The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-08-09
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miscellaneous Departmer,t.

vi sopefhess Anu trutn Inc Qoctrlne OF con-
solidation under the federal leaders appears to
be making rapid strides, but the sun Of liberty
will have set when State sovereignty is blotted
out of our national policy :-South Carol;nian.
In all extraordinary excitements like the
present. great principles are unfortunately liable
to be lost sight Of. We have case now. be-
fore US. We have referred to Mr.. Claws at
tack upon Mr.. Rhett's speech in which the SEN
ator. so unjustifably threatened the sovereign
State of South Carolina with the armed force
ef TX Kentucky and the General Government.
The Washington Republic follows up the move
ment, and puts forth some heterodox doctrines,
which we cannot but hold up to reprobation.
No one is more anxious than ourselves for
pacific adjustment Of the present controversy,
none more opposed to disunion per se-but so
profound n reverence have we for State ,sove-
reiguty, so vital do we deem its preservation to
the Union, peace and happiness of the Con.
federacy, that duty inpels us to expose the
false doctrine. The Republic, referring to the
position of South Carolina, says:
"The people of the United States will not
permit secession from the Union, peaceable
OF otherwise Of one or more of the States COM
posing it. In self.defence, they will suppress
any such attempt, at all hazards.
"1he people themselves of the slaveholding
States will not permit it,
This brav;tlo is in total violation of the i'm
mortal principles laid down by our own Jefier-
son and Madison, as the text book of the Re-
publican party. They taught us to regard each
and every State as sovereign, and fully quail
fedto judge of the consttutionality of the action
Of the Federal Government, and to protect her
self by withdrawing from the Confederacy.-
This would be an extreme case, but the State
herself is the only judge in this case, she has
the un,loubted right to adopt such measure of
protection. Appeals may be made by sister
States las was done by Virginia, in sending Mr..
Leigaa Commissioner to South Carolina in the
timv OF Modification, but force can never be
thought ofas one of the elements of our institu-
tions It is fatal madness to bring up such
mo;le OF redress. The first blow struck by the
General Government at a sovereign State dis
solves tho Union. The only cement of the
Union is in the affection for our Institutions,
frightened by common sutferings sad dangers,
and in doing justice and practising charity and
good sense.
The Republic commits another error, when
it says that the South ought not now to com.
plain of being excluded from the new territories,
because
"The North, both parties concurring, dis
tinctly notified the South, by word and by vote,
before the territory was acquired, that if acquir-
ed, slavery would and should be excluded from
it,
Now, it is well known that, on the ratifca-
ton OF the Mexican treaty, q motion to apply
the Wilmot Proviso was voted down by the
Senate. Was not the South properly to infer
from the fact that no degrading exclusion from
common property would be raised against her
by the majoritys
The Houston Telegraph says that prepara-
tons are in progress in all parts of the State,
:o- grand expedition to the gold region that
i.a been discovered in Northern Texas mol far
rom the ruins OF the celebrated city Of Grand
Quivra. Gold mines have been found all along
the great chain of mountains extending from the
sources of the Arkansas and Platte rivers by
Santa F. to the Puerco. Immense exnaya-
tons are shown along the feet OF these noun
rains, and the ruins of vast cities indicate that
these mines were once worked b. millions Of:
people The geographical formations of this
region are SO similar to the gold regions of CAL,
if0rnia, that they appear 10 be identical, and
coutlin similar deposits Of the precious metals.
These facts have been made known throughout
Texas and the Telegraph would not be sur
prised to ipd tiat the emigration to tho gold re-
giou of Texas, in the ensuing autumn, should
exceed the emigration to California, All along
the Indian frontier, and throughout the interior
o' ne State. the notes of preparation are soand-
iny and thousands may be found vending their
way t. Northern Texas in the course OF two OF
three months. The excitement in regard to.
tits expeditions has perhaps never been equalled,.
An exchange says: We have not seen sin
gle paragraph rom Mrs. Partington, III relation
to tho female mummy which turned out to bea
man. Didn't Mrs P. have tickctf
The good old lady did have ticket sent to
her, with, as she said, MIR. Gliddons imple-
mcnts. But, deary me-" she continued, 81 didn't
kcer much about the dummy, and I'm glad
diln't, for never could have sot by, and seen
that conniption Princess invested of its debi.
ties. They say the scollygust was all covered
with high low gipseys, and the handages were
fastened with gitsence and bttcrmen. 1t must
have Lecn querious sight. a querious sight ra=
"But it turned out to be the body of a man
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