The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-10-02
The Politics of our State.

Notwithstanding the Know Nothngism Of
Col. Cunningham and Others on one side of our
State, and the Nationalisn of Col. Orr ct al. on
the other, it appears that the politics of South
Carolina is to remain IN statu quo ante bellun,.
Perhaps we quote the old latin phrase inapt-
": for to be strictly correct, there has been no
6ellum in the business. There were, it is true,
considerable .aarums, sounding Of trumpets,
snorting Of political charges DC, on the first ap
pearance of Sans troops at Charleston. But
before any regular battlefield could be gotten
ready, All epidemic (under the name Of Modif-
cat;on) broke out in the ranks, and the strength
Of the Order has been so steadily and efectually
whitfield down thereby, that all prospect of a
fight on their part has evaporated.
With Col. Orr and his merry-men Of the
mountains the case promises 10 be very similar.
The Anderson dinner came and went in a Whit
of glory; and the Spartanburg affair is also
numbered among the occurrences of the past.
All the letters from the National Democrats have
been published and read. The reverberatons
: Of the paudits of enthusiastic auditories have
sounded from the mountains to the seaboard,
and 50 on around the State, until they have at
length settled down in emphatic stiffness some.
where in the localities whence thoy first issued.
And, after all, not one Carolinian in ten is at all
disposed to assist in carrying his State into the
fighting ranks Of II National Party. or to lash
on her reputation to the baggage rack Of Balti-
more Convention.
We are, then, Just about where the Secession
and Cooperation controversy left us. Not ex
actly SO either; for there were some seeds OF
bitterness engendercd by that strife, which it was
apprchended would yield a baneful crop Of jeal-
ousies and feuds. Thanks to the noble fore
parents who bequcathed to US such generous
and fnrgiving dispositions, these apprehensions
have nearly all been cleared away; and Caro-
uans, as a body, are once more brothers indeed.
Thus let US remain. We are small State,
and ueel there is that every right arm amongst
raj politics. 1t has been the source Of our
strength in days that are gone. 1t may be a
means of power to us IN the future. States
Rights and Southern Rights are watchwords
sufficient unto the day. United beneath banner
that hal h these uponits folds, South Carolina can
still enact all the duties to be expected from a
sovereign member Of the Confederey. She
can still send her Senators and Representatives
to Congress. She can still cast her vote for
President of the tied States. And, if need
be, she can still furnish her quota Of men las
she is wont to do) to the armies Of the Union
These things she can we'll do and yet not leave
her duty 10 herself undone. This is her most
sacred duty; and she believes that she can best
discharge it by the course of digni6ed couserva-
tsm she has hitherto adopted and persevered in
through every danger. In the name of honor
and prudence, let her perscvrre in it to the list
And when, in after years, the historian shall
record the fate Of these United States, he will
say Of us" This State did more than all the
rest for the preservation Of the Government in
its original purity T'-Edgefeu Advertiser.