The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1848-12-27
From the Augusta consli.p,ionalft
- SOUTH CAROLIN4.

= SOUTH CAROLINE. -.
This noble and chivalrons Staie" needs not
our eulogy. On The page Of history Il her name
shines and will forever shine in immortal light.
In every scene of patrintic service, whriher in
grave debate on questions vital TO our .tinnal
honor and iniarrsts. The burning eloquehce oi
her sons was inv"ked--or whether proEat,nd
thought and malured wisdom; were rrquired TO
guiIe the ship Of State. or whether The bonar
and renown Of our countrr's arms called for
| deed 'f high emprise," South Carolina bas
always been r,,hspicuois among. the FIRST af,ad
70: enos:. 4 Her name add her fame, in,peace
AID in war, are mingled indissolub.y with all
II a is proudest and dearest u the pat iIiotic
ca t, in American annals For her euIngy.
theref re, we point to the glories that cluster
arc md the flag Of The. stripes aud STARS, and
encinle, as with a sacred halo, the Genils Of
tmer'can Liberty. II is not Ia eulogize South
Ca.' lima, nor yet to defend her from unjust az.
person that We now essay, To-, speak Of her
But IN her person we believe blow Is sepght
to be struck at the sovereign rights ofthe. peo-
pie o? this country. The taunts and ieers and
sneers anl snarls ofsome mrrcenary hacks Of
party in tie Southern States. who, withcnr.hke
courage, ye Up their spite against the lion spirit
ofSoLth Carolina, are not SoIthy ihe expires.
sion of the scorn and contempt, they provoke.
Hut when their rapid maliguity by abusing
Sonih Carolina State pride, and ridiculing Souh
Carolina 'chipd'ry," calls in QUESTION the rcsrrv.
cd rf:ht, or any s"rrragu IHsser afahis cfIiII.
iedrracr OF sorereign- States, we feel impell-d
10 speak in the language Of protest apd def.
The temperate yet frm language which bas
been u,ed in primary assemblies of The people
"i Carolina, N favor Of resistance To- uncon-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS by Congress with South.
ern rights on the slavery question, as appiica.
bic TO the new territories, has nrt with denubn.
ciaton, inrectipe and rJicule from quarters
from which il was not reasonable to 6ayesex.
pected il. This has come from our very midst;
from Southern presses: The glory Of these
assaults upon South Carolina il monopoIized
solely ny the whig press of the South. and only
u pot on of these have been ardent con,pe,i.
tors as 10 which should say The Liiieies ihinss.
We Will not attempt to award tho degree '6f
honor won by each, in the disgraceiu contest.
But one Of them is entitled 10 especial No.
lice tor having enunciated proposition which
must and will meet determined resistance al
The threshold. -,7,-a 80, -, -. -
we lind the following language used by the
Richmond Wing, ia The course of an cxtrava.
CANT TRADE against South Carolina, the head
md front of whose offcuding is determination
On the part of her citizens, 10, resist, even, at
he price of secession any einfraction of The
rights Of her people TO the cum.
non territories of the Federal Union. S>aH
"ln Europe, when little State goes To war
With big one, she always looks out for so,ne
owerfil ally. Where, we axk,. will South
,aroina find an ally in her crusade agains, the
Jrion! --m
"Of all the States in the Union, il appears to
; that none would suffer more than Sonh
:arolI''a from dissolution. On the contrary,
she were drhed a thousand leagues out 10
"a, and should there set up for HERSELF tae
mon wonld never, miss her, so far as the loss
any advantage from her presence wouldsgo.
she really means to seceda. in heavens
anne, let her do it, say we. We can get on
uch better without her, AMI as, ia The mean.
me, II would not do to let goods come into tho
mon, ship or two could just blockade The
'rf, ts though she were foreign nation, and
event ingress or egress. We can Of course
clare war against her if she will insist on a
Parate existence.
Again, we say, let her secede; hut let her
so stop talking about it. She has done moth.
6 but talk. talk, talk, E,r twenty years, and
g has not yet seeded. Let hcrdo it a, oncc,
ID he done with it, -sf
The absolute and unconditional right ofa
ale to secede whenever in her sovereign will
e may see fit to do so, whether with or without
y assigned cause Of grievance, il no, hero
rnly denied by the Richmond Whig. We
uht whether i, is yet prepared boldly to take
It Insulting, we had almost said treasonal,le,
sition! But it is a natural and easy step to.
rds the denial Of the right after ridiculine,
condemning its exercise even in case Of
nitted provocaion. .,a,r g. s,v;
The right of State to resist and to defea, az.
'sson from the Federal Government, by Sc.
sion il necessary, should never be yielded by
adherent othe reserved rights Of the States,
true son Of the State Of his residence ,and
'giauce. Nor should he counenance any
'rt to bring the exercise Of this right Into
nm or ridicule. 80 -. 20