The Camden confederate. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, 1864-04-06
Tlie Beeinnine of Anarchy.

Dayton, Ohio, and,in Grecnville, Drake
county, Illinois, the Democratic presses
shave been destroycd-typcs thrown into
the street and their defenders shot. :
Eurloughed soldiers were the instruments
set on BY the Black Republicans, In
lthe latter place public meetings have
been heid blythe Democrats, and retail
alton threatened and vengeance vowed.
we have no other interest in these do
inestic broils, except that which prompts
EEjthe hope that they may be after the
iitnaEref Of the Kilkenny cats. But they
! ts .aa instructive LESSON. Those who.
are old enough to EefSmbot t,lc .6ssln,
OF tile Abolition party will not have for
gotten some early incidents which show
that the Black Republicans are now ad-
ministcrng to their ncighbors the same
chalice once presented to their Own lips
by the Democrats. IN Galcna, Ohio,
Giddngs' press vas mobbed and its
editor escaped with difficulty. No doubt
many similar acencs could be recalled
In process of time the Republicans have
come into power, and they arc now pay
ing Of old scores. A people whose early
history was marked by which burning ard
other atrocities upon those who took the
liberty of thinking for themsclycs--and
in later day have how!cd With satis!ac
ton over the flames Of Catholic Converts
in a land boastcl as the home Of free
thought and free speech, must accept as
well us they can the fruit of their prac-
tical philosophy. Mob law is one Of
the least remarkable offshoots from q
state of society which breeds Mormonism,
Free Lovcism, Fourerism and the other
isms of Yankee life. TO all the social
evils which have sprung from their prac-
tical inGdciiSy, VIC have seen them III our
day subjected, first to the dcspotism of
mob law and then to military tyranny.
They have one more stage 10 reach and
that they are rapidly approaching uni
vcrsal anarchy. The Democrats arc be-
coming day by day more and more sab
ducd. The votes in Congress, Of which
we give an account this morning, prove
the rapid decay Of the spirit Of resistance.
We invite the careful attention 10 1t OF
any OF our readers who may dcluGe
themselves with the hope Of seeing q
peace party spring up at the North
The papers, it is true, give US an account
of 'monster. meeting at the Cooper
Institute. n f,.wor of Mcclellan iGr the
! rTcsrdTntTy: but II l3 100 Eatc 10r-us 10
be deceived by such exhibitions. New
York is monster enough for any number
Of such meetings on any subject without
our deriving any benefit. We have not
forgotten the lessons Of this war. Where
are the voices Of john Van Burcn, Bra
d., Brooks, and last but louGest, the no.
torious Capt. Rhyndcrs, once 80 fierce
and blatant? All hushed into silence
under the potent spell Of the power Of
Abraham lst. There is and there can
be but one peace party among the Ian-
KEGS. That is to be called into existence
by the success Of Southern arms -
Vicksburg, Port Hudson and chattanooga
have stiAed the voices so loud for peace
after Manassas, and Fredericksburg and
! Charlottesville. The echo We must ex-
pcct will ouly respond to the voices Of
our cannon when they thunder forth their
victorious notes in the battles OF the
spring campaign.
We would not be understood, however,
rs deprcciating the effect of other causes
operating among the Yankee people,
The evidences of perturbation and anE
ious forcbodings are visible even ii their
boastings. The Herald announces that
the rebellion is to be crushed in tho
spring campaign, or it never will be-
The Northern press generally has lowered
its tone from the triumphant key 1t gave
forth some months ago. In spite of their
language of hope, they afford uumstaka-
bic proof that they are beginning to re-
alizc the sclf.supportiug and rccuperativc
energies of the South. They have seen
the tone CT our people recovering under
shocks which theirs would never have
survived. They have noticed a people
whose country has been devastated,
+vhose families have been dispersed, their
property stolen and armed against them,
maintain deep seated, united and buoy
ant spirit, which the Yankee is incapa.
bic of exhibiting or approaching, aud
which nothing but an abiding confidence
in the justice of our cause ever could IN
spire. With all our suIFerings and per-
secutions from a race, to whom the Ian
guage of Dryden in an inverted scnse,--
"None but himself could be his paral-
lcl," is applicable, they find US still unl-
ted and resolute, they sec depth Of re-
solution which they begin to find can
never be overcome. And while they sec
all this among us, what do they observe
among themselves? The Yankees are
acute enough to see the true state Of
things at home, however their natural
prcsciencc in all matters where truth Is
/ involved compcls them to falsify 1t.
They know they are nearer ruin than
they yaiuly hope that we are. a society
unstable in rcligion-disGgured with
vice, and aboundiag with so many c!o-
mcnts Of disintegration-cannot bear the
shocks Of those coayulsivc elements now
l.a.:,ol h. Lave