The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-05-02
The Treaty with Mexico.

= The Treaty with Mexico. IS
: Upon receiving. intelligence Of the rejecaion.
of this treaty 'b1y'sthe Senate, the Richmond
Enquirer induIged in the following reflections,
which seem tolus to be characterized by wis
dom and patriotism: -.7 2
"The rejection Of the Gadsden treaty, what.
ever be its defects Of detail, is calamity to the
country. Nobody who comprehends the scope
and effect of the treaty will dispute this propo.
stiop, unless it be some restless filibnster
who, impatient of,the: slow progress of natural
decay, would anticipate the inevitable destiny
Of Mexico by conquest and forcible annexation.
The Gadsdeu treaty accommodated the matters
in dispute between the United States and the
government of Mexico, and fixed the relations
Of the two countries on stable basis offriend-
ship and good neigbborhood. The defeat of
the treaty again rouses. the antipathy OF race
and nationality, provokes collision of hostile
interests and conflicting claims, and renders. q
war with Mexico imminent, if not inevitable.
"The dispute between the governments of
Mexico and the United States in regard to the,
MesilIa valley was suspended by the negotia.
ton which preceded the G,,dsden treaty; and
the miscarriage of every attempt to adjust the.
difficulty necessarily revives and aggravates it.
Each government will, of course, hasten to pro.
tect its rights and thas collision of force will
almost inevitably occur We cannot believe
that Mr. Pierce will be so regardless of the in.
terests of the country as quietly to surrender
the Mesilla valley to the possession ofa hostile
army. The territorysis ours justly and legal
ly; American citizens have settled upon it
with the sanction of the government, and they
must be protected against the violence of an
adversary claimant. 1t is true that by the
2lst article Of the treaty Of Guadalupe Hidal-
60 provision is made for the arbitration ofanY
dispute between the respective parties of the
boundary commission; but this does not pre-
clude the right Of each government to take
measures for the protection of the rights of its
citizens. Under these circumstances, the most
trivial incident may at any moment involve US
in war with Mexico"
The PAssovER-Th feast Of Unleaved
Bread, one of the principal rites of the He.
brews, has been commemorated in our city du.
ring the present week. This feast, says the
Baltimore Sun, has been observed by the Is.
raelites since the days of Egyptian bondage,
and was. instituted to commemorate the provi.
dental escape of the Hebrews from Egypt,
when God smote the first born of that people
and passed over the houses of the Israltcs and
marked the lintels and door posts with the
blood of the Paschal Lamb. 1t was originally
celebrated on the first full moon of the Jewish
year, from the 18th to the 2lst of the month
Nissan, answering to the latter days of March
aud the first days Of April. Before the cap.
tivity of the Israelites it was called Abb and
afterwards Nissan. During the least which
continues for eight days, unleavened bread on
| ly is used. This was the principal festival of
the Jews, and was typical of the death Of
Christ for the salvation of the world. Though
the ceremonies are now somewhat different
from the original feast, in the main they are the
same and are regarded with great respect by
those protesting the Jewish faith throughout
the world. -Sauannah Courier.
Mating AND DIsTILLAT1oN-Ther were
consu ned for these purposes in the United
States, in the year ending June 1850, 2,l44,:
900 bushels of rye, 3,7S0,000 bushels of bar
lev, and l / 100000 bushels of Indian corn; in
, ali 1924, 900 bushels of food, nutritious for
| both man and beast And there were manu-.
factured the same year 100000 gallp ofin.
toxcating liquors, ale and distilled spirits. New
York alone produced 645,000 barrels of ale
more than any other State, and one.third
ofthe whole quantity made in the Union. No
valid objection can be made to the distillation
and sale of spirits for medical and mechanical
purposes. But so far as these liquors are pro.
duced and sold as a beverage, so far the whole
business is unnecessary, injurious, and indefen.
sible. Every bushe of these provisions could
have been put to some wholesome use. No
conscientious man should sell his crops to be
changed, into poison. Whoever carries his
grains or corn, his cider or apples to distille.
ry or brewery, as the case may be, indeed get
ready money and good prices for his produce,
bot he should reflect that he is thus feeding
stream that spreads poverty, crime, misery, di-
sease, and death, wherever it flows. Those
who are now engaged in mailing, distilling,
and selling intoxicating drinks are not as a
class, conscientious men; like an unjust judge,
neither fear God nor regard man; and worse
than he, cannot be wearied out by the "contiu-
ual coming" of remonstrances and appeals to
them to abaed their business. They pay
little heed to sll the other results >oftheir en-
ployment, SO long as it brings them money!
The only way to rid ourselves Of the evils
which they inaict, is, by the enactment aud
faithful application of prohibitory law. Why
should you not give your vote to help us &C
complish the work ?