Semi-weekly Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1851-1852, 1851-08-15
Hon. Jefferson Davis!

On the l4lh uit. barbecue was|given to this
gallant son Of Mississippi by the citizens of JEFF
terson county The assemblage, says the Match
ez Free Trader, was extremely large, and of the
most unanimous character Previous to parta-
king Of the sutnptuous repast, Mr.. Davis address
sed the vast concourse of people in most able
aud patriotic speech, during the delivery Of which
he received uunislas liable evidence from his a,l-
ditory that their sentiments conceded with lis
own. The speech is reported at length in the
Free Trader, and nothing bat the want of space
, prevents lis from laying it before our readers.-
We can only spare room for Tie following brief
extracts 1t is needless to ask perusal of them
10 secure that, it is only necessary to state that
they express the sentiments OF Jr Davis, the gal
! ianl Miss=sipiian. the hero OF Bucna Vista, the
stern and untnchimg advocate OF southern rights
and southern Independence. Three cheers for
Jefferson Davis, who is the man for first President
ola Southern Republic.
The object Of Mississippi should be TO organ
he for the purpose of claiming their right to the
territory. They should cndr:vor to meet the
other Southern States, aud confer as to the
best means of repelling aggression<, and giving
security to the Southern States. II there was
Il unanimity of feeling, a proposition might be
adopted requiring certain securities from the
North. But if the Southern States cannot and
do not join Mississippi in her efforts for South
ern rights, thea Mississippi will have given
them fair opportunity, and for whatever fu-
tnre caIamities may arise, let those take the
! blame whose lethargy caused the misfortune.
| Meanwhile, this State ought to stand alooi, in
readiness, and when, eventually, other States
should join her, let them fall in to the right and
! left to arrange with them for mutual co-opera-
ton. He would meet South Carolina, and
proudly meet her. He would meet her for her
glorious work in the old revoution he would
meet her for her gallantry and patriotism in al.
ways endeavoring to give security to public
liberty, lite, and property; he would meet her
for her many acts OF devoted herosm for the
veal of the republic; and Mississippi should
be proud to meet South Carolina. Mississippi
| drew South Carolina into the controversy, and
it would be too much to leave her sister State
to bear the difficulties and encounter the dam
gers before her alone. He wond meet South
Carolina, because by that means, they might
be able to save her from taking that last resort
to which she has determined to recur, although
she may be abandoned by all other States
Isolated as she is, it would be wrong for Mis-.
sissippi to turn eoldly from her, and abandon
the pledges made to lend cooperative assist
ancc, now that the last alternative, secession,
is resorted to- II Mississippi met South Caro-.
lima, she could advise with her, and the two
States could make propositions that one of
them could not, and thus Carolina might be
prevented from separate State secession. They
ought not. out of justice TO turn coldly from
South Carolina, whose object only is to demand
from the federal government those rights and
privileges of which e has been deprived, and
in which Mississippi is an equal sufferer. What
would be the future policy with regard to South
Carolina he could not tell, for as yet nothing
had been avowed
He did not believe that the federal govern
mcnt would as had been said, erect floating
custom.house OH the bar Of Charleston, but as
President Fillmore had threatened an army
and navy against Texas, because she held her