The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-03-15
Aa0gitscE,is:m iis Y:sse, College.

qucnt letter, in which he vindcates the South
from the calumlics Of the abolitiouis,s, who
seem to lave become newly inspired with the
spirit Of evil since the publication o Mrs.
Stnw's infamous book. In the course of his
letter he liscloscS IL nortfyins state of things
in Old Yale which will not fail to attrat the
attention Of those snnthernrrS who hay, sent
or contemplate sending their sons to that insti-
tuition. The writer says:
| shall now, sir, close this communication
by considering another agency to which nave
but hinted--an agency more powerful than at
first sight might appear. and with whose as
sduouS employment in this unholy crusade,
am satisfied the country ut large is but mler.
fectly acquainted, and which indeed may lot
be fully appreciated by men, even of tie
North. This agency is your College. Mt
wthstandiug the effort put forth by your
clergy, your literati, your daily press, ymr
quarterlies: and monthlcs, to bring odilm
upon the South and her institutions, it has GEN
orally been thought that a healthy national
conservatism existed in Your institutions of
learning. The Southr"n, believing that Aey
afforded facilities superior, in some respects,
to those OF his own section. and, besides W sh.
ing ky observation and travel to expand his
sons mind, has patr"nized your schuols and
colleges, not dreaming that these too have be-
come infested with the prevalent hostility to
his section. Now what are the facts? Since
the enactment OF the "Fugi,ive Slave Law
reports from several of the more prominent
colleges and universities in New England have
been published, purporting to give expression
of their views upon this hw-and Invariably
in opposition to it,.
TO but one College in New England has
of late been accorded the honor of being na-
tlonal. Yale, alone has enjoyed this reputation;
and the scores of Southern names upon her
catalogue show how general has been, and is
yet, this beliefthrough the Southern States
But does Yale foster that sound, national con-
scrvatism, for which her authorities have the
credit! No one has heard Of public gather
ings of students here to denouncc ex.cathedra,
Slavery and the Fugitive Slave Law. 1t is
true, the subject has been discussed at tines.
but always on such occasions, and under such
circumstances, as to implicate in no respect,
the opinions of the Faculty. But, within the
last few months, Yale has caught the infection
and now raises her official hue and cry against
Slavery, as al "unjust institution" and does
reverence to the supremacy of the "hisher
law'-not, indeed. through public channels,
but through the professional chair, she seeks
to iustil into the minds of the youth entrusted
to her care, a deteStalion for the institution of
Slavery, a contempt for those who sustain it,
and hostility to the Constitution which sane
tions it. For the truth Of these statements, |
submit the following facts:
At the conclusion Of the reading of ''dis.
pntes," few weeks since, before the President
of the College by members ofthc Senior Glass,
upon the subject of the acquisition Of Cuba.
(all of the disrutants save one having taken
strong negative grounds, and chiefly because
Of the increase OF slaves and slave tcrlitory,)
the President expressed himself, in substance,
as follows: Il Lavc several objections to
nr4.A . a.rainst the measures" and ;tft"r citiun
our treaty obligations with Spain, and other
considerations not necessary here to repeat, he
continued but waiving all these objections,
and s'lpposng the Cubans, by their own acts,
to have established an independent govern
ment; to be possessed OF full powers to dis
pose Of hemselves-ncvrrthrIess should they
desire to be incorporated into our ConedcTa-
cy, should oppose the measure So long as it
involved the necessity of bringing us more
slaves There is, said he in conclusion, ga
deep seated conviction on this subcc of sla-
very throughout large class, who have hith-
erto, for the sake of peace, acquiesccd in lcgis-
tive enactmcnts but who if they are to be
forced farther against their convictions, will
spring all agitation such as this country has
never experienced. For my own part, (said
hey rather than Cuba, with her slaves should
be annexed to this country, should oppose
the measure-even TO the dissolution Cf the
Union -
Said a Professor, not long since, to New
England Student, during a conversation which
happened to turn on Mrs. Stoves book-""l
have lived in Georgia, as q teacher, and can
bear witness to its truthfulueSS from my own
observation" Again, in series of lectures,
now in course Of delivery before the Senior
Class, by the Prcsident-upon the "Orisin of
Rights, and the duties Of States s'-hc has TAX
ell especial pains to dwell upon the "umnslicc
of Slavery" and our Obligations to a "hisher
law' lii order to bring the subject before
the great body ofthc students, he has within
the last week, in connection with Professor
in the law Department, given as question
for prize debate before one Of the Societies
''Ought the Fugitive Slave Law to be Obeyed?"
he has also taken occasion to congratulate
hinseIf upon the inetlicieucy Of this law; and
to express his Indifference rs to the time when
the tna crash may come, which shall deter.
mine whether or not this is to be free gov
ernmebt.
In what, now, consists ialc's further claims
to nationlty-of which her friends, every
where have so long boaSted! What cord of
sympathy cr interest is left to biud her hun.
drcds Of Southern alumni, who have looked
ba X with pleasure and pride to their College