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

In every CLINE IN coming years,
viii men proud anthems .sngi
3: And round the world tile echoes float,
That Up PRISrERs INK is King" a.
COMM MUNICATION.s
-. In. EMToR ii :cannut be concealed that
There is a.eqaye difference sof opinion among
lsus as to- the action which was :orced by their
INSTRUCTIONS upon the seeding delegates at the
late Charleston Convention. We all agree that
it1s to- be deplored but the more moderate
,cannotsbe blamed Tor its existence. They have
j not tpfodueeds;t. They cannot he invoked TO
trcstore uaaninity TO our coslnses, BY ln,tatlng
St,the example that lns destroyed it. But they
lmay justiyf and by the most sacred consldcra- ?l
tioiis. atiurc those whose impetuosity has pre-
j vented the nnanimity5 the South, TO, estab-
lish it byssresunng stheifranks andai'ing back
into that. array in which they were placed by
tatheir. .wisest and greatest clieftain.
9I2e ,saath Iassalways till recently 8 tiink,
.dsraaad n-interyention by Congress upon
the sulicc..of slavery in the Territories, in the
sense ils,3liich it was understood by the non,
j. sscediue "a delegates in; the Convention, In.
i.proof, of this quote from the Address OF
horns tesin Congress to ther. consti-
stuenss ia document written by Mr.. Calhoun,
e IN 4Sa9 fand signed by himself J udges Butler,
s!r. Hunter Mr. Davis and forty -four other
sSouthrrn Rights Senators and Representa-:
i:tives -. - z so Is .5sfg ~
We liold that the Federal Government
.lias nosnglIt to extend or restrict slavery, no
nynore San to establish or abolish IT. ~ Enter
tbesc opinions we ask not, as the North
alleges ve do, the extension of slavery
ThatyS you'd make u Discrimination IN our favor
Z: assalnjnst aud Unconstitutional as the discrinl=
! nation they ask against usin their hat
then, We do ask IS not to- extend slavery, but
sye sll:sI not he prohibits (bS Congress
iionsil esference migrating with hour
,properts5iito the 4 rritprics of the United
I: States because We arc savcho olders. ~ Lri.
Now, owa VII AZ this extension of slaSery, which:
they not ask 5s'sS5ns:ss.ss,
3. ,1aee z fs''l
neIis protd stian n e.r;isos congress
iona. atsso nethodeof'
extending though Of lsec no.
way toirtase the gsslsys hear any qsheracollr
stsuesioit VIC slfppoSe whatssis llp,
possible, tEat those IPu!lcon ondescentt,
i to ta.n5er with tfltl iiggle with words to-
.adegrec tiatwonll q sgast even a cllarlatar
ae years saftesward ne had the &ebr;iskaS
Kansas act ,sfiiclf has become so unpopular of
Fate at The South: IT conceded sncariy all that
Had been claimed. Sfess abandoned 8 the
right to interfere in the dotnsstic tfairs of Ter
.ritorics, by recognising in the people the
Territories the rightS of vernlneit and
leaving them to idopt .rsject Institution.
-.of sla1e7y as they might prefer. what
sentiments Ibis act w;ls received at the Sonth,
may appear from the following resolutions of
Ithe Aiabafna Dninocratic Convention, drawn
M b5 M. 4 aueey ]. md which, / believe, ex-
messed the almost u stfiimous sentiment of the
ssSoufhcrp peopl le at that times::--. q y Z:
Phatthes act providing Territorial Gov
( 'eruments for e9faska sands haus;,s, eInhodles
sthc priaeip eof CotgrJssi ional noli-itertereacc
f,ipon The sesy I'M the Territories,
and flat The provisions Of that act, 50 far as
they relate .to that subject, haze the hearty
approval and concurrence OF. this Convention
a1G.. That those men in tie 'ncn-slarehold-
inp States, who have nobly advocated the pass
;asesof the Nebraska aasasS act and the tugl-
tive slare law as measures sof justice to the
iSontl, deserve onl tthapks and are entitled to.
.our confidence s. II, - -
No otherSresolation, Of the entire series,
1nodi6es or impairs the force of this clear and
uncquiyocal language. s Bnt, it's said that the
Nebraska Kansas act was not then construed
as it is now construed. Here appeal can only
he had to the plain letter the act, which is
explicit enough. Ct if commentary be, need
ed, take the following from the Charleston
EMersary, at tlat!time the ablest and most
trusted organ may, oracle -of the nltra-Sontll-
.ern rghtssparty
Now, what was this principle Of popular
sovereignty as expo1ndcd by M. Douglas, aud
asserted lin the Nebraska Bile The language
.ofsthe Bill is that the. Territories should "bc
free to form their own domestic institutions,
subject only to. the Constitution Of the United
States ME Cass, and other leaders of the
Democratic pasty, further Spoanded the doc
trinc as-follews The people of q Territory
arc sosereign, and tho act of Congress, orgar-
jsing the Territorial Government, is a rccogni=
don by Congfess, Of that sovereignty. Tile
only limit to- this. sovereignty is the Constitu
,tion Of the Bnitcd States, as interpreted by
tss Supreme Court The direct conclusion
from sach premises, aud Which Mr.. Cass and
the Democratic party epeatedly asserted, was,
that after the passage by Congl!ess of the act
organising: tile Territorial Government, Con-
gress should not interfere in amy manner with
the Territorial Legislation, and the great merit
claimed BY tllemEin favor of the Nebraska Bill,
was, that it putyan end to Congressional utter.
yenton. Itiwas adifect pledge to the coun-
try, and especially to the South, whose charac-
ter and institution had been assaied for twen-
.ty years on the floors. Of Congress, that hence
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