The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-11-05

the "Bard OF Avon, are the. words of Brutus.
to Cassius, after the murder of Julius Cesar,
and on the eve of the hattie between the armies.
under them Oh the one side, and Mark Antony.
Octavius and others on the other; the words,
though few in Bumber, are big with meaning,
and as such. might weilbe adopted by the peo-
pie Of the sosth at this jsncture, while, ,deliber.
ating on the course to- be pursued to stay the
aggressive spirit Of the North; ,tis true we oe-
cupy different position from that of the Ro.
man Conspirator, but that only renders our
cause more righteous m tie sight of Heaven
and the Nations of the Earth. II is now more
than twenty years since fanaticism began its
work, had it been nipped in the bud, we might
nowbe enjoying peaceably the benefits of our
Institutions, and our rights under the Constitu-
tion; hut it has been suffered tog 60 on without
check, until it has become monster, whose
overthrow can only be accomplished by disso.
lntiou Of the Union, there is now no alternative;
W.. must awake, and arise, the tide in our al.
iirs is at its flood, we must at once launch our
bark upon it, omit this opportunity and we-
"iose our venture )" the command must be en--
trusted to men possessing wisdom and irmness;;-
men who prefer disunion to disbonor; whose
love for their rights, their institutions, and their
white brethren is paramount to their morbid
and Ia,ultical zeal for the negro -.
Georgia has spoken out, Mississippi has an
swered the call, North and South. Carolina arer.
ready and waiting; can we doubt for mo.
ment that Virginia, Maryland, Florida, Ala.
bana. Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Arkansas,
and even Kentucky will fall into line when the :,
hour comes! Honor forbids such doubt {
The Sage of Ashland, whose wisdom and
genius were given him for high and noble pur..
poses, but who has done more to divide and dis
tract this once "Glorious Union" than,any 9th
erman now alive, may exert his balefof infiu.
ence against US, and thereby turn his State over
to our enemies of the North; his influence for
good or for evil is still powerful; how great
mus he his responsibility; how great the &C.
co,I,u he must render 10 posterity, for doing
"vi' i"stead Of good, for having sacrificed his
native section Oh the altar of his reckless amh.
tion; how lost indeed, must he be to every feel.
iny Of consanguinity, when in his mad zeal he
forgcts the Son who fought, and bled, and died
in one OF the battles that secured the territory
l,e is now so anxious tO wrest from the South
and give up to Northern Freesoilism; he was
opposed to the annexation of Texas in 1874,
that opposition went greatly against him in the
Presidential election and bis mind soured by
disappointment, he will use every means in his
power to revenge himself
The annexation ofTexas led to the war with
Mexico; that portion now claimed by the great
embodiment" as New Mexico, must have be.
longed to Texas when she applied for adms.
sion and was received into the Union, or then
the war was most unjust and Ubiquitous one
on the part of the United States Government,
but that am disposed to doubt A few more
words for the great "Compromiser and have
done with him for the present snay cater
to the apoettes of the fannticaI pliers and
aI,olitionists of the North; he may iminolate the
land Of bis nativity on the altar of ofM1ambition;
lie may ut last even seat himself in the Pres-
deatiaI Chair, but then his "high blown pride
will break under him, and leave him weary and
old with service, to the mercy ofa rude stream,
that will forever hide him" then will come the
honr Of retribution; now will leave him and
returh to the object ! bad in view is the outset.
The spirit Of the Southern people is now, or
ought to be fully aroused; the aggressions up
Oh our rights and our institutions have reach he'd
that point beyond which we should not suffer
them to go; the time for argument is past, we
must begin to act; "now's the day and now's
the hour;;" delay is dangerous.
One may suggest non.intercourse, another
resistance; neither will do SO efeotually as
SECESSION-that is the rightful remedy-let
it be applied and that right soon. or State pride
and State rights and honor are gone. The
shade of the immortal Washington rising from
the tomb of Mount Vernon, will urge Virgi 'ia
on if her Sons hesitate for moment; the bones
OF Andrew Jackson, not yet turned to dust, will
rise up before the people Of Tennessee and Lou.
isana and point them to " where glory awaits
t. en-" and they dare not disregard the admo-.
aition; the spirit of old Mecklenburg is not yet
extinct; Marion and Sumter are not yet forgot.
ten; the other States will consider their inter.
ests and their honor, and defend both, or re-
naming passive sink to the condition Of serfs
and slaves
"The race is not to the swift, nor the battle
to the strong" He who made the Earth and
all that moves upon it, will order all for the
best; let US not lose sight Of our dependence
upon Him, let US trust in Heaven and do our
duty like men.
"Then triumph We must, If our cause it is just,
And this be our motto, in God Is our trsst"
More anon. a. u. 4.
E.,, h. Jonrna1.