The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1840-03-14

system Of persecution against the Union
men. Let those who think that We are
characterising the conduct of the State x.
Party, in harsher terms than it deserves,
jrccnllect that for the last 8 years the gen.
tlcmen Of the Union party, have been al
most entirely excluded from all Offices of
honor or profit in this State. If to exclude
gentlemen from Offices, the duties of
which they are competent to discharge,
simply because they once differed from us
on d political question, now of no practi
cal utility, be not persecution, we have
quite mistaken the meaning of the word.
If We regard either the reputation of our
State or the interests Of the South we will
act upon this policy no longer. The great
political parties Of this country are divi-
ded upon the question Of Slate Rights or
consolidation. The Sub.Treasury party
is desirous Of diminishing, whilst the
other is in favor Of increasing the powers
of the General Government The Sub.
Treasury party therefore is the State
Rights party. And those who are oppo-
sing the Sub-Treasury however honest
they may be in their opposition, are op-
posing our principles and cannot receive
our support.
We hope that the State Rights party
will remember that N Nullifcation is not now
tbs question at issue, and that the Sub
Treasury is. We urge them TO be cautious
because we believe that "plots have been
laid--induction dangerous TO distract
our State by presenting false issues to the
people and rcviving party feuds long since
forgotten. Let not the actors "behind
the curtain" think that they can keep con-
cealed. Who are interested in preventing
the Sub-Treasury question from being
made the touch-stone of political ortho-
doxy in this State? Certainly none but
those whose opposition to the Sub-Tre
sury has thrown them into a minority,
and hope to get into majority, by revi
wing the Notification question. "Sub-
Treasury" is our watchword. Without
it none can pass, and we distrust all who
learned not this shibboleth at the breast.-
Those gentlemen from whom Mr.. Clay
received his information, before prenoun-
cling his drunken prophecies in the
Senate will be taught that John C. Calhoun
"SoIS wi Ioitt Va PuUiil SOuuNfHCt, UOTe
impervious to the arrows Of their malig-
nifty, than was the steel coat of De Bra.
cey to the shafts of Lockley. Let them
continue to assail him-their bolts will
but rebound upon themselves. "The pur-
pose you undertake, is dangerous; the
friends you haze named, uncertain; the
time itself unsor,ed; and your whole plot
too light for the counterpoise of so great
an opposition"
Col. Richardson is known as the Demo-
cratic, Sub-Treasury candidate. Can a
Sub-Treasury man, consistently oppose
him, whilst Clay and Bank candidate is
in the field maaeurring?" Does not Col.
Hammond occupy this position, If Judge
Johnson is not 10 be Withdrawn! If Judge
]. is to be withdrawn, why is his name
still kept before the public! Is it not OBJ.
viously for the purpose Of dividing me
Union party, and then transferring his
votes TO Col. H.? If they expect 10 gull
the Union men by "arts like these" till
they "grow gentle, traclable, and tame
as geese" they will find in their defeat,
that they have missed their men.
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