The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-08-22
PLANK ROAD.

notIce tnat an apphcatIoD VIII be' inHue NJ
the next Session of the Legislature for Char.
ter to construct Plank Road from this place TO
the North Carolina line, has been sent us for
publication. Our citizens are becoming inter.
csted in the enterprise, and we have reason to
believe that portion of the citizens of Lancas.
ter heartily approve of it, and will do much to
aid in its construction. We have hitherto
spoken of it, as certainly running to Charlotte,
but we now believe, that if it ever reaches that
town, her citizens will have TO make an effort
for it. A strong disposition prevails to extend
it towards Concord, and ultimately to connect
it with the Plank Road at Salisbury. To se-
cure the trade in that directon-in tie counties
of Union, Anson, Cabanns and Eastern Mech.
lenhurg, is of the highest importance TO Camden.
The sooner the better. The early construction
of the Road is urged with the beief,bat It will
divert great deal of trade from the Rail Road
now being built, 10 our market, which other.
wise would find channel round through Co.
umbia. If it should he luit to Concord,
Charlotte will find it to her advantage to con.
struct branch from it to her Rail Road Depot
But our neighbors of Lancaster will have a
voice in its location, and we arg anxiousy wait.
ing TO hear from them. Hrr,t.- T9s:a.
We have said but little as to the advana re
of such Road. In many points they are too
obvious to require parsicnlar mention. We
state, however. that in those sections where
they have been constructed, the same team Of
horses puIlthree and fur times more than on
the ordinary Road. What an immense saving
of time and labor would il be to the farmers of
the up country, TO haul from Is 10 25 bales Of
Cotton at one trip to market. with their ordina.
ry teams? How inconrenient, expensive, and
troublesome il is, and how much does il derange
plantation business, to bc rushing off to market
every week or two, through mud and cold, with
or bales Of cotton, exposed to all the sever.
y of winter. and oientimes over roads almost
impossible The wear and tear Of negroes
and horses, of wagon and gear, in the course Of
a severe winter, would be amply sufficient TO
paw the amount Of toll on Plank Road. p. =
We will continue to offer snch suggestions
as may occur 10 us, relative to the Road, and
invite free discussion 0fits claims and benefits
To the Editor of the Camden Journals:
The fanatics of the North oppose the institu
ion Of slavery, on the ground that it is immoral.
They preach this from the pulpit-teach il. in
their schools, and inculcate it in every depart.
ment of their social system. II strikes me that
the clergy Of the South wonld render the most
important service TO their country by. enforcing
the opposite opinion, that slavery is moral and
well sustained by the laws of nature and The
Holy Scriptures. i, certainly is obligatory up.
on the clergy here 10 perform This duty with
zeal. as their brethren. in the North are so
active against us. Parents in the nursery and
teachers in our schools, should also carefully
and earnestly enforce the samc-and the rising
generation would certainly be sound on this
point Of morals-and with urPcople thorough
y educated in correct principles, and with good
conscicnces, we would have nothing to fear
from aI,.'nad. go. .iasa IT,.
But il is more especially the duty oflhe clergy
TO be active and jealous in our cause, since tn
evil springs from their department Of the social
state. 1t is from individuals of their body that
so much mischief has been done to us--it is a
question of morals over which they more espef
cally are entrusted with the guardanship.-
Their very neglect TO be active in our cause
may be construed into a belief that they feel
some private scruples OF conscience in regard
to the morality of slavery, and thus incline many
10 go against US. The clergy should look upon
/; as the dearest cause of their country. and SO
look upon it as being the cause of-God. Let
them; therefore, arouse themselves to this high
patriotic duty, and prove TO the wavering about
them, (if there be any, and to the people Of
the North, that our moral guides, our clergy.
are as Jealous defenders of their country'srights
as the clergy of,he North are zeaously engag.
ed against us-and that instead of laloring by
wild hypothesis and false argument to elevate
the intellectual grade Of the negro to that OF the
white man, (as has lately beeH done from a
certain high uarter in this State,) they should
labor to prove, by tho laws Of nature, their in.
,electual iulerioriy, and their just adaptation
to a state OF servtllde. The clergyman who
will not do this, is at least of doubtful patriot.
ism. FEARLESS lRUit1'
For the Camden Journal.
Mr. Editor As your paper has long since
established for itself high character for its
calm devotion 10 Southern rights, have con.