Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1852-1852, 1852-02-24
IFacM THE SPEECHES OF EoasuTH.
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!:-o. u invoked bu. III behalf q; justice and
right.
ANYTHING which an honest man woaIi do, Is,
cf cou!S2, not 20 bc considered * hieFif, DNt
si!n,ly as duty.
The freedom ii the Pres, ob2 a practical one,
must Ue q coniaon benefit to ai:--el*e it Is I'D
freedom, but q privilege. :,
However the void may think Of It, should
not think the rAaa sound at heart, agail'st whom
the world has rot something to say.
I consider that it is on instruction and rt:ucl-
tom that the future security ard direction oi the
destiny Of every nation, chiefly and fundamental
~ rcst.
Gentlemen. would rather starvo than r"lv,
for myself and family. on foreign aid; but, for
nv countrv's freedom. | would not be ashamed
to BEG from door 10 door.
The cause Of freedom is identified with tn"
dnstinies Of humanity, ard in whatever part OF
tie world it gains ground by and iy Will be 4
conn.on cain 10 Ill tl!oS" who desire It,
1t is requisite TO belong to people to under
stand its whole lie as nation, and ltS Gco%raphi
cal. political and social condition and relations,
IN order t. say what should be done for it.
love nv native land. incSprcssibly, bound!css-
". f.rvcntlv i love It more than life more than
iapr mess; love it more in its gloomy suffer
in.:s than would in It's pr1udaSt, happicSt days.
1t was he himself your greet Washington,
who rot ONLY accepted, but asked. again and 4
gain, foreign a:d-torcign help, for the support
Of that common law Of mankind, III respect 20
youH own independence.
Practical aid in accomplishing those wishes
which had the honor Yesterday to express. will
be hospitality given to the principle of freedom
hospitality to my dowN-trodden but not bro
ken native land-hosp:tal;ty given to EuFopes
oppressed nations.
If that sovereign right Of nations were no COM
mon public law Of mankind, then Your own IN
danand,nt existence would be 70 matter Of
ryhr, bat only a matter Of fact, which might be
subject to whatever chances Of power and Of vio
lcucc.
beg YOU to take to heart one maxim, which
for raySclf have ever Observed and ever shall;
It i. never to say more than is necessary. The
uyspokcn word mover does harm, but what is
once uttered cannot be recalled, and no man can
foresee its consequences.
That Is Z necessary thing for E2ropc to learn
from America, that great standing armies must
cease: but they can only cease when the nations
are free, because the great standing armies are
not national institutions They arc the instru-
mants OF d"spotsm and the ambition Of tyrantS
The man who has done anything to achieve
a better fate for humanity, or who has had the
honor to attempt and suffer in behalf Of freedom
ought to thank God, in whose providence he has
been found worthy Of working for th" principles
Of freedom and the soIidity Of nations.
am a curious specimen Of the whins Of Fat".
Nv ncIiaations have always drawn ne towards
TRANQUILITY and retired, unknown, u2r2narked
private life But duty has pushed me on, and |
believe that it is the destiny, that is the most sa-
cred duty Of every man, not to look to his own
inclina:ions ard affections, when tn" great caust'
Of humanity and the great cause Of tatherlaEd
call to action.
The development of the life Of nations toward
a definite end is strictly practical question. l
have never in my life said that this Or this is the
last term and aim of development; but | have
said to myself, and to Others that the duty ofthe
statesman is to observe men and circumstances
as they are, and not to lay upon them any ideal
or theoretical standard, but to do with them
what is possible.
know that in your hands, gentlemen, the In
dependent Republican Press is Il weapon, but a
weapon to defend truth and Justice and not to
offend: it is no screen to hide, no snutfcrs to cy
tingush the light but torch lit at the fire Of
immortality, spark of which is gistening in
every mans soul, to prove its divine origin; a
torch which YOU WELD loftily and high to spread
light with it 70 thc most lonely regions Of hu-
Inanity.
Policy is not the science Of principles, but Of
cxigencies and that principles are, Of course, by