The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-07-17

Statcs-.' .'ll:at grald tier OF lake States wlirl.
lia,g Ike s,o.nl.clolt!s on the border i''stca'i
of bright harliligers of mutual beEcficcncc an';
enduring pcacr?" Where are Your common
Territories, acquired l,v TIE blood ard treasure
of the South as well as the Northe ClIdrl
Federal lock ard key, at the great National
Bazaar, to be dealt out III lots aud upon terms
to slit purchasers, provided they belong to the
Sqraltrr Sovereign, aG"S frce-soil faith. and t"
soften the disgrace they have assumed torali
themselves "Fcpular Sovcrcgl:s." Centlemel',
the npus would t,r as fatal lT any other name.
Will any sane man pretend 10 say that there
is the same ir,lucen et and necessity mar tor
a general government over States and Interests
as autipodaI as the poles! ! am gaI 10 he
lievc that such blind lufa;uation Is decreasing
Will ally one haze the lemcrty I" tell us thai
the same spirit lives To-day us tlat which had
lis birth in the purcr DAYS of tic fepuhlir.
wllc. the States were conrteralcd and united
;o.a considerable extent in sentiment and IN
trr,st. Take, for example Il single case. What
is Massachusetts the very cradle Of
American Liherty-bnt to-day the prolif: hot
bed of all the isins and evils which curse and
degrade our common country f--how great the
charge from the time when her heroes
fought and blcd i'll freedoms cause,
Aud when the storm of war was oerr
Enjoyed the peace their palor won"
Eut there is ru peace nou! 4 Mshpr lam
obtains than either that of the Il Dir ur Co: :
ani"fjm Al phrenzie,l, lnisgui,led zeal has
seized hold Of the public mind of the North,
and the great heart o Northern Saciety throl,s
in unison with the sentiment that the South
mist be .o;np.ssel AID ultimately made nnt
onlv as she ll,,w is, tributary, hut secondary in
every essential consideration 10 an irreslollsi-
l.lc, vulgar majority; and fom Whence '!oes
Tins sentiment procecdi 1t rolncs from the
v,ry l.al,ric o; things lheurgansn Of society;
MS Mr. Cushing, almost the very last rrll esrll-
tali,c Il: a race Of patriot Statesmen, has well
remarked, "ail lnlItical influences dominant i'll
Massachusetts are founded upun the single:
emotion OF llatc-uyc hate! treacllerors, tcrt,-
ciol.s hate OF our f.llow-citzens .in the South
ern States" Yes, gentlemen. this is the key
note which setts all Ambition and frec-soil
music; aa where von are able TO fnl one
true man 1T the North. willing 10 do Us simple
i Justice, you might find lnllitndes Wl.o would
! rob YOU of Your property. and pcrcllancc apply
| the torch To vour dwelling or move the i>>ts
SINS arm 10 take Your lie. Gentlcme;', do you
want further demonstration, that there is TO
union OF sentiment or interest between the co;-
! hcling wings of this sonicd' r;cy !? If 81, !
will refresh your memories. A few striking
/ amt: lanllar illus ratioGs may Suffice. The
wiscst and :,blest Statesmen, North and South,
hav, iorcwarl,c us OF approaching danger.
Tie great Calhoun, with prophetic eye,
thirty years ago, predicted the very events
which we have already witnessed, and are even
"oao witnessing. liz died a dcspondiug, bro.
ken-hearted patriot.
Pardon me, gentlemen, in mentioning neat,
4 one who never was worthy to un'oose the
shoes Of the irstrious Southcrner, but who,
nevertheless, is one Of the allcst an'! wiscst
leaders OF the Abolition cohorts. Mr.. Seward
says that the irrcprcss'blc c"nhirt is 'lou us,
;asiizAI I.at the question has ceilr rIcle'unpd al
i.,:es si;SltfcisS Il III 5>1rld. Nfzbmilitc,,a3 =
q fit companion tor Scmsr;l and his ilk, has
said ii, the United States Senate, l,oldIy aid
unrqniv"caIlv, ". ain :or one, ready 10 lncr,
the question, to meet it row, and jrin ia max,
ing up the seuc."
:We will join that issue, however. upon the living
ISSUE vi the present; the actua practical issue 0
day and genera,iu, which is. Until settled to over.
ride all other issues III this country and which tends
I" the Sot.on Of the TWO great questions the Amer
iTn continent worthy Of tho consideration vi Aurri.
cau stalvsl,n is the solution Of the Anglo. III
crsn question, the other the solution Of the Alrco.
AnIerc.n question. In the silion Of these great
qlcslols tc nlcl ul our OWN from the temper
uEr ZILcs ol tie od word nEngilg with us and lr.
n Amer c.LIlcd will hold, i'll the eu exc uS!Ye pos.
Sr>SI'.n vi tie temperate II lrS UI the lew wilc the
auls oi lle NTH u the tropics Of the Old world
Law among lis will lind their homes the tropics ui
te aew; and, sir, they wi III 20 there as slaves,
hut as eenen, IN live among t.rc!!!rn, where co!or i
ltu de Tradition.
",py will TO- ulr'er our instrllrcntality. not Ia
uvrrtiun tic Governments ~ which they cmigr;c.
but To all III developing tie most productive rrsuu>
| Y! tie wlnnr earth.
"I!I;S Question is pressing npon us now. You call
not po:tiIle 1t long, II you WI ill., II il III the pro.
Sres, al rvruS aud IT must Oh, Iild ir |
| Say, let its d.ScisS.un rulllr Oh"
h,s, &c. ll.'lIcr, is the ".rrrprrssibIc con.
| ti:cl" WI" Il Vengeance, AMI is little us some
may hc dr>l">,u /" 'ts"" these tic, laratio!",
y",. or y""r cIl I.i'rn uay live t" SOC the day
wi,em Ills very programme will l'r Carried on,
10 It's L'.l,r a.,d ), irr. Why, = nlcmrr, the
last Co. wrr>s l;I> afforded Us II practical test of
ihc ".vJ,g IsS'i,,' when So;.tl crn grr.,i,m. II
sit r.y AMI a.w IcI.Is ard ,Iials to tr;-
.l .rr their >r,'l ua :,rl,l her il stl,il:nls.
am afraid that 5, ward llts rr,Lorrd ln,
Ia" wisely. III aS>I,iIg that the discussion ";
tbs q':c>ilnn has l'ccm Transferred from the
Nurlii 10 the So il. Ii takes our cnrlmrs
sometimes 1" tell uS unpalaiab'c trlltlrs-thi>
may ic ole oi them. lear it is. and aIlhong
rla:ln /" /. nIarkabic l"r rr> OF proplnry, Vel
| lear "f'"" III i"""i there is trouble ;lica.
GrnllrInc,, i>tns tigmcnt tllciIlat matte n
think rn.t Your Wis It and best Statesmen
are wIrnll!g !v"' "t approaching danger. loul
own Srllai"r. MlIo;m We AL delight L" lroi nr;
tells Gs that The p"rlcnlS OF the con ing storm
a. Fla MY ,i>.bi
Il have, says Senator Chesnut, 'heretufrre ndulg-
ed the Leli, tat the difference of climate, snl. i'll
tri. pursuits, productions and character OF labor
vii r narhrd the wv" sections. gave great value to
IlIe.r c'irctIo; ih,l these nprnt differences
sttIed III lat coin u!lnct ui Interest and that the
hostility growing rut OF gloalc, nursetl or sckly
Srnrt.lity. uld blown ntn full hl 70 hy lnr;nis
au ESe Philanthropy. wou.d consume ilS L, a'l leave
rc.S'il lrre ~ point cut and rStah S true rrl.
tlurs But that be icf ll,s w,.ed Tho purely src-
tiEll party wlc!i has enlird Itself ~ tile Northern
States. INCREASES every ye and grows and more
tr and relentless. IN the last Presidential election
It swayed large majority ol those States, and HOW.
with recruited IinhS hni higi-raiseri hopes pants
tsei III te p"th nt the cU;intrys progress. clIlrug
ig. not recognition but the right ~ rule if this par
~ be not ovcrtIEown hy some signal and crushing
blow, i'll Il few years it will proIah absorb the entire
Inl;tir;.l power Of til reeso Slntes; and by cosc.
qucncr, tie ro.itlcal power o the tuiou. hen .vcr
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