The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-10-11
"Charge, Chester, charge,
On, Staniy, on,

AGIN the TURNIP, once more"
Now, brother Fulton, if our steel perccs you,
are you not turnip' and as this is October a fall
turnip! Verify, you are noble plant. Our ideas
of an Abolitionist are answered by Northerner
who tavors Clay's compromise bil-we under
stood you to be in that category. But we were in
deed amused at portion of the first notice which
you condescended TO take of us, viz: that "m call
ing you an abolitionist we insulted your numerous
subscribers" Bless us; well now we know what
yankee assumption is. You-a little exotic yam
kee-an emigrant from the land of wooden nut
mega turnip specimen from the cline of plea
yune souls; to have the assumption to think that
because we happened, at the little end of our let
ter. to mention you, that insulted the thousand
gentlemen who read-no subscribe, for your pa
per. We Editors must be big folks. We admit,
ifyour last notice is high-toned controversy that
we cannot understand, as you feared, that part
which talks Of your usually dgnjGed style,' ahem!
We excuse you, of course, brother Argus, for "de-
scending TO our level" and will now allow you TO
rise up to your usually dignifed style" ere we
lose our own self respect.
P.S.-We do not consider it in our place to an
swer the turnip Reviewer. We would only say
for his information that it is customary for Editors
to defer their notices of new Works, until the au-
thor honors them with copy. But we opine
this was hardly the Turnip khight-but some re-
doubtable worthy-whom mistaken pride-or
green eyed envy-drove to aim a lance, crouched
behind an editorial column But
Nee, in the Turnip Patch, We'll tell thee tale.
s-g~The letter of which the following is an ex-
tract, was written upon private business, by res
pected friend of Montgomery, Ala, who it will be
seen, formerly claimed citizenship in our State
and who feels, in common with every good citi-
zen, an interest in the welfare of his native State,
and who desires to see that section to which he is
by old and cherished ties endeared, in prosperous
and happy couditon-believing with us that
Plank Road will do all that the friends Of the
scheme have ever claimed for it -
MONTGOMERY, ALA. Oct !, 1850.
am glad to see that of late, your people are
ga q reBse e 8 9f t@sr @ true intsIesMts 81 M
times. allude particularly to the movement in
relation TO the subject Of your proposed Plank
Road. Amore happy scheme for the interest of
your town and the section of country over which
it is proposed to run the Road could scarcely
have been desired. To have improved upon it,
would only have been TO commence earlier. Sue
cess TO the enterprise! and it must succeed, if the
people keep steady look to their interest.
We have III course of proeress, two Roads d.
verging from this point. One ini the direction of
Mobile, known as the South Plank Road, and one
in the direction of Wetumpka, which is to con-
meet with the central plank road, which antci-
pates some point on the Tennessee River. But
to no section of country of the same extent will
Plank Road be of more Importance or benefit than
the one proposed will benefit Camden and the
country that naturally and commercially belongs
10 IT, That one 80 far removed from it as myself
should feel lively interest in it, need not be mat
ter OF wonder or surprise to any one, when it is |
understood that / am native Of that particular
section of country thro which it will run. More
wonder with me, that the people of Camden and |
the country above it, should have suffered so inn
portanta matter to remain unnoticed, as it were,
so long. But they are awake now, and trust
will keep so till they build that Road. As to The
location Of the Road, from my knowledge of the
country, it will not vary much, presume from
the line already marked out by the Rocky Ri.
yer Road. But that is not matter of the great
rst momcnt-to build the Road is the thing. The