The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-05-21
NUMBER 40,

ClSm. once subjected to Its fres, the mind be-
comes perfectly malleable, and may be led into
any degree of folly or extravaganza. Who.
ever directs man or body of men thus over.
heated. may lead them where he pleases He
has only to erect golden calf, or Chinese
Josh, and they will fall down and worship it.
He has only to become Joe Smith, or Will
liam Lloyd Garrison, and PROFOUND some stu.
pendous dogma, to which he arrogates the sane.
ton of Heaven, and they will batter down eve.
rything in its way. He has only to tell them
that the laws and constitution of their country
are in violation of this great dogma, and they
will institute crusade against them-cry out
"Deus Hult! Deus Vnh!" like the followers
of Peter the Hermit, and Walter the Money.
less, and dash forth to desolate the earth, and
baptize their hopeful offspring in the blood Of
their fellow. creatures.
There is strong evidence of growing sect
Of this species of fanatics in the United States,
not perhaps so numerous as the noise they make
would seem to indicate, which either is or pre-.
tend Is to be, under the dominion of one single
idea, and to have only one single object, to
which they are willing to sacrifice everything
else-the peace, the happiness, the laws, the
Constitution, and the existence of the Union.
They call themselves, by way Of distinction,
the friends of the entire human race" and
appear to have assumed the responsibility Of
all the evils, real or imaginary, under the sun,
with the exception of those for which they are
really responsible. This new species of fanat.
les recognize no country, no friends, no kindred.
They are the friends of the entire human race,
and nothing less than the circumference of thA
world can set bounds to their philanthropy, As
to patriotism, that is too limited in its operations
for their boundless benevolence. AS to the So
cal duties, they are beneath attention; and as
to the domestic ties, they are still more insig,
nifcant, nay, they are actually SINFUL since they
interfere with their sublime devotion to their
particular and exclusive protegees, I" the entire
human race" They desert their duties to their
country, their kindred, and their friends, to 60
wandering about the world: in some places
converting Christians to Christianity, III others,
disturbing the peace, and preparing the way
for bloody contests and revolutions in others,
destroying the innocence and happiness of the
natives of Polynesia, and paving the way for
their pcrishing by the corruptions of civiliza
tion, long before they are fitted to enjoy its
benefts;* they have extended the sphere OF
moral responsibility to everything they are
pleased to denounce an evil, and thus assumed
right to mpddle with other peoples affairs, at
pleasure. Everything is detestable that does
not suit their taste; and regardless of the. old
proverbs species of maxim always founded
in truth-that what is one mans meat is an
other mans poison" they make their own tastes
the universal standard, and denounce every
other as ga violation Of the law ef God, aid
the rights of nature"
With this particular sect of Christian phan:
thropsts in the United States, there is, how.
ever, one singular exception to the entire hu.
man race" and that is, all those who have the
misfortune to be their own countrymen, and to
have white skin. Their philanthropy is deyo.
ted exclusively to one color, and black is your
only wear" they tolerate: all their five senses
are devoted to the descendants Of Africa
Their ewes dwell with unceasing delight on
woolly heads, fiat noses, thick lips, crooked
legs and cucumber-shins; they listen with no
pleasure to any other sounds but the voices Of
orator Douglas and his fellow I'uys, and relish
no other odors than such as come from the spicy
regions of Ashantee, Timbuctoo and Monomo
tapa In short, their moral responsibility ex-
tends no farther than to the wrongs Of Africa.
There is no other race in this country worthy
of such high supervision; no law, or constitu-
ton, or civil institution, OF the least consequence
in comparison with their emancipation; and no
sacrifices they will not make to that object:
but their money.
These "friends Of the entire human race"
with the exception aforesaid, would be Of little
consequence, had they not of late years enlist.
EN- more than one powerful denomination Of
Christians in the United States and elsewhere
in their behalf and at last one great political
partyor considerable portion Oft their
auxiliares. With these alliances, they have
become so formidable as to make war on
the Constitution, in those very Halls Of Con-
gress where one might suppose it would have
| cen held sacred. In that stronghold they have
advocates, who dare to proclaim, in the face
of their countrymen, that a fapatical dogma,
assumed without proof, and sustained without
is of superior authority to that Con.
stitution they have sworn to support. At the
head of these new lights, is senator from the
State of New York, wha, being our fellow-cit-
izen, we feel hound to give passing notice, as
one of his constituents.
See the testimony.of Lieut. Wise, Los Grigos, and
Indeed all Others except the missionaries themselves.
(Io be concludrd in our neri.
Prom THE RIO GRANDE-The steamer Mon.