The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-07-05

principle that her internal affairs were To ne
regulated by an unrestrained majority! She
did refuse for two years to give her sanctl"h' as
it was; and venture the assertion that no
three States in the Union ever would have rail-.
fled the Constitution, had the northern sentiment
of the presen, day even been suspected, by
which the right Of Legislation is here claimed
from the establishment of flower garden to
the degradation and destruction of one. half the
States. Had those who formed the C"nsiIIu.
ton returned TO those who sent them, and said,
We have entered into a compact by which tor
your general welfare and happiness we have
mingled your sovereignty with that ot the other
States. ,n he regulated by the opinion of "A ma
ior,v Of all the people oFihc States, unrestraln:
ed by anv other check than their opinion and
will,-,hey would have heen burned in cfigy
sooner than received to the bosom ni their peo.
ple. Their names would have heen consigned
to the scorn and indignation ofall. rather than
perDrtuaiedi in history rs band Of sages who
had erected beacon to guide the civilized
world in the way of freedom and the highest
endowment of human happiness. Bnt, sir, it
would he libel upon their wisdom, their sa
uaciv, and patriotism. t. give such cons'r'ic-
lion to acts. They never contemplated the
present state of things nndcr their Constitution.
They never supposed that sickly fana'icIsrn
would profess to move under its letter or spirit,
until agrarianism and desolalion shall pervade
the land.
II is we'll known that it is TO the North we
are mainly indebted for that unlimited consruc.
ion oflhe Constitution of which have spoken.
She, from her very nature and climate. is de-
MED the production many OF the staples ne.
cessary for the food and the raimcnt Of the hu-
man family, and consequently must live upon
the products Of other places; her inhabitants
must live by their genius and wits, rather than
the first scrvire allotted to man by his Creator.
This necessity early established in their Judge
menl the right to tax the agriculture ofthe South
with tribute to their mechanic pursuits; and as
a natter of course, c0n<true the compact OF
Government TO answer that purpose. This
principIe established. the door has hpen thrown
open TO any other heresy that may have its
time until, under the broad Tgis Of gen.
cral welfare constitution. nothing that a ma ori-
ty. however mad, may design, will not b" ac-
complishrd'
Dut have not time 10 dwell longer on this
branch of my subject, AMI will cnmc now to
what consider the innrdia'" cause of the Sc.
ri"'s difficulties in which we find ourselves.
And no one need be told il is tn" actual war.
(th"n.h NJ" yet of The sw"rd.) Carried On by
one half "i tho States of this Couf''d"racy a.
gain<i the other. cmanaing froIn si"k!r IA.
narcsm among those who. if it were an evil,
should hr most 'en"nl toward th"S" VIII" hHr"
amongst them African slavery. ih"y "l"'n
Thai lhry are 10" h"y ann pare 4" a'"" S'"'''S
70 ",i< within this t"nfr'"rar, ,---ihat they
themselves. though nrrr contaminated with II.
have from the lnnlvrs "f philanthropy and be-
rrvolrnrr. lnnu since abolished il bul moi con
tent with their own holiness and sanclity, have
a d,ty drvovnu on them of wipng it off the
face oI',hi< continent, AS hing too ahomina-
bic tnr their ,olrra,"n. And yet, who does
na know that it was northern capital aud nor.
.lcrn senmrn mainly who bron.h: from Africa
the thousands whose pn<terty are the objects
of so much strife! Nor is il true, that they
ahwlshcd slavery. a. they preluul they did,
within their own limits. In this whole matter
they have the grace to claim that which tn"
truth of history drnir, them. The South, as is
well known. was greatly opposed the shiprn"n,
Of Africans within their bord"rs. bu, the nor
rhrrn philonthropu of that day forced it upon
llrn fnr their general t" welfare and happin"ss;"
and now. wh.n,hpy have civilized and christian.
;,,J ,b,r ,bo s,wo N,r,h !, lie nox, o.n.ra.