The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1851-01-28
G. ]. SHANNON.
Correspondence of the Mercury
WASHINGTON, Jan. %,

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23, 1881.
allule,! il, iav last letter to the grand Atr'-
can Colonization Meeting which was held on
Tuesday night The chief orators were Mr..
Clay and the Rev. Dr.. Fuller of Baltimore.
I'hev mutually exalted each other by proiu-
sion of hattering compliments; and the Divine
and the Politician each in his own vein. work
ed admirably to the same end, to aid in billet
ing the Colonization Society, with all its trurn-
perv, on the Uuited States Treasury. Mr.. Clay
ssrged at length, and with much earnestness,
the propriety of Congress taking in hand this
business Of colonizing the free negroes, by sup
porting the African line OF steamers. But -Nr.
Fuller went far beyond Mr.. Clay, in his pro-
iects on the Treasury. He proposed and urged
that Congress should make an annual appropri.
alton to buy up the slaves at the South, in or
der to ship them to Africa This is cool, GER
tainlv The Southern STAKEHOLDER to furnish
money, in the first place, to buy up his own
slaves. and in the second, to pay for transport.
ing them to Africa And yet Mr.. Fuller claim
ed to be n Southern man. to abhor the schemes
of the Abolitionists, and to consider the Union
in extreme danger from the agitation OF the
slavery question, at the very moment that he
was opening this fathomless abyss OF agitation.
There seems absolutely no limit to the intatua-
ton of so called philanthropy, when it has once
entered the brain of an unhappy mortal.
cine Mutual Insurance Association" as they
coll the new league between certain members
Of Congress, to keep out of Office, State and
Federal. all who will not pledge themselves to
stand BY the "Compromise," and to appropriate
sl the said Offices to themselves, came up IN
tie Senate Yesterday. MIR. Clay and Mr.. foote
were of course head members OF OF the "Asso
ciatioo" But only nine DemscratS have taken
stock in the concern, and we may guess that
tie pressing motive that drew Mr.. foote and
Mr.. Cobb into it, was the extreme need they
fe, of being Ensured" by somebody. They
are in predicament-groping in the most be.
wildering darkness, with both hands stretched
o,t to feel for the dangers ahead which they
fear I'LL the more from not being able to tell
when or in what precise shape they will start
M. Hence they are trying to get up all sorts
of new platforms. The Wings are swallo% wing
them they feel it; they are trying, but in vain,
TO escape their Jaws. Their position, and their
struggles to mend it, are becoming equally rIdl-
culous.
ORR R.rLRoAp. In late table, prepared
and published at the North, we see, in a com.
pa: :ative statement as to the rate per mile, that
the far, from Charleston to Hamburg is placed
at s dollars. This is an error. It's four dol
lars and the same to Columbia
While writing on this topic it is but Justice
to say that, the Road from Hamburg to Charles
ton, over WHICH we have lately travel ed is be-
ing made one of the most delightful IN the
Southwest. The moment traveller enters on
it, so smooth is the motion, 50 splendid and
comfortable the cars, so polite and attentive
the conductors, that general excla,nations OF
satisfaction, come from the passengers. The
arrangements at the Charleston Depot, are su-
perior to anything of the same nature in the
country.-Eoeang NeTs.
, What is beautiful A good man struggling
with misfortune, and preserving untainted his
reputation. dutiful child obeying mandates
of parents. and walking in the way Of righteous.