The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-10-02
Prosres.ivcne.. Of Abolitioni>rt.


Progres.iyCme,s Of AbOlitiOni>itt.
Hon. w. 3. Reed, of Philadelphia, delivered
speech on the Sd inst, from which we
extract as follows
But grave objections to Mr.. LINCOLN have
been revealed since his honlinatiun,;to whiciF
without personal disparagcmcnt, beg leavcto
call yonr attention. Since the Convention at
Chicago Mr. Lincoln, with one exceptions, has
maintained rcsoutc and prudent silence. The
discussion with Judge Douglas in their canvass,
was characterized on his part, by frankneSs and
ability, and in the presence ola wary antagonist,
ready to take advantage of any indIscretion, by
| modcratioa. Little more than a year ago he
wrote. a letter, in which he was. betrayed into
zlangtage, which, though net very precise and
a little ambitious; WAS ominous. 1t was this:
"TIis' is a world of compcnsations, and he WHO
would .hc no slave must consent to have no
i!sIave. Those who deny freedom to others, de
serve it not themselves, and under a Just God,
cannot long retain it." It's not easy to say
what this means, but it hasan ugly look. Since
J lis nomination, Mr.. Lincoln has spoken once,
i5amd once too often. Ierefer-to his speech ut
/! Springfield, about four weeks ago, which was
itbe more. significant, as he appears TO have
llbeei- taken BY surprise, and to- have spoken
Tout, under an impulse, his inner thoughts.
Esllierr is, believe, religious sccecal"d "Pro-
jgressve Friends" SO, in politics. there are pro-
Egrc>scpr Republicans, aud to this class it wonld
seem Mr. Lincoln hcIongs.-l infer this from his
speech, which either means this, or meals
notlIibg. His language WAS: My friends, you
| wiIls2fgrt for this cause, four years hence. as
You now fight for it, ard eccn sfro"grr tha"
yoasnou T.kf 1or II, tloagh | may he dead
and gone" Now, in all capdor, ask, what docs
this mean l-what dosssslsSLincoIn' mean by
an adjourned or conM 8 conflict, by his
stronger fight" hcrcahfstet crcahfstet eDoes it mean there
is to he no rcposc 10 settlement, o,fnality,
under his administration : The %igllt" is to so
on-nay, it is to be Stronger" then than now.
Not content with the victory OF a compact
North over the stricken and insuItcd Sontl,,
the arms are not to be laid a|;dc,--tIc array
is not to be brokcn,-lhc entrcnched camp is
not to be dslnantlcd, cd,-pcace an conciiation
I are not even Ein,ed at. Domestic slavery,
/ driven by a triumphant executive aud congress
una! majority, from the Territories, is to DC
belcagucred in the. States 1t is to exist BY
! s,.tferancc, it is to hr DESTROYED 6y compress
ion and the varnis!leI, plausible and deceptive
RrpnLllcaui>in c 1850 is 10 become the ag.
rrcssvc ALol:ionsin o. 1861. So says Mr..
Lincoln, if his language has any meaning.
Nay, further, hold in my hand Il hook pub
lshcd III New York, aud called the "lscpnbli-
eau Campaign Handbook" m authoritative
exposition ul doctrines, north of certain par
alcl, and find its moral to he in so many
words, that .incun's election is but step in
the march OF progressive huna,,ity," leading
to the grand triumph of emancipation every
where. Its anguage is:
1.-The people of those States where liberty Is
not stihe, Ly cowardly and brutal force, have
it in thcirpower to insure political reform, and
save the grand cxpansc Of territory, OF over one
thousand million of acres in,tle West, from the
wreckaand sllaune;of BAKERY. This they; can do
qI5oif
t EeYhs hspfiricges; and by so restricting the evil,
and saving further land from its dcvastatons,
M"g ,cW lrnI the wny 10 wthiyher achievements.
Other nations bcckun us on; England, her
House of Lords reused 10y the memorable logic
! and coqacncc of IA Brougha,n, struck the chains
of all her slaves, and each rising and setting
sun does homage to the ma jcsty of the achieve
ncut, over the hills and wales Of her happy is
lan,!s Russia, with twenty million >cri$ is, at
the iat Of her hest Emperor, about to touch
them with the ltlericl spear OF emancipation,
50 that their moral nature may reach the skies.
Shall WI, then. with such glorious example Of
the good, the generous, and the right, rctroa1t,
al'solvc ourselves from our gallant past, cut Oft
our brilliant future, and he stitlcd in essential
Larbarisln In this epoch, when scccc flies
ON the wings of love, can We s.nction the wor-
ship of hate and cruelty? This, and not less
than this, is contained in the solution Of the
great questions before lis. We have either to
succ,rmb t., oro r,"mph "srr, the slave power
There is no middle course. We must either
have the black flag of slavery, or one scimtia-
ting with freedom, to SvmboIHc onr home and
country. Our ilrever>ihc word. then, shonld
he for Litcrty-crcling our lakes and seas;
,raversing or mountains and prairic>; covering
our cities and villages; going forth in many
ships over many waters; liberty for the poor,
the cxiIcd, AMI The oppressed; liberty of SENSE
and soul, Of thought and speech, Of aspiration
and action