The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-01-31

ton had changed little. 1t was always ab-
sorbing. directing central pnwer--power--
and nothing but power. However differing
the many parties and political theories in
France may be from one another, all of
them agree in this point, that they expect
everything from government, from orgalza-
ton by power. The Legitimist, the Bona
partist, the Communist, the Socialist. the
Red Republican, all agree in this point
They have never vet dreamed of the fact
that the essence of liberty is self reliance.
protected m the free movement of indivldu-
atty by society or government. have de-
vcloped my ideas on this subject in an artl-
Gle on Anglican and GaIcan Liberty, which
you did me the favor of publishing in one of
your former numbers, and now find what |
then said, strongly confirmed by the rro-
pramme.spcech Of M. OdiIlon Barrot, prime
minister Of France. He said. in the Ass"m-
bIy, on December the 2eth: "Our society
THAT is France) has contracted the deplo'
rabIe habit Of always looking toward gov
crnmcnt for those endeavors and cares, tor
which individual activity provides with other
nations"
Ye, The French hug The word Democracy.
Their new constution declares the French
Republic a Democratic Republic, one and
indIvislbIe. The President has sworn to
maintain tho Democratic republic. All
Frenchmcn agree, no matter to what party
,hev belong, that France--the pervadlng
spirit Of all the Frencll-is emlnently demo-
craticaI. There is no inconsistency in this.
II is only when the democratic principle
pervading the institutions of a country, per.
mancntly rests upon the infinitely more I'M
portant basis of selfrcliance, that it is con-
ducivc to frecdom--to unshackled action.
Abstract democracy has never cared. never
strives for liberty. The great aim of pure
democracy is the power, the unrestrained
power of the people. Blu, in politics, the
term people cannot, in the nature OF things,
mean anything but majority and minority;
abstract or pure democracy, therefore,
means unlimited power of the MAJORITY
Woe to the land where it sways! Demo-
cratic absoluism is the fcrcest OF all, be
cause it is reality; monarchal absolulIsm is
but lent. Absolute democracy is The very
ncgalon Of liberty, for it sweeps away ndI-
vilualily. All periods of history, all the
movements in this sense in our own age
prove it. Already have the Communists IN
France openly rallied against liberty an
substituted for it in the motto: Liberty,
Equality and Fraternity: the term sol,dn ,ty,
that is extinction of individuality. the making
Of society one solid unleavened mass, IN
which the individual sI,a and ought to 'ose
his individuality, even in marriage, and
might be named by number as our prison.
ers are in The penitentlary. ence their
inveterate hatred 10 Cavaignac, for nc, they
arc conscious, is Republican, and loves to
protect scf.reIiance, but hates 10 make So
ciely tircsome barrack to lod &C medlocrlty
in tho fashion Of Owen.
What does it mean that Louis Napoleon
has seven millions of votes, and Cavaigna
but one? Ii means that in six months there
will be another, and probably bloody
change. Ilmeans that the Communists who
changed the government were handful OF
Parisians, and France submitted, because
accustomed to receive governments and
fashions from Paris, and that now, having an
opportunity of showing what she wants, or
;.t least what she does not want has shown
she dissents from the Partisan government
draltcrs. There was, we allow, an occasion
for on cmeu,e, in February last, for the min
istry would not 60 out; but there was none
for change of government. Had it been
the vote would now he different; for The
vote for Louis Napoleon was avowcdly
opainst the Rcpuuiic. CoLUMBIENsIs.
Iowa INDIAN BURIAL Customs The 10.
was sometimes place their dead on scaffolds,
made by setting four posts in the ground,
which rise high en- ugh to he above the
reach of fcrocious animals; upon these posts
a platform is made of sticks and bark. The
body is then carefully wrapped in blanket
and buffalo skin, and usually encased OH the
outside with roll of bark and laid on the
top of this scaffold. There it is permitted to
lie until the scaffold rots down, by which
time the body is decomposed. The bones
are sometimes collected afterwards and bu-
ricd Slightly under The surface. The bodies
of children and infants are cnveloped in this
wav, and often placed on the branches and
in the tops Of trees. This mode is, however,
growing out of practice and giving way to a
mode more like that practiced by the white
people--that Of putting in the ground, A
narrow hole, scarce the length or breadth Of
the body, is dug in the ground, about three
feet deep. The bottom is covered first with
bark and then buffalo skin. Upon this
the corpse, after having been dressed and
wrapped in blanket is placed, in some ca
ses at full length on the back, and at other
times in reclining or sitting posture. By
the side is usually put bowl with spoon
or Iadlc, cake of bread, a cup or bottle Of
water, with some articles of clothing leggins,
&c Ic he is brave or a chief. some of his