The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-08-07

r.solut ous to counsel Submission to the rnle Of
party which was organized andii now upheld
ONLY to deny and resist them, is to reduce the
principles Which they announced to drvellihg
moor and isipi,l dogInas. Mournful, too, will
it be to see amy son Of the South advise her, Ill
the halls of ilIe Government which she did so
much to create, to endow with treasures, and
to guard with fleets and armies, to how her
head in submission and sue for her rights IN
td,mn 3mnpcr's. Corporations may pctiti"n-
States should demand Silken defamation and
slack-ncrvcd votes are not enough to rescue
popular liberties from dal:ger.-LIhery is a
serious game to be played ont, as the Greek
sold the Persian, with knives and hatchets, and
not with dr;,wled epigrams and soft petitions.
The lowest sentiment of contempt which free
man can feel. is that excited by wrctchcd
serf, who has been polished and educated to a
full sense of the degradation Of his position, yet
is withont manhood to dc more than utter
ptcous lamentations Liberty, in every age,
had her martyrs before she enjoyed her full,
free worship We have our hcnorcd scroll OF
names, in whose deaths We still live; hut we
hold our liberties not alone because these men
lived us treclnen or died as martyrs, but he
cause we can furnish many more men to live rs
they lived, and die as they died, when the occa-
sion arises.
1t is vain to argue that the Republican party
would be disIodgrd from power after single
term. In that term it would have inflicted
irrrparahlc injury upon the South, 10y coml-
inr the majority section into unit against her;
hv showing division among lis, and by showing
that sectional domination may be exercised with
Whenever the spirit Of a people Is
degraded, their suhjugation is inevitable. In
all probability the Black Republican party
would he expelled from power after four years,
because its leaders are intent upon spos, and
would soon quarrel; because the mind of til,
North is trained to the higher reaches of gov
ernmeut; and because the party itsclfis Il con
glomerale of different and often opposing senti-
mems Iiut, in obtaining power, it will have
taught the North the secret Of conquest, ard
our submission will make Us its victim. No
partv-rot even the SAINTS C"tohe party III
France-hls ever been hascr or more mongrcl
thau is the Republican party. 1t has not
courage enough to lift power above cunning,
nor dignity sufficient to make even conquest
respectable 1t ha: never touched an Office
but to pollutc it, nor guarded a treasury but to
pInudrrit it. Surrounded with the ghasty traces
Of its uninterrupted official corruption and
speculation, it accepts no responsibility, while it
rcuullnccs noatom OF power Born OF Il ORWELL
-;np anatirsnn, it bears no reIuorSc torthc past,
.r,I S7,>nroIuise 1or the future. In lis present
conspiracy ass.441rsss.-! 41ss the Constitution and the
rights of the South, its chosen rS- rS'-..sr lhsn'
appeal to il in the nervous and terrible NsuS
Which Saus' pnt nIn the mouth OF Catali"e'
when he urges on his l'omdcd followers i'll their
attack upon the liberties and honor Of Rome
".i "ob'S d"ms '"'p", jo'iS MS "'c""": mil
res .pc< m"Ii" n.r'o'.' Stimulated hy hist ri
spoils and power, they deny the history Of the
world, are false to the obligations Of the Con
s,iluior, and defy truth aid justice.
Ii tie issue involved in the pending contest
affected only temporary material interests, the
SoTli might all
;"lE,...i.cc !!!.tr rcSoUlcrs are 50 great, a'''
the elements OF her power so complete, li'al
she could safely 90 on consolidating, bHIl''l"g
M uniting, welding herself into Il fabric which
~, nIysi..al force could break. But these iSsucS
extend beyond present material results; they
reach up tnthe very Objects OF government ana
at the same time touch the foundations oi
society. At the North, Government Is supposed
to be almost entirely, the instruments OF p'r>o'''I
r;,,Lts. At the South. it is held to bc, i'll Il
rrcat DECREE the agent Of property. lhuS'
Invaluable theories OF equality arc rife mt Tic
North. and property is denied and confiscatcI
the ,uonlyn, il standS il: the way o! some absurd
DOGMA OF personal rights. In this way The
.dII,a,ion Of the North drives her into coinlna-
MON, and makes her the great, barren and DIES
,ruc,iyc protector Of human equality and per-
sonaI irhtS. Liberty tic'e is supposed TO arise
from some pneumatic essence Ill he"tInnS'Iicrc
or from some peculiar property III the dirt, and
n,rsou,I rirhtS are Installed III unchecked al"
irru,ious supremacy. At the North, govern
mcnt is for fugitive and yagrant individual man
,t III South, it is equally for the family anu
th, community, aid is hallnwcd by the hearth
STONE and altar. Hence it is, that the Hnrii
attacks slavery, though it is the oldest ll'>tIlu
ton Of property; though it CONES 10 'Sc'n'hc'
with historical dignity, aud whole tram {,
remarkable insignia an! m"IH"rlais and IIioNE'
c,rrviuo the torch Of civilization and stabi
,,,y.runrut it has travelled, in state, from
century TO century, surrounded hy the lrgi'
Guards of inspiring events, and attended oy III
urea, traditions of humanity. II there he a
Snrrnrcs>ibl, conflict" between the North AM
,h. Sopth il arises from the conflicting rdnc
t;on and intellect OF the people OF the wv
SECTIONS. In this conflict. let us see that no
iury is done to us AMI ours.
And how can The So;ith DC saved from u
;rrv if the Republican party succeeds III III
e,mirr Presidential election! l answer OIL
Ly disSolviua the government Immediately.
,Lis marty succeed, togn,ty 10 Mc U""", "'
',,xo, 4, Lhc Sonih. And will the Soft
ho divided upon this i.$uc. Will she not di
miss marty names, and build herself up INT
: one .freat unit for her dchverancc VIII i!
mornificent Ujx inertia OF the Wing oppose
sell: to this great achievement IN ITS day al
gruc,aiion. the Wing party WAS the oF'Gr
7r;inst the progressive elrnent, and, tho"S'l
s%II,m won. it always rctrcatrd with h"i
, stcudy front to the foe 1t seldom won, u
c.,,,sc. unfortunately for IL, present kn""'c''!
!. rrcscut mower, and lis Knowledge was OF u
= past II WAS stagrmlng rrSpcrt"hl,i'y' V
. m.u. old rules, old routine governed h' "'
', made it, in stirring time, LOUIS 'S'"l"I
marty. IN all It's campaigns 1t WAS rc@pcc'a'
- n conduct; but it never, even hy cl'''''
- eyiucrd any invcntirrnrsS or hreach o. l''e'
" J,, <I, was fossil svslrm and lis adroca'
q soon became rgtrhcd into part of the MA
i Ict its followers catch tie spirit OF the prcSc
u and march abreast with :hc times.
" Will the American party oppose lls'li 10
!" ,., ~ ,i,,. South I'm its infancy, lill