The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-08-15
From the South Carolinian.
g NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

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determination ofthe Democratic party North
to discard from their political creed The doc.
trines ofiheslV Vilmoi Prosiso, and to adoRtthe
constitutional principle of strict non. late rfer.
ence upon the slavery question. Speaking OF
the letter rof Gen. Cass, embracing this whole
some doctrine, the Goshen New York; Re.
publican says: 4
This letter isthe ablest and soundest politi.
cal document We, have seen from any quarter
since the days Of Gen. jackson. We are not
without hope that il will have an influence for
good upon the Democratic Cancellation Con-
venlion about to be held in this State"
The Pttsbnfg Post says:
{, .To assume tha, Congress have the power
10 establish slape1y phere t does mol erist, only
makes the ecoayerse Of the proposition true, tba,
Congress- have the; power to abolish slavery
srhere itsdoes exist, The. true policy for the
Federal Government to- pursue is to LET the
squestion Of slavery alone, and permit the States
where L exists 10 regulate Ito suit themselves.
To this docirine no considerable portion Of the
South will ohiieets',s y -,
= The Pennsyl ylvanian, the leading Democratic
paper ID the State, in the conclusion Of a long
article upon the subject says:
1--we Suuil Stdiiu idSt w 'ho
Constitition and TO the Union; and We believe
the isst can only be saved from perversion, rs
the last from ultimate, and total destruction, by
clinging steadily 10 the great principle Of non.
INTERVENTION on The slave question, and ny
opposing the iatfigues of those who are the band.
ed foes, either openly or secretly, OF both the
Constitution aud the Uhion."E
The Bangor Maine) Democrat, speaking of
noa. inteFyeniion as a, principle recognised by
the Democrats Of The Legislature, of that State,
says: -
sThe last resolution passed BY the Democrats
OF the Maine Legislature, touching the slavery
question, isiu favor OF toleraiion, and agains,
in,erpolating abolaionism into the Democratic
creed."' 49,,
But what strikes u.s. as very singular is. The
following from the st. Louis Union. Col. Ben.
tons leading organ. upon the subject OF the
Proyiso. While feebIy maintaining the right
of ofCongress to legislate, il holds the following
language: - fST'
I, aIf a proviso should ever be passed, applying
TO territories. it. would be in no way binding
on the people 10 forming their State government.
-rfor Hfhey choose to incorporate slavery into
their State governments they wouldhave right
'sot dossslAss therefore no Democrat thinks
q proyiso ofany kind, for or against slavery,
passed BY Congress in regard to territories,
could have any binding force perpetually on the
people, but would be snbjecrto any alteration
they saw, proper To make when State; Consti-
tulion shoald be adopted, il cannot be necessary
for ,such an abstraction, as Il is IN the present
case, tobe insised on, 1chen the Union may be
endangered 5v so doing For our Mer;can ter.
.ritories Il IS not 0ilywholly UNNECESSARY and
.ISExpEDIENT, BUT TT Is POSITIVELY MIscHIEv.
Gus, IN. ITS ,EFFEcTs UPON THE HARMONY OF
THE UNIoN TO LEcIsLArE ON SLAVERY"
Z The above are few Of the Democratic ex-
pressions with regardsto the slavery question;
and we afs strongly induced 70 believe that the
Proriso viii be abandoned by the whole party.
Ifso, il win scarcely pass Congress, provided
Southern Wings are true, as doubtless they will
be. to the interests of their constituency: We
will keep our eyesupon the Wing papers-the
few which, exchange with us--and will extract
the vilws ofthe leading organs of that party at
the Nurth.s,x-.. ..,..,...
We regret thus far, that, with the exception
efthe New York sAlirror, whose article we
gave in our last, we find nothing in the North.
ern Wing press to justify any hope that the
South viii receive single Wing vote from the
North; and come even avow that Wing mem.
bers and Senators from the slave States will
vote fssihe Wihnot Pfoviso. The Boston At.
las masks Glloying: ezsSSs z ses1ss ~
sOur renders will bear US evidence that we
have endeavored 10 present the slavery exten.
sion question fairly and candidly. We have
stated what every person knous to be TRUE
that eueyywhig member of Congress from the
free States would vote in favor of excluding
slavery from the territories Of the Union, and
would exercise bis talents and influence TO effect
such result. We know Of no whig lthat does
not. There are members from Indiana, Illinois
and Michigan. who will go against freedom;
while snths other hand, there are whig mem.
bers from slave States who will vote for it.
Mr.. Clay, we believe, will; so willthe two wbig
senaiors from Delaware; and Mr.. Houston, the
representative ofthat gallant State, has always
voted for IL. There is no doubt that General
Taylor viii affix his signature to bill contain,
Jog the epsoviso. WE LOOK UPON THE FURTHER
EXTENSION OF SLAVERY UPON THIS CONTINENT
xs MORAL IMPossIBILITY"
Tho members from Indiana. Illinois, and
Michigan, who,i the Atlas says, will vote against
ste sProsiso, are of course Democrats. The
indiana State Journal, another leading Whis
paper says: 43fF t-es-
: "Eyesy single whig editor and whig elector
In this State occupied the ground always main.
sained By ti5eS whigs of the Nortb--an uncom.
prousisinr0p 0pposhioa TO slaperysertension. They
vet ,suintdin that ground; and the northern ,chigs
hope the po,oer in The nert Congress, they wil
engraf1 flbs doctrine upon the laD gdnising