The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1836-04-09
ApoLIrIuN-MR VAN EpnEN.

Our readers will hare Rad ,Er letter at Mr. yAS
Brnsy on this subject, which ne published las;
week, before this time. !, was \ candid, and nc
think explicit s:s,ea,cnt oi hrs virv. this vital
" iu,.rcsins question. We stated ,hen, however,
,,s, irnu, The character Of his opPaner,s, we had
no i6ea tha, i, would hin, trpm u1isrrpscsenta
ton, and &c hare The p,ooi before Us thai ur nrc
right, We confr,s u,ous', ,aa, we hxd no; sapPosed
that !ss would in >hort time. be uaue', src
presented, As nc had him in the last Tese,a Caro-
lua;cs. Speaking OF Ms. Vas BrEES, the carOti-
aiza sars:
Pretending no. To be ssquaiu!ed w:'h his sen
timcn,s on ,lc Abo.i,,oa question, Mr. VanBnrcn.s
friends o, Jackson in ih,s State, .ddrr~-ed him.
ie,,rf a. stated IN ou- last. requesting tun know
whr,hr, he bcev that !. Congress has The power
to .n,r.,,e with OF aLoiish .lare.y in the n.uie,
OF Columbia
Now, i, has bccn asserted hy .:r Vas Bpaxss
frirnds in North Carolina thai ic individuals, who
prnpounded the qursnon. which Mr. V. an
sursrd 10 his litter xere not his friends, but ucso
his political oppouents, and this assertion remains
uneou,radic,rd fas ,hc Lcs, Of rcasons uc expect,
becausr Is true.
The Csru!in,sn goes on however TO ny:
HIS answer Is not such as. under the Iecular
circumstances oflhc case, We had anticipated. II
j. raak olci.ioa,'
C.a any QUO believe tha, IN Editor Who woud
make such IN assertion aeer rrsding Dir. v. B's.
!e,:rr, can be otherwise Than blinded BY The inu-
ener Of party PREJUDICE. Look al The sailosing
sentence, from The letter, and .cr il they arc ent-
lied 10 The appr!ls,ion o! "rGak atoiiti0s, which
the Editor his z, scn to IL
THE relation Of master aad slavc, 10 q natter
exclusively belonging 10 the ;~ope 81 eseh State
within it, nwn boundary. and iha. any attempt ~
tn government " people NJ an! nti" S.atS or ~
tho :rncral Government, io interfere With "r dss-
turS il, would violate the sPiri, Of thai copromise
ubeh hes st ,hr basis ofthe federal compact"
II do no, hesitate To give II 10 you - my del bef-
.ie,nd well considered opinion, that :tera arr OBJ
iecs,oa, to the exercise uf this wer, Cn the DIS
t,ci Of Co.anh,a) agans, The ~.slses OF the slave.
holding Stairs, ~ impe'aisre N neir nature ana
oSIisaiio.., in regulating the conduct Of pnal'e
urn, as The most paipsa' snasi Of eeast,ts''esss
pcaes- scoa:d &c,
~ recognise, to the fullest extent, the p."Priety
of ,h,, dr,re on your psu ; sad although there II
nothing in yuur letter making the avowal nccessa.
~ cie ,ha, NO, only you, hat al! the people Of
The United Stair. shall now unaerssa:d that u the
desire o tha, portion Of Them which is favorable TO
nv elevation 10 the Chief Mag,srary. should 90
grai;feS must 10 int, the Prrsiien'ia Chair tho
snarx;blc and uncou,p, on.isiug opponent Of any
,,,cnp, on the p.n Of Congress 10 abolish slavery
in the District or Columbia, against The w'shes Of
the w slave holding s,a,r.; sud also with the deter
mina.ion equally deadtd, to resist the slightest in.
reference with the subject in The St'tcs where It
exists - e,tss,
do ,,csc extracts bear the character Of "raak
abolition or do they not rather convict the caTe.
,,an Of misrepresentation.