The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1848-04-19
NUMBER 16


terest and opinion? Shame-shame upon the
fanatic who cannot for a single moment feel as
an American, and as the great friend of catho.
lie liberty. As General Bayly said, in the re.
ply to Mr.. Gddings yesterday, we cannot lie.
ten to such discordant notes, without an indig.
nation which we cannot find words to express.
We repeat, cannot we extend our hand Of
feliowshipto Franco, without insulting each 9th
or? Are we mt citizens OF the same great
country? Is il not possible that we can ever
move together on tie greatest of all causes
which interest The whole human race? Cannot
we, Tor one moment, forget the local feelings
which partially separate MS? Cannot we come
forward with one heart and one hand, TO bid
rising paop:e all hail to her efforts?
We could not conceive il possible that so dis.
graceful, so narrow. so despicable attempt
should have been made TO weaken the move
ment in favor Of France. by compelling the re.
resanatives of nearly half the States to vote
either agains' ibis odo,Is resolution, or to vote
for a measure whick attacked and outraged
their own feelings.
We vii! insult no whig member by even the
suspicion that any one of them should particle
! pale in the feelings of Mr.. Joshua r. Giddings.
As we write this hasiy but indignant para
graph, we hear Mr. Dner "a whg member
from New York; deprccate and dcnounce this
attempt to mjnsle our local feelings with the
national expressions of our sympathy. We
had hoped, indeed, that resolution would
have been adopted unanimously, as it was done
in 1876. with one voice with entire nnanimi.
ty, as Mr.. Duer said. We had hoped that no
resolution would have been produced on this oc-
casinn. which would in the slightest degree gall
others feelings. This conlederacy is made up
of different sovereign S:ates with some dissim.
liar population. and some shades of interest,
upon one question on y. Our fathers agreed to
lose sight Of these discussions. They settled
them in the constitution. in wise spirit of con.
citation and compromise. And shall we he
eirrnaly rrviving them, and, instead of strength.
ening the Union, weaken the bonds which
should unite rs, convert them into the means of
CALLING large portion of our ci!izens-and
that portion, too, which gave birth to Washing.
ton and Jefferson! The man who pursues this
course, cannot he an Amercan-Americau in
the best and catholic sense of that proud name
the friend of the whole Union-the friend of
the whole Corlcderacy. If upon subject OF
this broad and generous description, iris iTpos-
sihle to keep these iarinss and insult down-if
the common love Of every American for his
! whole country is not sufficient to pnt down the
dissensnns Of every frantic who pleases to dis
tract the Housc--ihen we must say that there is
much less moral force in the America senti.
ment than we could have expected. 1t is dis
gushing scene which we have witnessed, and
we trust in Heaven never to witness its repeti-
ton.
FRAScE.-There's net. an American but
sympathzes with France in her Hate move.
ments.-nnt one but wishes her God speed IN
the realization Of her hopes. and the establish.
ment OF her newborn liberty. This sympathy
she is entitled to, not only our own faithful
allv in time OF need, bu. as the nation of Europe
which has made The greatest struggles and the
most heroic sacrifices for freedom. Old as she
is in years and in suffering, France is still young
in spirit, IN hope, and in IN ardent and unextln.
.uishahe love OF liberty. Hers is grand ex-
pertinent, and If it succeed, il will be but "the
heminnng OF the end'' in Europe,-thrones will
topp!e, and sccptres be broken, and dynasties
see their last. all aroun her. She carries with
| her not only her own destnies but the destinies
of other nations. One commonwealth in Eu.
rope VIII make many!
| Much as we may hope, there is still some.
thing to fear. The power of an uncontrolled
democracy is E'arf thing, and of all places
in the world, is it fearful in France. The sPir.
it of the mob when they demanded the red flag,
which as LAMARrISE toIdi hem chad only made
the tour of the Champ de Mars, trailed thro'
torrents of the blood of the people" is an indi-
cation that, unless controlled by the wisest and
most skiIli,! management, the temper the
masses will run riot in excess. An abortion
now would inhct irrrparabIe injury on the
cause Of well regulated liberty. After all,
France is as yet only in transition state; she
! has only provisional government until the
meeting of her national convention. Her great
trial will he the establishment ofa fundamental
! law, and the institution of scheme OF perma-
ncnt government. That she may be guided in
this work hy the counsels of moderation and
ofwiS,lom, is the earnest wish of every lover of
his kind Bat those who think that the result
is already achieved. and that a republic in
France is fixed and permanent fact, have
Jumped 20 their conclusion with unwarrantabIe
haste. Il is therefore with feelings of hope NOT
unmixrd with fear, but III the same lime with
emotions of deep and absorbing interest, That
We loo!; to The proceedings otlhe great repre-
sentative boy which is to meet and
rive law and government to France. p
Ere. Ncars.
IMPRISONMENT ExTRAoRDrSARv.-Mr.S Soule
recently srlpc,rd Senator of the United States
from Louisiana. was. on the 10th ult., ordered,
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