The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1841-07-28

nia brings us dates from England fourteen days Ia
ter than those previously received. Parliament was
prorogued by the Queen in person on the 2sd uit'
pnd General election was going on, when the "a.
,edonia sailed. The elections had been attended in
many places by serious riots, and in some instances
by loss Of life.
The trade in the manufacturing districts was bet.
ter though the prospects for the crops was not quite
so promising. Cotton had advanced from 1-Sd to
Lad. por pound. Money could be had in London
at 5'per cent. per annum.
The CASE Or McLEoD.-The New York
Evening Post has the following on the
subject.
THE case OF Mcleod, unless legal OBJ
lection is intcrposed, will now go to the
Jury. II is intimated however, in the whig
prints, that lie will take an appeal from
the present decision to the Court for the
Correction Of Errors, which sits in August
next. If we might be permitted to advise,
we should tell him to do no such thing,
but suffer the question TO be determined
at once upon its merits. He can gain
nothing by resorting TO the Court of Er.
rors, for the plain reason that that Court,
a major part or it at least, has aIroa,ly ex-
pressed an opinion. It is composed, it
will be remembered, Of the members of
the Senate, the Whig portion of whom,
at the close Of the last session oflhe legis'
Iature, appended their names to what is
called all address to their constituents
in which they uttered the most decided
sentiments"
The report alluded to by the Post re-
ferring to the correspondence between the
Governor of New York and The Executive
of The United States, says: "The cores
pondemce has been already submitted to
you, and we are gralifed to observe that
the positions assumed, and the course adop-
ted by the Governor, in. maintaining the
honor and sovereignty of the stat te, have
commanded the support and received the
appreciation of the people without distinc-
tion ofparty. The position assumed is,
that the subject of Nc Lends guilt or limo.
cence is one exclusively belonging to the
courts and jury of this state; that like all
other persons accused Of crime, he must
have a fair trial, enjoy legal deliverance
if innocent, and suffer the punishment of
his crime if guilty; and that neither the
British Government nor the government
Of the United States, nor the government
of this State ought to be allowed to inter-
fere in any manner with the regular course
Of legal proceedingsin the case" .
This was signed deliberately by every
one of the whig Senators. They are com.
mitted upon the very points that would
come before the court: and unless, since
their separation, they have received new
light on the question and new views of du.
ry, they will be- compelled to treat the
matter precisely in the same manner it has
been treated before the inferior jurisdic-
lion. What effect the action Of the general
government may have had upon their con-
viclion, we can not say; but we can say,
that no intelligent or honest man, who fixed
his name TO the whig address after weeks
of the most solemn and careful thought,
can have found anything in subsequent
circumstances, toinduce him tc change his
opinion. He must prove altogether recre-
ant and unprincipled before he can adopt
what is now considered the whig view of
The dispute.