain a large profit, and can afford ]
to sell goods at a surprisingly low price. Tomer- ,
chants and consumers, we say, now is the mo- !
meat to show your patriotism. Encourage a direct
trade, and the South will be strengthened j
against all her foes?rendered impregnable. This |
measure does not depend on political or associated '
action. It rests on the individual resolve of each '
person. Let each man feel that it is in his ability (
to do the State extraordinary service, by buying
and selling nothing from the Abolitionists. The |
South possesses, with this resolution, all elements
of prosperity."
We respond aye, heartily, to the above sugges"
. ? -I K1 ?J I
tion oi our oreinren oi me i>ews, aim iwvr me
(Jeasure of knowing tliat the sentiment is unanimous
in this community, while we believe it to b(
the prevailing feeling throughout the country.?
All that is necessary is for the importations to
equal the demand, ami to be known J/A?arelhe
importers and where they are to be found.
For the Journal.
SOUTHERN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION.
A meeting of the Southern Rights Association
of Kershaw, was held in the Court House
| on .Monday last. 1
('apt. John Boykin stated that every man at
j Boy kin's Depot had consented, ami signed the
Constitution of the Association.
The President read a letter from Hon. J. A.
Woodward, making known, his inability, to
meet and address the people of Kershaw, at
the time appointed hy the Association, and exj
pressing his willingness, to do so at any other
time, tliey might appoint.
Capt John Boy kin submitted the following
Re leution, which was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the Chairman of the several
committees of safety, constitute a committee to
circulate memo, ials ot th.'L'gislature of this
.State to provide the means lor removing from
her borders, all free persons of color.
C. A. Price, Esq. submitted the following (
Resolutions, which were unanimously adopted: i
Resolved, That this Association do publish l
and circulate pamphlets bearing immediately i
upon the questions winch so vitally concern us, I
throughout the District
Resolved, That a Special Committee of i
Three be appointed to select a proper pam- <
phlet out of the number bearing upon those i
questions, or to write a circular in place. <
The President appointed Messrs. C. A. Price, 1
j Wm. M. Shannon and Col. J. B. Kershaw.
Capt. L. W. R. Blair presented the follow ,
ing Preamble and Resolutions, which were i
unanimously, adopted: '
Whereas, on nil past occasions, when as at
present, in the Southern States of this confederacy,
the most sacred rights and vital inter- 1
ests of the people have been invaded and threatened
with subversion by a power foreign to 1
themselves, all classes and denominations have 1
made common cause for the common safety; '
And whereas, it is difficult and even unnatural
for a newspaper published in our midst and 1
fostered by our patronage to remain neutral at j
a crisis so important?its very silence and indifference
being liable to be construed to our 1
disadvantage : Be it therefore,
Resolved, That we are constrained to regard
as opposed to us, an newspapers, wneuier religious
or political, which do not take part,
openly and decidedly, for the South in the present
crisis, and as patriots, we feel it our sacred
duty, unrestrained by the prejudices of (
sect or denomination, to use to the utmost, all |
lawful means for their suppression or discour- j
agement. <
Resolved, That a copy of the above Pream- ,
hie and Resolution be forwarded to the other j
Southern Rights Associations of the State of <
South Carolina, and the Editor of each news- t
paper published within her limits. I
On motion, ,
Resolved, That the Hon. J. A. Woodward ,
be invited to iddress the people of Kershaw ,
either on the 14th or 25th iust. at his option. .
The Association then adjourned.
JOHN CANTEY, President ,
a' {J*"*"' { Secretaries.
K. S. Moffat, $ j
i
For the Journal.
"There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted; all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries. '
On such a full sea are we now afloat;
And we must take the current when it serves, I
Or lose our ventures." 1
Shaksfttre. ,
Messrs. Editors: The above extract from i
I
he "Bard of Avon,'' are the words of Brntufr
o Cassius, after thfl murder of Julias Ctesar,
ind on the eve of the brittle between tl?e armies
inder them on the ooe aide, and Mark Antony,
3ctavius and- others on the other; the words,
hough few in number, are big with meaning,,
ind as such, might wcfi be adopted by the peo)le
of the Sooth at th? janctare, while deli heritinrr
on the rnnran t/r lw> nrrran<vt at?v hu
iggressive spirit of the North; 'tis trne we oe:upy
a different position from that of the Ronan
Conspirator, but that only renders our'
jaose more righteous in the sight of Heaven
ind the Nations of the Earth. It is now more
han twenty years since fanaticism began its
ivork, had it been nipjred in the bud, we might i
iow.be enjoying peaceably the benefits of onr'
institutions, and our rights under tire Constitution
; but it has been suffered to go on wirhont
:lieck, until it has become a monster, whose 4
jvcrthrnw tan only be accomplished by s dissolution
of the Union, there is now no alternative;
a -.- must awnke, and arise, the tide in our afI
.? !>. flnnJ ...? -* ?. 1 .1. ?
..ii : is r?t *n? iiwuu, no iiiubv muucr inuiiuu uur
mull upon it, omit this opportunity and we*
'lose our venturethe command must be entrusted
to men possessing wisdom and firmness;"
men who prefer disunion to dishonor; whose
love for their rights, their institutions, and their
white brethren is paramount to their morbid
unci fanatical zeal for the negro.
Georgia has spoken out, Mississippi has answered
the call, North and South Carolina are^
ready and wailing; can we doubt for a moment
that Virginia, Maryland, Florida, Alabama.
Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Arkansas, .
and even Kentucky will fall into line when the '4
hour comes ? Honor forbids such a doubt f
The Sage of Ashland, whose wisdom and;
genius were given him for high and noble purposes,
but who has done more to dividaand distract
this onct "Glorious Union" tbaO'iny other
man now alive, may exert his hefefor fnflneucc
against us, and thereby turn his State over
to onr enemies of the North; his influence for
good or lor evil is still powerful; how great
must he his res|>onsibHity; how great the acrn.im
lie must render to posterity, for doing
*vi' instead of good, for having sacrificed his
n.uive sei-iion on toe attar oi nis recKiess amnifioo;
liow lost indeed, mnst he be to every feeling
of consanguinity, when in his mad seal he
forgets the Son who fought, and bled, and died
in one of the battles that secured the territory
he is now so anxious to wrest from the South
and give up to Northern Freesoilism; he was
opposed to the annexation of Texas in 1844,
thai opposition went greatly against him in the
R esidential (lection and bis mind soared by
disappointment, he will use every means in his
power to revenge himself.
The annexation ofTexasled to the war with
Mexico; that portion now claimed by the great
"embodiment" as New Mexico, mnst have belonged
to Texas when she applied for admission
and was received into the Union, or then
the war was a most unjust and iniquitous one '
on the part of the United States Government,
lint that I am disposed to doubt. A few more
words for the great "Compromiser" and I hav? i
limits until l.tm frsn fVisa niin mil il IF Pflfpr
to the appetites of the fanntical^wjfcilers and
abolitionists of the North; he m^topiolate the
land of his nativity on the altar of hi$,embition;
he may at last, even seat himself In the Preside.
iti.-il Chair, but then his "high blown pride
will break under him, and leave him weary and
old with service,to the mercy of a rnde stream,
that will forever hide him;" then will cntue the
hour of retribution ; now I will leave him and
return to the object I bad in view ig the outset.
The spirit of the Southern people is now, or
ought to be fully aroused; the aggressions up
on our rights and our institutions have reached
that point beyond which we should not suffer
them to go; the time for argument is past, we
mast begin to act; "now's the day and now's
tiie hour;" delay is dangerous.
One may suggest non-intercoorse, another
resistance; neither will do so effectually as ,
SECESSION ?that is the rightful remedy?let
it be applied and that right soon, or State pride
* - - * flu
fitid State rights and honor are gone, i no
'hade of the immortal Washington rising from
the tomb of Mount Vernon, will urge Virgi lia
on if her Sons hesitate for a moment; the bones
of Andrew Jackson, not yet turned to dust, will
rise up before the people of Tennessee and Louiaaua
and point them to " where glory awaits
f! em," and they dare not disregard the admonition
; the spirit of old Meoldenborg is not yet
extinct; Marion and Sumter are not yet forgotten;
the other States will consider their interests
and their honor, and defend both, or remaining
passive Bink to the condition of serfs
;nd slaves.
"The race is not to the swift, nor the battle
to the strong." He who made the Earth and
ill that moves upon it, will order all for the
hpst: let us not lose surht of our dependence
upon Him, let us trust in Heaven and do our
Inty like men.
"Then triumph we must, if our cause it is just,
And this be our motto, in God is our treat"
More anon. X. D. X. <
For the Journal. ,
Mossre. Editors: On the 25th inst, the Sanly
Run and Smyrna Temperance Society met ,
pursuant to Adjournment, at Walding Spring
Level, and was called to order by the President,
Oapt. D. Hugh Montgomery. An invocation
ivas offered by Dr. Carlisle, and the proceed- '
tigs of the prior meeting and a letter from
Dapt M. P. Belcher, satisfactorily excusing his
ibsence by delicacy of health, as expected ora;or
of the day. were read by the Secretary?bu
liness matters were then submitted in form of
subjects, resolutions, die. which yon wilt observe
in their due turn. A committee of three
gentlemen, consisting of Dr. W. L. Picket, Dr.
IV. Carlisle and James Team, was, on motion,,
appointed by the chair to take into consideration
our oonnexion with, the State Temperance
Society and report upon the following subjects,
iris: 1
1st. Shall we send delegates to the annual
meeting next month.
2d. The principles on which this Society was
founded and to which we still adhere.
Report The committee to whom was referred
the subieot of onr oonnexion with the
State Temperanae Society, and other kindred
matters, beg lfeave to report, that when this Society
attached itself to the State T. Society the