The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-07-31

more Conventions. The North, and partcu-
larly the Northwest, demanded man as Pre-
sidcnt-"Douglas or nobody"-Douglas or de-
feat" The South refused to accept a man obi
GUS to her as the cxpoundeE-tLe very head
and front-of an unconstitutional doctrine,
which rot only robbed the South other rights,
but insulted and degraded her. She asked for
the elevation of no particular man to the Pre-
sidency. She was prepared to accept any one
with sound Constitutional views. What was
it then which she so iniexibly insisted upon!.
What did the Southern States demand in these
Conventions The simple recognition of the
great principle which lies at the foundation of
all civil society, viz: the duty Of Government
to protect the persons and property Of its citi-
gems pherever its Jurisdiction rrtendx Would
any pubcist or jurist in any quarter of the c-
yilzed world dispute proposition 50 axiomat-
ic, fundamental and plain' They asked that
the party which had professed to be the pccu-
liar guardian Of tie rights of tie State, as op
posed to the centralizing theory of the old
Federal and Wing parties, should proclaim
the equality Of the States. This was refused
them.
The result has been that the South has Sc
parated hcrsel! from allies who would degrade
and bctray her. She has drawn up her own
forces in solid phalanx. She has unfilred her
flag to the breeze, bearing upon its folds her
motto-"The Equality of the South, or the
Independence Of the Soutl,," and she is pre-
pared to do battle upon that issue to the end.
Her warfare is for justice and principle, and
her trust is in the God of nations, the truth Of
her cause, and hor own strong arm. The black |
host arrayed against her has inscribed on its
murky banner "Thc subsection of the South |
in the Union or out of the Union" Its mot
Icy ranks are filled with a Heterogeneous mass,
but they are all animated by one common sen
timent # hostility to slavery-the foundation
of Southern prosperity. This scowling army
of foes We must endeavor to drive back with
the shield of the Constitution in one hand, and
the keen and tempered sword Of States Rights
in the other. We have every advantage over
them except IN numbers But the battle is not
always to tho strong A consciousness of the
injustice and wickelness Of their cause, may
yet cause some them, ere the battle is join
cd to drop their arms and abandon the field
or at least to strike such feeble blows that
hands nerved by truth may prevail against
them.
No men fight well in bad cause And
what cause can be worse than that which aims
to subvert the Constitution of orr fathers 3
If Mr.. Madison's definition be correct, the
Black Republican party are, in reality, a mere
faction. "a faction" says he, sis number Of
citizens. whether amounting to majority or
minority of the whole, who are united AID
actuatcd by some common impulse Of passion
or interest adverse to the rights Of other citi-
zens, or to the permanent and aggregate in
terests of the community" Can anything hc
more descriptive Of the Black Republicans!
But can VIC conquer and drive back this fac
ion, who arc threatening to ,lsurp the Gov
persert sit tes INSCRIPTIONS
nd nal purposes u; -. asery. isessss
'a | e
;ays 3e;; i.I victory over. the enc
s. Il,an triSTs aSt that could have been che-