The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-10-02

that they are to lie judged by rules which dis
tinguish them from, the rest Of the white race
in this or any other country. For such = pur-
pose, do not believe. that ten regiments could
hc mustered in ail the fauatic States. But
suppose it otherwise. Assume that those Sec
tolls will be able 10 raise fifty ora hundred
thousand or II haEa piion.of volunteers. The
South, the less populollss:raa firnisi' SIS t',anv
and more than the ,iargcst tanned, number;
und schut Is mor,, III" p.""cfS a brt "psrc"l-
inre ran x"sto," T. en- fn ths ,Frla. With usit
will not be as with tic Npftli and East and
Northwest, a sOnr Jor d naere "pi!ioh, political
.or moral; entertained, too bv little more tlan
one. halt their population, and aiitagonizcd.b by
nearly HI equal lllmber; but it will be a@war
IN which the Stake of eor,y s.Soatderna n,uRw will
be LJr, Lfbcrty:and Property HIfe-EsChiI-
.ll5tt,.4 IL t'dhnfsy. we sllaIf he uuted
to !, man, torit will be Il war in defence of all
we hold dear, The NortifwilI be divided; for
it Will be a war of aggression, in which even
victory itself would 6ringswitl it the downfall
of her prosperity. But the victory conld not
! be with the North, eyen if. Ier2pcople were
united, and she had, equally with ourselves,
the agricultural produces necessary to sustain tam
her armies in the field. There is, in the COZ.
strol Of the South, an element of strength so
potent tLat$ neither Northern States, nor
European States, dare disregard it--nay, which
Europe dare not permit the North to disre-
gard. :, ~
Mar once commenced between the North
and South, our entire agricultural labor would
necessarily be applied to the raising Of fbread-
stutfs for the support Of our armies. Not Il
seed Of cotton would be put into the ground:
Cotton wonld be useless to us, even il we.could
atffard to- divert the labor necessary to its cult
2sstioA from the growth of grain. King Cotton
would have 10 be deposcd for a :inic; but it
wo6ld be brief lie would speedily return,
.aSitea doc:sss By 1sia pe,y foes. Aud he wilhavc
learnt, in the short period ofllis deposition,
that as his reign is essential to the peace and
progress ef the civilized world, SO it is colnpc-
tent ior so august ii ruler to ronntan' 'tspc"c !;
at least as a.yut"st htmseJ The North and all
Europe are more Interested than We arc that
cotton should be grown unintcrruptrdly. If
by the blight OF war the seed OF that mighty
staple bc mol permitted to gerinllatc III It's l'ld
Though lut1pr o"e yed,, hay, Tor tr o'e
At0,.M Ill winch IL Hist he ptted-llot al tl!e
ruin which rcicmtcss war has ever brought
upon a stricken people, will rival the desoatloa
which that single event will spread through
the great manufacturing and commercial States
of Europe and Anerica. Entrenclied behind
this universal want of the civilized world, we
hold the North under bonds, as well to keep
the peace .is for good behavior. The South,
in tic event supposed, would, in the end,
scarcely appreciate the loss she would sustain.
iii the conIct lasted even for years, as an agri-
cultural people, she would suffer but slightly
III comparison with those who are dependent
upon the exchange of the products Of their
lauur aud Skill Ior The. meals of Subsistence.
We prodlces ii,e;ias OF subsistence il bil-
scauce, tor ourselves, plus ;,ocs
abroad. The North does nor and canrcsi pro
duce them. She ssdepcnJcnt for them upon
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