The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-02-07

stipulation, or guaranty OF me ODnstAptlon, III
tended for the security of The Sonth that has not
been rendered perfectly nuga,oryin all hut two
States. It may even be made serious ques.
tion, whether the cncroachmenis already made,
without the aid Of any other, would not, IT per
miitpd To operate unchecked end in rmancipasI
and iha, at M distant day. But be- that as il may
it ha ardv admits Of doubt that, r the aggres.
sions already commenced in the House, and
now in progress should he consummatcd. such
in The end would certainly he the consequence.
Little, in truth, would he left to he done alter
we have heen excluded from all the Territories,
including those to he hereafter acqnred; alter
slavery is abolished in this district, and in the
numerous places dispersed all over the South,
where Congress has the exclusive right OF 'e,
oiSaion. and after the other measures proposed
are consnmmaied Every outpost and barrier
would he carried, and mo- hing wonld tie lef' nut
10 finish the work Of abolition al pleasure IN the
States themselves. This District. and all pla-
ces over which Congress has exclusive power
of legislation, wonld hc asylums TOR fugitive
slaves. here. as soon as they placed heir tref,
thoy would hecomp, according TO the doctrines
Of our Northern assailants, free; unless there
should he some positive enactments TO prevent
IL.
Under such state Of things the probability
is. that emancipation would SOON follow, without
anv final act to abolish slavery. The drpress'
ing effects Of smch measures on the white race
A. The South, and the hope they would create
in the black OF speedy emancipation. wonld
produce state oi feeling Inconsistent with the
much longer continuance of the existing rcla.
lions between the two But he that as It may,
it is certain, if emancipation did not follow, as
matter Of course. the final acts in the States
would not he long DELAYED. The want ofcon.,
situ,ional power would oppose feeble resist
ance. The great body Of ibe North is united
aoainst our pecnliar institution. Many believe
il to he sinful. and The residue with inconsider.
able exceptions, believe It to he wrong. Such
being the case, il wonld Indicate very snperf-
cial knowledge ofhnman nature. to think that.
alter aiming at abolition. SYSTEMATICALLY, for so
many years. and pursuing Il with such unsrr'i-
pnIons disregard oflaw and Constitution that
the fanatics who have led the wav. and forced
the great body Of the North to follow them.
would, when the finishing stroke only remained
to he given, Voluntarily suspend it, or permit any
constitutional scruples or consideration Of lns.
tice to arrest it. To those may be added an
aggression, though not vrt commenced, long
medirated and threatened: to prohibit what
the abolitionists call the internal slave trade,
meaning thereby the transfer fslares from one
State to another, from whatever motive done,
or however effected. Their object would seem
to he TO render them worthless, by crowdng
them together where they are, and thus
hasten the work Of emancipation. There ia
reason for believing thai it will soon follow
those now in progress. unless, indeed. some de.
cisive step should be takeniare the meantime 10
arrest the whole.
The ueesiion then is, will the measures of
aggression proposed in the House he adopted?
They NAV not. and probably will moi. be this
session. But when VIC take into consideration
that there is majority now in favor OF one OF
them, and strong minority in favor oflhe other,
as far AZ the sense Of Ihc House has been taken;
that there will he in all probability consider.
able increase in the next, Congress OF the vote
in favor Of them, and that it will he largely in.
creased in the next succeeding Congress, un.
der the census to he taken next year, il amounts
almost to certainty, that they will he adopted,
unless some decisive measures is taken in ad.
vance 10 prevent IT,.
But, if even these conclusions should prove
erroneous-if analicism and;hc love Of power
should. contrary to their nature, for once re.
spect constitutional barriers or it the calcnla.
tions Of policy should retard the adoption OF
these measures, or even defeat them altogether,
there would he still left one certain way to &C.
complish their object, The determination avow.
ed by the North TO monopolise all the Terrific.
oe th. In
carried into effect. That of itself would, at no
distant day, add to the North sufficient num-
Der of States TO give her three t"urths ot the
whole when under the color of an amend.
ment of,hc Constitution, she would enancipat
our slaves, however opposed it nigh, be to ;'s
true intent.
Thus, under every aspect, the result is certain
ifaggresson he no! promptly and decidedly
met. How it is to met, il is for YOU to decide.
Such then being The cas", it would be TO in.
suit YOU to suppose you could hesitate. TO
destroy the existing relation between the free
and s.rvile races al the South, would lead to
consequences unparalleled in history. They
cannot be separated, and cannot live together
in peace, or harmony, or 10 their mutal advan.
tage, except in their present relation. Under
any other, wrelcheJness and misery, and desc
Ia,ion, would overspread the whole South. The
example of the British West Indies, as blighting
as emancipation has proved to them, furnishes
a very faint picture of the calamitics it would
bring on the South. Tho circumstances under
which il would take place with Us, would he
entirely different from those which took place
with them, and calculated to lead to far more
disastrous results. There the Government of
the parent country emancipated slaves in her
colonial posscssions-a Government rich and
powerful. and acnated by views of fp"licy. (mis.
taken as they turned Quit he) rather than lana'i.
,;s,n II ,,.x hesdr dspospd To act Justly tO.