The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-07-17
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n; fcli' ii nv seutR Rusiasn, aud for
Z a ssts, ~ shoulk introduce some of tfi tie
eys and ellara -ters 9ts tina o;aale time,
aI zen realty ac4uailltanccs in
.,.zthnye .preIutelN;; "a Fourth Of July speech
awolld be INCOMPLETE witboat them, and ! re-
joiee that hlsu not vet lived To nee tie time,
s wtrn-a diav whose sun first dawl,cd upon the
grave OF tyranny, and npcllcd to the vision OF
.aif oppressed world a way of light and glory,
ts.l.al ceased to le rcvcrcI as freedoms n"tai
dry. Whatever has occurred TO mar the gori.
OTIS harmony of this day rs United Nat;n.s
jubilee, ] hope @ may never have cause to re-
fleet upon ourselves as glilty in passing !,y
slch a day with silent ind ffercnc:.
= 1t is proper at this p'iit To cuqairr, What
the object Of tile American Revelations Was |!
why this war was ever fought! 1t is hardly
probable that people liv,rg under, aud claim
ing the protection or a government. elegant
emigliteued and refined, from which they la.l
enj"vc'l niamy privileges and hrn,fi;>. wo~ll
have raised the flag Of REBELLION :or .ht and
transient ra;ses; n"r is it likely that that
bloody tale wonll ever have been written in
~thr book of time, hal rot our Re, oImtiorarv
Fathers felt themselves diircn 10 the bitter end,
10y the stcr'.,st necessity. With pr dent :orc-
sigh, they had the visions. 10 .i>, over in the
ats "f the Neither Couhtrv, the dis os,ion 10
o;,prcss them. AID they had wilat was lar scr
a..d le,tcr, and that Which >hod'd always be
1, * pr.,:,i .;l AMI useful lesson the nl:,:lv
courage promptly 4" meet the isste full it, tile
face, w'tiioit doubt or eqnivoca,ior. uSt What
il might. They claimed that the primary
rights of yt%errnent were vested in thnsr WHO
created il. AID that whenever any form u. gov
= eminent became s;.bvrrsive or destructive of
\ ahe>r em!s. it was not only the right, but it
WAS the dirty, o! til" lorplc 80 nj or or t"
abolish 1t, and I" Institute 'ra government,
LAWN. lis foundation su,h priinprs, and
.oigar iziI Z it, Iomeis in such form as I" them
.sh",la seem mot !ikcl. To rfcrt their safety
AID happiness"
FrHou- itizc, s, it is o small matter to alter
ar nj oli>lr the iorils of government tu which
wc Lave been accr stoned, hut when any gov
err n.el, fails /" r,.frt its citizens. it should
lie altered, or improved If possible. or if need
be d,sir,yrd forever: and lie is rcrrca,t To- his
.Gu:; wio willliods his right arm in aiding to
strike down any form of tvarlnv. whc', or
wherever presented. HE l"ug train of abuses
and ,:surpatiors. nf which they $" bitterly ard
justly complained, WAS only augmented hv
their submission. and such is the hatlrc and
tendency OF oppression, that the !o"g.r 1t is
l'orre the more exaclirg ard i'ticx,hIr does it
becomc-whilst the oppressed is wcakc, ed hy
submission. the opprcss"r is strengthened I,v
the oppression which weakcns lis vi tim.
Bnt. there is s"m' times roint ut which re-
rulsons occur. aud woe to the tyra't who
holds authority when the ls'yonrt becomes
the arbter OF the peoples rights.
1t should ever be a grateful thonght, nv
co,lr trvmcr. that numbers do rot always con-
istitute strength that numerical majorities are
not nee, ssarily righ, and obliged to be obcvrd
the race is not always to the swift. nor is the
battle to the strong. The glorions experience
of the past, and onr own observation of the
prcseu,i assures us that. "thricc is he armed,
who has his quarrel just" ."-"whcre justice is
the standard, Heaven is the warriors .hied,
hut conscious gnilt unncrres the arm that lifts
the sword against the innocent" Constant
in ovations upon the rights Of frermen will
produce terrible retribution; the vilcst worm
when trodden on. will sometimes strike th,
heel Of its oppressor. The blood of mar.yred
freemen poured ont as an oblation freely npon
the plains of Concord and Lexington, or rising
as incense from the smoking summit Of Bunker
} Hill, only insngura,ed mora eFectuaIly the
popeDspt and sealed the destiny Of the Old