The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-05-24
THE CONSPIRACY OF FANATIcIsM.
coSt;LUpED.

This singular example of the inextricabe ca
prices of fortune. we take to be one OF the
most dangerous Of the more diminutive race of
insects that ever buzzed about ia the tainted
political atmosphere; for he is held in such utter
contempt BY all honest men, that no notice is
taken fhim until his sting is felt. He is bare
ly qualified to play second fiddle in a concert of
third.rate demagogues and the only way in
which he can acquire distinction is by be.
coming the tool of greater demagogues than
bimsel. Some years ago, after dsgracing
the state as its chief magistrate. he suddenly
found his level in the lowest depths of obi
yion or insignifcance, and was only quoted,
ifquoted at all, as one of those empty blad-
ders which fortune sometimes amuses herself
with, by tossing to the top of her wheel and
laughing to see it tumble down again BY
its oW n want of momentum.
But though this distinguished representative
of the Empire State has a great alacrity in
sinking, he has still greater alacrity in rising,
by virtue of his extraordinary lightness. Nor
is any spectacle more common in this enlight-
ened country than that Of swindler-p provided
It be on great scale-after his offences have
become little rusted by time, suddenly emerg-
ing from the depths of infamy, to become an
object of popular favor or executive patronage.
Thus has it happened to our illustrions senator.
The mud has lately been stirred at the very bot.
tom of the pool; and he who went down
mutilated tadpole, has come up fnll-g grown
bullfrog, believing louder than he did when,
as a State senator, he condescended to become
the agent of a principal whose claim was to
be decided by himself and his brother members.
The wisdom and patriotism of our Legislature
have sent him as their peculiar representative
in the Senate of the United States, and proba.
bly, he is fully adequate to that stupendous re-
sponsibility. Since then, his only public exploit
has been speech, of which we shall say moth.
ing, except that it would disgrace any man
but himself The reader, we hope, will pardon
us for thus turning aside moment, to do JUS
tice 70 very small man--so small, that his
smaliness is unspeakably inexpressible-aud
who, by no possibility, can ever become great
ly contemptible. 1t is a received maxim, that
the head of any class or profession must neces
sarily be more or less distinguished and the
honorable senator from Afriea-we beg pardon,
New York-is undoubtedly chief of the illus
trious band of dealers in small potatoes" As
such, he is fairly entitled to a passing notice.
But to descend from this high elevation to my
more humble task.
Rauaticism. perhaps, never assumed more
dangerous form than that it now presents in the
United States. 1t is waging direct, inveter-
ate warfare against the Constitution and the
Union. It asserts principles which, if carried
out in their full extent, will unquestionably bring
about-,if not now, at least at no distant period
"a dissolution of that Union, followed by all
its fat;,l consequences. Its principles have a
direct tendency to civil and servile war-to
rapine. p,urder and pollution. Here they are.
Let the reader pause, reflect, and see to what
they inevitably lead.
First, "We maintain, that every American
citizen who retains single human being in in
voluntary bondage, is, according to Scripture,