The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1848-07-04
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NUMBER 27.,

A feeling of burning Indignation ,brea,hes
through the press, and will not he satisfied
by that example Of the British Governments
fixed intention sternly to suppress all such
ulterances Of sentiment. In the very face
OF that conviction, and IN the day succeed.
ing tie departure of Mitchell for his destined
place of exile for fourteen years The Uni
led Lishman newspaper, in a frey leading
article repeats The very offence for which
Mitchell was transported. A few extracts
will give "a sample Of the taste and qualify"
Of The whole: ...',.,,' ''' '-'..,,
"The Time. 1t is a poetic rainbow-hued,
golden age. Our only king is The sword.
AT the flash Of the patriot sleel The torch of
freedom can alone be lit. -af7str:
This is not the time for begaars petitions!
No more prayers; no more winnings no more
dying in The ditch-sde; no more patieft and
pcrservering cannihalism; no more soup-
kitchen paternity; no moressf friIe,gfim farce
in which two millions 0f men, wiihred blood
in them. and something resembling sntl.
by The grace Of the devil and the advice Of
their pastors. bid farewell to the sun, and
all committed suicide. Haen"G'F aSS"i
The people Of this land have been dream.
ing an uneasy cream. The nightmare van
ishes al last, and the blood stream circulaies
in The country once more. They can stir
their arms and use their strength again. ! A
voice was heard, crying in this wilderness.
and it has aroused them to sense and yol-
ton. A glorious fiat luz was re-echned
from one end of the Isle to the oiher, and the
clouds rolled off from our horizon and The
blue sky looked fnrlh on us, and blessed us.
A revelation came unto the people, and they
felt that they had only to say, 1--WE shalld"
such thing and it was done-lhey feIt,at
last, The everlasting truth flashing inionaheir
benighled souls. that peoples will and ON
nip"lcnce,-as far as regards earth-are' sy'
nonlmons. Ea7 -
Let them come forth, then, in the sun
LIGHT. and take The rights which have been
withheld from them so long g-yes! take Them.
for they have only tosretch forth their hands
and they will soon grasp the treasure 8hIch
they desire. Paris wed that il should be
free, and Louis Philippe packed up his @il,ings
put his umbrella under his arm. and, renew
ing his youlh-eagle like; went forth atrav-
eIIlng. Sicily wIIed that the Union act
which sucked out its life. blood, should be re-
pealed, and the first sword which g'isteaed
in The patriots hand, cut the parchment'ln link
that bound it to foreign country; Milan
but why multiply nslaDcesi Is it not plain
as that God liveth, that we have bit to ask
and we shall receive, if we ask IN the COM
mandng tone Of freemen, not in the whining
accent of s'aves2
Come forward, then, We suffering poor,
and prove to Your oppressors, that you toll
in the heat Of summer, and the frost nt VIM
ter. coaxing out of the heart of earth those
hidden riches which minister TO your tvrants'
luxury; from the filthy lanes wheroyqu cow
er in rags, and wet, and misery, hiding your
shame from The eyes of your fel!ow-mrn, and
gnawing (you have done itD through the
hesll:ot your own children, to far the flick
ering flame of life within you; from The un-
der ground cellars. where some Of you, en-.
dow ed mayhap, with high aspira ions and
sunny genius, groveI worm like. in cold and
nasllncss. cursing the rule which has crushed
YOU down 10 dust, and extngnished the
heavenly light within you; from the liauulsof
crime, where. with breaking!hearts, you sell
the bean,y which is intended TO adorn the
homes of virtue, that the hungry fiend which
is preying o< your enlrails, may be, satisfied
come FORTH come forth We poor You wear
the garb of humanity: you have the appear
ance of men. Let The garb have something
within it; let The appearance clothe really.
Ynu were made to Gods likeness. Pre-
mers and aristocra,s may deny it. but the
Manhood who died for you has said So.
Blood circuates in Your veins. TOO. Ynu
have rights to demand and wrongs TO avenge.
You have as rich fluid in your hearts as
the lyrants who tramp on you. Ynu arc
like them in physical formation. If they
prick v.r,, do you not beed lf,hey poison
YOU. do you not diel You are stronger
than they are. They are few and you arc
many. Up. then, grapple with them and
try fall or two. II is only when you have
your hands around their waists that you
can truly estimate their strength or weak
ness
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
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