The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-10-11

who favor your village rs the site for tho new College.
Certainly they did not subscribe Tor the Temperance
Advocate to be made the vehicle or instrument OF con-
travclng their views and defeating their interests on
this point. would like the editor to tell us by what
authority he is thus using paper entrusted to him for
a far difercut purpose + believe it is the first time
since its existence that the paper has been diverted
from the end for Which it established. !: there
fore hope that the editor will not only satisfy the pub
lie on this point but that he will adduce his mighty
arguments and numerous instances" for which
called in my last"
We answer the above something after this fashion
The first article upon this subject was written origin
ally for the Camden Journal but was copied into the
Temperance Advocate, not however, to divert that
paper "from its legitimate purpose" which, it seems,
Fair Play" is the only one who has had the wisdom,
or penetration of making the discovery If an editor
is not allowed to express his individual preferences
ON" any subject he had better quit. Such is, at least
our notion; and when the constituted authorities or
those who patronize the paper are dissatisfied with our
expressions of individual preferences" We are willing
to play quits Fair Play is selfish in addition to his
uniairness He ought to recoect that there are two
sides to this question, and other friends OF the cause
throughout the State" who subscribe for the Temper
promotion of temperance as he is, or any OF his
friends who are also interested in the location OF this
College-but not at Spartanburg To our temperance
friends throughout the State well as those at Spar
anburg we beg leave to say, that we do not DESIRE
nor have we desired, to make the Temperance AdVo'
cate vchice or instrument" for 'contravenipg" any
bodys 'views," or defeating any ones interests -
1t is not our ode of doing business and we have no
need of the Advocate as vehclc or instrument" for
our individual uses, or expressions OF Individual pre-
dections We have paper of our own, and hereat'
ter will conduct our controversies with Fair Play
upon this subject, in that paper entirely: we are
asked with all the dignity and solemnlty whic'
could possibly attach 10 momentous question, by
what authority are we using paper entrusted 10 us
for far different purpose?" In other words what bu'
siness have we to express opinion upon any other
subject than that Of Temperance. We answer our in
terrogator that we do it on our own Individual per-
sonal "authority We deny shat the paper has been
diverted from the end for which it was established,
and even if it had been we do not acknowledge an
unknown newspaper scribbler as the one to whom we
are IRRESPONSIBLE Neither do recognize the demands
of the public on This point" for satisfaction, as worthy
of reply when the demand is made by some great Crl'
kno,on in the shape of anonymous writer through
another paper We have this to say-that if ''Fair
Play" or any one else is dissatisfied with our course,
they can withdraw their patronage at any moment 1t
is matter of supreme indifference to us how or when
it is DONE Talk about patronagel We don't want.
Tor do we need any mans patronage, who gives it re-
luctanty. Keep yourtwo dollars at home.