The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-08-07
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tiona Government with all of its powers prescribed
possessing organism of the most delicate texture
whose a;owed object being, not so much to govern
as to develop the individual socially morally and intel
lectualy embracing two great sections as antipodal
>as the poles in everything that BY possibility
unite one people under common compact The fears
of the one the Of the other and rcs vsrsa
The South is an agricultural section, and hers an
agricultural people She insists that her continued
prosperity and welfare depend on the rcraneace Of
the institution of slavery She further insists that the
dominion of slavery must be extended-that slaves
must be carried, without let, or hndrance into the
Territories, the common property Of the government
and carry them there, the South must if size desires il.
because the property rights OF men aggressive and
just they to be So the rights themselves
are worthless. On the other hand, the North is
manufacturing section, and hers commercial and
manufacturing people Free labour with them is
cheaper than slave labour. ana Of course const-
tutes the prime element Of her wealth. She there
FORE insists on the protection aud extension ofree labor
not only into all tie Territories the common property
Of the States but into tie States themselves and
do it she will Therefore you perceive that SO far tie
wants and fears Of the two sections concerned con-
sidcrcd with reference TO their different systems OF IL
bor there no common basis on which the government
stand hence there must in the necessity ofthngs
be perpetual warfare betwccn them until it is finally
consummated in revolution
Unity Of want and unity Of fear, are 10 government
what the law Of gravitaon to the material world
>annihate the and you destroy the otler weaken
and impair the one and you necessarily cripple the
other and this may be predicated more particularly
Of government like ours because its SUCCESS aid
perpeuity depend entirely the individual integrity
of her citizens hence if there be any truth in human
nature such anagonism Of interests as now exists
between the two sections of tie Union must prove
fatal to it.
I'VE have said, that the wants aud fears Of men, con
stitute the only legitimate bond Of government; this
is indeed true but there are other things as we'll nl-
Piled Some Of these are like manners like custom=.
and like language These necessary, because they
inspire with confidence in and attachment for each
other and where they wanting. there mast OF re.
-cessity be suspicion, distrust jealousy and all those
kindred qualities that tend to weaken and destroy the
bonds Of Union between man and his fellow Now.
what are the facts as here presented in connection
with the two sections Of the Union? Why there is
almost as great difference between Northern and
Southern citizen in these respects there is between
an Englishman and an American. We are clupiati-
Haly two people, and the line Of dcmarkaton is daily
becoming more distinctly draw n. Now one MAJ saw
true, there is irreconcilable antagousn between
the labour systems O. me two sections as tley at pre-.
sent stand and also great diversity in other respects
yet there need not necessarily be revolution The
South may in the of line conscn; 10 abolish
slavery, and the old feud existing between the two
sections of the Union he healed. and we may become
one people in every respect. This might possibly
occur, but We think it never will, and although it
should, it would be. after all, a moral revolution
Suppose, however, the time should arrive when the
whole South will be free-soi. in character In that
case matters would De better far as the pe7pst.
iy Of the Union is concerned simply because no pure
" free government like that Of the United States cin
possibly endure without despotc element 10 CONTROL
it. The slave States have ever and even afford
the only conservative portion Of the government for
the plain reason they alone contain in their social Or
ganism despotc element. 10 carry out the idea Ia
Dor and capital naturally at war with each
other and 80 soon as capital either from the impulse
of power or desire Of sgrandizement, became to cx
acting, spirit Of communism and agrarianisn would
spring up, and then the worst OF fates would le-
hn the Republic To prove wli?t We hare said
look at the North there capital esa"t The gre test