Semi-weekly Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1851-1852, 1851-07-18

them cat all hazard and to every cXtremi'ys
Out of the blood, tie toll, and the treasure OF
the States has our independence been achieved,
and onr Government been erected. We took
it a pulling and newborn habe-lt has grown
mn into A vigorous manhood. We cherished it
n rckety child-it has become champion,
monarch, master, aud atyrant. We protect
ed its infancy through iii the storms OF war-
its cradle was rocked ny the dying struggles OF
patriots-lts infancy sustained by the generous
blood of soverei gn States, until! spuTnlng tie
lap that nurtured it, it rose like Il young Her
cules from his swaddiing clothes, to slranyIe its
nurse and to perpctrate palricide. We took 1t
a cold and senseiess asp 10 our bosom, Until,
animated by its warmth, il ias stung--nay, II
has poisoned aud corrupted the generous heart
that nestled it. 'Ne planted it Il mnsiar> tthe
least of ally seed, and watcred it with Cur blood
anu our affections. until it h;s grown to great
herb. and the unclean birds Of tie air have lodg-
ed and brooded and nestled therein" We es-
tablished it ior our general and political wei
fare, but it has usurped Il domestic ana spirit
ual dominion, and claims to possess the right,
as well as feel the obligation, OF e%rnrgating us
of the sin Of slavery. Il came . stranger,
poor, and hungry, and naked, serEins oar aid
and hospitality: bu! when warmed hy cur fire.
sides, cIothed hv oar bounty, and strengthened
Ev our GOOD cheer, i ir@i,ird the hcS:. moAoDo-
lied the hcartks1one, dismissed car servants,
and appropriated our property. Il aniro*ched
us with the mock humility Of the Ratchet in the
fable, which bescught CT the wood little stick,
(bnt !. little stick it askcd,l to make for ltscl
helve, AS its sharp edge would otherwise hc Use
less. So modest 4 request. and SO small ii.
.vor, the forest thought it would be unrcasona-
bic not to comply with. But no SCORER was
the hatchet armed with its handle, than the trees
began to fall, the forest disappeared, the shade
was succeeded by the sunshine. the rloushshare
uprootei the bosom of the earth, and the fruits
OF the soil took the place Of natures prlneval
planting.
And thus it IS, fe!low-cliyens, that We now
stand related to this loundling Of State charity
this being of our creat!on-this unnatural
ssfonster Of our own care and nursing. We
have supported It in three perilous wars with
our blood and with oar treasure-.we have
made it rich and strong BY endowments OF both
land and money; we have glven it territories
vaster Thy half than its original limits; aud 1t
has not only layishly distributed them to others,
to our utter and special exclusion, tut co!l"er-
ted them into dens and places of refuge for our
plundered property. We have paid r1orc than
two-tbirds of its enormous debts, incurred mol
onlv against our reinoustrance and our coiih-
sells, but by a system of proficiency, corruption
and extravagance that might well justify the
most scrupulous honor III repudIaiing We nave
contributed more than two-thirds to its forty
millions of rpve:;ae; we have betrayed all It's
lavish expenditures, even while condemning and
reprobatng them; we have submitted to taxi-
ton, while her very proceeds ere even now as
once before, appropriated 10 "rA mythi"ons
aud prepare foEtrcsse3 !or cur enhancement and
destruction; we have borne this onerous IN"
unequal burden from the profits of our slave
labor, and, satiated with taxing, they now
threaten to take away, and, like Pharaoh OF Old,
deprive us of the straw, while they stii! !ena"d
the same tale Of brick; and YET we still cling
70 a union with them. Still We clasp, We feed,
we pamper, and nestle in the warm bos"a!s,
and nurture with the generous blood of these
sovereign States, the ingrate, the monster, and
the parricide. Yes, still we hug the can: still
we kiss the rod; still we suffer, endure; and
yet we cherish, and ionGie, and coniitc III It.
Yes:
'Though a .nonS;e: Ci hiGenrs rtlen,
As 10 be hated. needs bat 10 bC seen;
But seen 900 oil, F..;i.iilsr with l;s face.
We first endure, thsn pity, then eihh7ace.'
Is it not well 10 pause in this procilvitE to
the consummntion of our ruin IS it not wei!
to consider the peril Of submission, or acqries,
cenee in the wrongs and eyactions like thes"
Is it not well to reflect cvcn in lis worse aspect
whether we should bear the iu:o!crable ills we
have, or resolutely rush to end them
Huw stands the matter between rs and this
confcderacv! What are our relations, what
arc our rights: what are opr duties iud what is
our redress.
For the purposes Of con!onon defence anG
general welfare only We consented to institute
this government by a written compact with the
other severe; ms Of this uuou, and by winch
each of the parties reserved To isell the r9ht
Of secession hereafter, by virtue OF Me same
authority Nv which they accedcd to il then.
To guard against constructive power. it spec.
ficslly stated that all powers not granted iii the
Consultation were reserved TO the s;iatcs
The government, therefore. can possess or
exercise no power which it has not derived
from that compact; and is. by th" preservation
of all other powers to the States" As expressly
nrohibitcd. rs it would seem, from substituting
it's own construction ol' the constitution itself.
But how comports its practice with
these clear and obvious restrictions Oh It's
.L..;t,2 Why when we rlaim tl,a intprnnSi.