Semi-weekly Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1851-1852, 1851-09-19
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tlyo4 p>aK, ,sDuts1.nesss, cnh5as n. T..
September Il, 1851

:, ,,,,ti,,e nl t!p citizens "f Cha lest"h "'stI'''
T., H.. ,,Il ia Ch.:Iestnn.s ). e., GA, the 'th
;u., h,s iust ,eached ne at tits place, whr'e
| now reside. .:,,.
For thernu.p!impnt thus rendered. and fie
llnpnlre in w!iich it il conveyed, beg you u"
ac,.e,.t nv acknowled .ments, accompanied by
regrets that ca,iunt comfy with y""r WISHES,
Disfarre :,td space. he burden ol wears sh""i'
haa1i. with me, and more than ALL my 'nchiaci
ty 10. nniIic s,elklg, compel ne to dtrlIhe Il
TASK for which | am totally unhtted. What /
have to say, !! therefore hope vou will permit
me to address To y"u through 4 medium u"
which am more accustomed.
As it appears from the tenor OF your tet'er'
that YOU are already sufficiently aware OF Tie
oVinion eHtertain with respect to what Is
w!iin,sicaliy called the compromise, wit ""'y
trnbr vou with brief recari,nation. In my
view. il was gross and pilpahle violation "l
that yre,t fundamental principle of State equal
ity which I,revaees every provision at the Con-
sgita,ion, and forms the basis OF tnis cohleier'
alio,.; Il most rnjusitabe attack on the rights,
Interests, safety, and happiness ot one halt the
States comno>i:lg it. accompanied by insult ana
oliaqny; pretended concession, wresied hy
mere force of numbers from minority; and
that, in lis consequences it will prove moe
fatal to the repose, prosperity, and hapi'iness,
if not the very existence Of the Uninn t.ian
any measure that may be reso,ted To IL At
tainpinr 10 obtain redress for the past or secu
.ftytortI,e.iat .t...
Smell i,eiig my view Of tn" subject, am,
ama always iavn been. o. opi:inn thai the stand
oifiSinalIy taken hy Soat'l Car"ii:a, aud most
of stilet Southern STATES in opposition To the
principles ciiiln,!icd in that SERIES "f measures,
was iiot osfv juslihHe. bat demanded hy
prb,,er regard irr t:leir H. s;Its aud thrf h"r ;
:.i,I th.if an il.,,loameni "f the position they
t!ien assumed, ani al acq:'scr'ce ~ m"as'
,Ires t.v repeatedly derl ,rel tIry would resist
at n i,nz,r,!s ;ni tn t!,e LIT r>trr "ity, "n
ksSs .trH,fi 'ani5d iy q t.aiN ackr"wl 'dgrnr"
o' iayi.. hetn w.oag / t.!r Ii II il,iA 'ct,
w..uiI, ia t,lt issu.n;tyr Of tie ri ted ''s"n
tin,ss.ge;s5i,:d - ra'ir iitrr. he what iIry
cagIf Il,t submit i6 nit"ut d.,hun"r. II s"ci'
an absmioameit siaii previous pledges a''d dc.
cf.taiii.lis We're tie result OF Il subsequent COLI
vic,i6, ii slas ig greatly erreI i, niks them.
it w,lI i,c honorable and nagi,aliinIonS. H",
sucl.. .appear5 aut 10 be- the case, since even lac
advocate: of acguiescentt still c"nti'ue I" rs.
sert the ,ainci,t,s on which these pledges and
dpelar,tiais we're i,ast.t aswtii az the wrc.ISs
which first called them forth. .."'' --''.
9e'hie AsSnei ,tiali Isl believe. risiti' its Sc
ea,id resolatian- declaring its belief that tn"
co-operatou of any OF tn, S"m:',efai States WIFI
Sr,uti, tat.,i,Ia either Isl resistance or srtts
SION is atkast ihqTaHable; so long as the IL
Thence and patr,u,agt "f the G,.ncral Govern
lient are asraye,i against State rights. Nor d."
fsse.. any reaS,... r"r h'.lievng that any p'"hi
blu. ciiaIlar of administration will produce Il
cii:,ngr az measures: si,,re, :s YOU will pr.
ceipe, from t,eir re;astt drrl,ratIr,:s all par
ti..s In t!,p Nai t:f mite iB id..nnnn,ag slavery,
aud the eeonStitaiinHa ylt ut Con
uress, rs sNr rs irs i!hexihie duty, (" prohibit
its extension, III any State that may hereafter
be ,aaaritred utp the Unul From all present
appeara:.ees, the principles anti'oded In the
castg,ron,ise will continue to he the basis of the
iatafsirlioy Gi the tiovertnnent 1t seems al
ss,i l,sbI,.. that the States, which have sub
mii,te,! to past, will be equally Qnesccnt under
fltdre wrongs a."
III wing thus b,i.Rv stated 'hy views with re
gard t. y.,,r first and sccnni, / will now re-
Vert tu >oar last aad most important result
unn. 'uamRiy: that failing IN n reasonable
tiale tI obtain the co-operaiinn OF the other
Sostiie,ti' states, Sonti CaroIi,ia should alone
ithiraw from the Uhon."
1T seems rather lite in the day to be called
on a. coa,l,nt the old exploited d"rtrine of pas.
sivt obedience and i.Dn-rtsista;tce the assertion
Of which cost r!ic monarch his head, and sent,
another i,to ,,erpetgal exile. Yet, aS that doc
trine has l,tely been revived by some of the
highest nanes Of the Republic, it calls for Il
pass;r, tntice in connection with the suhl"rt
of this letter. II seems stringe. too. that this
lonu buried monster, which received its death
wo,nIs. in the two revelations 81 Euslrnd and
America, should have been dug mp and rrs"s
c;tatcd by distinguished Democratic republican
statesmen From all but the darkest re.,i".'s
of tile civilized world this portentous piEtnt"n'
has been ba;iished, us j. weuld a"pcar "Hly t"
fiii ref.e i, tat w.,ich'proirss-s to he most
Tree aud enlightened 'raere is not tnro'
pea,l writer or statesman, or t!e"l"ylIt, "i any
established reputation, that would now veiiu'e
to pruci;tfn, the sIavisii pri:cipies which have
bees. asserted hy repnl,.icar leaders ia the halls
OF Congress OF Republican States.
a thorough discussion ot ibis dnctilne u!
t,assive ob.di.,l.,. and n".i.re.i stance, ~ tr
part ri eqnrI III 'mi'crs of Il confederation "'
States, w"nli require more spare than Is pro-
pei fpr r,t,, ~ orrdrv and more tim" t!iam y"'
caa slnife on this ncrasiuiI. nor Ito | deem ii
necessary. The right oi rpsiStnnrc hv force
rs respects States and communities, l. "nlr al
cxtrn-ina o. tic 'oi.iIni 'igii al self dttriIce