The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-12-04

Inclr uUll W ucSlOy III.
The tone of the Northern press has greatly
changed since the unanimous and determined
action of South Carolina. Heretofore, it was
supposed by orr enemies that We were divided
and distracted at home, and that in consequence
Of our divisions, the scenes of 1851 would be
re-enacted, and the State would finally ac-
quicsce in Black Republican rule, or at best
that something less than secession woRldsbe
adopted, and our energies exhausted, iGsfriit; fruit
less cxpcdients and unavaing threats. Now
that the unwelcome conviction~ forces itself n.
pom them that "wc have couuted the cost, and
find nothing SO intolerable as voluntary slavery;
and that we are not to be deferred from the
assertion and maintenance Of our rights by the
threats of Federal bayoncts, or the. unmeaniug
and senseless display of Wide Awake professions
foEmidablc only to the capitalists and conserva
tvcs Of their own section, they begin to change
fther tone, and appeal to us, rather as snp-
plants thana conqncrors, to save Union
from which they have reaped rich harvest of
profit and honor, and the South has only
known by its cxactions.
They have been deaf to the voice of reason
and consanguinity; they have dsregarded the
counscls of their wisest and best citizens. Their
Neros, in the persons of Seward, Sumner and
others, had been fiddling while the Constitution
had been tranplcd under foot, and higher
law inauguratcd in its stead in accordance
with their reasonable advice and teaching,
and by the crowning act Of eiecting Black
Republican President to carry ont their long
cherished designs against the peace and pros
perity of the South they have declared open
war against us.
What course then, is left for the Southern
States to pursue for the maintenance of their
rights and the security Of their property, but a
separation from such open and undisguised enc
mics and the establishment Of Southern
Confc'lera'y, with every clement ofgreatncss
and every meats of defence necessary to pro-
tect them from any enemy and command the
respect and admiration Of the world? tits
gratifying to know that in the contemplated
movement South Carolina has strong assri-
RANGES that she will not stand alone; that if fthe
lone star we must have, it will be but for a
short season, when the star after star will be
added, and the Southern banner 'prescnt to
the heavens the bright constellation that
aLornsit."
There is no reasonable Doubt but that Gcor-
gia, Alabama, Mississippi Florida, Texas, and
Arkansas will Immediately follow, and that the
other Southern States will eventually COM
pletc the galaxy. 1t was not be expected
that they would move before South Carolina;
not on account ofany want of patriotism and
determination to resist aggression and insult,
not because they are less informed Of their
rights, or less prepared to defend them; but on
account oftlie national parties, 50 lately striv.
ing for victory >iu the Presidential canvass, in
Which contest there, ,would naturally arise dis
trust and jealousy Of each 9sIeT, ana
bic for the ascendancy. Hss,sS .syi resi-
ASentiaa election is over,
jon is. chosen to rule OF
!se:: EfcpsivI 70 T0ra Their P'tss
,ns, bite in defence lbf their alta2Sssaa11 y