Semi-weekly Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1851-1852, 1851-04-11
From ,hs Edgeiield Advertiser,
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voliing thanSthe world had ever known. or else
i,h period of standardization, where the
strength of numbers overpowered the force OF
Justice and over.shadowed the beauty OF. truth
a terrific picture of disaster, of poverty and o!
disgrace are held up by many as the familiar
and fully recognized consequence ofresistancc
to oppression. Even few of the generous
advocates OF genuine Freedom, have been led to
tremble before the dark coloring of these evil
proshspcies, and, like timid mariners when
scowling clouds portend to storm, are eagerly
crying aloud to their public sentinels,
'.wuchmen, tell us of the night,
What the signs Of promise are!'
As reply to this anxious enquiry, we can
not perhaps express our sense of "the hope
that IS within US" more aptly, than by adopting
the concluding lines of the stanza we have just
quote in part
'AIarin-r. Ger yon dizzy height
See Tia. brightly beamng star"
1t is the star of South Carolina's destiny
watch it with unerring devotion-as long as ii
srarkles ON high, with its present ,brilliancy,
hope for the best and believe that it will come;
hut when you perceive that lis lustre is dim.
ned and hat it is sinking into the low, murky
atmosphere, now far beneath it, then "ftee to
the mountains" or hide in the depths of some
vast wilderness, ifyou would not witness the
extinction Of the orly well. grounded hope Of
Southern Equality and Independence.
These are no high flown expressions, address
scdsoalg to the ear-we' design them as ap-
peals to the hearts and understandings OF our
citizens. 1'hey shadow forth truth, which
each ore Of US should be proud to realize--a
truth, which our real friends at the South will
gladly admit and which our enemies. every
where, cannot gainsay. And it is this : Tbat
: South Carolina is ofallth esisterhood, the most
jealous and disinterested defender Of oar Gov
ernment as it now is. And we conscientious
" believe, that upon the unshrinking mainten-
ance OF this position on her part, hangs not only
her honor but. the veal of her people and the
prosperity of the whole slave-holding country.
Let.ns, for n moment, review the. general
grounds, upon which we have assumed this po-
.sitioa, and WHICH Indicate the paramount i'm
portanee of uaintainlng it to the last p t.1 z
!, ... =, w bold % be fact, WI not ad
osn; .Aete etmiued ,upon the edsesssssss=t ss=Z=-t,
institution Of slavery sThis is their manifest
g.ise. Msta.sasr hsliszs- .tbat II can be said
.,.,P That pnliteisns Of the
~ Iof'n, as e body, have given irrefraaible n,oor @
p'sposition to pauder to the wishes of tI,;s
saaseai iact'on. For it is undsputed bv
ooutliern sF men, that the late Compromiss mon: ~
a'es were stndiousl y representedto tl,a q
as answering their designs, to all mtco,s no% S
pn'Poses, u not, by special enac ctment Ipgisla M i
aas their will The giIdcd pill, which was .i' sd O
e'.stered y TO the South in the shane 80,
uglslve e. Slave Bill, is ALREADY nrodnc;na the II
,ausea OF disgust; for il is almost il
nat , ,his 6lil IS futile and nugatory, II is ;na hi
'ord, evident that the Abolitionists b,ra ',a;.
O oy tbs system of measures. aImo.t oji ,l'"t "
az, ola eafl can desire, while Southern slave ti'
o,asfs W nave lost every point in dispute hl
'ain'a'n' moreover, that this inveterate sil
LILY .y 10 Southern Slavery is not /, feeling of d ID
,aaea 'aaen and mushroom growth-bu one which NJ
..es JACK many years, and which has become pl;
80 % ~. ."ro"Sh every grade of the Northern wi
e,ety' nigh AID low, law-abiding and INV: ma
n'e.9e'ngg, until it has Lecome, insenorahIo me
~ ielr social and political character II IL str
eennS that owes its existence rs mucb 70 a. wo
;ae,y OF Capitalists and the jealousy If mil
'e iaooferS' rs to the frenzy of f,natics us
. e"ahty was progressing RAPIDLY to tho that
"pie''oh OF Its nefarious designs upon onr ne
ls.uuon III OF slavery once before, altbongl, hr ang
nerent g course from that now pur,ned This er u
s s'ess was checked by the action Of South part
.olna IN 1882. But the feeling Of bost,r hens
: increased in ranchor with this el dsfa"; fdcc
. ii gathered up additional cunning for c"llr
wed attaek ta, Seeing that the abolition Ior.t
proper for in one sense thew are aII coy it is
gaming strength with wonderful ran;d;tv I tame
'ooi-headed opponents determined nj on.s our )
'"ouct the game without seeming to n.r. tive c
ate u, the strife. And even now with r ,hs overp
OF collision proved BY every prom;uent the
aie o' the compromise bills, 'hey would the {
US bhndly believe that they are influenced out tn
" deeds solely by friendship to the South Th
eviction to the Union. Thus have tLsv pdy
dnplicIty to maligni;y in their opposition comm
y giving another evidence of their demo. tains
determination to annihilate opr no,,or nI come,
erily. p'"'' a'u rwo il
other development there is to which wa pom! u: :
'iehy allude in this couneyon. If Is tho ne' H'
ST disposition of Northern politicians 70 ''o'S
% consolidation. Here is another cansa
"c''9n which must tend mos, powerful. LII
omPete the disruption of the few remain. present
), tbat hold together ttus conf,j r IngtOn