Semi-weekly Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1851-1852, 1851-09-26

eour wide spread disaffection;" we complain
that the provisions of the Constitution have
been disfegarded, and the rights of the South.
ern people trampled under foot by the passage
of the Compromise measures; we contend that
there is an unruly spirit Of fanaticism raging at
the North, which has for its object, the utter
extinction Of the Institution of negro slavery IN
these United States, and at all events, a deep,
settled determination on the part OF all North
ern men, conservative or fanatic. to crcum.
scribe the area of this Institution. The South
complains of the utter inpossibity OF recover.
ing fugitive from labor, without incurring
hazard aud expense greater generally. than the
value Of the save-(in one or two instances it
has cost 81 900, since the passage of the Com
promise Fugitive Slave Bill, aud before its ell
actment. the attempt to recover his property,
cost respectable citizen of Mary his lifr.)
The forms of the Constitution continually used
by the North to violate its spirit; and finally,
the utter impossibility of our ever being able
to save ourselves, since all the power is III the
hands of the men of the North. This is
hasty summary of the catalogue Of grievances
which it is deemed necessary to resist. The
vast majority of the citizens of this State be-
lieve, that we have had insults and ndgnlties
sufficient, heaped upon us, to justify US IN re-
sorting to resistance. They are ripe for the
reception of any remedy which will effectually
redress their wrongs, or give them security tor
the future SECESsIoN.-.Ihe Separate SOLITARY
Secession of South Carolina, is prescribed as
the remedy for the ills Of the South. Now will
this cure the evils ask any one our avowed
object is to obtain redress for past grievances,
or security for the future. And first, do we
obtain redress! Does any man suppose that
the erection Of South Caroliua into all inde-
pendent Republic, will induce Texas to dis
gorge that ten million of dollars! Will it re-
mand California back to her territorial condI-
iiOn! Will it make it easier for US 10 recover
Fugitive from labor! imagine no one is
vain enough, to suppose that any Of these re-
suits will follow. Now will it be likely, to aid
greatly, in restoring that equilibrium between
the South and North, which Mr.. Calhoun con.
tended had been destroyed ly the action of the
Government Yet it is only by undong these
things, that we can expect redress for past
grie .ances; our Secession, peaccableor bloody,
will not bring about that result; nobody sup
poses it will. Will il give us security for the
future That is, will it place US in such po-
sition, that our Liberty will be safe, and our
Slave Institutions perpetuatod?
Let US examine this very briefly. Now by
on. Secession, we will become IL foreign State,
and that ill.faled day OH which we pass the
great Ordinance of Secession, will bcgiu the
operation of all the laws of the United States
against US, which are in force against other
Foreign Nations. 1t will be piracy and pun
ishable with death, for citizen Of tue Repub-
lie or Kingdom of Carolina, to carry his slav"
into North Carolina or Georgia, by the Law { f
Nations. Here then, we will have our whole
slave population penn,d up within the narrow
compass of this little State. We have more
slaves in the State now, i'll proportion t"'onr
size, than any other Southern State, in 20 or
~ years it is calculated they will double their
number 1t has been indeed shown in some
way or other by "Rutledye' tNho says they
will double IN so years. that Instead OF being
too many, they will hardly be enough, when
all our irreclajlnable swamls shal! he drained,
and our barren sand hills become fertile, aud
bring forth, the Lord knows how many
bushels Of wheat to the acre. in fact, we
would recommend this writer, lately repabl'sh-
ed in the Journal, us practical eNrinp!IIcalIon,
OF that common Operations, ca'lcd ''ca ting
ome's own throat" or giving 4 ma" Il >lics. To
break oae's owu head with. in using his sta.
,stics, aud in quoting lis Say" it is si' gula'
that this passage should not have struck hi;i ::
"ir France. tie unster of the interior, IL his
e1m,sp Of 1913, most disastrous year, when
foreign commerce WAS desti", ed, aud the ma
tona resources of every description rapidly
declining, bnasted .; having proved ty iaduih
table clirn!,iiuns, that the country was IN II
,i-rr stat. oi prosperity th.n ii ever had been
bc(ncv = tisy POI. rico.'.l Aad 81 great %.
!ticu rcurui>t ruud not have iorsJttr,I, tnti
toe great t;';.HI smith si ":,c i,ut -" Irc..i
ta,fi ir political arithmetic.
10 rcturai. South Car,Iita il. 80 yeats will
:iay,, hrr slaves prnned up on her own s",
Guu!,rd - nYriIb;T, To" r;Iduy To cun -Ini", ~"
Il iG'ye Ir.sl III the Stale III wii'ca slaves a'c
not n.ucn needed, consequent, will BE- lew /"
number, and thus with lac. commerce. rrippl,ri,
If not totally ruined, her people oppressed with
tue weight .i neavy taxes, Instead ct i.i!ntaH.
n.s pond position anr"n. the Nations, we
will nave war, and famine. and deSulatu" in Ill
our borders. Thea Will he heaid, ia onr rery
mid>', the deadly whispers o.! the domoh I"
Abolition. II requires not tar eye o! a prophet,
or any kecu knowledge of tie future, to sce
that all the internal panss are ready, the vic.
tins prepa cd. All arc here: they but await
the fatal act oi SECESSION, and Carolina Tor Il
shot, very short while, will be the battle. field
aifd t!iro the Fouh OF her sons. il we sholld
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