The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1848-05-10

plentiful harvest of crime and turpitude. 1t
has become at the best time. The candi-
dates for the Presidency arc about 10 be Sc
Iected and most wisely and appropriately
did Alabama, Virginia, Florida, and Georgia
demand of the Democratic party that their
candidate shall be free from all lant of sus-
plclon upon this important question. We
hope their representatives at Baltimore will
stand up strictly to this rcquisition, as the
only safeguard of the South, and that other
slave States who have heretofore smothered
the voice of their people on this vital, ques-
ton, will have no companionship with those
who deny or withhold from us the fullest and
most perfect recognition of our ri ghts and
their duties rft.ir
/ Let the slave states now rally and de-
man'I their rights. Their only, safety is uni
on among themselves. If they now give
way, they never will have SO fair an oppor-
! lunily OF acting in concert and efficiently.
They never had so fair chance of fvindica-
| ting their rights, Of enforcing them, of pro-
curing their full recognition. Tis but the
beginning of outbreaks. If not checked,
promptly and thoroughly, our rights are not
worth an hours purchase.
Charleston Mercury
REpUTATIoN.-Ify you have earned good
reputation by virtuous acts and honest deeds,
lei that reputation be- kept bright. If you
lie still upon the. strength of one or two glo-
rous achievements, you will lose the honor
you have gained, and at last rust out. Poor
is he who can look back only on one bright
spot in his career, while darkness and in
difference have settle like thick cloud up.
on his life. Let our achievements over pas
sion, pride and error, lead to other glorious
accomplishments. A really good man is
never stationary. The past is but an incen-
tive to the future. He yet hopes to win
more laurels and perform more glorious
deeds How true is the language of-we
forget whu--bul one who spoke the words
the truth
"The reputation
OF virtuous actions passcd-if not kept up,
BY an access and fresh supply of new ones,
For want of habitation and repair,
Dissolves to heaps Of rain"
There are thousands who if they had died
in carly life, would have left behind them an
unsullied reputation and glorious name.
They had built The hope oflhcir renown up
on too feeble a foundation, or they were car
ried away by ambition and ruined. Had
Arnold died before the surrender of Corn.
wallis, his name would have shone brightly
on the pages Of history. Had Cromwell
fallen by the side of John Hampden, would
not the bare name send thrill of pleasure
through the bosom! Though Cromwell
erred through ambition and power, he was
not The worst tvrant who sat upon England's
throne.
Let your reputation be kept bright-losc
not what you have gained by a single mis-
deed; bu, persevcre in the path ofvirtuc and
honor.
Man SHOT BY A WoMAN.-We under
stand sayst the Louisville Courier Of the lth
! inst, that man was shot dead on Sunday
ninht last, about mile from New Albany,
la. by Mrs. Roberts, the wife of Dr. Roberts
printer ofthis city. 1t appears that DIR. r.
was in this city al the time engaged at his
usual business and that his wife and children
only were at his house. situated near New
Albany. About l2 o'clock on lhe night of
the 9th inst. Mrs r. was awakened by some
person attempting to get into the house.
She arose, and looking through the window,
saw man at the door, She warned him
to leave, but he went to the other side of the
house, got on the porch, and attempted to
get into the window. Mrs. r. had in the
mean time loaded gun that was in the room
and laying it on table, pointed it towards
the man, who was standing on the porch,
and pulled the etrigger discharged several buck
sho, in his breast, killing him instantly.
Mrs. r. in the greatest alarm, fled in her
ninht clothes to neighbor's house at some
distance. and from thence went to New Al
bany. A coroner's inquest was held over
the body yesterday, and the above facts eli
cited. The man had on no coat, hat, vest, or
shoes, and no person who saw his body yes
terdav. recollected ever to have seen him
before. He appeared to be foreigenr.
The circumstance is certainly mysterious
one. Picayune.
saint YOU afraid your wife will get mar
ricd again when you dIe!"
81 hone she may, as there will be one man
in the world who will know how to pity
me-"
An awkward man in attempting to carve
a goose, dropped it on the floor. There
now" exclaimed his wife, "we have lost our
dinner" "Oh, no, my dear" answered he,
''it is safe, for | have my foot on it."
Thunder and lightnin,' mister said stu.
pid fellow peering into pedIar's cart, and