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

ty, as il to experiment upon the valne of South. 8
ern faith and Southern honor, with 3 reckless
ness unparalleled in the history of modern gov.
ernel,ts.. nar.h hes boldly, not only to, but far
beyond the line which the South lad drawn,
and upon the drawing of which she bad said, :
"tus far shalt thou come, and no ofarther. -
Resistance, in the form of a Southern Confed...
eracy, was the remedy upon which all seemed !
agreed. An equal nIaniInits Of opinion seem.
ed to prevail that some one State should lead
off. Souta Carolina THAT the jedloasl of shers'
sisters might not be aroused was held back
under "bit and bedoou" Georgia assumes The !
leadership, all concerned acquie.ce IN the
assumption, and yield to her the honor of that
proud position Uuder these circumstances,
South sCaroiiua, that her iapparsnt cabnnessa
may nlf. .be il,isuhdersfeod. says to hef, :
not deceived BY my seeming, tranquility lit iss
the quistudesof the sleeping yoleano lin fiiist
contest for our coiihio0 rights, lsSai staod 2, /
you go as far as you may, aud as fast as you
can not simply to your back, aPpladdilg and I
cheering, bA al Jbar side. sharing with y0u,s
shoulder to shoulder, the storm and heat oftha
battle" At this time every thing appears to
be rolling on smoothly to a favorable ISSUE
Our masters at Washington behold it, aud trem-
BILE for the consequences. They caunot tail to-
perceive in this unannity of the South, their
own fate. Like Belshazzar, they see ''tlle hand.s
writing on the wall" aud like him, their knees
smite together.
Georgia. sentinelss are seduced. Toombss
and Stephens, prove false to their hithettpsS
avowed principles. and Tecreant to the plighteds
honor Of their people. They sell THAR Siats:
pilh it, gliteriag escntckeon, "tor 2 aessef
poitagew Having consummated the sacriles
gious deed, they return to their betrayed and
bartered homes, aud exert themselves,i in endea.
voriug to cool the patriotic ardor which Def-
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 hazarded-and Thus
feeling and knowing, they travel-they labor,
they toll for the accomplishment Of their pur.
pose before the Convention meets. Atlengththe
| crisis arrives-the Convention assemblies, and
the result proves that they did not toll in vain.
Georgla-the once proud and noble Georgia,
alike forgetful of her past history. her sacred
vows, and the glory of her position, baeks out!
shall not pause tn indulge in mournfnl ex-
pressions OF regret and disappointment or Of un-
friendly reproaches towards our sister, my oh
iect is simply to present brief statement of
4 facts, that justice may be awarded where JUS
tice Is due. Georgia then, not only decliues
the leadership which she had voluntarily assum-
ed, but expresses her acquiescence III those. very
measures against which she so la.ely bad thun.
dsred her anathemas The eyes of the friends
of resistance everywhere now tarn to South
Carolina. It is admitted that if blow is to be
struck for Southern honor and Southern rights,
shx must strike that biow. This is the feeling
outside her borders-yhe sees n-she fcets IT,
she knops It. Her Legislature duly apIreciating
the responsibility of the position thus forced
upon her, as far as in their power lieth, endea.
yor to place her in a state OF preparation TO
meet that responsibility. Three hundred and
fifty thousand dollars are appropriated to niill.
tary purposes, and with AL eye to separate
State action, Convention is called. The elec.
ton for members Of this august assembly, in
State, is held; and the result is, that an over.
whelming majority of candidates who had
openly declared themselves in favor Of seres-
sion-and of secession by South Carolina a.
lone, elected. Aud yet strange to say, there
are those, who, with these facts staring them
in the face, have the hartnood either through
gross ignorance or wiliul perversion, to stiyma-
tise the present position OF the state as QUE of
arrogance and presumption. We have no
sympathy with, or respect for such slanderers.
But to return, il what we have stated be cor.
rect, and we defv successful contradiction, we
put the question to every candid and unpreju.
diced mind, in the name Of all that is sacred,
are we not committed before ttIe wo'ld to sep
erats State action! Aud ii we are tlus com.
United, coutend that the 'propriety OF the deed
is not to US all open Question, but is forever
closed, 50 far rs we are concerned, by our o~"
az. But it has been said, that "tle voice Of
tue people has not been neard'-that they
the peope) did notturn out to the election."
In reply we would say, the Uoice Of the people
has been heard aud admitting the truth OF the
latter part OF the statement, lwnich DO not,)
we affirm that The State, land OF course every
ctizen) is as fully committed. rs IT every man,
woman aud cuIld, from the seaboard to tle
mountains, had marched to the polls Oil ,nasse,
aud without solitary exception mad cast their
votes just as the great minority did in the late
election This proposition being selt.eyident,
needs no proof. 1t therefore, follows necessa.
ry, that in the present attitude OF affairs, there
is but one course to be pursued by every citizen
who would be true to his allegiance to South