The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-08-07
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lists anlOn0-rS, Is CRIME thai II HIS the o"''"
with cruelty, immortality and harbarty; that
the flag Of the Republic is disllono~d by IT.
and that those who practice it are moral ont
laws These issues will not now discuss !; for
however much Il cy might excite jealousles
and hcart-burnings su long as they arc confined
to the forum of conscience only, they are not
sufficient to disturb our political relations. The
other issues, and those which arc to be pressed
on to execution, are-tllat the South Is an IN
ferior section: that she must be made trlbnta-
ry to the Noltli, and, that the powers OF the
Government must be used to destroy her III
sti,utions, which are blot upon the common
eSru.cleor.
Tl,a, these are the distinct and vital issues
presented TO the country by the Black kepu-
lican party, no one can truthtully deny. This
party. four Years ago in its Convention at
fhiladelphia, declared that "p"Ivgamy and
slavery were twin relics of harl'arislp, and
should he Immediately destroyed, aud upon
this issue it then came within llalrs-hreadth
Of seizinp the Government. Since then 1t has
increased in strengths day after day. while the
organization which then opposed it, was strong
enough to snatch victory from 1t, Is rlven aslln-
der, thus giving it an almost certain road TO
success. The Black Republican party is strong
er to-day than it has ever been before 1t now
controls substantially the political organization
of all the Free States, except California and
Oreron. 1t is, too, in its declarations and
principles more iu,pudent and aggressive than
| i has ever been before. 1t is true, Mr.. Sc
ward, the cunning artifcer Of the party, is not
its elected standard bearer i'll tire present CON
test; but Madam DeScvigne well says; ut Is
not ALWAYS the same man who warns the oven
and who eats the bread" Mr.. Stewards intel.
lect, cultivation and ambition, made hlm too
conservative for the masses Of the Black he
publican party; and, true to their instincts.
they selected man whose wi !arty and ~
nors.ncc afforded IL guarantee that he would I've
the mere instrument of their will. 1t Is hn-
niiatiue, if not disgusting, to sec party Ill
this country putting forward man Tor the
| Presidential char, once occupied by Washing
ton and Jefferson, whose only achievements
have been, that he split few hundred rails III
! carly lite; and, at later pcri", viIlilicd the
arm;rs ii Liss>-ssuntry willie fighting her bat
ties on foreign soil TO crown al'' % Gi.arS
cd one hundred dollars rnSls MlIe "u' "s.',
ting the principles OF his party, and NV :.
claims to its Nomination for the highest office
in the gilt of the Republic.
But let us look to the late platform OF the
party. As if it shrunk from the shameless
avowa Of its ioul purposes it sought mt ClIlc;l-
90, to conceal them hencalll dccrlttil and fine
spun phaSeologv, and thereby added iraNd to
ial.atcisll,, and mendactv to cunning. 5'lf,
through tie thin covering of dcccttuI words,
appears the purpose of the party in all its full
ness and deiormily. 1t rcatlrms the l'hlIadcl.
pIla platform, in which slavery and pnlrgamy
are declared to bc "twn relies Of barlarSTn, to
be speedily destroyed" and then goes on to
further declare. that ..freedoIp is tbs nArlllai
condition il all territories, no matter low as-
ouirvd." Il have not tie l''"tvr:li ay lnc, '''.'
ouo,v It's s:,ls;a"cc>>.J, II declares that free
dom is tic normal condition ofevery territory
and that though the institution OF slavery Na!
exist in it when it is acquired, yet, at The mo
mcnt of acquisition, and by the act OF "eqa's'-
ton, it is DESTROYED, and neither Congress nor
Territorial Legislatures, nor State conventions
can retain or protect it, much less Introduce It;
According to the princip Of th'sparty S''' "'"
Cuba b. acquired tomorrow, 10y treaty or arms,
or by both, although slavery is deeply rooted
,hrnurhout its whole social and industrial s"S-
fem. # would he cxtiuguishcd. In short, 1t de
c!,rrs that ":I the territory OF the United
States must and shall he free territory, no
matter though it he slave territory when at
ouircd-and thai every State admitted mo
the Union shall br Il flee Stale, no matter
whether slavery exists in it or not when 1t ap'
niles for admission" In declaring that III,
a,orn,al condition of all territory Is Tree, an"
that neither Congress, nor Territorial Leg'Sla
turcs. nor State Conventions can retain, protect
or introduce slavery" it declares, that tic rc'a
t,u bctwccn master and slave i'll the States +"
Fori,la. Alabama, Louisiana. Texas, Mississippi
Arkansas Tennessee and Kentucky Is Ilic%;l
and yiolativc of the Constitution, and that lh'
slaves have ri Int to rise i'll isurrcct'on aga'',S
,hair masters. What would have htcn th'
course this party had it heeli IN power dur'l'S
,hr recent Invasion of Virginia? Under th'
auspices o. Lincoln, anG GiGJirgs, anu Sumner
ApostIcs of Co;,fllsion and enemies Of peacr'1
advancement, it would necessarily have sde'
will, the abolition traitors who had lnvair'
,ha, Commonwealth - Shall we permit party
stained with treason, hidcous with IiiSilrrrctIoi
and dripping with blood, to occupy the Govern
mclt?
. It has been said that if the Repn''an par,
succeeds in the pending Presidential clectl"l
II will succeed through the forms oithc CoIISl
tution. and that we must wait for an ""vci
act" 1t is imnlaterato a free people, wIiethe
they are oppressed under the forms OF COZ
s,;,n,;ou or over and against its forms; the
, resist oppression itself, and not tn" form
+ which il comes.-A hlavc people me,snI
f tyranny by principle, and not by the weight
e its Immediate blow, or by the gnIse N w,IlcI'
: apprars. What boots it to the South whrth'
her foes dcspoil her through the perverted loFr
of the Constitutions or over AMI against them
: W'hat boots it 20 the South whether her foe
hvnocrite or assassin, if her life he the forfeit
: No II couccla,s us little whether the Rcpuh
!, ran par,y rain power under the forms "i u
|. Constitution or moi, so long as the poSS''Ssr
IS and. exercise OF power by them Will he {"
n destruction. Shall We wait ior an covert act
t Is not the acquisition Of power by one Srcl''
|, thrurI, sectional conspiracy against the "i''.
IS uu covert act" Is not the organization OF
4 partv III one section, upon tic avowcu a''S''''
- and exclusive ground OF warfare upon aIlotiI
S section, All covert act Z" Is not the p"ssrsSi'
ID Of the Government hy one section, with t
IL declared purpose Of welding all ITS powers
d. DESTROY the property and urroot the social ord
III of ,he other section, an covert act Z Is "
covert act" to see the Government III the han
tv of those who will commit orr honor, dlgll
I o,J interests abroad to set Of Holy Will