The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-06-28
CAMDEN, SOUTHCA ROIINA JUNE 28, 1850.

and Europe was again maze subject to the dark.
est despotism the world ever saw, for the Popes
held the mind as we'll as the body, in the chains
Of servile bondage.
The Southern States of this Union, by means
of their great agricultural staples, now control
the commerce of the world England on see-
ing that this must be so, resolved if possible to
maintain her commercial supremacy by the abb
oiition of slavery in her own colonies, as an act
which, in the Judgment of her statesmen, would
be inevitably followed by the abolition of sla-
veryin the United States. The experiment thus
made by England is thus far an acknowledged
failure. Her West India Colonies, in which
slavery was abolished, are covered with ruin
widespread, disastrous, and complete. The ne.
groes there, instead of being improved in their
condition, are brutalized, and are rapidly going
back to the unmitigated barbarism of their ma
tive land. England sees now that the terrible
experiment she made is a failure. Commercial
bankruptcy overspread her domnions as the
result of her West India policy, and as slavery
still exists in the Southern States of the Union,
the United States still control the commence of
the world. The error into which England has
fallen was shown to her and to Europe by the
lclteI SdlilOull W
our Minister to France, during the administra.
ton of Mr.. Tyler. Soon after that despatch
was published in London and Paris, Sir Robert
Peel, then Prime Minister, announced to the
British Parliament his intention of moving for
free trade. This too, was an effort to recover
from the effects of the abolition policy. The
commercial policy of England was Immediately
changed from the restrictive system which had
prevailed for centuries to that of free trade, and
the British Empire thas took the lead out of the
hands of the United States in this enlightened
policy.
England would now gladly retrace her steps
in reference to abolition. 1t is clear to the
minds of her statesmen now that they have
transgressed Natures law, and that the effects
of this transgression have recoiled, not upon
America, but themselves They see now tho
folly Of supposing that the negro race will labor
without being compelled and that acts of Par.
Lament cannot redeem the African from the
sentence of the Divine Law, whose dictum is,
"by the sweat OF thy brow shalt thou earn thy
bread" But how is England to retrace her
steDs! The ruin sho has caused is deep, wide.
spread, and comp plete. To re.establish slavery
would be L humiliating acknowledgment other
past folly. The supersttious feelings which
she has iostered III her midst be sufficient,
perhaps, to control any attempt her Parliament
might piaie to recover the ground she has lost.
llslavery was abolished iu the Southern States
of the Union, the trident of the sea would again
be placed in the hands of the commanders OF
her merchant ships, and she would again con-
troll the commerce of the world. You Of the
South alone, OF all pcnrle, can prevent this
This power is in Jour hands, il you are only
true to yourselves. This is the point to which
/ all should turn their eyes. You possess advan-
tages now--eveGts are within your power, and
which no people but you can control-whlctl
will maze you tic mistress CI the seas and oi
the world, by tile peaceful arts of agriculture,
manufactures, and commerce. You cannot be
control ed by the art Of war; The South con
tains nine millions OF men, and cannot be sub
dued by arms. Abolition alone can arrest your
progress for the African race can cultivate the
lands upon the Atlantic border, So as to produce
successfully the great staples upon which the
manufactures and commerce OF the civilized
world depend.
England and the Northern States OF this
Union see the great advantage oi Jour position,
which the Creator has givca you, anu hence
the war that is uureIen;insly waged against
you. You can brave it all, and triumph over
it all, if you will The work is yours. You
have the power to be the mistress OF the world;
to control its commerce, It's arts, and its manu-
ulactures; aud to go on to u prosperity and re-
nown uncquaIled by the nations OF the earth.
The Abolition spirit has now been in active
operation seventy-seven years, in which time 1t
has made considerable progress 1t looks now
to the Southern States of this Union, and seeks
to achieve there its crowning victory, for in no
other part of the world would Abolition produce
such mighty results upon social order, govern
mcnt, civilization and commercial supremacy.
The disciples Of Wilberorce crossed over i'll
to America, aud brought witt! them their disor-
ganizing ideas, and cngraited them upon the
Northern portion of the American mind. And
here now this Abolition spirit pursues its way
with u step as steady as time, with an appetite
us keen as death-insatiable as prstlencc or
the grave. \ thousand presses are its willing
and servilc propagators. The sect has spread
all over Europe and Il large portion of Ameri-
ca. 4 union between the two continents, as IL
lustrated by the Worlds Convention in London,
is established Nearly half a million of immi.
grants from Europe, land annually upon our
shores and swell the hosts which thronr into