The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-08-07

And She of Angel form, who to my gaze
3 Gave back the shells is Waib-'obs0 Memory!
LlLLY.DELL
MISCELLANEOUS.
Letter from Hon. L. N. Keitt.
4 To MEssRs. A. G. SALLET, Henry ELLIS AND
OTHERS 49,
Geutlen.en II employ an early opportunl-
tn. since my return from Washington, to give
ron. in compliance with your request, my oPln.
1a.s.s.ef our policy in the present eoWuncture OF
naIit;rs| ,Sa L is difficult to grope eroa our
Isag Pe1ssk alone thc entansi- and eompea-
t;ans which thcken around us, aTu;,S oes''
e ,se must often appeal to conjecture No one
s.n foresee the precise shape which future uG,
saionsIls will take, nor can any one now tell
q What extent probable party combinations
ali Le effected by the loose political material
NOW drifting about. The Wing party is dead
4he American party is dying, and in what COLI
.sition is the Democratic party? The Insty
md yirorous energy which has hitherto sga'-
! I'd Il: is fast fading away; but it Is relieving
TS[5epinniug to appreciate the living real and
,le,an,;.l issues Of the prrsrnt d"d iatHre, ana
s;;s;s.iapting its organization to meet them: >,
,be ..iirrcprrssiblc conflict" so d"gmatlca'ly
ss an y bnnced by Mr.. Seward, and SO e'!thnS'as-
8 8 M annroypd- by Mr. Lincoln, the present
nemtnce Of the Black Republican party lot .ne
Presidency, is now assuming more lor'n'ua-
ble shape, and is working out ITS results more
:. - y as'sta - aa:: seaAalss S :!
onr political arrangements. 1t Is io",o !"
ne spccuatons OF fanciuI tlicoris's' 10 "'us'
a. i,ssl, to the va,ities and lharaS.lcal asS'"p-
lions of men who only rise from the dust OF
traffic to month insip! ar;ii insane sentimental
tiles; and, mere fatal than all, it ntaineS
diseased conscience with lust OF spos aud i:'St
of power. To tlae mind Of the North the inc
.o,. Of abotiol,ism OF the 'irrrpresS'bie con-
;S,m-is particularly striking; it is esolerlt-
:, o;,,.s sensation of being in the secret tha'
n,i tho South. if not all the world has been
go;np wrong. Retrograde progress Is 'ar more
exciting than real progress. In the a'.er' .ne
,vhole world marches together; III the lorihet'
- frooment have it al to themselves. AN er-
ror Which has once been convicted as ora,
tality. can never hope to recover ITS GROUND
ayain as a philosophy, but error so easily takes
Now shane. and wears new name, that the
-,,or,d often finds its old enemy IN strange
.d;srr;se. THIS though abolitionsm has been
aonSy;cted of brutality and barlarty III t''e
,::;;,s..s, islands of the world, aud OF throwing
them into iungles and depopulatiion' yet 1t ; no4
stalks before MS in the form OF the "rrePlossL -
bIe conflict" and challenges the ano'''o'i u
tbe North, to wreak its attonement TOT nelsr
narv sordidness upon the "gitter,In!g genc'a'.,
:, lies, of universal equality. In tins way ano
through the combined influences OF van:
snacniat;on ambition cupidity and conscience !,
.pe .rreprcssible conflict though artificial
,,n;rst m and inhunan, is fast becoming n''"g
1'I I1nder the teachings Of the Abolitionists the
N,rtb is about to be consolidated against the
South, It is futile to deny, unless all the slSlis
around us betray, thai the Federal Govern"cl''
is about to pass into the hands ct the Ualor't!!
sact;on<ard that all its powers will DC used 'c
s1tsnnlc and ultimately to destroy the inst,'"'
1;nn of slavery rs it exists. among u.s. Neithel
-. ,,orrow nor the next week, nor the 'ieA
{. g seor might the dagger he planted IN the hear
e.,'o ' so,th. but. If she submits to the sec
t;,naI domination which is now threatene, =,
sna;ns, her. this calamity will inevitably be'aii
aSIoss the whole history of the world be rever
Ia ond the essential principl Of humanity h'
reyoIntionized. No people can sa'eis eo,,,'',, '
their rights and civilization to the custody e
another and hostile community, ana II Is 'o'
to DENY that the North is to the South HOS
tile ,cos1munlty. ~ L.. elm. IL;
/ moments examination will show tl'ae I'll. .
- 30 no unfounded assertion. African slavery
embedded i'll the very foundations OF o"uthet
nv industry and society, aud 1t cannot be over
.nrned without producing universal eoni'lS'o
:at .thc South. Society would be dlsIocate'
z. essrcrnment destroyed, and property ruined
effcctuaIly as ic an earthquake had buried,
delure submerged the soil. : AND yet, agal''
tl;s system of slavery the North has w"SG'
and is still waging, an unspar'ng warfare. II
@ literature has libecd; its pulpits have dcnon'
cod its State Legislatures have l'ipa'rc" u. :.
although. in doing so, they struck down III
t;nct article of the Federal Constitution. All
now il is about to usurp the common Cover
n,cnt in order the more cffcctuay and spec.
Il, to restrict, cripple, and then ext'"s"''
" Of course I do not mean to imply hostill
IN the ,art of all the people Of the North
.aonnniz, there many, many OF the hrme
ss;onJs &c the Constitution and Justice; b'
nnfortunatelv, they arc too feeble to CONT
~eaahc Legislative action of their States or t"
,,,, Ttous confscation of Southern propt
However much, then, the South may
hire the patriotism Of those at the North '"
s,-,,,ople AGAINST fallaticsm, and although
NAV be willing to sacrifice much to aid tho
=, their contest with her enemies and the e'
MICS of the Constitution, yet shc cannot
Hind to the fact that the whole political 4
sanitation is in the hands Of her foes; and
Cannot squander her liberties in fruitless
.sn,nt to aid even her friends. The Sol
must accept the issues which have been fore
bor hu the North, and she must N