The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-01-26
For the Camden Journal.

! ol It's glory. Ehat point in her history, whence
dates her deciuc.-A period which, in earlier
| agrs of the world, nations could only attain at.
ter centuries Of !aboured progress and develop
memt. Even now, no longer do we nr'in'ain
unassailrd the proud birthrgh which we in.
hcried from our progcnitors. The virtue and
picly by which The distinguished founders Of our
government were nobly characterized, are sup.
planted hy luxury, vice, larIa'icis'n ant crime.
Their devotion To liberty AMI the rights oil man
serves but to garnsh the incendiary's torch and
the assassn's knife. Their reverence for the fra.
lcrna union which they left us, is now desc.
Grated to weld The manaclcs which bind mi.
nory ofthat union to disgraceful submission.
Their attachment 10 principle, which jeopardcd
thcie lives, their fortunes and honor, to rrpsl y
nominal vel unrigh,eo,k burhen, is now ,ep,i.
dated in favor "fr1pcdiency With the advent
of these sentiments among those who consi.
tte the majority in this conIedrracy, il BECOMES
then all who value their liberties, TO cast about
for the means of preserving them from the i'm.
pending ruin. =
1t is now demonstrated that The Southern
States can no longer remain in The Uni6u>up.
on equal terms, and we assume as all aSiom Of
our political creed that there is no gradual pro.
gresson between inequality and absolute and
unqualified degradation. Hence, we mus. re-
sis nou, this position of inequality abont 10 l'e
assigned US, or we must defer resistance till
nearer the depths olour woes. 1t is evidently
wiser to resist nom. The question is howl
We answer, by The action Of the proposed
NashviIl. Convention. The affirmation ofthat
action ly the People Of the South-rhe recall
| ,f h,r ,,ff n
mcnl OF revenue officers, the arming of The mi
lilia, the erection of deiences, and the organi.
zaIion Of Southern Conlederacy.
ii our premises are correct, this position is
absolutely essential 10 the maintenance Of our
Liberties and Rights, and hence the question Of
erpediency, DOW so fashionable, ought not to bs
considered-but there can he no doubt that in
this, as ir most other cases, by Gods provi.
dence, lh path Of dnty is the path Of interest.
Suppose we yield suppose slavery is re.
stricled 10 its present limits in the States, and
abolished in the District of Columbia, and all
other places over which the jurisdiction Of the
United States is exclusive, the inter State slape
trade las it is calcd) abolished, the maximum
rates Of tariff on all articles OF Southern impor.
ta,ion established, The Consl,uii"n altered and
the representation oi slaves in Congress abro.
gated, and what follows The restrictions on
slavery will have forced abolition upon all but
the cotton States, and they, unable TO help
themselves, will he degraded into slate finn
becie dependency, having The name Of free
dom withou, its substance, while the majority
will Ear;cn upon the procecds.of our labor, and
ch,lckle gIeefuIly over their SUCCESS in this
"strusge for political power" as it is termed
by Mr.. Webster.
What if we DOW sesist? First we may pre-.
pare for 'be Federal layonets, with which we
were lately threatened by the Chief Magistrate
in bis Message TO Congress, backed BY the vo.
lun:eer forces, collected from the riotous black
guards who give so much trouble to the peace
lul inhabitants 0. the Northern cities. Survi.
wing bat conflict We may expect treaty. re.
cogniIion Of our sovereignty and independence
IA refusal to give Us an equitable share of the
late Federal properly and we will he left tc-
our own RESOURCES. With a community Of in
teresis, COMMON danger, and homogeneous
citizenship, producing The grand staple upon
which the commerce, nay the very existence, Of
lie nations oi Chris,cpJosn depends, with no
room; tor the liccnlinus and agraIian bordes who
are des,.. ..aed 10 prey upon the viials Of the Nor
,hcrn States Of this Union, did any naion ever
possess such guarantees under God, Of political
success and happn.'ss, as will lhen he oars? If
the gen, OF liberty without license, Cannot be
pcrprlua;cd in the .Sous.lc Contederecy, it
must he lost to the world itrerer. With the
facilities and advantages which the production
Of cotton will afford us, capital WI ?our into
these States for investment in cnnnerce and
manufactures. We could offer higher induce
lncnls to The nations OF the earth for peaceful
relations, than any other power. We could
lay the world under honorable tribute, and bind
then, 10 US by the tie Of mutual and imperative
interests.
Believing that The crisis has arrived, we arc
anxious that our people should he alive 10 its
impoltance-lhat definite ideas and conclus us
may be allained--lhat each may at once ds.
tcrmine Tor himself the path Of duty and Of hon.
or. For ourselves, we declare our position
among the PARATl'
The Savannah Republican andthe Richmond
Republican (both wEigs) concur in The belief
that "the time. has now come when, the Soyth
should take her stand, and proclaim: Thus far
and no farther TO the Waves OF Northern ag-
gression." =" We say to these Northern presses
and poicans-ify you restly value the Union,
take care to keep your hands from informed.