The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-03-26

one mas DIS Iucf BUSINESS i'll Tie lile dS diJ Otlei
place and we hope she will succeed. Camden
never intended to disregard " the interest ofChe-
raw SO far as sto deprive" her citizens of the
1" present mail facilities" which they enjoy What
is the great bugbear! Only four hours longer in
getting there: and in that four hours how many
may be accommodating are now tied down to
a one hbrse mail
What right has CEeraw to expect Camden to
consult her upon matters which affect us and our
interests? On the same principle N. York might
have word to say, and object to the stage rum
ming BY Darlington Court House because it came
four hours late,. As to the people Of Cheraw be-
ing ignorant of the fact that efforts were being made
to accommodate the people of Darlington with
mail facilities it is not our fault or our business.
Columns of the Journal were devoted to this mat
ter, and the late Editor, Mr. CASTOR, advocated
the measure with much zeal and energy, and We
believe aided III bringing the importance of the
matter properly before the people. The action Ct
meeting in Darlington pressed this upon the
people of Camden, and they were obliged to act,
and do not regret that action; particularly as nee
kpo,O that there loas mol single underhanded al
Tempt on the part ofthe citizens of Camden to de-
prive" the citizens of Cheraw "of their present
mail facilities" Any thing asserted to the contra
~ is a humbmg and aint so: that's ALL The pco-
pie of Camden don't do business after the fashion
the Gazette mar would have it. They are aJoss
these undsr- handed attempts. They commonly
do what is right, and ask no difference from any
quarter. They promised Mr.. Hlley to subscribe
for the Magnetic Telegraph. They did subscribe
to get it, stood up to their PROMISE, and PAID for
their stock. CHARTER or NO CHATTER. s'-.''"
We have spent more time already in noticing
this puny and nnderhandcd'dt' to injure our
town than was necessary. We care as little about
it as Mr. Calhoun does for what old (C)ass or liik
Foote might say about him; knowing, as we do.
that those who stand high have many winds to
shake them r..
~ People Of the South look well at home.
Many costly edifce that Knocked the stor IL.
crumbled and was undermined by the worm at it.
base. There are many sources through which
our political institutions may be ruined; and tho
the Tartar hordes at the North may try to sweep
Ger the sunny plains of the South with the sword
Of devastation, let us he sure that our foundation
is sound, and their efforts are OF no avail: and th
point at which we should he most watchful, is the
Press. We are driven to these remarks by the
course pursued BY the Charleston Courier. Un-
hesitatingly We throw down the gauntlet, and ex.-
press our belief that that paper is not sound on
the Southern question. Second to no paper i'll the
State as regards circulation, and drawing its vi.
tality from the South, yet on questi ms upon which
the political existence of the South as body o.
free and sovereign States is based, it maintains a
sckly conservatism. The day is passed when
conservatism should be pardonable in Southern
Journal: he that is not for us is against us. =
But the Courier stops'not there Its correspond
encc (for the opinions of whichit is of course re
spunsible) comes out in unmeaslred laudations
Webster's speech, as follows:
"Nothing is talked of here but the triumphant
speech of Daniel Webster. All Southern, and
nearly all the Western men, with whom have
conversed, are content to stand on his platform.
No speech ever delivered by Mr.. Webster has had
such an effect as this. 1t has brought, already.
confidence aud harmony. Still, am not witrout
fears that the Northern men in Congress will not
come up to the support of Mr.. Webster's views.
Those men are, to use Mr. J. @. Adams phrase
"palsied by the will Of their constituents" Two
thirds of the House are ready to admit that Mr..
Wcbster's views are incontrovertibe; but, STILL
they are afraid of the denunciations Of factions in
their own districts. We have no doubt that some
project, based on Mr. Webster's views, will com.
| inand large majority in the Senate. What the
House will DO no man can tell. lam sorry "a. find
that. already there are po,rerfnl influences al ,crk
in The Kosse 10 connisract Ike effect of Mr.. Websiers
speech could name two members from Massa-
chusetts, one from New Hampshire, one from
Ohio, and several from New York, from each OF
whom had hoped better things"
Thus characterized is speech in which not
one thing was conceded to the South, but from
the liberal face thrown over the most insidious
doctrine calculated to be of more injury to the
South than thousand such as Stewards. In a
speech at Marshfed, just before the election G.
Taylor, Webster remarks:
"U bplierrd he ras a man ,cho ,rould erert his
official influence tor The further extension Of fhe STARE
porer, I ~ouu oppose him, lei him hc nominated by
,chom he might"
In his late speech, so highly Landed by the Cou-
rier, he remarks that he "woul not vote for the
Wimot Proriso in the admission of California,