The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-09-25
ference with the leading patriots of Massachu-
.,,,s .lor.;no ,no,ue and n,,tnrinp nons and

sets, elcvising means and maturing plans ahd
measures to organize a systematic resistance
to the mother country. DR.. " arrcn was
without doubt one Ct the holcst, most Jealous
and determined opponents OF the crown. His
frcncv in speech, together with hi talents as
writer could not but give him Il distinguish
ed and marked asccndancy in the public coun
ellis of the colonies. AT time, too, when the
best capacities were demanded, it is not s'lr-
prising that, though young man. Warren was
a prominent one among the patriots of the
Revolution. On many and any impor-
tant occasions, his superior abilities were
brought into requisition.
From the year of the Stamp Act to the
commencement of the war, Warren gave AMI
pie evidence Of his devotion to the cause of llir
crty. While many were wavcrig, and in
doubt as to their proper course-hcsitating as
to the adoption Of means suited to the cxigcn-
cy- while not few, even among the avowcd
adhcrentS to the cause Of the colonies, were
timid and vacilatiug- fearing TO fully commit
themselves to policy of unconlpromising re-
sistancc to the crowll, Warren failed not to
take his stand icaresslv, rcsolntely, and ulal-
terahIy for the Colonies, and contendcd, with
voice and pen, against wcrwtarm OF taxation,
external or internal, declaring such to he OPP
preston and tyranny demanding resistance,
ald al the same time expressing his conviction
that the Colonies were able to defend them
selves and their ghts successfully.
Fron tho year 1863, we find Warren alead-
Ing uic:nhcr OF the Secret CaIicHs." an orga'l-
izalio" which wrought an incalculablc influence
on the concerns of the country. W no car tell
rs whether this "Caun,is" had not its birth
place alnong those patriotic students, meeting
! in concave ten wears before in that little room
in old Harvard! Would VIC not Ike to hear
tie "rcsoIyc>" and doings of Warren and his
colleagues on that evenful srnirner nj ght,
when at the greatest pssillic risk OF his life,
! he Joined them in their Secret Caucus 81
| Warren. with all his holiness, was vet circum.
! spect and prudent In the Caucus plans
were matnrcd for the d ST: .ci'm ot the ten in
Boston harbor-Warrcu, OF course. being a
, nong the stern co"iseors, at whose sngggcs-
lions that hold, vet exemplary and popular
movement was ctfcrtcd.
DR.. Warren WIS twice chosen tho pnLIii
oraAor on the anniversary OF the Massacre, and
his or,tions brcathcd the energy ofa great and
commanding spirit 1t was Warren who OIL
the eve Of he Battle of Lexington, obtained
information OF tic intended cxpcd,ion against
Concord. and Mt zen o'clock at night, trSpatrlI-
I'd the express to Tlancock and Adams, /" warn
Zen, of til. ir danger. Warren himself, on the
rnyt day the cycrmcmnrablc nineteenth nj
Apri w.s very active, and according to Cen
erai itcat's account, made very harrow IS
caps, a .n,lskct-jali carrying away part ol his
car:!ocE.
III the confused state If the army then as
seniblcd at GamLrilsc, Warren had a vast IN
1!,,ence in preserving order among tl:e troops.
uarcoek had departed - take his seat III the
Contiucrta! Congress, aud Warren succeeded
hin. as !'r..>iLeut o! the Provincial Congress.
iiot;r i.ayS previous Ia the conflict at Dun!icr
li;l, he rccciyv, :, commission as Major-Gc!,-
cr,li When lie cntrcnclinients were made,
TO encourage the men within; the lines, War
'ren. itGer several, miles away, fton the spot)
li,iss -; III =
.iiilEs He MAS ililnediately lroisssel- ihe
ss55lIS,nsnd. .No!n said the lnaghanilnois.War-
zen, Il am happy to serve ~ the ranks as Il
yoiuGtecr."
The action commenced. Three tini&s the
enemy were rcpuIscd, and driven from thc re-
doubt Carried ut last, our little army retreat
cd; and in the moment the retreat comInc!-
ccd, ball struck General Warren in the head,
and he died in the trenches. ono of the car
liest sacrifices to the sacred cause OF American
nationality. General Warren was only
llirly-our years Of age.
There are but few names in tic annals OF
American patriotism more deprIy cherished
than the name of Joseph Warren. It his ac-
tive energies, sound advice, and bold conduct,
had, under Providence, rendered signal service |
to the great cause in his lii,c, his death WAS not
without its fruit, i'll imrartiig newer am'! irts'-
er force and strength 10 the cause and lis III. !,
tercS,s Ii scelled lo arouse the dormant |
nerve Of the people. Warren. ever their tr'cnd
and ilvoritr, had died i'll hct' cause = he had
assumed and taken fk"' part, to resist "i,rTrS-
sirc r;iIe, AID had dies! defending their part
and now they must not facr in the contc*t.--
With sucl. feeling, naturally cugendcrc III
tn b,Hsi> ui the American people, 10y the loss
vi oue oi .hylr greatest men, 1t WAS no wonder
,i:c,. ihn, VI arrca's death stimulated the dcs-
pos.:..:, :;.yycd the weak, aud fixed the vacil-
ia:.... - ,is;ciui.cd and uncompromislng re-
sIs;:i.vr.
lis mic Was short, Eut long cnoagh to ca
enp.fv the truth that it is acts, not years,
VII .rh make the nan--tha Il few years, mark
e., by scsarr;iicing deeds to hcncti! Il people,
that thrs;. may imveSt man with the love. re-
spc: a!..I remembrance OF his kind that Il
s!,or; lite NAV hr Il long oic, when its mo-
l!cil;s, It's iluur> and its days are ,II ns@d with
vigorous fidelity toward the advancement Of Il
good and lofty purpose. Not twoscHrc
years O; the tireescore and ten, the allotment
oi mans life, has passed over the head OF Jo-
seph Warren, yet vino wall say that the h"!t
OF Il at allotment, given III tlie lie OF that Stcr-
ling and virtuous patriot, were not centuries III
their vital influence upon the interests aud
welfare OF these States !-centErlrs, when es-
tnatlns their worth and ,alne 10 owr postcrl-
ty.
That life has served purpose. the length
and lrcadlh of which 20 ila1 can measure;
the end of which conin" centuries and advanc-
in.c ages, with clearer v'Sur, and more rNand.
ed capacities, only will perceive, aud truly u'-
drlSlamd and yicd the ,rilute ot their praise
a..d aGm:rtlol.--.N ."i F,rmnn h'co'd.
IN. bLAcx REPUBLICANS AEMING. 1t APP
bears from lhc following item III Il New "rk
PIPER, that the Black Republicans are pr"par-
ing for the irrrprcs>IbIc conflict against the
Snnti., wiicm Lincoln shall he elected. lie
member, Mr. Douglas says he will help them
if the South sccc'!cS:
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