The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1840-02-29

for consistency, I would ask hm, abo!;
tlonlst as he is, 10 pause before &c gees .;:r
til2r.
regret, Sir, that gentlemen hare th3',
it necessary, in this discussion, 10 otl,l
Ihighly-wrought euIogiums on abolition!s:s.
1t is melancholy proof to me that their
mad and feroclous projects are more for
mldable than persons are willing to admit.
Their presses teen with the grossest and
foulest SANDERS upon southern slave hold
ers; and they openly avow their intention
70 the immediate and uncompromising e.
Emancipation. Scarcely mail comes from
the north that docs not bear Inc some %
the vile publications, filled with the most
barefaccd and reckless fa!schocds. Picto-
raj representations of cruel and unheard of
punishmonts, are paraded in their sheets
with all the apparent sanct!ty and semb-
lance of truth. The Shareholder is de-
nounced both in body and soul, as the
cursed of God. In fact, no lie is too enor-
nous, no faIschood too fragrant, for these
publications to disseminate. Without de-
scendirg into the disgusting details of these
sinks Of pollution, faischood and SANDER, ]
demand to know how it is that gentlemen
can rise in their places, and in the face OF
this nation, become the apologists and pa
nagerists of such vile incendiar!es and ca
Ilumniators. The answer is too ready
found in that slavish, local opinion and Sec
tional prejudice so much deprecated by
gentlemen i'll theory, and so little observed
IN practice.
The gentleman from Vermont, Mr..
Siade] is the especial advocate of abol-
tionists, and, suppose, is to be regarded
as the exponent of their views on this
floor. lie has taken great pains to inform
us that these people are the wisest and
best Christians in all the land; that they
are mild and harmless, and do not mean
just now to abolish slavery any where but
in the District of Columbia. suppose we
CT the South ought to be grateful for this
extreme act of mercy. But, sir, who ain
l to balieve, the gentleman or his compeers
in this ofIicious and audaclous lntermed-
ding in the affairs Of ether peoples busl-
nessl Their newspapers and other pub
licatons call for total and immediate abo-
;lition, and denounoe any cft their tribe who
d, not go with t,lonl. That gentleman
himself cortcnded that the inevitable ten
dcncy Of things was to this consummat!on.
Who does not see through the fiimsy gusa
which is attempted to be thrown around
their real designs! They have been per-
mitted to come into this hall, and have
been heard; and as an entering wedge to
all their schemes, they iIrst desire to oper-
ate upon the institution of slavery in the
District f>Columbia; under the belief that
it would be prelude to their grand entry
into the Territories and States of the u
Mon. The first may be attained, though
| do not believe it, the latter never, so long
as free white man lives in the south. -
The gentleman from Vermont MIR. Slade] ]
manifested great sympathy for his black
brethren. Let me ask him is his bcnevo-
lcnce solimted as t3be confined to this class
alone? Has he any peculiar ties to that
race, that would make him forget the dire
ful ca!amities which will grow out Of the
movements of abolitionists, if not arrested
by the good sense of the country! While
his pity is SO ardent for ona race, let me
beg him to extend his kindness to another
portion OF the hnman family, whose skins,
though not black, are nevertheless entitled
to a portion Of philanthropy so comprehen-
sire as his. If the gentleman cannot find
sufficient subjects for his tears in this slave
holding vicinity, w@u:d advise him to
make a pilgrimage to one of the northern
cities, and visit the haunts ofthe miserable,
sqHalid and starving free blacks, which arc
to be found every where there, that ne
NAV shed tears to his hearts content.
Mr.. Speaker, the true issue has not been
presented to this House dnd to this ma
ton. The true questionis not whether the
right of petition has been infringcd, but
whether the Union shall be preserved or
dissolved, and | earnestly entreat the hon
est and honorable of all parties to 60 home
and tell their constituents, that the real IS
sue made now is one af union or disunion.
Toll thcm that the south. tho i,lstly eXcita-