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

fiiled tn accomplish the end Tor which 1t was
designed, we are therefore ready and milling,
and feel it to be our duty TO oahdraw frum it.
= Lancaster Resolution, adopted Oct 1850.
MEssRs. EptroRs: Without assuming to
myself any great degree OF political knowledge,
for al; no politician, and laying claim to only
small share of common sense, venture, in
the exercise Of a right aceruing to me, as free
and independent citizen of a free and indepen-
dent State, to give farther expression OF my
opinions in relation to those political matters,
which at this time engross the public mind; and
in the issue Of which, | consider every individ.
| nal member Of the community TO bs fearfully'
aud deeply involved. He who has devoted che
least attention TO =" the espassing events Of the
day." cannot fail to perceive that our political
sky is black aud lowering with clouds, which
too plainly portend the coming; Storm. The
muttering thunder and vivid lightning are dis
tinctly to he heard and seen in the distance,
and should admonish Us, as wise people, to
prepare for the worst, ere We fallvictims to the
relentless fury of the blast, and are swept away
] as with I" the bosom of destruction"
| View the not as a nervous and timid prog
nosticator of evil, when say to you in all sin.
cerity 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-
sents itself to the mind Of every citizen, upon
the altar of whose heart there burns glimmer-
ing spark Of that patriotic fire, which cbeered
aud animated our forelathers in the day which
'tried mems souls" and bore them victoriously
and triumphantly through the ordeal Of the
American Revolution Hop can best serue
my State in this her day of trial and Of need?
| Before we can arrive at u correct conclusion in
reference to that line of conduct, which duty
and patriotism would indicate, we must reflect
well upon the past aud the present., with their
relative bearings on the future. Permit me
then to ask, what is the position of South Ca
rolina at this time in the eyes of the world, and
what are the circumstances attendant upon her
occupation of that positionl 1t must be ad.
mitted on all hands, thatthe position occupied by
her is one OF open hostility to the people Of the
North, and ofantoed resistance to the pastlegisia
ton OF reckless and unprinciple majority in the
councils of the Nation. "'ihe rubieon has
been passed." and she mast ndrdnce tn tue face.
of all consequences, or fail back into state o
disgracefm rasslagr and Of infamous bon
dage. Disguise it rs we may, this IS the real
altitude, the true position Of South Carolina at
this time. have not the inclination, il you had
the patience to bear with the recital, to enter in
to All elaborate detail OF the foul wrongs and
oppressive exactions, which for years have been
in gradual course Of imtictiUn upon the pa
tient and torbedring South. The catalogue is
long, black and sickening: at its conteinpla-
ton humanity shudders and patriotism weeps"
the cup of oppression has been filled to the
brim, aud she must 'Irain its dregs, or dash it
from her lips with disdain and contempt. A
short time since and she seemed determined up
on the latter alternative. The North behold
ing in her uni,n their destruction, takes coun-
sci of the great modern political Eusculapus.
The South must be divided; and for the &C.
complishment Of this great and netarious end,
her sentinels must be attacked, must he bought
over.
1t is useless to experiment upon Cardinals
sons. The soil rhich produces a Hayne, a
McDu6fe. d Calhoun, is not congeaiA TO The
grouth Of traitors. Mississippi is selected, and
they succeed, Clay and Foots retire into the la
bora,ory of the great sorcerer, in which too ma
ny mixtures have been compounded for the
unhappy South. They remain days and nights
in their mystic cell--eventually, they appear
with the portion that is to do the deed-its col.
or and taste have undergone change. What
ingredient have these political mountebanks
added, which has so transmitted the whole ap-
psaramce OF the poisonous draught! Hear, W
sages of the land and do homage to superior
wisdoln-a Htic course broDn sugar in The
sh1pe o a "Fugaiue S'ane Biz" hath achieved
this wonder OF wonders! And now, We in.
CRATE, n,urmuring Caroliuiaus, in par icaldr, aud
w inhabitants OF 1.-The world and the rest of
mankind" in general, in this decociom, the re-
suit OF midnight toll aud patriotic labor, behold
the grand panacea - not IOwnsend's) for the
various nlaladies of a diseased body polite.
Alas! this trick Of sorcery proves successful.
Georgia gulps it down with zest and exclailns,
how delightful Others swallow it with some
show of dissatisfaction, while South Carolina
presents the proud spectacle of persisting in her
refusal to quaf the contents Of the accursed cup
Laying metaphor and irony aside, ask, was
not the South twelve months ago unanimous
in the opiuion, that the time for resistance had
arriredi Who protested most loudly against
the plunderiug Legislation of the Congress be-
fore the last I Not South Carolina-ior it Is
fact of indisputablc notoriety, that her qule-
tude at that time was a matter OF surprise to
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