The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-11-08
Serve them Right.

oerVe Lnem olSAt.
THIS is no time for Snnlhron IN shrink from
duty--no time 10 act 4 coward par. We are
bound. AZ said the intlexble Hero of Bunker Hill,
to see our country free or shed our last drop Of
blood TO max" her So Little did he ever think
these words would be used in such connection.
Bunker Hill then is not Bunker Hill nor. Massa-
chusets, the cradle of liberty. has Graded and
nurscd the elements to destroy southern indepen-
dence. This is q lime when no man can fold lis
arms and assume position ofunconcern. Every
moment is traught with consequences serious, per-
haps Terrible We are not alarmists--we have
always hoppd-we have always trusted until new,
that something would he done to arrest the i'm
pending danger and give us OUR RIGHTS. but alas
the horeis vain. We have nothing TO expect from
our Northern brethren. Ono our Northern haters.)
they would slay Us with ole fill blow: as With the
bosom Of destruction, would they sink us into
one eternal night: ii is therefore our duty 10 put
our political house in order-iei us thoroughly
purge the foor-let us burn Up the chaf with ul-
quenchabc fire. and gather i!le wheat together
let Us be prepared to resist at every hazzard. and
to tie lat extremity, regardless OF the tricks Of
those political jugglcfs, who are eudravorng to
finish this game of death upon us-let US meet
them, if must be upon The field Of battle. Eve
~ subrnissionise whether lie be a member Of Cen
gress. all Editor cf newspaper or magazine. a
private individual. or man of atuencp ard siard-
,,,,r ,ba l,.,
We have foste,ed the viper in cur hosoms !oEg
enough. If our Rights are worth anything hey
are worth evsrythnc-at leas. orth preserving.
Now is no time tor that tame. Sicky submission
spirit of the sunshine soldier, or summer pario.
there must be no neurals now. IN our midst no
men The fence. none concEiating as 10 compro-
mise our dearest rights and liberties for he sake
of so called, but not so glorious Enion "inieeriiy
of the Unioa of Lhe Satrs!" This doctrine wort do
for us. That man who is willing now 10 "take
the bpsi he can get when there is 10 hssi To it. and
remain satisfied with what he gets, is traitor in
| our camp and merits tratcr's doom.
What are we 10 infer from the following an
nouncement, An independent Newspaper in the
town Of Greenrr in South Carolina, TO b. styled
the Southern Patriot devoted to Commerce, Ag-
rculturp Manufactures, Politics, Literature, Sci
ence and the general improvement ofthe country,
in all her industrial pursuits-defanding the Rights
of the South. the Federal Constitution, and The
integrity OF the Uricn of the S'a'ns-and oppcs-
| iig the anti-rcpnhican. r,nous ard cnrrnpting
policy of South Caroiina's continuing in The haz-
ards End speculation Of Banking.
"The Southern Patriot has originated vi:h and
| belongs 10 ~ association Ct Gentlemen who OWE
| rearlv a thousand slaves and ar, worth several
hundred thousand dollars. This should BE- re-
gard'd by The community. independent Of their
honors, their lives and their characters. as some
guarantee ofidr'i'y TO the South. and a! last. as
an earnest Of their interest in the justice, wisdom
and stability OF The Government
Aud is it fact hathrcause The Southern Pa
trot has originated with. and belongs to an asso-
citation of gentlemen who own nearly a thousand
slaves. and are worth Sereral hundred hhousdnd
dollars" that This is TO be regarded a. recon-
mendaiion or 4 reason why it should he support
ed in our midst. This may be reason with
come, but we cannot see why an announcement OF
Ills sort should pnfiHe the :" Southern Patriot Ga
e,,i namc. but an awful misnom'r, as our little
u-i.i = the Charleston Sun seems 10 thnk.) to
r;m!.ern patronage. How do we know but that
this "association Of gentlemen may all he Texas
bribe Bill men! Such Patriots as celebrated
compromiser we once heard OF, who boasted, in
sustaining his false position. that "he ,"ned more
slares than all The Editors in SnNh Carolino PIT
togelher.' Such a. are willing TO sell their col,r-
try for their own selfaggramdizrment We hope
our people will look 10 aud protect our Interests,
and prepare to repcl every innovation against
their dearest rights Let us build no false fires in
our midst, to allure and deceive ourselves-let
III, in word, truly and firmly
"Art we'll OUR pnri-rlrre all the honor lies
~" II is amusing as well as trying to the feel
ings, sometimes to see with what avili:y and ca
gcrness those papers opposed to Southern Rights
catch at sraws, in trying to show that the feeling
of all the South is not opposed to Union. The
Baltimore Sun, the Washington Union, and near
er home, the Charleston Courier. all manifest a
lively interest in those few an far between Union
Meetings held in some portions of Georgia and
Alabama
Disunionists Presented.
Some Of the Abolition and Compromise Prints