The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1848-08-02

trOutCd, however, 10 no superiority. IN elneT
respect, but 10 accidental circumstances,
which gave. both its officers and soldiers
more favorable opportunities for their dis.
play. All have done their duty nobly, and
high courage and gaantry are but common
attributes of our people. Would j, be right
and just to close territory thus won against
The South, and leave it open exclusively to
the NorllR Would it deserve the name of
free soil. if one half should monopolize 1t.
when it was won by the joint expense and
Joint eff,rts of alll Is the great law to be
reversed-that which is won by all stnuId
be equally enjoyed by aIi7 These arc the
questions which address themselves more TO
the heart than the head. Feeble must be
intellect which does not see what is right
and just, and bad must be the heart, unless
unconsciousv under tie control of deep and
abiding prejudice. which hcsla1es in pro-
nouncing on which side they arc to be found.
Now, put the question 10 the Senators from
the North, what arc you prepared to do!
Are you prepared to proslrate the barriers
Of the Constitution, and in open defiance of
the dictates of equity and justice. to exclude
the South from the territories and monnpo-
llzc them for the North? If so, vote against
the amendment off'red bv the Senator from
Mississippi, (Mr. Davis,) and if that should
fail, vote against striking out The l2lh Sec
tion. We shall then know what I" expect.
If not, place us on some ground where we
can stand as equals in rights and dignity, and
where we shall not be excluded from what
has been acquired at the common expense,
and won by common skill and galantry.
All we demand is TO stand on the same lev
ell with yourselves, and participate equally
in wha! belongs to ALL Less e we cannot take: :
am thus brought to the question, How
can the question be setticd7 1t can. in my
opinion, be finally and permanently adjusted
but one way. and that is on the high prncI-
Piles of Justice and the Constitution. Fear
not to leave il To them. The less you do
the better. II tie North and South cannot
stand together on their broad and s"lId ionn-
datIon, there is none other on which they
can. f,he obligations of the Constitution
and Justice be too feeble TO command the
respect the North. how can the Smth ex
pect tina, she will regard the far more feeble
obligations of an act Of C"ngressl Nor
should The North fear, that, by leaving it
where justice and the Constitution leave it,
she wo i'd be excluded from her full share
of the territories. in my "pininn. il it be LETT
there. climate, sol, and other circumstances
would fix the line between the slavchoIdIng
and non-slavehcldlng States in about 26 20.
it may zigzag a little, TO accommodate nseIf
to clrcumstanccs-so sometimes passing to The
north and at others passing To The south ol
it; but that would matter little, and would
be more satisfactory 10 all, and tend less To
alienation between the two great sections
than rigid straight, artificial line, Prescr'-
bed by an ac, OF Congress.
And here, let me say to Senators from
the North, you make great mIslak kc IN sup
posing tha, the portion which mil ght fall To
the south whatever line might bc drawn, II
left to soil, and climate, and circumstances
TO determine. would be closed to the white
labor of the North, because it could not min
gle with slave labor without degredatlon.-
The fact IS not SO. There is no part ol the
world where agricultural, mechanical, and
other descriptions of labor arc more respect
than in the South, with the exception OF
two descriptions of cmploymenl--Illal OF me-
naI and body servants. No Southern man
-nnt The poorest or the lowest-wIll, under
any circumstances, submit to perform either
OF them. Hr has too much pride Tor that,
and | rejnice that he has. They are insult
ed to the spirit Of freeman. But the man
who would spurn them feels not the least
degradation To work in The same field with
his slave; or to be employed to work with
them in the same field or III any meclanI-
cal operations; and. when SO emp Dyed, they
claim the right. and arc admitted, III the
country portion of the South, Of sitting at
the table of their employers. Can as much.
on the score Of equality, be said OF the Nprlh!
With us the Two great divisions "t society
arc not the rich an poor, but white aud
black; and all the former. the poor as well
as the rich, belong 10 The upper class, anil
are respected and treated as equals, IT hon
est and industrious; and hence have posi-
ton and pride of character of which Meth
or poverty nor misfortune can deprive them.
But | 60 further, and hold that justice
and the Constitution are the easiest aud sa-
fest guard on which the question can be SET
tied, regarded in reference to party. 1t
may be settled on that ground simply by
norl-acton; by leaving the territories Tree
and open to the emigration of all the world SO
long as they continue so. aud when they be-
conc States, to adopt whatever Constitution
they please, with the single restriction, to he
republican in order to their admission INTO The
Union. liza party cannot safely take this
broad and solid position and successfully
maintain il yvhal other can il take and malIl-