Semi-weekly Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1851-1852, 1851-08-19

7tHeiiiaiI oTalor OF q similar subject. Nc
:; my countrymen, it can never be to your re
proach that you have braved dangers and dealt
tor the liberty and safety of all Greece. No,
swear 1t, ny those generous souls of ancien
, times, who were exposed at Marathon! b,
those who encountered the Persian feet at Sa
: larhs, who fought al Artemisium! by all those
illustrious sons at Athens, whose remains lie
deposited in the public inonuments.ps
We swear, in like manner, by our common
fathers. by our sacred rights and interests, and
by all the hallowed associations that link to-.
gether our destinies the brave and generous
E'people Of the South can never reproach as for
boldly encouRtering danger for Southern liber.
ty. No! impossible. Let us begin with vigor
| on our'part; then call on the other States
[ conciiiate, and exhnrt them. This is due to our
dignity as a sovereign Statc.+ 3.
But how could the Southern States regard
tine struggle between South Carolina and the
General Government, as arising without
causes" Have not they themselves solennly
declared and reiterared, that the South has been
grievously wrongeds Have they not, in their
calm moments, said, that these wrongs call for
resistance by the South "at all hazards and to
the last extremityP7 These States have sur.
passed South Carolina in the boldness of their
language against Northern aggressions; AID,
though hindered by unfortunate party dissen.
slons from giving effect to their solemn declara.
tlons OF resistance, with what consistency or
Justice could they deem the struggle of South
Carolina without cause when this State would
be but carrying out their own predetermined
resolutionsl ~ ~ . L
But it is admitted, on all hands. sooner or Ia.
er this contest is inevitable. Georgia eten
ays, she is only awaiting certain other wrongs, i
which she fully expects to receive, to move her c
o resistance. And who imagines that Nor. J
hern taHaticism can be checked except by con-.
uls'on or fotces Is it morally possible there
1re that the Southern States can be lncensed a
INST soatns1 sssaIipa for boldly struggling in 81
ause' which thes'%Sl saQnly declared to te
just and righteoussand Which M "a few years o.
look upon as inevtables The katural and
relations subsisting between the Axarious CO
thern Suites, and the nature of the cont2SAo. q
y now between the North and the South, .l.s, -,
~ negative any such conclusion. Such YOU
duct would, in our judgment, be contrary :, ="
eason and experience. Z, 40 = ~. - Z"
ut further. The Southern States, far from new n
sslas baft 5afnssH5s aH5s qx4ssd @ the eon.es.
e power of these States by their combined mp,
is in Congress, to prevent any struggled chez
0 believes that if as body, Southern men, to b
in Congress, should sternly resist coercion uish
he General Government, that force would tdilo
mployed! Should the North, against the
onstrances of the whole South, forcibly re. r
the secession Of South Carolina-what :, -
Id be the inevitable result The certain ~ 'e-'
sudden dissolution of this Union. The '''e',
theru States, therefore, hold this issue com. Ue.o
,ly in their own power and knowing and heve
ng that the cause we espouse is just; that S"e
wrongs, to redress which prompts T.,
action, are grievous and severe; and that ~; ~;
State has the right, for causes deemed by M eH"'
efficient; peaceably to withdraw from the 'o'
they could never regard South Caro-. y iy!. y
as inroIring them in contest with the Ger WV, w."
Government "without cause" Unless by ra,h'
most strange Inconsistency and suicide pol. ers
they will consider themselves identified with pen,
this great ISSUE Those States will rem ,.: '"e
us aid, and at no distant day, join US in ia,,o Wn
hern Confederacy. They certainly with , "".
all aid and sympathy from the Govern. ,'n, n"v'
in its attempts at coercion. II would be ~; lcee
y '.o ,;',,,, oanoh, os ,,v other sadn
''pp forth
II, in OF
III Carolina in this contest as actuated by nnre
tlous ana seinsh ",o,Hes' " 70 ":"0 abov
ncevable TO indulge such belief is to rnld
poor opinion OF the spirit and lntel. tbun
.e of the Southern people, or to take very tho ,
rfca view of the Southern cause. ln that tbe ;
e, AS we are led to regard it, are involved of o,
t and everlasting principles, which lie at t,l
potion of Southern freedom and safety fnl O
sorereisnty and independence of the ind- chad
al States-the Institution Of slarcry-the Stan,
'ct of tarniion: these are the watch-words that
e Southern camp On these issues, rest subs
al in all of the Southern States. 10 main. ro,
them to the utmos. of our strength, with on;s
blood and our treasure, is an imperative du- t;mo
o neglect which, is to involve ourselves in sb,ll
Ital
he other Southern States feel the growing
,rtance of these issues. They know they E
never give in to the ascendancy OF North ry,
,ower, without losing their freedom and in thou
ndence; without giving up their institution butt
avery; without snbiecting themselves to care
,dious system of tax ,tion that knows no enjo
ids of exaction, but the measure OF pro- but .
ion without, in word, creating for them nun
IS; wretched state OF bondage, that has no sing
He'll except in Russian serfdom or Mexican an u
aoe. Az .'.' direc