The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1861-01-29


her trooIs 10 WI territofiaI
,isrts and that in her bosom matched The.
treasonsbie project ftrcasonable, because dur.
mo ;ns war, 81 Separating the New England States
rom the rest of the contcderacy and re-uatttng
tAea .uia Old SEEay!daa. Moreover, that on
.ae occasion aof the annexation OF TINT Texas
which siie is ROW anxious 10 compel BY 'oree
20 remain in The Union, BY her l.ae,,s.atarc she
declared such annexation l'so faeto dissolved
the Union, ard 1.isinss Massachusetts was from
that day out Of ,tl.c Union. Alltlis, SIR, you.
ought to have Known; andif you did k1ow it.
your euloginm of ler at the expense OF gallant
Statcs-yei must parloa me Tor saying It's
wholly .t:llablc. =.
NI-.e Me clap-trap declarations are to be cx-
pccted from the designing aud weak, but are
unJccolnins a man OF your gravity aud we'll
established character for sound sense and pa
triotism. We ought not to he surprised that
knayes, who wish for their own selfish pur-
poso ia n,isiead others less Informed than them.
solves or that simpletons, who are incapable OF
understanding the Importance Of tue principles
involved iii the prescnt controversy, should i'l-
dulpc in frivolous objections to the present at
titulc of some Of the Southern States : but,
when similar line: Of policy is adopted, BY
thosc.ato wliomSwe have right to look TOR
counsel and directioni in times OF difficulty, we
cannot but feel lnortifcation and pain.
Tho meeting at which Syou performed your
part has been held, aud those who composed
i. are again dispersed among their teliow-clti-
zens. i beg to inquire Of You, SIT, how 1t ten
icd, in any way, to settle the present dlfllcu-
ties 1t suggested no plan OF adjustment 1t It
neither recommended negotiation with, nor tue
iorciblc coercion Of the seeding States
defy any. man, after he shall have read with
the greatest care the proceedings, to say what
il is lie meeting wished TO have done. Partu-
yiunt monies, nusciiur ,eltculus mus. Irnc Ii
IS: they, distinctly enough declare Devotion to
the Union. But the integrity OF the Union
has not only been Threatened, but It's llyaments
have already been torn asunder, and war dc
ilarcd if indeed the slaughter has not actually
begun. sgsf
What said the meeting on the a-importan
question, whether, with their consent anG ap
tproval, Southern cites should he den''l'sAes
ind eouGaquted, and S9uther" homes mad
desoLate by the slaughter Of taAters and Of bro
Tiers, their nuturut protectors
Nothing! absolutely nothing So far from
there being any expression OF a tender solici
3tude for, or the exhibition OF a sympathetic
apprehension for, the safety OF Southern tath
ers of Southern matrons, maids and children
there was, touching these matters, a silence a
profound as that OF an Egyptian mummy; Un
less, sir, / have greatly. mistaken both you
head and heart, you cannot cody and aPproV
;n.Iv contemplate the massacre of our eoun
.try,nen and the desolation of their tresides.-
And vet, your. presence at, and partlcpano
in the proceedings Of such a meeting VIII
iovousIy hailed by every Northern fanatic, a
ySnoalcr pledge given for the humiliation an
..,h;voot;ou of YOUR Southern brethren.
these people understand at all any part OF tn
readings oof Jesus, it is his saying, that he VIII
IS not for us is against us andres assured 81
that however contrary theEiact may be, an
however repugnant to yonr real sentiments
may be, your indorsationB OF the stereotype
resolutions OF the meeting, as PnnHcr" Tor tn
distressing ills which aflict the country, vi
.nrocurc for You the appreciation OF the mos
rabid Republican in the land. The "tcpubl
cann party, swollen with the consciousness
.nowscr. for the first time by them possesses
finsolcntly scorn allthoughts of Cancellation an
.ncacc, and in their arrogant demonstrations
warlike purposes, confidently point TO those
,he South who think they fulfil their who
I,r1y to the common veal, and establish the
claim TO statesmanship, sby joining in p'cns
tho Union, as part and portion OF the hos