Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1852-1852, 1852-03-02
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Southern Eyi22 ;G:Ess3.

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er than to those between indNji"""'-;','1 W
hold that, with TIL; understanding OF ttn eA-
preston, nothing Is ROW Of graatcr| Importance
to Southern Interests tian The hu>'a,.s .: cement
Ing these same Southern iHenIe:.tP. -Ho' can can
any more pEa!5e-WortilT ei!"'t cEl:A ~" .'"' ~
tuotS attention than one having III VI" '''',
most d@>lritie end
Ihe States OF the South, aIthougii ">'i':''''
separated bT territorial lines H"' '' l''F''.'I''
are st! identified ":ti each other more 'a?r-
oughly tlFI" any o;"cT eohiMNnitl>S "''c! l'''
world has ever i""Wii. As mas been oxen
and truly .,.d, they ar h3Und toEe'hcr by Tie
strongest and most th'iil3@ tg' al }r't'lS ''.!''
OF interest. They have the *;;.il; r'r&., IN the
failure, and tAas t!:tW nope" a;r >!nlt;'T--!i''
sam" household privileges - "2a.d and pr1'erT",
and thus III" ambition "i "He ! that oi ait-i:'"
sam. soc..ii advantages 10 ulaoid ad ln"'nia'l'
and tAus the interest Of one IS that oi Ill. Snc''
being the laws OF attraction continually operating
upon them, 1t = ind@-d s'iil r>!'ig ,'Ht tA'$
should e"2r i to move tog1tnc! III nS2!r; co:@&''l
upon any and every great question of AmHTic@n
policy. HAT New "rk and Georgia sii"u.d
pull in opposite directions is no cause OF wonder;
(Soon lndc@! the woAdtr wall be that they pau
together at a!!.l Hut that Georgia and South
carolina Should ever be at 'ariai!c@ OF: any esS''-
t'i lo!At IS almost Ill a0'Vrd't!. 1e' II i ""I
ina! 'ilcHe very ''''Ss la'e d':eu' ''ii'S "'''l
aSail', on questions oecp'y 'Elec'"s 'ls"'r ''S'
VITA! interests.
In searching tor the cause: which have i'tl -
this singular cnstrangemcnt, We find two princ!-
nal winch
having brought about this result. One IS the
Malcstrom influence OF the National psEtT dvIS-
ions. The other Is a morbid jealousy, WAlri! has
usurpcd the place OF that generous rivalry "nich
should exist between nejglborlng and kindred
sisters.
By eFal!cat!ng th:s latter cause, We will have
gone far towards correcting the toImer. 10
achieve both should be the heartfelt wish Of eve
ry Southcrner-and, next to his religious and do
mestic duties, this great object should receive
his constant and earnest consideration. tshou!d
be one Of the chief purposes Of the Legislator,
ever present TO the minds CT those VINO have
charge Of the Press, ard food for reflection to
every intelligent citizen b. the quiet oI his own
hearth stone.
In South Carolina, there las heretofore existed
decidedly ciainish sp!ritand, to say the truth
we have been among those who have encouraged
it. Because, although We are well aware that it
WIS f.el;pr somewhat akin to s,lf,hnoSs. Vet
We thourht a certain degree Of it necessary to
keep alive that proud spirit Of inIarcndcnco.
which was want to characterize our people Blu,
1851 has come and gone, leaving lis painfully
sensible Of the truth that our State 10 longer
prctends to the spirit Of by-gone days. And
now We are disposed to say fling clanni,hnc>S -
the docs" Inasmuch as is ONLY virtue has fled,
let us rid ourselves also Of * attendant evils BY
banishing !! from our thoughts forever. IN l.
place, 1T Us tUstc: that more cH!arr.l Southern
pride-those more comprehensive views oi South
crn atfillation upon which we are now instructed
to depend as the only efficient safeguard Of ri.h-
ar Southern or States Rights. We t"rn tro:l
IT, ''old love" to tho ''naH' with les Of sorrow
than We at first anticipated; because, wnIe there
BY bidding adiau 10 an emotion associated with
some Of the lnaSt brilliant "reminiscences OF Tie
old Carolina State" We are comi"r"d ~ th"
belief that what is lost to cur peculiar fame may
Yet be attoned for by our modest ye; untt:?g
exertions in the common Southern cause. The
first step towards this work t!ten, We repeat,
should he to throw of that now use"$, g''rh OF
clan-isrn and thus take away one caHsc OF tic
Jealousy which has been cngcndorod towards E'
among some Of our Southern St:tes.
Then let Us open the door at eyary proper
time and in every becoming manner to the III
crease and strengthening: Of th9@" friendly rtia-
tiOuS which should. and perhaps will. at no dis