The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1836-12-10

e;slaiurr The following
-. HESS AGE,
EXECUTIVES DEPARTMENT.
,s-s=e NovEalpa 2grH. 1885.
EdEr cis-ens If ils S-Hats asi ef ias
g Hosse Of Representatives
About 10 bid adicu TO the cares and es-
ponsibiliiies OF public liis. and meeting
you fos the last time, 10 unite wish you in
deliberations Cor promoting tho wcifare OF
South Carolins, ! an, incapable Of express
sing the qualification l experience in
contemplating The spectacle Of unexan,-
pied prosperity, WHICH nnw crowns the
hopcs and biesses The iabars Of sll classes
OF our clicE-citizcns.
At no Tor ner Feripi, hasc they enjoyed
such pecuniary means of fulfilling their
aestinies asa community of enlightened
f.een,en. ani Of disrharsfng tho obiiga-:
lions, which they owc ~ tho world ands,o
,l,eir pasleriis. by promoting tho great
cause ns human Improvement, and by
iaysng deep The fsnhdaiinns Of liberty IN
well educated population, snd well or
aanixrsi system OF social and civii policy.
AM! while Il becomes US 20 be desouiiy
,hankfiii To- nn avcrruIiag Previaenrc for
these ample means nf happsncas. wc cnn-
not BE TOO deeply impressed with t,c con-
viclicn. that SO nse responsible to that
Providence. fnt their proper use and i'm.
provcmeni. Nor can We, thus highly fa-
srored as people. neglect cur advantages
with inpnnity. Wc must improve sslc
sslcnssrntrassed u our care. % pay the
penaiiy dcnounced against the aapraiits-s
btr srrYsne We must give pubiic-spi-
ri,cd md patriotic esecsiaaio ,hc rcso.sr.
eos ar si.c Sta.r. aud move forward in the
career af iinprascmeuL civil. military,
mural, intellectual md social. or sink
down iuto that saaic of surdid srtfxhncss
In which even avariec wiIi be tinaliy over
cont hy Incidence aud .he lore vi luxari.
oas indulgence. lfii be true; as history bai
Too itnprrssively isscheS us-lhst strommus
ni,;es are iess capable nt bearing prospe-
rity thsn adversiy. il should admonish us
Of he dangerous enifuonce on which ne
NOW stand, whcrr one false and Go1n stop
may psceipilate usfr0n our envioas height
into Tie issafniniaas golf below, which
yawas ready To receive us
wish 1 could persuade myself that
these arc mere barren spccuiations. draHn
from the experience of other eonnsries.'
bu, inapplibahlc TO ouf own. Bet 7 csa-
NOS be bi.ndto The shresten'ns pseaoni-
lions Of premature national dcgenerney
which are visible In all directions, and not
leas, conspicuous nj The centre Of onr Fe.
derai Empire.
Il belongs appropriately 70 you Fel-
-. fsspsxs,,s Az aha a.s SSsla suYa2 OF South
Caroline. ane the selected guardians sf her
welfare; 10 ecuntesaei. BY sli the means 10
youT pover, these fe,rfai aud aownwsrd
iisndeneiss, and 20 give svei,.ta wise snd
saiusary direction 10 the moral. intelsc,u-
al and physieal energies Of Tho people. as
viii cxpsnd every SelEb feeling into pairi-
osiss,,. and impress itupon the aind OF
every citizen, shat his first and greatest
interest Is ,he general prosperity of the
State, and the security Of her institutions,
her rights and her liberties.
To bnild up The solid fabric Of The pros.
peri,y OF State. by developing the elc-
inents VI her wealth and power. and organ.
izing systems Of public instruction, cai-
esIaied TO elevate the standard of popular
morals, and popular intelligence. 10 TIC
nobisss empi"ymen. tha. can excite tLs
anbition pr TASK the faculties uf lcgisla.
tors and ssaiesmen. In comparison with
this, The miserable schemes Of petty and
sslfsh ambition. serambIing for Office
throurh all the filthy mazcs Of intrigue
and corYup,ion, sink into contempt and
in,ignifcance. South Cafolins has aciiie'
we'd an snviable repatriation by her nobls
b and suceessfui struggle for The cssentia
7 Interests and constitutional rights OF ths
S1ushsrn States. Her success In that On
equal contest, and the high character with
which she came out Of 1t. wcio principal
Iyouing to the apprrcnt and acknow wIedget
fact, thst her statesmen and her pcop!,
wers actuated exclusively by a patriotic
spirit Of resistance. directed against
system of unconstitutional oppression