The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-12-17


Couran,) the following extract of letter from
=: o:usnt,em,n in Alabama to q friend in this city,
as a specimen of the state of feeling IN The III
terror counties of the South. Ihe writer is
native of Connecticut, who has res'ded III iNi'
bama for some years, and fully understands the
views of those about whom he writes:
"What Calhoun conld not effect IN twenty
xa,rs has been done in six weeks, viz: un'oh
ot tbe South. do assure you that, IN TINS
comfy. one of the wealthiest, and containing
rs Quiet and intelligent population as there
is in the United States-Whig too where lrst
there was large Lniou party there Is no"
not ore perroneat citizen that know OF, or
have heard OF. that does not say the time mas
con,e for secession. For one, with many ties
to bind me North-boru there-havlns i'lenas
and relations from whom it would be Pa''''u' "
difer-having hoped, and, until my recent WIS.,
it to the North, have expected that my cn'lureh
and yours would live and die under the same
government our fathers had it was with great
Reluctance that | was convinced that the Nor'h
wopld not leave US alone, which was all we
asked As it is, | am prepared cooily anu
calmly to vote for secession and, II IT Is heces'
sary. to sustain the vote with life and fortune
The Union, as it has been managed ior some
wears has no friends here These who hoped
Justice from the North, are giving up '"e''
hopes, since the news comes OF the ac.oh !"
Ohio. PENNSYLVANIA and especially IN hassa-
chusetts. Nothing but the efectual waking
Nm of the Union men, if any such there Del
ut the North, and their ehectual putting down
of slavery agitation there, can now save It,
Their ground has been taken from unoer t'e'n
by the uulliGcation of the slave law, anu 1he
renewed and increasing agitation OF the slave
question at the North"
SOUTHERN MEETING AT NEw ORLEANs.|
A great meeting of the canse OF Consttu,'''.'i
Rights of the South, was held in the 81 Louis
Ball Room, New Orleans, Saturday night
The large hall was crowded to its utmost ca
pacity, ard the streets around presented "A
wide sea of moving, josding, surgng humanity,
Joseph Genois was appointed President win
near one hundred Vice Presidents, from the
most influential citizens Of the place. frot.
J. d. B. Debow, and seven others acted as
Secretaries, Senator Soule, in response to en-
tbusiastic calls, addressed the meeting IN
speech of great animation, logical ioree ana
eloqaence. He reviewed the legislation OF Ioh-
gress, and showed that it had been grossly u''-
constitutional and aggressive. Asfor remedies
he recommended the people to struggle yet 10
obtain indemnity aud security in the cn'on
He did not advocate secession or dlsunion.
After this speech, Judge Alexander W aiker,
one of the editors Of the Delta, delivered brei
but eloquent address The cheers OF the audl-
euce in response to both speeches are SAID to
have been most enthusiastic and "roof-iltlng."
The following resolutions agreed on BY the
committee. were su5mitted'by ID. b. Nelly esq,
and adopted with but one dissenting voice.
Whereas, The conduct Of large portion OF
the people of the North, of all classes and oil
all political parties, has rendered manifest the
existence among them of dispositions, feelings
and opinions hostile to the rights and lnstitu-
tons fthe Southern States, well calculated to
excite serious apprehensions that they intend to
persevere in the course of aggression anu lnJu'
~ which marked the recent Legislation OF Con-
gress on the subject of slavery.
Resolred, That although we entertain an
abiding attachment, and cherish religious de-
votion to the Union, we deem it just aud neces-
sary, at this time, to proclaim to our fellow
citizens at the North; not by way OF menace,
but in spirit of friendly warning our solemn
conviction that the people of Louisiana will in.
sst, at all RISKS, upon the constitutional compact
on the subject of slavery, and will submit to no
violation or Infringement Of it whatever, and
that they will resist-even though that resist
ance should create dissolution OF the Union.-
all attempts by Congress to legislate agsress-
lively upon their rights by the abolition OF slave
yin the District of Columbia, or the intprdlc-
tion of the slave trade between the States, or
the enactment of the Wilmot Proviso, OF the
repeal or essential modification Of the Fugitive
Slave Law.
And Whereas, The Union of these States,
is a union of sovereigns in a confederacy of
equals, and can only be perpetuatcd by preserv-
ing uuimpaired tue character impressed upon it
by its founders.
Be it therefore further Resolved That as
friends of the Union and Of the South, we cor.
daily approve the course of those Senators and
Representatives in Congress, who contended
against all encroachments upon the equality,
dignity and rights of the Southern States, and
that our thanks are especially due, and are
hereby rendered to the Hon. p. Soule, Hon.
E. LaSere and Hon. |. E. Morse, for the zeal,
ability and fidelity which they, in connection
with the late amented J. H. Harmansoll, defend.
ed the interests and honor of their constituents.