The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-08-29
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FROM the Columbia Telegraph.
F. ABOLITION REVELATIONS.


-on the circumstances attending his arrest, and
>since developed, bu, his friends will force ii
ION us.
'lHe National Era, the Abolition organ at
Washingto has devoted long Editorial to
wha, it terms the '.foul wrong inflicted OH this
young 'ci.izrn Of the Vest"
With the unln>nins advocate OF such doc
itrncs as that paper hab,uay contains, we can
snct of course enter into an argutnenl-lor mere
Us no co;nmna ground nr moral obligation on
which we could meet-our views OF right, duty
and honesty being as opposite to his as light TO
darkness. But we only avail ourselves OF the
admissions made in this Abolition TRADE, ana
the facts stated in cnanexion with the matter
whchis so much behooves US 10 understand IN
all its bearings.
1T is lawful to learn Of an enemy" says an
old proyerb and wise one. We shall enuea'
vor 10 prof, by the maxim, in this instance.
The Editor of the Era, in an attempt TO do
service to Barret, offers as his sponsor an ex.
Caro,iuisn, Joha C.. Vanghan-who changed
his princiyles as well as his location on emigr
.inr 10 Oaio, some years since, and has recently
bcen figuring most conspicuonsly as an Abol
riion Editer-colaborator Of Cassius NJ. Clay
Oa tas lssasSptis q Judging by his asso
.cates, tho companionship and apparen, interest
.entertaiaed by this person for Barrett, is ny no
smesMs corroborative of his innocence OF all ac.
seire agency in the schemes. which the other
has made trade of. The Era thus refers to
this endorsement
"Who is ]. NJ. Barrett! The True Demo.
crat Of Cleveland, edited by John G. Vaughan,
native Of South Carolina. and formerly an
active politician there, says Mr.. Barrett is a
young man, twenty. -four years OF age, citizen
of Indiana, the author of the Free Soil State
Address, not long since issued in that State.
He was never recognized as an Aho,ionlSt,
although, during the las, Presidential canvass,
be was an active supporter of MIR. Van Buren,.
"The True Democrat further states that, be-
coming an invalid, his physicians insisted that
he should travel some time in the South tor the
benefit of his health. From the statements
made in the South Carolina papers, We infer
that he undertook an agency for some gazetteer,
with view to obtain the means OF defrayInS
at least in part the expenses of his Journey"
Well-lhis looks plausible enough-so far
the showing is a fair one-a man may be an
Abolitionist, and if he minds his own business
and holds his tongue, may travel safely through
the State---but if that man be found scattering
broadcastsihe seeds of mischief-ifhe be made
the medium Of poisoning the public mind-if
he be carrying on a secret correspondence IN
cypher with Abolition agents-lhen public
safety is compromised by permitting such a man
to 90 at large, or escape unpnnshed.
So plain and palpable is this, that even his
Abolition vindicator, is forced to make the tol-
lowing admission as to the proofs OF his Partcl.
pancy in "a dark conspiracy''-in the follow.
ing manner, ending with request which, no
doubt, will have its due effect:
"Cne circumstance in the case OF Mr.. Bar.
rc,t has sesyed to give countcnauce to the out
-ry- ut,vur- .-.s.ssP;racy"-wc mean the
devices adopted in the letters of some of his
correspondents in C;ncianai to a b. fl, H.: ,,s
into tbs;r m a, ,i,u--s+uG mere, we "Iost 'a"e
tho ground we have always taken, in the aqua
ton of the Slavery question. We are utterly
opposed to all concealtnent and JndI:ec.'oh'
We would resort TO no means to get our views
before the South, but such as are consIsieh'
with the utmost frankness. Ii we wish to DO il
by letter, we use straightforward English, sign
sur own name, and mail the letter at our own
posot ffice., five wish to do tby papers, we are
willing that the world should know by whom
and from whom they are sent. Ii we cannot
reach any section of our county IN this way,
.ye certainly shall not strive 10 reach it in any
other. Without concealment, is our motto. As
q general rule, secrecy and indireclion dv lnJu.
~ to al! great movements Of reform.
"We know not who was the writer Of Bru
tus, or who are the Cincinnati correspondents,
but we do hope that they will come out with a
full, candid statement of every particular, con-
nccled with the publication Of &" Bru,us," and
the part J. Nj. Barrett has had in its dislribu.
ton. 1t is due to him. and will doubtless con.
vince the people Of South Carolina that they
have been the unhappy subjects of a superAl.
ols agony
This is certainly very kind of the Editor OF
the Era, bu, will hardly answer the purpose.
No man in his senses would attach any crcdi
bility to the statements Of set Of men whose
whole course has proved them to be destitute of
common courage, veracily or hones,y-and
who, if they have entrarped this man to be their
scape coat, will add to their dastardly aud fiend.
ish course the yet deeper stain of treachery.
..1'here is honesty among thieves but there
seems to be none among abolilioniss. The
Era denies that the first Brutus pamphlet is i'm.
proper, aud de6es us, among others, to prove it
-s.ncendiary." Why that is the very term to
apply 10 tic creeping caution WHICH character-
ises its approach TO the real point aimed at, and
the careful concealmeat OF the purposes tor
which the combuslible materials which are
sought to be piled together, ready to he fanucd
by breath u,o fierce and consuming fame.
IF such be not the aim of the writer, then
must he be far more stupid and ohtuse, than
even the innate evidence of his own productions
have already proved him to be. But this is one
branch only of wide spread web of machna.
tions directed against our peace and property