The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-04-02

aPrOvlsO through the House Oh nepieseulati'es't
but even at the last session, when Mr.. Preston's|
bill to allow the people of that country to form
q constitution was under consideration, theyE
appended that proviso to it, and thus obliged its
friends to abandon it. The people Of the coun-
try there, being thus persuaded that their only[
! 3chance to get into the Union was by the exclu
sion ofslavery, very naturally incorporated theI
proviso into their constitution.
The course which you have to some extent
pursued, however patriotic may be your mo.
tives, and more especially that of the National
Intelligener, seems to me calculated only to pro-
duce mischief. Irefer to the attempt to under
= rate the condition of feeling at the South, byI
extracts carefully culled from Southern papers,
letters, DC. No impression is thereby made onV
! the South. The subject being one which every,
body there fully understands, opinions cannoti
4 be shaken in relation to it. Those persons who
reason knou that it is wrong that the South
should not be permitted, with her institutions,
4 to occupy any part of the common territory j
such as are not accustomed to reason feel that
the exclusion is gross outrage on their rights
When any man, how high soever may be hIs|
position, declaims against extension OF slavery
into any part of the Territory, his words pro.
duce no more effect on the settled judgment of
the South, than the dashing of the waves against
! the base of mountain of solid granite. ThcI
only effect of these publications is to decelvei
the North. What possible good can result
from keeping the people of that section in pro-|
found ignorance of the condition Of things inI
> the South9 sit wise thus to misead the peo-
: pie therel Why not let them know that their
movements may bring them into dangers Is III
regarded as wise stroke of policy, in mill
tary commander to conceal from his own troopsI
) the danger, until he can bring them up sudden
/ ly upon a masked battery! lfthe Union be mi
peril, nothing seems to me better calculated toI
increase the danger than such course as this
EVENT. these quotations should be fairly nladel
from the particular papers selected, it must bel
remembered that they constitute small portionI
= of those published in the Southern States. 1T
may be remarked, too, that number OF these
papers are published by northern men, some OF
whom retain their original sectional feelings,I
: and are adroitly endeavoring to advance the|
5anti.slavery views of the North Other Journals
partly from a party feeling Of opposition to|
movements which found in the first instance|
more favor in the Democratic papers, and part.
y out of Difference to the tone of thecentral!
press in this city, supposed to be in occordance|
with the views of the Administration, have echo
/ ed back what they supposed would be accepta-
! BILE here. AS, however, it has become manifest
that they were unintentionally aiding the anti.
slavery movement of the North, they have grad
ualy been taking better view of things; and
have no doubt but that, ultimately, all such OF
them as are governed by patriotic considera-
/ tons, will assume the proper position. 4heI
North is also misled by the fact that certain
southern men seem willing to sacrifice the gen
/ eral national interests of the Union, by aban-
doning the rights of their own section and adop-I
ling the narrow sectional claims of the North.
Whether these persons are governed by misgui-
Ided patriotism, or are merely seeking Northern
support for their personal advancement, it CAN
not be expected that they should be sustained
| by those whose rights they are willing to sur
surrender. If they have not already lost their
Influence, they will inevitably do so when their
position is understood and the feeling has be-
lcome intense. The effect Of these things, how
ever, can be productive of nothing but mischief,
(by misleading the North. Had the real state Of
Feeling in the old thirteen colonies been under.
stood in England six months before the decla-
lration of independence, our revolution would
never have occurred; but the British Parlia.
lnent and people were cheated and deceived by
the ministers and their organs, who declared,
Iron time to time, that the complaint or thisI
side of the Atlantic came only from few am /
|bitious and factious men, who were making al
noise and exciting sedition to give themselves
consequence; and that the great body of the I
Inhabitants of the colonies were loyal, content!
Jed and quiet, and SO soattached to the general gov
eminent and the union with Great Britain, that
they would submit to whatever laws the Parlia /
ment might pass. With this example so famil- !
lar to American minds, is it not strange that
similar delusions should now prevail!
But will now advert to another point, viz d
the means proposed to resist the improper ac. T
|tion of the northern majority. | have express I
led the opinion that, under our obligations toI
support the Constitution of the United States,
|all means consiste 1t with its provisions should
|be exhausted BEIGE there should be recon- +
|mendation to appeal to our rights above it
And have hence advised that, under all the |
if an equitable adjustment can /
not be obtained of the territorial question, then
we ought to refuse to pass any appropriation
bills for the support Of the Government. Thei
idea of refusing supplies is not of American
|origin. 1t has been claimed in England as the ]