The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1851-01-14

t-should the other Southern Statsx xhoweyer.
fail to protest against the blockade Nd mani,
fest no disposition to sustain US, tIa. CONF
the question of war, thenit will be tirfs
10 settle this question. Should the STAN
coed no father, she will have at least tested
question and made the most solemn appeal tD3
the "Old Dominion" to stand up for her theofyi|
of the Government,ahd should she and the bal
ance Of the Southern States back out ard bj
this acknowledge the Federal Government ID
be consolidated one and, moreover, recogn niza
despotism of heartless majority unche cked
of right, to rule us, upon then, will fall the inf
my and TO South Carolina alone shall belond
the glory of being the only State faithful to Rel
publican doctrines aud the cause OF human Lib
ery!
To the over cautious and tpid, let it be said,
that SO far as the result of a war between the
Federal government and this state is concerned,
we have nothing to fear--altho' the other South
ern States, as states, might fail to stand up tVl
to us in the first place, after tue banner OF war
should be unfurled, majority at least of the
brave of those States land the balance would
have enough to do at honey would fly to ouf3
aid and victory must be oura- /
would say to those of the poor, who are epss
posed to war, or to a revolution, that this Isl
jna the game for men ofhue merit. The rotten
old a'istocracy, who have to o much influence
now in the State are already alarmed lest their
present comfortable arrangements, that secures
them so many honors may be disturbed. We
already see this class bashful, aftho' so windy
in the beginning of this warfare for Southern
equality in the Federal government, fearfaA
lest ror should gire The poor MN Of mera
Equality at home. ,s.4ss;s
Poor people! Lead in this contest and
be certain to demar d, ly your vote, repre-.
in that body, should they frame a new Consti. 3
tuition, voice in the election Of your chief
Magistrate in the further government Of South
Carolina-and moreover, in the choice of dele
gates to the Convention, let your votes be cast
for men IF brains, not men of dollars, land and
negroes-aeisdom is what you chiefly need
in that body, mt speerhiess. branless property.
Allow me further to say that, in my humble
opinion old men are not the men for the crisis;
they are generally too timid over canton aud
timidity belongs to this age. Young men and ;
men of middle age, are the men more especial.
ly for the times. But few OF those who declar-
ed American Independence were much over
thirty-Old men would not have written it'll
do not mean by this, that we should altogether
exclude old men. for some there are of this class
who are bold enough--I rather mean that this
should not be a criterion of qualiiation.'
People of Carolina Your Legislature has
appropriated $50 thousand dollars for Military
preparation and taxed you up to the eye brows,
will you now send submission men to the Con.
ventionl You ,coutd, IN doing sos present a
fine picture for riticIe, it would truly be march.
ing cup the hill and dowu again., And those
who voted for this appropriation and now op-
pose separate state action, would seem at least,
inconsistent as it is almost certain that there
will beao Southern Congress, or thats It will
do nothing Observation-Disclosures, before We vote
for men for this Convention, they should de-
clare, on the stump, uneqaipocdl Uiers, for or
against secssrion-f for or ogaina separate S,aie
action and they should not be "dii things to
all men," that we may know for whatswe vote.
ea J. F..G.. MrrTAG.
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