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Semi-weekly Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1851-1852, 1851-09-12

and paramount. The act of l793 and the aetr
of 1850 were both intended to facilitate the
enforcement ofsthat right, not to embarrass or
restrain it--not to nullify the constitutional
provision; but were in aid of it. The decision,
as reported, seems to us tc be an evasion Of the
act of 1893, or rather that portion of it still nm
repealed, and declared by the supreme Court
of the United States to be within the Consti-
tuition; and likewise an evasion of the law of
1850, notoriously intended to be cumulative 10
the act of 1893. The criticism about techni-
cal forms and papers, and fhe discharge of the
slave in the face of full proof of his being
slave and fugitive, looks like quibbling away
the remedy intended to be given in good faith
by the compromise acts. The South will not
be satisfied with this mode of expouDding and
administering the law. If the decision Of
Judge Conklin is adheared to, fugitive slaves
in this State, who escaped prior to September.
1850, have in effect full immunity, for they can
not be delivered up under the law Of that
month. If arrested under it, Judge Conklin
will not deliver them up under the act of 1893,
nor under the constitutional obligation and
pledge; but they will be discharged, SO as to
enable them to run to Canada This decision
will, we predict, arouse and excite the South
more than any thing that has occurred. We
regret that it has occurred and especially that
it was made in New York. a.ras ,ssss
Mem York Herald.
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that hare arisen among us during the last four or
five mouths, is taken into account, we can only
wonder that their presumption and arrogance has
not gone farther.
Men who are endowed by nature and education
with ability, and are promoted BY the sutrages oi
their countrynien to lead the way i'll the affairs OF
sovereign State at crisis like the present, are
in greater or less degree, responsible lor the
welfare of that State-they are recognized as men
competent to advise in time ofneed or difficulty
as such, they are expected to advise. How care
lll then, should they be in giving their cou''Se''
knowing the influence they WELD
The present position of South Carolina Is one
which should call f,rth all the energies OF hef
statesmen, among whom none stand higher lhah
her Senators in Congress and the judiciary al
home; to those men look for advice and csunse'
and fearful indeed, will be the responsibility II III
following their counsels, the State falls from her
high and patriotic position to that ofsubmlsslon-
to that Of dishonor.
prerious to the Convention Of the Southern
Rights Associations held in Nav last the Secession
or Southern Rights Party was in the MAJORITY ana
we think is vet, but the course of Messrs. CHEvEs,
Bu71eR. BARNwrLL, and few other prominent
leading men has had the effect of turning aside
r,any, who would, we doubt not, have adhered to
that party and carried out its principles. Such
change, brought about by such men is to be re-
gretted but we cannot censure, we can only regret
that they did not pursue different course mas
much as their high positions will ever enttle them
to our respect, though obliged to differ with them
on this all-important subject.
The case to which we alluded in the outset as
growing out of the party strifes and divisions in
the south, we are persuaded is selfedident indl-
rect though it may be; these influences will be
brought to bear upon the actions of the Northern
people; for when house is divided against itself,
nothing is more natural than for the common Ell
envy to rejoice and prey upon both-whch they
are sure TO do, when the very sentnels cry peace,
peace, though there is no peace. The time is fast
approachng when the elections for the Southern
Congress will be hed-the frer Is Of the south
will then know their own strength as well as that
of their enemies, and until then, we can only
speculate upon the result and hope for the best
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sW"Telegraphic dispatches from Washington
announce the withdrawal by Gen. Quitman of his
name from the canvass for Governor Of AIisss-
sippi.
A nStep Backwards"

The Sumter Banner of the 9th inst, announ-
ces change of Editors as we'll as of position;
Il has abandoned the Resistance Party, and
now ooes for Co.opERATloN--faingw which, it
does not give us to understand what end 1t
will 90 for. We subjoiu its introductory re-
marks, leaving our readers to form their own
conclusions. Won't the Standard rejoice now!
"The Banner comes to its patrons under
changed auspices its future course will differ
materially from that hitherto advocated by its
late Editor. 1t is due to ourselves and to the
public that we should lay down the political
form we now propose to occupy. We believe
that Southern Confederacy furnishes the on
ly safe and efficient mode of resistance to the
wrongs that have been inflicted upon lis. We
believe that the existence Of slavery depends
upon the concerted action of those Interested
in its existence. We are fully satisfied that the
Separate Secession of South Carolina at this
time, not only brings no remedy for the evils
complained of by her, but only gives them
more aggravated character.
Holding these propositions to be true, it be-
comes our duty to advocate such measures as
have for their object the Co-operatlon OF our
Sister States, and to oppose the views of that
party now earnestly endearorIng TO bring about
the Separate Secession Of South Carolina
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For the Camden Journal.

Mr.. Editor: was pleased to see in your
paper of the 9th inst, letter written by your
self from Georgia, under date of 4th Septem.
ber, from which make tho following extract:
"The people here are haring their eyes opened
to the true state of affairs, and the result must
prore bcnefcialto 10 Southern Rights; discussion
and argument must be used, and truth achich Is
mighty and omnipotent must prerai." | say l
was pleased to see this assertion, because it
embodies truth constantly affirmed by the
Cooperation party, but streuuously denied by
our opponents; coming, however, as it does
now, from a separate State action Editor, ard
written too among the people of whom he
speaks, it must have its proper influence on the
numerous readers Of the Journal.
r.s.sa A CO.OPERATIONIST.
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Correspondence Of the Camden Journal.
Cu.urssroS Snnt


Dear Journal: suppose you would like to
hear from the city occasionally, by cthcrmeans
than TIE public prints. Acting u:'der this i'm
preston, will just drop line
The City of Charleston is one of the healthi-
est cities in the world-sce the tables of NOR.
taty in the papers, for proof-and yet people
die. Many Kill themselves BY 'ore and 'rine.-
As TO those laboring under the former disease,
there are many persons here fully competent
til remove the danger Of the nalady by the so.
lcmnization of the rites of marriage, aud may
remark that they have no objection to practice
their calling iii that respect, when liberal fee
may reasonably be expected.
As to the matter Of wine, it has assumed 4
port and mien' in its walking, that is truly si.
gantic. How else eau it be, when in almost
all parties, she who is called the human an
gel' profe's the cup Of enchantment! How
hard must ii be, when offered by such Il hand,
to dash it down! If we could but have Il fe-
male society after the fashion Of the. "Daughters
of Temperance" or the very thing itself, what
immense benefit il would be, especially to the
young men OF the city! But do not suppose
we are doing nothing in the temperance u e
We have some prosperity: but what is the ad-
dition of twenty Or thirty to Division of Sons,
compared to the thousands around usl 1t is
but drop in the bucket. This prosperity has
raised our hopes some, especially in Vsilant
Division No. 10. How prospers the cause with
you in Camden? ....
As to other matters, / know nothing new,
except the new workshops ~ he Rail Road
Company, which quite 'oves The appear.
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THE COTTON CROP {, p: |:

The first wagon load Of five bales Of new
cotton of the the crop of this State, was re-
ceived or yesterday by A. o. Harris and Co.
from the plantation of Gen. Samuel j, Hays
in this county. In quality tits strictly Mid.
ding Fair,. of fine rich color but rather def
clent in staple, as must be the case with large
portion OF, the present crop. The dry weatk-,
er has forced the cotton to premature maturity,
and the product of the 4nplands, especially
must be not only deficient in staple, but great
ly deficient in quality. ,Wehaye the most re.
liable and undoubted evidence I ON nearly the
whole country back, to this, that the crop can.
not turn out more than three houndred pounds
of seed cotton to the acre. The bottom lands,
and here and there an isolated farm where they
have had an occasional rain, will do better,
but even on these favored spots, since The late
rains the forms and small bolls have fallen off
and the yield will not be so grea. as il would
have been if the dry weather had continued.
The plant has ceased to bloom on the bottom
as well as the uplands, and while we have eve
rything to fear from excessive rains, we have
but little to gain by the most favorable weather
in regatd to the quality produced, prfthe crop
is 50 nearly matured that on many farms more
than one.half of the cotton is already open, and
while those at distance, unacquainted with
the facts, are predicting a "large crop from
its going forward so much earlier than usual,
we who are in the midst OF II, know that this
fact argues exactly the contrary, and whatever
may be the effect of the draught in other places,
we "aspeak by the card" when we say that in
the Western District of Tennessee and North
Mississippi, the half of an average crop cannot
be made Memphis Appeal, 25ih ult.
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THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES s-s.r.

We understand that the President has at
length returned to the seat ofgoyernu'ent. 1t
was certainly time that the country should be
relieved to the apprehension caused by the alb.
scnce of the Chief Magistrate at so important
a period as the present. Noone would deny
to the President or to his cabinet officers the
relaxation consistent with the just caresof the
public interests; but this indulgence at all
times demands that abseneeism should furnish
no just ground for the fear that other motives
than those of useful recreation had been con.
suited. The visit to Dunkirk, in the midst OF
elections involving most important party
issues. witnessed the President and q great por-
ton of the cabinet openly influencing, by their
speeches and writings, the opinions of the peo-
ple Since that period numerous occasions
have arisen which expose the same high officers
to such imputatons; and, lastly, the President
himself has thrown around his recent vlsitto
the mountains of Virginia too much OF the air
and manner Of the candidate to permit the idea
that he had not lost sight Of that delicate eand
Just sentiment which enjoins that the patron
age of office ard pomer should NOT be brought
into conflict ,ci,h ihe freedom Of elections.
Washington Union.
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DECISION ON THE FUGITIVE SLAVE
LAW

We stated the other day, and expressed our
qualification for The fact, that the fugitive slave
act Of 1850 had been faithfully enforced by
the judicial authorities Of the free States, and
that its enforcement had been generally ac-
ouisced in, except in the case Of Shadrach in
Boston. We had not then directed our atten-
ton to the decision of Judge Coakln, United
States Judge of the Western district Of this
State, in the case of the fugitive slave Davis,
on writ OF habeus corpus, which was made
on Saturday last. dscha:ging the fugitive, who
Immediately fed to Canada. In this case H.
X. Smith, esq. United States Commissioner at
Buffalo, had, after an impartial hearing, Civ
en- certificate remanding the fugitive slave to
his master. There is not a shadow Of doubt
of his being fugitive slave as claimed. This
point is beyond dispute. Hence Davis fed to
Canada as soon rs Judge Conklin discharged
him.
The ground of the discharge is, that he "s
capped in August, 1850. and that the last tugi
tive slave law was passed by Congress in Sep
tember, 1850. The argument is, that the law
of September does not apply, and the rule as
to er post tacto enactments (refering entirely
to laws respecting crimes) is invoked in the
construction of the act, though it appears a
somewhat novel recourse. But the act of IT.
03 is not repealed by the act of 1850. he
Supreme Court of the United States decided,
in the case Of Prigg, that the extradition clause
of the Constitution referring to fugitives from
labor was seif,executng- Congress might
enact laws giving federal, judicial, or other otti
GERS, power to enforce the constitutional obli
cations, and prescribing modes and forms
Of proceeding, &c, but that Congress could
not devolvo the duty on State, judicial, or 9TH
er officers, and that State legislation could not
provide or restrict, or control the remedy. The
act of 1893, excepting the clauses authorizing
State authorities to enforce it, is still in fall
force The act of September, 1850, does not
repeal it, for the title Of the latter expressly
states it to be amendatory of the act of 1898.
The Constitution imprratively requires the tu.
gitve slave to be delivered up. The words
are:
"No person held to service or labor in one
State under the laws thereof, escaping into
another, shall, in consequence Of any law or
regulation therein b. discharged from such SER
vice or labor, but shall be delivered up on claim
of the party to whom such service or labor may
be due
1t would seem to be a palpable evasion of
the Constitution, and indaed a violation of it, if
the fact Of owing service or labor is proved,
and the fact of the slave having scaped is
proved, for a judicial officer to discharge him.
The legislation of Congress cannot fetter or
restrict the constitutional right of the master.
No legislation Of Congress should be SO con.
strued as to restrain or embarrass such right.
The provision of the Constitution is imperative
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ance of the upper part of the city. They are
soon to enter them-I am told that most of
the machinery has arrived, and much of it put
up. Suffer ME here, to mention fault, The
Company sent to the North for workman to
put up the machinery, which is from the North
too-the man got drunk and suffered it to leak
out that he was an abolitionist, and he said that
"the North would not mind our Secession any
more tnan a Bull would care for the crawling
of gnat on his horn," and he said that "South
Carolina would be whipped back into the Un-
ion and her slaves taken away in the bargain. I"
The next day he had to leave the city. Don't
you suppose for moment that there were no
mechanics competent to do that work, or make
the engines required-thers are quantities OF
them, and that too, in the neighborhood OF
them. See Eason's Engine Factory in Colum-
bus st., employing Yankees in the place OF
Southern workmen of equal talents, and their
abomnahle Sabbath breaking, are very much
abused, and condemned, and your correspon.
dent thinks, justl ly so.
PENCIL MARK.
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Fugitive Slave Law.

5+Our cooperation brethren, those who are for
Swaitiug a reasonable time,' and then resisting
alone, if cooperation cannot be obtained-those
who, in case Of failure to obtain cooperation, are
content TO remain in the Union as it is, and bear
the ills we have" rather (as they suppose) 'lhan
fly to others they know not of" are respectfully
requested to read an extract from the New York
Herald, in another column, and then tell us hoao
much longer they are willing to wait for the much
desired cooperation of other States.
~ sThelcase Of the slave Daniel, who acknowledg-
ed himself slave, and was willing to return with
his master, is at this time, a peculiar one indeed,
and should be SO noted by the people of the south,
for the termination of it in the manner it did, goes
toProve that the people of the North who have
grown arrogant from the fact of our supmcness,
now begin to believe and wish to show US that
they believe eve cannot be kicked into resist
ance." Can we blame them for the presumption?
No, we cannot-for the blame is laid at our own
doors, and when the divisions and party strfes
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THE EYpEDITiON AGAINST CUBA.

From the disposition Of Francisco Aienendro
Laue, Cuban who landed with Lopez ana
who afterwards surrendered to the authorities
we gather the following narrative OF the exPe'
detion. The deposition is published at length
in an extra of the Havana ''Prensa" of the lst
instant:
They left the mouth of the Mississippi With
$50 men, with the intention of going hrst to
Rio San Juan, where they expected to tlnd
like number of artillerymen, and thence. 10
some point in the Central Department But
having touched at Key West for provisions,
intelligence was given to Lopez that Pinar del
Rio, and nearly all Vuelta Abajo, the coun,
try situated to the leeward of Havana, ehaa
risen. This intelligence caused Lopez 10
change his direction. and to steer for q lana'ng
in Vuelto Abaje. On the lIth August at u
o'clock at night they landed on the beach az
Morrillo, without any, other opposition tnan
few shots fred by some couptEynen VINO neo'
The beach was deserted and the store was o,
pen, Colonel Crittenden and.about two hunoreu
men remained here to take care OF some spare
muskets and some provisions; the rema,nuer n VI
the expedition with Lopez marched 20 Los 6o,
zas, meeting only few countrymen' wno nea
at their sig ght That on their arrival at Los
Pozas, they found the village abandoned. ana
in spite of their entreaties the villagers refused
to return. On the next day they were attac'
ted by the Queens troops, who @ retired after .sa
some time, leaving Lopez IN Possess'ua 1can :, 0
village. Inithis action the invaders ioss ueni
eral Pragay, one Colonel Captain > vOeTso, m a.a M
sbont a ffty men killed or wounded, The dis.
cours cement which had taken possession OF
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For the Camden Journal.

Mr.. Edtor.-I take the liberty Of sending
you Couundrum which l hope you will not
object to publishing
Why is the Sumter Banner opposed to Dan.
iel Webster!
Ans.--Becauso he said ri take no step back
wards" You can finish the answer.
Yours, &C., OBSERVER.
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aiken, Sept. 9, 1851.

Special attention is called to the letter Of
Mr. John G. Winter, In another column, on the
subject of Plank Roads, which has been kindly
handed US for publication OUR readers are re-
auested 10 read and ponder it, and them With such
evidence before them, begin the work without de-
lay, and push it forward-success must crown
the undertaking. ***
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Yours respectfully,
JOHN G. WINTER.

N. BIN making calculations for transpor.
tation on Plank Roads as compared with Rail
Roads. bear in mind the waggoner takes his
load on at the Barn or Gin House and delivers
at the Ware House and vice versa. There are
but 2 landings, against 7 on Rail Road
loading and unloading the dray, loading and
unloading at the Depot, loading and unloading
at the the terminus of the Road, and unloading
at the final destnation--where the haul is not
a very lengthy one, this of itself is fatal to the
Rail Road The data which l have given ap.
plies to public carriers, but applies with ten
fold force to the farmer who acts his own car.
rier, and is out nothing but his tolls, and if he
is lucky will get back loading in competition
with the Rail Road, and arrive at home with
more money than when he left there-thus
practically doing his own hauling for less than
noihmg. }. U. w.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-01-21

eDsrstion, tho population Of Europe aud tho Untsd
sr IL 10 there only that rail~sys have made any pro-
sress VIII have completed, within the period Of less
than quarter Of century 20, ass miles Of railway,
that sto say. greater length than would completely
sSrround the globe at cost Of above $500 900
sterling TO accomplish this stop work human
industry mutt have appropriated out of it's annual
savings, 10000 600 for tw,nty ave successive years
The engineers engaged In surveying the route for tho
Hsrrisourgh and Reading Railroad are highly pleased
with the line, and the friends Of the read more
sapgune Of success than they have been before
The country through which 1t passes 10 well calculated
for laying out work OF this kind, and the route 10
regarded an exceedingly cheap one. The elevation
rom Harrsburgh to Lebanon 10 only seven and half
feet per mile and from Lebanon to Reading the fall Is
Q fra elton less than ten feet per mile.
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I'VE mesting Of leaders Of choirs and othors, held BY
initial in the lecture Of tho TAncrha5le
Wednesday evening h met for the 81 rehearnr
mody under the direction Of Mr. Lowell Mason, IL
popt sed % held another similar meeting Of which
kaion We, unanimously invited taks the drsctien such
meeting will therefore be held in tho Broadway Tabor
baoc, Wednesday evening nsyt, 22t Inst,
A. half past Members "a choirs sna other.
specially invited 70 be presents and participate in the
ereset.
TBE CELEBRATED fRIsA DONNA. aIGN0RfHA
kiga Naenni, has engaged constitution hall. go
Broadway, the purpose vins series q Pubilc kusi-
sal Stress tckst 20 oen'e which
h tho honor invite all artist singers Ohio are without
tmreyuen Of all nations and those Who wish make their
debnt call and zee her at Consultation Hall her
ing sch, o. & ON wi o'clock.
MusIC.-A LADY, wHo UNDERSTANDS IN oRouoB
Nl lss aud Of wheso professional sotes the
oepionabie can be SVEN, anxious 20 take
three pur In addition &c will either instruct them ~
their residences her dwelling. Tems-For be-
West Fifteep tn street.