The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-12-24

10 bic and successfui resIstapee we shall DE III q
Is Union, But not Of it. ;, Having abandoned L
.e position as State, and withdrawn our Eed
sentation from Congress, we shall hey
! to territory, and governed as such. %Ifor the
in These sentiments would have atQoubtless,
: foregoing. and Mr. Freeman wog tire by the
r. have, been invited back into theceived with
S. repentant audience, and be- ..... -
" three cheers, Is know the modus
y We should like, howeRssipp, if ever cir
r, oper7nd of getting atdefence of her institu.
Of cumstances force heser sovereignty, to with.
n tions, her firesidesh. We can imagine how
,r draw from this Kmentmight, possibly, annoy
o the Federal g but how would it proceed
n 4 seahoard Sppi? She is an interior State.
d against Nlssaries Of life she produces more
K. OF the 6nsumes, and her exports are indis-
n thau g to the existence 7of. New Orleans, of
it penn, New York, and Liverpool. Hergreat
is BE is the lever that regulates the trade and
of.le peace of the world. She could not there
fore be bloekaded. She requires not one dollar
from the national treasury. She is surrounded
BY slaveholding States, of kindred sympathies
and interests: No response on them for militia
to invade Mississippi would be made; not
man would volunteer, or submit to, be drafted;
and no army Of federal mercenaries could set
foot on their territories without finding an am-
bush and an enemy on every mile of their march.
We cite this instance to show how power.
lessIhe Government would be, in an emergen-
cy.ofsthis nature, and in abe hope that it will
exert all its influence to restrain those who are
menacing and assailing the constitutional rights
rof the South, gradually forcing on a catastro.
phe at which hope and patriotism and humani-
ty; will hang, down their heads and weep. ,-o
81 y 3;'h7 u~" /, Louisiana Courier
THE POSITION OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
The friends oflhe South are most ,anxiousIy
watching the movements Of The South Carolina
Legislature, andligLhy as they speak and affect
to think other. The conservalors OF the 'giorous"
Union, are solictous spectators ot The position
which the gallant. Statsss assuming in this crisis.
Since The days of notification South Carolina
has been the object of the bitteres, hatred anu
the fiercsst opposition ofiederalism. Herman
has heen jeered at, and envy. hut half concealed
in The garb Of devotion to the Uuion, has altemp.
ted to point the finger Of contempt at the great
men who have lived and baitled and died in
her cause. From The federalist in the Senate
Chamber 10 the meauest sycophant OF power
who prates on politics from the stump. South
Carolina has been abused, aspersed and mis-.
represented; and all for the sin of being repub
lican, all for daring 10 maintain her rights. 1t
has been said, and most truly that there are but
Two parties in this government; the one stand
upon Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts, the 9th
er upon the soil of South Carolina. From the
earliest dawn of this republic till now federal
ism and State Rights have i'een The two conf1ic.
ting elements in the Uninn. and upon these two
opposing ideas have been bull, all the political
distinctions, which have, from that day 10 this,
divided the country. While be lived, Mr. Cal.
houn was The great ePtpdment of republican.
ism in this country. and though be no longer
lives to counsel, Suulh Carolina yet stands the
firm, unyielding champion of the cause to which
his life was devoted. 'Poher, i. is no ntwthng
TO be arrayed against the usurpaion Of power
by the General Government She has dared to
assee, her rights befre; she will not prove for.
getfuf of what is due to her now.
Whether she willdrlermine to take her cause
INTO her own hands, or will await the co.opera.
lion of her sister States of the Snulh, has not
vet been fully indicated. One thing is certain,
she will not conlent herself with empty rrsou.
lions against future wrongs. The Pats, is Inii Of
outrage, and she will neither close her, eyes to
the fact, nor insraciouly purchase peace Tor the
fuluie by submitting 10 the wrongs which have
heen already inhiried. Resistance in some
form will he determined upon. and this whether
the South acts with her, she stands alone.
As to the mDde or measure OF that resistance,
we know nuthing;we only know lhul some nude
will! be adopted, and ihatit will b" measured
alone by the wrong which has been imposed.
The question is frequently asked, if South |
Carolina secedes. will any other State unite
with hetl Mississippi probably might, but we
DO not believe she would. That Georgia would
not, is certain; and it is scarcely doubtful that
neither Florida nor Alabama would. These are
lnweIcome truths. but we believe they are nev.
,rheless truths. Our own recent election has
aught US that there is spell in party, charm
n good prices for cotton, and a power in the
:ry Of "Union," too strong Tor The love Of right
,r devotion to principal. The lesson is hu nil.
aling, but We do mol despond under il, for we
inow that though the South slumbrrs now, she
will no, sleep always. Sooner or later she
must awake and oct. Let South Carolina then
ccede, alone if fneed be, and the day is not dis.
ant when she vii form the nucleus of Con.
pderacy mere glorious than that which she