The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1848-10-11
NUMBER III.
From the Charleston Courier.


| From the Charleston Courier aees
The following glesfer was received some weeks
ago by gentleman in this city. who had writ.
ten to the highly respected and venerable author'
asking his views respecting the approaching
Presidential election, and f consistent there
with TO permit bis name to appear among abe
Vice Presidents Of the Democratic meeting OF
August last. It needless to rsmarl, that the
views therein expressed proceed homone inca
BILE of unworthy bias, ''fear of affection in
those DAYS of his life when the objects OF inte.
rest and ambition most try the Judgment and
tompt the integrity of the statesman. Apart
therefore, from the commanding tone OF reason
and sound sense that characterzesevery part
of the letter, its contents will he read With pro.
found attention, as expressing the sentiments OF
one, who, in the graceful act Of laying aside
the Senatorial robes for the shades Of private
life more grateful to his years. never intende
10 signify that the frost of age had descended
lower than the head, and that the heart was not
still alive tr the hanor and welfare Of his coun!
try: 'a.4 Hl,r.''
"SALr SuLpHER SfarSes. Aug. IL, 1s4s:'
my Dear Sir II cannot understand how
The Democratic party in Charleston can en-.
dorse the nomination Of tFe Wbig Convention
in Philadelphia. Although dissatisfied with the
nomination Of the Democratic Convention in
Baltimore, cannot conscientiousy-i repeat
conscientiously, go over 10 the Wings as a par.
ty, because they have nominated a better man,
than General Cass. .' lah :: - ,sa' 30
"No one will admit for a moment, that he is
Of this or that on account of the higher quail!
ties of its chief If so, who would have been
Democrat at the last election Of PresidentT
Was not Mr.. Clay admitted by every body far
superior to M. Polk? The Democratic parry
Of South Carolina, however, voted for Mr.. Polk
and for this plain reasou-it was more prob.
able that democratic administration, though
headed by Mr.. Polk, would adopt euch measutes
as South Carolina would approve, than any
Wing administration, although headed BY Mr.
Clay. '
stIf King with absolute was 10 be elected;
would take Clay in preferences 10 Polk,or
Taylor in preference to Cass; but If the peo'
pie are to govern themselves, the qualifications
of the President are not half SO important as
those OF the party with which he acts. The
real question then is, which Of the parties wlth
their respective chiefs, will do best IN the estf.
nation of the people Of South Carolina 2 .a<
"The President, whoever he may be-, viii 90
with bis party. Washington, Jefferson and
Jackson influenced their parties; but all oiher
Presidents have been directed By their parties:
I do mean 10 derogate from the characters'ot
either of the candidates, when say thai neither
of them possess the qualities necessary to the
influence Of party. General Taylor,if elee-
ted, will be surrounded by Whis counsciidrs
and directed by the Whig party: General Cass,
if elected, will be surrounded by Democratic
| NOV have long since been salisfed that
the Democratic party are more attachedto State
Rights-will 20 farther in preserving the re-
maiuingsovsreign,y Of the States--leavins 10
each the manaseme of her domestic concerns;
than the Wing party has ever been, or, believe,
can he. '# '''. '-'5 y ~ '' -.
"The leaders Of the Wings have held I'd
high estimation as gentlemen But they are
all OF them, in feeling and principle, majority
men. They see no immortality in tramp'ng the
Constitution under the feet Of majority oil Con;
gress. They do not feel OF see the evils anal:
gamation. They regard State boundaries as
the remains of provincialism, and the distiue:
tions Of races as antiquated Preludices. >.
"Look at the vote on the Compromise hill
all of the Northern Whig, in the House ct Re!
representatives. voted against it-3 5ths 'of inc
Northern Democrats voted for it, This was the
effect of sympathy. The Northern Wings have
no sympathy for us. The Northern democrats
have. And what was the amount OF this Com.
promise bil The Southern people Thought
| they had a common share in the Territotfes
won by our common effnrts or purchased by our
common funds. The Wings tontended that we
Southern people had no right TO share in the
common acquisition. We thought it ln]ustlce'
and by the Constitution we we're entitled 10
share. They thought not. We then proposed
TO leave il to tine Courts of Justice and the Con.
stitu,icn. They refused and determined ana
insisted that /, should be left to majority ot
Coneress-that is 10 themselves. am tired
Of this everlasting wransling abont rights:
Iuve the Union, but the Union love is that of
our fathers. One which all the States, as they
were, are constituionaliy declared to DE eeifa''
and every citizen las described in the Constitn.
,ion) entitled to equal rights and equal privle
ges. If tho Union can only ne preserved oy
acknowledging South Carolina inferior to other
States, and he, citizens not entitled to the same
privileges with the citizens Of Northern States'
then would prefer death, civil, political and IN
dividual, rather than such degradatiom .
81 know tha, portion Of the Northern De-
f mecrats have gone as,ray; hut let i he rerol'
: lected they no longer act with the Democratic
party of the Union. The Candidate of the Bal
iimore Convention is not their candidate-they
have one Of their own-Mr. Van Buren,. who
is avowedlv more opposed to Southern rights
, than Mr.. Cass. and who is for that very reason
} sustained by the Free Soil party asthey call
thesplves. -'~
r 81 cannot consent TO act with aparty, who
are pledged to each other, TO refuse to Southern
men the privilege ot having their claims inves'