The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-05-17

g 1t is hardly necessary that We should re-,
mark upon the following article, which We find in
the South Caronan of the I4th instant, as we
have already intimafsd, In unmistakeable terms,
our dsapprobatcn of the position the Journal re-
terred to occupies upon the monlentous and all
absorbing question of Southern rights. We there
fore copy the extract without further comment:
"THE CoMPRoMIsE.-We are no less surprised
than mortified to perceive that the Charieston
Courier, prominent journal in South Carolina,
should exhibit such perfect burst of fdeight svet
the proposed measures recommended by the Com
mittee of Thirteen. 1t calls the report ga Isoble
and patriotic document" "plan of honorable
compromise" and would bail it with unaloyed
satisfaction" were it not for e the unlooked-tof
and unwelcome opposition of Southern men, t
The Courier says that it is satisfied with the
provisions" indicated, and that the swhoie coun-
try North and South ought to be satisfied" For
the life of us we cannot understand this hot haste
Oh the part Of a Southern press-a leading South
Carolina journal-to catch at any compromise at
the very earliest moment; and were it not for the
simultaneous appearance of the Mercury's re-
marks upon the same subject, We would feel anxi-
ETY. lest the Couriers article might be considered,
i'll some degree, reflex of the sentiment of the
people Of this State. We do not desire to be rash
in our opposition to this so-caed Compromise
We have frequently expressed our most earnest
wishes for all equitable settlementspfs this vexed
question, yet we never dreamed of yielding our as
sent or support to any proposition invoIving in-
justice to the South, or affecting herequaty an
integral portion Of the Union. The admission of
California, with her present boundaries, is
scheme that should never receive the assent Of
the South-lt would be gross wrong upon her
people i'll many points OF view. This is is the first
prominent objection to the compromise. AS to
the "more etfectual enactments" of The law with
regard to fugitive slaves, they cannot be more
binding or compulsory than the constitution; men
who trample OH that, and repudiate the sanciity
OF an oath, will scarcely regard these enactments
as "more etitctual"
"But we do not wish yet to discuss these mea-
sures; we want to see the bills, we want to see
the kernel Of the whole matter, as the shell may
be broken by the debates in the Senate. Until
then we would tain rest, and our whole purpose
now was to express our surprise and regret at the
tone Of the Courers welcome to this g noble and
patriotic document" - sei, T,ih+
We also find that our neighbor the Columbia
Telegraph has given the Courier touch of the
times OF course the Courier is high authority
for many things, and is in many respects very
valuable journal; but (and this is sometimes "a
wicked word,' as one has renarked) this paper
is not warm on the main question. Silence some
times displays prudence, and prudence efien is the
better part of ralOr; but the silence Of Southern
journal no,c is ,nsa6erabte; and the position some
have assumed shows at once their hands. The
Telegraph remarks as follows y ~
We regret torecord the fact, that one paper has
been found i'll South Carolina willing and readyto
endorse the Report of Mr.. Clay, and to brand the
noble and patriotic opposition Of Southern Sena-
tors to that surrender of Southern Rights in the
following terms: (the italics are our own.)
ave would hail this noble and patriotic docu-
ment-this plan Of honorable compromise, with
unaoyed satisfaction, were not that an obstacle
has been raised to its success, and the complete
archng of its bow of promise been marred by the
unlooked-tor and unwelcome opposition of fSouth-
ern nien-of Southern msn, united wih abolition.
isis and freesoers to prevent the settlement OF the
agiating questions of the day, and the restoration
OF peace to our distracted country and imperiled
Union"
That paper is ,e Charleston Courier.
Our own sem ments as to that scheme and its
Southern supporters have been so fully and frank
y expressed, as to dissipate any doubts as to our
position on this subject; and We desire to see the
reception which the Courier's views will meet
from the press and people of the city of Charles
tcn now the resting place Of the remains of John
c. Calhoun.
Faldr Of silva.
This extraordinary and laughable Tentriloquist
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