Semi-weekly Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1851-1852, 1851-04-22

", rs II 10 experiment upon lie 'dl'ie VI '1"'lh-
ern t;!it: and Southern honor, with recal''S'
ness unparalleled il the history I" modern l"v-
crl,nlcus. mar hes boldly, not only to- bat IA"
bryDni the line which the S"mtn ad dawn.
and upon the draw ~ "i WHEN she had sad,
"tlus far shalt nu crna. ai ~ l.iF':irr. -
Resistance, in the form %, -;'j.ttr'"n t"Hird
e:acv, WAS the rom ii. nj."r w.,'r Al; Sr''iIed
agreed An rq,Ia. nn'mI''.!!y nj ".I dos: seem.
ell To prevail that -nmr' 0a" At.tr s:n'uld lead
off, South Carolina ithat the j"'ionSv ol her
sisters might not be aroused was held back
under .'bit aud bcdoon" Georgia assumes the
leadership p,--and all concerned acqui".ce in the
assumption and yield to her thc honor Of tnal
proud position. Under ties" circumstances,
South Carolina, that hcr npp1'fm c"i'n"eSs
may Mt be misunderstood. >lrs 20 imr,
not deceived by my seeming tran'lnIi;v.--ii IS
the quietude Of the sleeping volcano, i, til,
contest for our COMMON riyHts, VIII stand t"
YOU go as tar us yoa may, ;,'"l As last as you
can not simply To your Darh. "ppl.ihdihg and
cheering bM al y,Hr side, siIa!I.Ig with you,
shoulder to shoulder. the storni and heat o. the
BATTLE" At this ti;nc every tnlng appears to
BE- rolling on sm,rtllv to i favorable lssae.--
Our masters at Wa,l,5 ,5tnn behold ii, aud trrn
bic for the consequences. rn'y cannot fail I"
perceive in this unannty Of the South, taeir
own fate Like BclsiIazzar, they see the hand
writing on the wall, aud liae INN, their knees
snIite together.
Georgia'- sentinrls are seduccd. TOombs
and Stephens, prove false to their hitherto
avowed principles. and recreant to the plighted
honor Of their people. They sell their S"He
mih its giiHering esrncheon, "tora mess Of
po'tngrw Having consummated the sacrile.
gious deed, they return to their betrayed and
bartered homes, aud exert themselves in endea-
voring to cool the patriotic ardor which Der-
vades the State from centre to circumference.
They are painfully alive to the horrors OF their
situation. They feel and know that their po.
litical salvation i. the stake hazai ded-and thus
feeling and knowing, they travel-they Labor,
they toll for the accomplishment Of their pur-
pose before the Convention meets. Atlength the
crisis arrives-the Convention assemblies, aud
the result proves that they did not toll in vain.
Georgla-the once proud and noble Georgia,
alike iorgetlul of her past history. her sacred
VOWS, and the glory of her position, b1cks Out!
, snail not pause to indulge in mourntul eS-
prcssions Of regret and disappointment or OF un.
friendly reproacilcs towards our sister, my Oh
| iect is simply to present Il bGet statement ut
facts, that Justice may be awarded where JUS
! tce is due. Grorg il then, not only declIiles
the leadership whcn she had voluntarily aseum'
ed, but expresses her acguiescence in those very
measures against whicn she so la.ely had thun.
dered her anathrnas The eyes Of the friends
| of resistance every. where now turn to South
! Carolina. it is admitted that If a blow is to be
struck for Southern honor and Southern rights,
shr musi strike thM biow. This is the feeling
outside her borders -xhe s"eS H-Shr feels IT.
shr knorS II. Her legislature du V appreciating
the responsibility oi the position Hus forced
upon her, as far as in their power lIetn, endca.
vor to place her in Il state OF preparation to
meet that responsibility Three hundred and
! fifty thousand dollars are appropriated To mill.
! tary purposes, and vita III eye to separate
State action, Convention Is Called / he elec.
ton for members OF this august assembly, in
whose hands is To l'r placed tae destiny oi the
State, is held; and tnc result Is, that an over
whrlming majority OF candidates who had
openly declared themselves in favor of seces.
si,n-;nd ot secession hy South Carolina A.
| lone, elected Aud Yet strange to say, there
are those, VINO, with these facts staflig tuem
in the face, have the n;l:thood either through
gross ignolaacr or wi!ul prrvcrson, to >llg'na-
tIsc the present position ol the state as one ot
arrogance and presumption. We have no
! sympathy with, or respect Tor sucn sandercrs.
But to return, il what We nave stated be cor.
rect, aud we dttv successful contradiction, We
put the question to every candid and unpreJu
diced mind, in the name OF all that Is sacred,