The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1840-11-25
PihiE'EEE:AE.
Til" VOTE OF souTlhCARoLfNA

QlGStiUn! ''i, Last l"FN'
..!.er vote could elect VAN buren,, he
would untpubleJiy set ii, but she loves
him not well cnoug!; To trouble herself
about him. now that he Is defeated. -
such things have been repeatedly said,
and class Of politicians have taken it Ion
granted iha, this Stale needed ihe lncite-
:nent of success to induce her to vote f"T
Mr.. VAN BUREN; that she would sustain
him, if she could keep him in power, but
would turn her back upon him II he
j,roved 10 be the losing party; that she
would he willing, nay joyful, t. partaks
of his triumph, but that her respect ior
him, or her courage, would shrink from
sharing his defeat. Such considerations
sound to us very strangely. South Caro-
iinians, Wings though they be, you'd not
we think, venture SO 10 dishonor Inc
State.
We notice these suggestions. not be-
cause they have been made, by men in
caprble Of approaching or siudols TO
wrong The principles and feelings ofSo"ih
Carolina, but because they have ain ap-
parent, not real coincidence, with views
expressed by one Of The most veneraled
OF our own public men.
Will South Carolina in any contingency
fail to vote for VAN BUREN! We ask not
this question, with intent to canvass the
streng tn of parties, and the publicly de:
clared principles of the members elect oil
of the Legislature. As far as we have
observed, we believe there is no differ.
erence of poinion between tie friends OF
the two candidates for Governor-both
have as general rule, declared their pre-
ference for Mr.. VAN BURES-,he Char.
leston Delegation is, we believe. unani.
mous-that of Edgefeld and Barnwell,
which support Col HAMMOND, are equal
ly so-the few Wings in the Legislature
are not likely to do much for Gen. Har-
rison. So far as the two candidates for
the Presidency are concerned, the Legis-
lalare is almost unanimously for MIR. VAN
buren,, and lha: is every where cooccd-
ed. But it is urged tina! they are only in
favor of him, if they can elect him.
There is no third candidate for the Pre-
siaency. The vote must be given for one
Of these two, or it must be b!ank-put-
ting ,hen both aside as equally obnoxious.
and deciding that nojodyis better than
either. Can the State SO vote? And we
allude now to her established and long
cherished principles, as the only guide TO
a correct answer
South Carolina has given to the Adni'
nistration Of Mr.. VAN buren, her appro-
val and support. Burying old hostilities,
yielding up a multitude of prejudices,
forced against all party feeling to acNnow!-
edge the cons,itulionality and business OF
the principles he avuwcd and measures he
proposed, she has yield to him no COM
para,ive, but a positive and hearty sup
port-!he support which honest men must
over give to their own principles, wher'
ever they lind them in contest. He is a.
gainst National Dank-so are we. lie
is opposed to protective Tariff, TO In.
tcrnal Improvements by the Federal
Government, to the assumption of the
Stale debts, to putting the public money
in the keeping of spectators, to the re-
ception by the government of any thing
but the legal currency-he is the open,
nncompromising enemy Of all the designs
ofthe Aboitionists-and are not these too
our principles! Are not these also the
very principles for faithfully adhering TO
which he has been opposed and over.
thrown? To what end, but that an adj
ministra.ion Of opposite principles might
be made 10 take his place' If then we
could elect him by our vote, we should
think Of securing the triumph of these
great fundamental doctrines of the repub-
lican school. We should vote for him,
because it would be giving solemn sane
ton 10 principles that we deem necessary
to the continuance Of the Union-and an
equally rolemn condemnation Of the
hcresies Of Federalism. We cannot es.
cape passing the judgment, before the
world. The candidates representing, by
our own concession in word and deed
through the last three years, principle:
that we cherish, and principles that we re.
pudiate, are before US. If we reject both
and give blank vote, we decide that ono
set OF principles are as worthless as The
othcr-or what is worse, we decide tha
course Of policy and the avowal Of doc
trines that compelled us TO support Mr.
VAN buren, in power, have no sulFicien
importance to induce us to pass vote o
approval on him, now that he has los
,,owar SifuotcI H. ,ro nnu- tb.