The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-03-14
From the Sumter Banner.
DISTRICT MEETING.

a previous call on Monday, the o,h inst III the
Court House, Tor the purpose OF responding IN
suitable manner to the Address of,he South.
ern Delegates in Congress, on the subject OF
Abolition.
Col. FL. Moses, on motion off. NJ. Adams
ESD, was called TO tie Chair, and having, IN
few impressive and glowing remarks, portrayed
The wrongs of the South, and explained the oh'
ject of the meeting, appointed Messrs. X. NJ.
Dyson and r.. D. Fraser. Secretaries, and an
nounced that the meeting was ready lor bust
ness.
Major A. G. Spain moved "lhat commit.
lee Of twenty FIVE persons be appointed TO con.
slider and report on the Address of the South
ern Delegates in Congress" The motion be.
ing seconded and passed, the Chairman appoint
ed the following gentlemen 10 constitute the
committee.
Mai A. c. Spain. Col. VIM. Neules, Maj.
VIM. Haynsworlh, DR.. J. B. Wilherspoon, ).
NJ. Nelson Esq. Capt. ]. d. Ashmore, 5: May.
rant Esq. Col. ]. B. Miller. Capt. ). W.
Brownfeld, Capt f. Sumter, Capt. J. ID. Ban.
ding r. II. Kennedy Esq. DR.. J. l.. Meil'u,
Col. Jas. Z. Rembert, Saml L. Wilson Esq.
Col. NJ. Moses, Robt. Bradford Esq. Gen. 5.
R. Chandler, Capt. w. A. Muldrow, DIR. J. r.
Dennis, Rev. J. S. Richardson, Rev. Z. +. FL.
liott, Rev. H. Spain, Hon. L. +. Rhame, Rev.
Fl. ID. Green.
The committee retired and after delbcratlon
returned and made through their Chairman the
following Report.
The Committee appointed to consider and
report on the Address oft the Southern Delegates
in Congress beg leave to make the following
Report.
sThe Address of Southern Delegates in Con.
eress to their Constituents" is an impressive
warning from those, whose position enables
them to detect the immediate approach OF dan.
ger to the continued and peaceful existence OF
the Federal Union, and requires them to sound
the note of alarm. 1t was made SIN discharge
of what Mey believed to he solemn duty, on
the most important subject ever presented Tor
orr consideration" "The acts Of aggression
and encroachmen,," on The part of the North,
sin reference 10 the relation existing between
the European and African races at the South,
form the basis ofthat Address. Should The acts
of aggression, therein too truthuy detalled'
prove successful, (of which there is a certainty,
without prrention) we are told, 'thc blacks ana
prohigate whites in union with them, would "c-
come The principal recipients of federal othccs
and patronage and would in consequence, be
raised above the whites of The South in the po.
litical and socia! SCALE" that "'rc would change
conditions with them' This surely isa fright.
G,l picure. and such condition would, lnd'ed,
be "a degradation greater than has ever ye' 'a,,
len to the 10, of free and enlightened people,
That such is the gloomy prospect ahean' VIC
have the written declaration OF loriy-elSht iann'
Gnl and viaiani sen,inels from the South. lhey
have admonished us of The danger, and to a.
void it, entrcat us, "to be united and, ior mat
purpose, to adopt all necessary measures.
With such warning and such prospect
before US, what is the duty Of the Souihl
Unqnes,ionabIy, the day for argument has
passed, and remonslrance is no longer needed
The Constitution, the grand Charter Of our
rights, no longer constitutes a barrier to the
progress of fanaticisim and .philanthro-
ply. The uublushing cfTrontery, with which
Congress violates The sacred compromises OF
the Constitution, and the unmanly suhterluses
to which individuals, associations and even
State Legislatures resort to render imperative
its blaine st, and yet to us, its most important
proyisions, Goreshadow, without mistake, the
approach of fanarchy,-thc reign ofthe law OF
force and numbers. We have the evidence ot
all this plainly, yet ably detailed in the Address
10 the South.
Will we stand idly by and see the supreme
law of the land violated by overt acts OF aggres-
sion on the part Of Congress, and nu!lified by
subterfuge and indireclion on the part OF Nor
lhern citizens and Legislatures? Will we par.
" whilst Southern Citizens are ostracised from
the common territory, purchased, in part, at
least. by Southern blood! Will we consent 10
our own bondage and degradation and to be.
come showers of wood and drawers ofwa!er"
10 our own slaves! The firm and unaerable
response of every man of Sumter is an lndlg.
nant negative. If the aggressive steps be not
retraccd and further assaults upon the Constl-
ton Go not cease, the citizens of Sumter are
ready to Join the whole Southern people in &C.
ton for the supremacy of the established law.
They are ready to adopt, as their own the Ian
guagc of McDuffie. and to declare that "absolutc
submission and passive obedience to every ex-
treme Of tyranny are the characteristics OF
slaves only,"-that, rather than submit like
slaves, to their own degradation, they are vii.
ling to strike in defence Of the Constitution and
permanent equality, that they are unwilling to
leave the redress to their posterity,-lhat they
prefer to transmit to their children, their own
inheritance, stable government and equality
Of rights.
The Committee recommend the adoption of
the following Resolutions.
lst. Resolrcd. That the proceedings of the
Southern Delegates in Congress, whose names
are subscribed TO the Address to the South meet
our cordial approval.
2nd. Resolved. That no greater degradation
could belal us, as freemen. than submission to
the fate, which Northern Elnaticism is prePar-
ing for us in its measures for the restriction and
Abolition our domestic institutions.
Sd. ResoIred, That whilst we cherish the