The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-10-10


driven out by a. pafcel of coWardly, abolition
istsa Hsdoubted it; very much doubted it,
Qaspfa them was morethan a:match fortenabs'
soiifiShist. But could they be defeated at the
ballot box and slavery excluded whom arewe
| stbzblame but ourselyesl These men are almost
ii not quite equal to the task; for, we had all
seen pnblishedproceedihgs held there, in which;
they had determined to run every abolitionlstt
out Of the Territory. This did not look as if
they intended to be defeated. He thought that
the !wholesSontl. waseulpable; why were they
NOT subscribing money and fitting out expedi
tons for their aid. Ifthey wopld act with ell
efgy there was no doubt ofsthe. result. But
eren without it, he had great confidence in the
expansive power of slavery. which Mr.. Calhoun
thought when he advocated the Clayton Com
promise, if left untrammelled by Congress,
wonld reach every section of country to which
i! was coilgenial.
Another objection, and he was free to con-
fess thatFit was Il serious one, was the clause,
which permitted foreigners to vote in.the ter
r,tory as soon as they landed, irrespective of
the period of naturalization required by the
laws on the subject. Had there have been a
possibility of passing the Bill without 1t, he for
one Would have insisted on its being stricken
out. That was impossible. The Northwestern
men, 10 large portion of whose constituency
was foreign, would not support the Bill without
it, because they could not sustain themselves
Fat home. The naturalization term was sutfi-
.eiently short, now. But we must remember
upon those Northwestern States and territories
every free white man was allowed to vote
Under the circumstances rather than lose the
Bill, the repeal of the Missouri restriction, and
with it Kansas and the other slaveholding coun
tries he had indicated above, he determined to
take it as it was.
Another objection was to the Badger Provi-
So This also he would have left out if he had
had the framing of the Bill. But this also was
necessary to sustain the Northern men athome
who gave it their support
He was free to confess that the Bill was net
altogether as he desired it, but it was the best
that could be done under the circumstances.
He had an exalted admiration Of thoseSouth.
ern men, who like Millson of Virginia, objected
to the Bill, because it did not 90 far enough.
But he could not appreciate the conduct Of
Benton, and other Southern men, who based
their objections on other grounds. Benton ell
tertained none other than the most malignant
hatred for the South, and he wished to avenge
himself upon the land of his birth, for the dis.
appointments he had mat with in his ambitious
designs. ss
THE seventy-frst Protestant Episcopal Con
vention of the diucesc of New York closedits
three.days' session on the evcnipg;of the 29th. ]
The chief portion of the day previous to the
adjournment was occupied by the convention
in baiioting for a successor to the late Provl-
sonal Bishop of the diocese-the Right Rev.
Jonathan Mayhem Wainwright There were
eight ballotings Of both branches of the con-
vention-lay and clerical-before choice was
made. The Rev. Horatio Potter, D. D., Rec
tor ofsSt. Peters Church, Albany, was elected
on the eighth ballot; and a committee having
waited on him to inform him. Of the result of
the election, he signfed his acceptance of the
high Office imposed on him. He subsequently
addressed the convention. On motion of Rev.
Dr.. .Haight, it was resolved that the resolution
PASSED at the last Convention, increasing the
salary of the Bishops to $4,000 per year, in
addition to the Episcopal residence, be extend
ed to apply to the Bishop eect-carried. The
election was declared unanimo GUS on motion Of
the Rev. d.. Vinton, who was%Dr.. Potter's
most prominent competitor. He, Dr.. ", said
that no one was more thankful for the result
which had been brought about, and he blessed
God for it. He was confident that the mantle
of Elijah had fallen cn Elisha. The Rev. Pro
visona Bishop was originally from Poughkeep-
sic. He graduated at Union College in 1926; ).
and has been for many years settled in the
Rectorship Of St. Peters Church in Albany.
His age is probably about fifty years He is
said to be gentleman of pleasing manners
fine culture, and much talent, and will fill the
office of Bishop with honor to himself and.
the Diocese.