The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-01-03
SiLETATGHN.

In cTssaeSation of the very nattcrirlg introuctio
given us to the Of the JournaL hv our Worth
P"t'a'eh we presume i!ate-ess tom will not admit
our remaining silent. while the NiO7 >srt Of our ban
is P'rrrH against principles ut vari!lce will rs tr1
interest and prosperity Of tllv South as section.
Being somewhat coglliz;nt Of what the public gcnc
rally expect Of newspaper editors. we shall not be sur
prScd il we Should fail in giving entire satisfaction
since it is rare csc tat such happy versatility OF
genius is I,,lml us will suffice 10 please all. Notwtl
standing tl't We expect to dlrr, and differ widely
with some, upon matters Of public policy. &c. we yet
accord to all parties the privilege we claim for
ourscli-the liberty TO draw conclusions from facts as
they exist. We arc fully conscious that it is possible
that we may not i'll our views. political and otherwise,
reflect the sentiment Of our readers as whole or of
even the people Of our district yet VIC shall en-.
dearor TO Chime i'll with the popular feeling whenever
that feeling accorcls with what regard MS having Il
tendency to promote the interests OF the State or Of
the South at large. We uphold no party or principle
whose sentiment is questionable touching the vital
!y Of an independent operation Of or own mind
Politically. the present is pregnant with matters Of
deep concern Ia every trnr patriot and lover of his
country. The accumulated IrnaciSm Of one section
Of the Union has but recently burst in practical and
lmm>takrahlc hostility to Il cherished and peculiar in
Stit"tlon oi the other. causing the long since unsteady
pillars OF the roncCcrIcy bcqucatlcd to It's bv our
patriot lurcitlcrs to bend beneath the weight of in
creased Scrtioalism We behold many Of those at the
South who have hitherto hccn san.rlinc in the hone
that tic threatened storm would soon blow over after
such practical confirmation Of this utterly futile be-
sectional organization for the ultimate purpose Of dis
CONNECTING themselves forever from people whose
whole career in Congress, and even upon orr own
Southern soil, has been >iga!izcd y the most bitter
hostility 10 system Of labor which, under the ,,cyr.
opng and intelligent care Of the Southern people rls
well nigh become the great Sorc-housc from which our
country draws lis requisite S,lScl:cr These arc
indeed circumstances which should elicit the nnplcst
efforts of heart and mind from the people Of the South
in placing the institution Of slavery beyond affection
by the prcc:lriolS wlIimS Of any people whose ornl-
ism is in ayw<c hostile to the free and practical opc-
ratiulis thereof
Although man. surnSc. dissolution Of the Con.
cdcllcy mHv he iivught with mimbcrlcss srcriicts |
We regard it ;!S the only by which the South
rn ever possess herself of those rights which attach
10 her ctEll share Of respect from the ubScryant
yc Of other and foreign powers. And should the
South back down from the SSlr ON the present aus.
Vicious OCCASION we Slm! regard her as pmincntly de.
S - III that patriotic purpose Of heart which never
saasxS,t 10 he healrIl upon insult and which Is
s. 3SP b characteristic Of lrr SONS.
3I lssacriccS in the dissolution of
II I5j3 x prucI more honorable that