Semi-weekly Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1851-1852, 1851-02-04

Duty of fhe !Sia,e South Carolina, on the
second Monday in next Fchaarv, will reas ert
a.d vndcate her past aud present pledges, or
she will sign the bonds of her shame and gn".
niuv. Do we not know, that the apoeation
Of ch,ra'ry, will change to terms denoting a
Dragging coward, il we submit after so many
sounding threats and lofty declarations of re-
sistaucr! Our ears will iing with these dcha-
sine names, and the recollection OF the past
will make them strike upon our brows as truths
and facts Mere rdicule, the high and moral
strength of q true man can, well defy, when
conscience within assures that duty has been
fearIesslv performed. But what strength of
manhood can defy taunts of truth that l,y bare
tI,e reasons Of suhussonl Will not the only
reason for submission be frar-tear ofthe strug
cle9 Without struggle, weare undone Shall
W. then not make one decided stand for our
rights and property? II Athens could defend
all Greece against Persia, if Holland conli roll
bxck from her dikes and canals a French i'll
yasion-if England could maintain the indie
penilence of Europe against the enchanted
sword and cuirass of Napoleon-if America,
mot vet in the bone and gristle Of manhood," L"
could stand up against the British empire, and
carve from her side the independence of Amer
ica-if scarcely eighty yeomen i'll the i"tcrior
ofMassachusetts could begin that & lorioas strug.
ole. and make it catch in every colony from
the St. Croix to the ST John's-what dread is
there, tina. South Carolina cannot successfully
assert her secession from the Uulon, and start
the movement that is to cease only wilha S"nth.
ern Confederacy! A wavering policy, and ir-
rcsolute action will ruin u.s. in firm, nndauncd
and decisive action, repose all our trust and all
our hope of the perpetuity of our liberties.
A6bcriNe Banner.
A Lady and her Children Flying from her
Husband.-The Pttsburg (Pa.) )';azette Mon
day, gives an account of an affair which took
place at the Exchange Hotel last Monday, and
appears to have created considerable sensation.
On Saturday, lady with four children on her
way to New York, took lodgings at the Ex-
change Hotel. At an early hour on Sundaya
gentleman, accompaniedby alegal friend came
to the hotel and examined the register TIE
gentleman. on seeing the lady's name declared
that he was her husband, and demanded to be
shown to her room, for the purpose Of taking
possession of the children.
He was requested to wait until she should
rise, when perhaps the affair could be settled in
nm amicable manner. The gentleman and his
friend then left the room, and it was supposed
chat they had gone out of the hotel: but, IN n
short time, the clerk heard the screams OF fe.
male, aud going iuto the entry saw the husband
running down the Sta with his children, pur-
sued by their mother. He Immediately wentto
the lady's assistance and rescued three Of them,
which he gave into Lc' charge. The husband
retained possession OF the youngest and was
going out the door, when the clerk caught it by
the clothes, but the father pulled it out of his
hands and run of with the child, which was
perfectly naked, its clothes having been torn
of in tie affray. The servants of the hotel,