The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-07-31
n. 11,ar1e, n OConnor,s Letter.

We take great pleasure IN placing peloreo ie'e,
tbe noble letter Of Mr. CHARLES OCoNNoR to the late
Democratic meeting held the Cooper Institute New
York. In these times Of political gambling anu lana
tcism it is really refreshing to meet with such man.
His views do ample justice to the South and her nst
t;ons and arc expressed in bc, concise and manly
manner If the North onl- abounded in such men,
,yhat Glorious heritage ould ours be- "Read it Tor
yourselves [JoURFAL.
NEW York, July Ii, 1860
GESrItMtS: Cordially approving the nomlnatono ol
John C. Breckenridge for President and Joseph Lane
for President of the United States regret t'at
1t will not be in my power to address the Rat'ncatio"
Meeting appointed to be held tomorrow evening ut tile
Cooper Institute.
However deeply it is to be deplored that rival plat
forms and rival candidates presented to tho DEMO
cratic party threatening to divide its strength ana ae
liver it over as an easy prey into the hands ofs oppo
nents, yet such being unhappiy the fact the duty o
making choice cannot be avoided.
The difference between these Platforms like every
uotica question of the times derives all
from the subject of negro slavery Its relations to the
Territories and to the mode of governing them Is
merely incidental it is merely the form i'll which tins
perpetuay recurring subject is here developed as an
element of strife. The controversy in all practical
bearings is merely this: How is negro slavery to be
dealt with?
In it's moral political legal and economical aspects,
nv views on that general subject have becns distinct
II ard so often expressed that my position in reference
to the rival platforms now before US could not be
doubtful
The most fertile regions Of the globe cannot DC SC
cultivated as fully to deveope their natural resources
for the benefit of mankind except by negro labor
Neoro labor cannot be there employed except through
the ;dcious compulsion of superior race and IN nc
way can so great measure Of physical en]oymentah'
moral Improvement be impaired to the negro as by III:
compulsory servitude i'll these very regions:
From these undeniable facts, written in the grea
book of nature, proven by experience and not wthou
sanction from revelation reason draws the nleFenc'
that negro slavery is not repugnan to JUSTICES no
rnnroatabe to the white man-s not oppressive to th
negro: and Is not inexpedient as q matter oil soca
policy.
lie. us apply these views toour own country. sinc'
the foundation of this Republic negro slavery has eve
been main pillar Of our strength, an indispensable
element of our growth and prosperity 1t is now al
integral part Of our being nation to expel II o
fraud or tear it out by violence, would be nationa
suicide"
It follows that ITO rindicate its essential ]ustlc
and morality, in all courts and places before men an'
nations, is the duty Of every American citizens
moral war has been made upon this Institution D..
inHelds and quasi religious crusade has been preach
ed against it by another class Hitherto at least il
the North, no one has defended it and its Southern
advocates have not been heard. The natural result
have ensued-judgment. .bas passed against it by de
fault and the idea that it conflicts with natural justc
and with divine law has taken possession of the North
ern mind.
This state of things afforded most promising quar-
~ for the industry of political party-nakers and the
hayc ayaied themselves Of it. They thus urged
ssWith the national conscience on our sidc-wth Go
and nature both on our sde and against our antagon
ists-surely we must win Accordingly this brigh
idea has been ndustriously worked into political OF
ganization and here stands before us, at the Mort
the Black Republican party almost f not absolutely
inyincible. -,c
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