The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-08-21

not ten men living (untl very recently, mol
opc,) who ever made a slave OF freeman,
counting the lIottelltot freeman Their SIN,
then. is not in making slaves, but in not rcstor-
ing them to liberty, IN courtesy to the senSln''-
;tirs Of those who made them for us. Before
they make this cxacton otus they surely o"ghI /
to iavc the maguanImity Of Judas, and lay tic
price at our feet.
rJudse Longstrcct next glances at the in
mcpsc loss and disaster, which Immediate en-
apcipation o: the slaves in the Southern States
wouid entail showing that nine millions at
least, would certainly he ruined by it (thc slaves
and their ma<tcrs,) as the first fruits OF the
measure: and hundrcds Of thousands II not
millions more in the free States ant Kingdoms,
J, g.. all who arc dependent upon Cotton h'ce
and Tobacco in any way for living HS It's III
innate fruits ,,,.
Whatever his lolpiship did not intend hy the
rclnark-and am ready to believe ti,at nc
did rot intend to wound he certainly dII III
tend to bring to the Minister'S notice that Eng
land made 10 distinctions between mcn on ac-
count Of their color. And herein his Iordshp
was lamcrtaby unfortunate, for the whole
sccnc showed that not only he, but all his ap-
nl,uders made marked distinction between
rolors Would not his Ior,lShip have had more
rcsncct for the feelings Of any white man, than
TO have made him tho object OF special notice,
and such n notice to men gathered from AL
Quarters of the world? WouId his lordshlps
d;scourtcs, to white man have been applaud,
oil rs it was by gentlemen Of retirement anu
drl;cacy7 True. it hit Dr. DeIany's scns;hlll-
tics exactly III the right place, for he returned
thanks for il; but tic chances are t!'"iSn""
to one that it would have cnkindlcd Ills 'n'ii:t
nation. "What,' he was likely to have sa'd'
sis it. boast of the nobility Of England, that
7 an admitted to Il seat among white men
Ills thanksgiving too, was app'andcd, thing
not exactly in Keeping with our ordinary dca!-
;nns with white men. And when hc proclaim
oJ thc induhitahlc fact "that he was man,
aran he was appIauled If any other man
L,J arisen in the assembly, and said the self
s,mc fling. he would have been laughed ut,
not applarded; ill.,, ,,. &C..
negro" that was the wnrl-not as some oI
the razcttes have it, "a coiored pcr*o', or
acoIo?cd gentleman; the Times has 1t rlght'
Now. if he had felt due regard for the Doc
tors rank, would lie not have sottcned his dc-
sismtion, as the papers have kindly done for
him. am told that the Doctor is member
Of the Geographical Society, and a delegate
from Canada. If so, / demand, by all the ca
mons of courtesy, why he WAS not called to
the stand as one OF the -Eiec.prcsilcats, and ;r
uIaccd t'is right Lctwccu Mr.. Dallas and myself
IIrrr wonld s;,vc been a-sseuic representation
Of thrilling moral effect, more eloquent ot Oid
ErrI,uds love of freedom and contempt OF
mastery than all lip-complimcnts Of allt'cr no
blcs put together Or if that scat was 'ro Tow
for the Doctor, why was he not placed h''tweel
+ +Lord. .l3rougham and the C'hair' lad ! seer
y. 49, thcrc, verify my own heart would II, iI"V'
.Hs Jois~.l with compmeht to noble Old Eng