Semi-weekly Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1851-1852, 1851-04-22

designed, we are therefore rPaIE amd TIHIaG,
and feel it to be our duty 10 mih Iran .frnm it,
- Lancaster Resolution, adopted Oct. 1850.
MEssRs. EDrrnRs: W:thont assuming to
myself any great degree ot political knowledge,
for a,.' no politician, and laying claim to "nly
"A small share of common sense, venture, IN
the exercise of a right aceruing to me. as a free
and independent citizen Of a free and lndepen.
dent State, to give Il farther expression o my
opinions in relation to those political matters,
which at this time cngross the public mind and
in the issue of which, consider every indivId.
ual member of the community to he IeaiuIIy
and deeply involved. lie vino has devoted the
least attention to the passing events of the
day" cannot fail to percr;c that our political
sky is black and lowering with clouds, which
too pany portrnd tic coming storm. The
muttrring thunder aud vivid lightning are dis
tincty to be heard and Seen in the distance,
and should adm"nish us, us Il wise people, to
prepare for the worst, ere WI fall victims To the
rclrniess fury of the blast, and are swept away
as with "the besom of destruction
View me not as 4 nervous and timid prog
nosticator of evil, when say to you in all sill
rrrity the times are pOrtentous-more Dorten.
! tous fear, than many are disposed to believe.
In consideration then Of the threatening pros.
pect before US, there is question Of appalling
and tremendous import, which naturally pre-
scnts itself to the mind Of every citizen, upon
the altar of whose heart there burns gllmmer-
ing spark of that patriutic fire, which chcered
and animated our torelathcrS in the day which
tried mems souls" and bore them victorously
and triumpl,antly through the ordeal of the
American Revolution. Hor can | best serre
my Stute in mi, hrr day IF frnl and of nred?
Before we can arrive at Il correct conrinson III
reference to that iac of conduct, which duty
and patriofism would indicate, we must reflect
well upon the past aud the present, with their
, relative bearings on the future. Permit me
then u ask, what Is the position "f South Ia
rona at this time IN the eyes Of the world, and
what are the circumstances attendant upon her
occupation of that position 1t must be ad-
milcd on all hands, that the p"sltl"n occupied by
her is one OF open h"slllty to Tie people OF the
North, and ot otir0relr"SiSinHch Ia the plH legIsla
ton OF arerklcss andm mnprnc pied majority the
councils of the Nation. "lhe rublcon has
been passed." and she must ndrancr in tie tnce
of an consequences, or fnM burk into state Of
Hsgracrim rnxMiinge nnd nf infamous bon.
d'gc. Disguise it rs We may, this is The r'0i
! nuHuir, ihr true position NJ S0uh Carolina df
this time. have not the inclination, il YOU had
the patience To bear with the recital, To enter i'll
To AN elaborate detail of the foul wrongs and
oppressive eXaclion>, which Tor years have been
, ia gradual course oi iuilictiuu upon the pa
tirnt aud urbcriug South. The catalogue Is
long, black and slchrnlmg: at its c"ntcmpla-
ton Humanity shuddrrS and patriotism wreps
the cup of oppression has been filled 10 tie
brlm, aud she must Train lis drrgs, or dash 1t
from iIcr ips with disdain and contempt
short time since and >tie seemed determined up
ON the latter alternative. The North bchold-
ug in her uni VI Mer destruction, takes coun-
sci Of the great modern political Eu>culapius.
The Soufh must Gr driicd; and for the nc.
complSnmcnt of this great and nria''ous end,
her srninrs must be attached, must be bought
/ over
1t is useless to experiment upon CarolInas 5
sons The soil uhtrh produces II Hiyn', &"
/ .HrDufr. Caitoun, iS noi rong'nth 10 M
grou1h If hduors. lli>SissippiiS is selected, and
they succeed. Clay and ro"' retire Into the a-
boraiory of the great sorcrrrr i'll which too ma
ny mixtures have been cnnj"uudrd tor the
unhappy South. They remain days and nights
in their mystic ccll--rvcntuay y, they appear
with the portion that i, to do the deed its col.
or and taste have undergone change. What
ingredient have these political mOuntcbanks
added, which has So transmitted the whole dp-
prdrdnce OF the poisonous draus Int Hear, ye
sages of the land aud do hunlaye to superior
wlsdom-a HHie rnarSe bropn ,ugar IN he
! shnpe Of "FUguire > are b., hatn acnlcvcd
this wnlIdrr of wnndrrs. .tnd nrw. >r IT,.
sratr rmurnuiiny CAroIi.i.tn>, in nir icHi'", and
We lmnahItIut, ul the world aud tir rest ul
uElnhiud' III general, in this drc"c,l'n, tne re-
suit at uilnisnl toll a"d patriotic Labor, Drlr!I
tn" grand IrIuarra (not l"wu,rnd,l tor Inr
valluu, nlaladics of Il diseased body polite.
Alas. this trick Ul sorcerv proves sucrrSs:nI.
Georgia guI ps it down with N>l and cXrdns,
huw drIigntul Others swallow II with SumIr
SHOW of dissatisfaction, while South Carolina
presents the proud spectacle Of 'rrsI,Iny Ill ncr
refusal To Iuar thecoHttnts OF the accursed cnp.
Laying metaphor aud irony aside, ASK, wa-
not the South twelve muniI> ~" unamlnole
in the opinion, that the fimr i'" rr--rInrr hat
arirrd Who protested mo>i i"",IH against
the laundering legislation -! III" I"nSirH> be-
fore tnr last Not South t..rnIna-ior II Is
i fact Of nl,pmtahl,' n"tofIrty' that her q"'''
tudr at that time WAS Il matter ol surprise I"
n,auv, aud not Il few feared tnat Il w"rIul Change