The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-05-22

Northern democracy, who yaunt themselves as tie
friends of the south-tbe only friends of the South
north Of Mason and Dckson's line will not accept Of
platform embodying tho principle of protection to
slave property by the general Government, in the
common Territories? The reason is obvious it is
smyly because they do not believe that man has the
right OF property in his fellow mar. And if any
Of them do believe it they fear and trembe at the
idea Of committing themselves such doctrine before
their constituents for in doing So they we'll know that
they putting to hazard all their hopes of honors and
emoluments so inviting in the general Government.
With the discussions and final action Of these North
ern friends" before him. developed in the Charles
ton Convention it is matter of the profoundest as
tonishment to us, how any well informed Southern
man can possibly see any safety to the institution OF
slavery in the Union after che point at issue is once
openly yielded. The mental vision of such man
must be illumned by love of the Unicn that 'pos-
sesseth knowledge" If our 'only friends" of the
dominate section preemptory refuse to commit them.
selves in case they should succeed to the adminstra
tion Of the Government to the protection of slave
property in the common Territories what is to become
Of that class Of property would ask in case our de-
clared enemies succeed to the administration Of public
affairs? We leave it for the disturbers Of Southern
harmony 10 answer. Hut we do not argue that for
the South to stand firm uponu the principles of State
equcIity in the Territories that therefore, dissolution
Of the Union will necessarily follow, for it may be,
and very probably will be; the only way the Union
can be saved certainly it is the only thing that can
make tho Union worth saving, to the South, and we
suppose there no Southern man 50 croven to do
sire to remain in the Union upon any other terms than
that Of equal rights among equals.
The simple point at issue between the Northern
and Southern democracy, is this The South asks that
her construction Of the Cincinnati platform, the
term to slave property in
the common Territories by the general Government
as recommended by majority of the States in the
Charleston Convention, be adopted The North, by
her mere numerical majority in that Convention,
fused this request On this action eight Of the South
ern States withdrew from the Convention The Con-
venton then adjourned, 10 meet in the city Of Balti-
more, on the 18th june next.
The eight seeding States then held meeting aud
recommended that new Convention assemble in
Richmond, on the llth June next Thus matters now
stands By this action the point at issue is made so
plain tina: none can fail to see it, aud is narrowed
down that there can be no eeMpromise.
If the two parties, therefore, again get together
there must be open and bareced surrender on the
part of the one or the other For the North to surren-
der would require no sacrifice on he- part save the
mere chances of Offices.
For the South to surrender, would be to lay down
both principle and honor, and to hand over the key
that uulocks the door of her safety and tranquility,
and let the spoier in at WILL and thereby subject
the long cherished ard veneraed institutions Of our
fathers to the whis and caprices of mere numeri-
cal agrarian majority Of the whole people Of all the
States in the Union.
The words ofsuch men as Mr.. DOUGLAS and SEWARD,
is solemn warning to the South to which she should
give the most earnest heed. Mr.. SEWARD is q bold,
daring inovater, and Representative man ofhs sec
ton, and for the South to affiliate with him, would be-
with both eyes open, voluntarily to submit to her own
degradation and obstruction. Mr. DOUGLAS is the
persoGicaton Of hypocracy and demagogueism, Whose
policy, under the guse Of "Freud" points the same
ends and to affiliate with him. would be, with eyes
half open to be driven like silly Birds into the net,
there to be rdiculed and moeked at and finally crowd
ed out of exstance. If in either case our fate is dis
honor and DEATH itwould be more manly to march out
before all the world and be shot down. rather than
huve limb after limb amputated until the vitals are
reached, half pretending to believe, the while the
surances of the opperater that he was our friend"
and was trying to care u.s. In o.lirr words we tuk
1t nofe noble to be a,elavo with - Aofa slave,
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freeman.
In concluding these remarks, We would again say,