Semi-weekly Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1851-1852, 1852-01-16

lures. pursuits and dispositions are the antpodes
of ours!
The extraordinary attention that kossuth has met
with, the magnificent levees, the unbounded ad-
miraton and applause which has everywhere met
his ear is enough to turn the head of any mortal
man. lie is emf haticaly the king Of hons, and
ifthese extraordinary manifestations do not affect
him, he is good proof The speech of Kossuth at
the great Congressional dinner on the 7th inst.
shows him to be an able man. He is cautious,
and will no doubt prudently avoid any course
which would indicate interference with our nsti-
utions. His manner OF speech, or raher his
matter is such as is we'll calculated to arouse the
sympathy of the psople of this country in his be-
half Buthow he is to derive any practical good
from our sympathy we are at loss to discover.
He is mistaken, if he really supposes that there
are no ArnoIds left in our country. 1t is poetry
only when the noble Magyr says: 8" dare conf
IDENTIFY affirm, that in your great country, there
exists not single man through whose brains has
ever passed the thought that he would wish to
raise the seat Of his ambition upon the ruins Of
your country's liberty, if he could. Such wish is
impossible in the United States" He is greatly in
error-there are tens of thousands who would, to-
morrow, sacrifice their country's good to secure
theirs own elevation. Men are to be found eve
rywhere, who entertain such principles-there
are bought men all over the country-men who
have sold themselves into the hands oftyrants.-
Kossuth says: at is in the garden OF centraliza-
cation who're the venomous plant of ambition
thrives." If he can find government which is
becoming central and consolidated faster than
ours, we would like to know it. 1t is the very
garden Of centraization' ITSELF and we have the
very essence of the plant which grows therein
every day so pro!usely expressed at tie great ma
tiona distillery, that it seems almost impossible
for any man, however honest he may be at home,
to come in contact with its influence there with
out becoming contaminated. The allurements of
office, and the applause of the multitude, have
charm for those who are not made of the sternest
stuff Our country will soon have but little to
distinguish it from any other, unless the right kind
Of Intervention at home takes place We believe
time will show the bloodest picture yet in the book
vi io'e, PeoPie vi 'iIe SOutlie!H Stdios
prove true to themselves. The immense tide of
emigration to this country has completely turned
the elements against us. The promiscuous crowds
which have and are daily swelling the Northern,
Western, and even Middle and Southern portions
of our country, are calculated to exert very un-
happy and fatal influence against the peace and
perpetuity of our Institutions.
We believe common justice would dictate that
the better course for the people of this country to
pursue is, 10 look at home, and remedy the evils
here, before they attempt to extend aid to stran-
gers-dealing in abstract nciples-whilst at our
very doors such inequalities and evils exist We
have no objection 10 Kossuth receiving all the at
cnton which the infatuated people OF the North
are disposed to give him, and if their sympathy
can do him any good, we will not deny him that
bat, as for the government of the United States
intervening between two nations as far off as Hun
gary and Austria, it seems rather ridiculous If
the Government desires TO exercise this right, Gf
it be rgh) why not practice first on Spain, and
do something for poor Thrasher! Let liz be just
and fear not-ask nothing but what is right and
submit to nothing which is wrong-let charity
first begin at home.