The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-11-27
MISCELLANEOUS.
ExTH CT FROM THE SPEECH OF
: wsgE HON. IL. h. RHETT,

I
D.liprrcd 1T the Institute Hall, IN Cl'arlesfon,
on The l2h instant, at G meeting OF TIC feo-] rec
) pile to ratiffy eallofthe Conversion by the
5 Legislature. i.
The last contest between the North and the
Soutl,we have Just witnessed the Presidential
Election. With the numerical power in both
branches of Congress, it was only. necessary to
complete their mastery, that the Northern pcoe
nle should be united in using their power
They have become united, in this election, on
the principle Of hostility to African Slavery IN
the South. ousthis principle, purely sectional,
they have elected a Southern renegadc-spewed
ont of the bosom Of Kentucky into Illinois
and Northern mulatto, to be President and
Yice-President ofthe United States. a naked
sectional despotism is organized over the oouti
las hating as it is liatcd-w'th all the fury OF
anaticisln, and all. the lust OF avarlce and am
bition to direct its power.
Feow-citzens, / have gone through all tins
detail of the various sectional issues which have
arisen bctweei, The North and the South, that
.youi might understand your true position, and
weigh well your future destiny. After twenty
seven years of steady aud INSCRIPTIONS effort
to obtain the rule over you-wlll the North
surrender it when acquired? After the. CHAR
acteriistics the Northern people have developed,
in all their sectional contests with you, what
hope can You have of any justice or safety I'M
| der their domination? Selfshness, ambition,
ayarice, faithIessness or fanaticsn, have marked
their contest with YOU; whilst on your part,
yon have exhibited generosity, confidence, dis
iinterestedness, and devotion to your compact
| Of union with them, not without weai;ness
The truth is, the Northern people are not mt
to live with any other people in the world.
1 They have not. the least conception OF the
principles of free government. Their idea OF
such a governments, that .ahnajorty shall rnle
a majority. If seven men formed govern
! ment, four. has the absolute power over the
/ three. Those wise and delicate restrictions
against absolute power whether III nejman,
or in many, by which the rights and Liberties
i Of alr are secured, they know nothing aud care
: nothing. about. NO regard, therefore, to the
4 great principles oftrce government, will restrain
4 tiie exercise of:their brute power fol: :yonr des
I tructou. Nor haze they for You, any OF that
q respect, which isso neaf akin TO fear s You :,
.lhave sibmitte,l'so continually and llabituallyy
to tIlcis aggrrssions and expressions, that they
4 despSe yolI.: They believe, that they have
Z only I'd ord dey, and You will obey: They have
7. onE to. threaten, ahdsyou will submit. J OF OF
arc 4: clustering, weak tlnid pcople-demora
slaed and haraIyzed by your Institutions, Just N
tto serve; al 10 be stertarcd ;or destroyed Ane
i, their Ignorance tie operations Of the 7 MOI
star the9. beIiaI as US gre,t MS tleirig
EsoarS cteristies: hoirrapiid adrancell-.s
sEnl Hsaltb, prosperity any power, they attrits
.ssateI Isaues. civilization aSs
.sSe Vi
!! le5r:st ua apcfa aft1resf f01- the Government in
iR cities- -the millionS more they earn outof
us, by carrying our Cott$n,to all parts Of The
world (thc mighty basis of their navigation.
and of their commercial -cxcLangcs)- their
merchants and manufacturers may understand,
but, the people are utterly ignorapt Of these
great causes of their prosperity. They say, ais
the rich man III the Scriptures: "My arm has
gotten ME this wealth. Swollen with insoence.
aud stepped in ignorance, selfshncss and anati-
cism, they will never understand their Deepen
dcncc ON the South, until the Union is dissolved,
and they are left naked to their own. resources
Then, and not until then, they will be able to
appreciate the long forbearance and endurance
of the South. Then, and not until then, they
will realize what blessing the Almighty con-
ferred upon them, when he placed them in
Union with the South, and they will cnrsc in
the bitterness of pentence and suffering, the
dark day on which they compelled us to dis
solve II with them. Upon dissolution of the
CnionL their whole system of commerce and
manufactures will te paralyzed or ovcrthrown
their banks will suspend specie payments
their stocks and real estate will fall in price
and confusion and distress will pcrradc the
North. Bread professions will walk the streets
of their cities, and gaunt hunger will look ter
ror into their palaces. In this state of things,
those who have brought upon the people ofthc
North these calssuitics will be called to a dire
account. The Anti-Slavcry party will be over
thrown. A Union party will arise on their
destructiol and we will be importuned to re-
construct Union with them, upon our own
terms. They iappea to ''ourglorous Unionr'
"Did not our fathers fight together for liberty
Was not our Union cemented with their sacred
blood? Come now. be reasonable. Let us bc
friends We have treated you very badly
but you see yc are very sorry for it. We
Sa-'Su J ou wy "otu HaHSs, Out We ldhc al
that back. Come to our fratcr,a embraces;
oh, come! What do YOU wantl There how,
stick 1t in the Constitution. uurah for
Bunker Hill" l suppose you will have to
make your hearts adamant, to resist such
atfectionate appeals. Nor may they lack sup
portcrs in their entreaues, from the troltirr
Southern States. Ii no Force Bill to cocrce us
is introduced and passed by Congress, they will
Use the frontier Southern States as their great
and paciicators. But will they
pass no Force Bill i'll Congress! Can this be
possible, after all their vulgar threats and bru-
1al boasts of power? Shall all their mighty
hcros Hickman, and Burlingame, and Webb,
and Sumner, and Douglas, and the great Lin
colu himself (the second Jackson, greater than
the first, ,)-shal all these cover into nothing
ness and submission, before the secession Of
South Carolina? One of their organs has de-
clarcd, that she should be bought out, bv
Another, that she ought to be
whipped in, by the police of New York. Ano-
ther, that, like a spoiled child, she should be
spanked into submission. Is all this contempt
and bullying to he nothing but foul air? By
all means, lctus have Force Bill 10y Congress,
to coerce South Carolina to remain in the
Union. Virginia, and the other Southern
States, must n.:ct it. They will oppose it.
Don't be frightened Northerncrs, and run away.
Be brave, and pass it over them. Like all
your other insoicnt stupiditics, defy their de-
and force their members to leave