The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1865-1866, 1865-09-15
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South 1c a,oa $ho g*vc tone, vigor
anil .:l,:haoter,Sal lher saeiety~-the soul OF
acr leE aal greatest enterprises -naHs
lie ,ery prolp,ers or her public thought
a.e, &c understand, p:e3aFing to leave tho
ceun,rv. ard 60 into voluntary exile.
Ts:s il oaa OF Hhc sadlcst results now
following in the train OF the just cenple"
:e,3 ;ery!utien.
il. Z, recent editorial We advertcd TO the
,,.-cu: ;daty to be heneeforth performed
~ :err Southern man in choosing IN!
sa,, ,,rtins as his REPRESENTATIVES in the
csu!c..: Of State and aation, only these
sr. sw!:o have been most closely idcnti>
led a~,.h he welfare of.t''c| |papple. But
;tJ::.cr,; j. theme in all the catalogue of
csior:::;! >ii:scuss;op apon which we wou'd
syc;.xa'; ;@~- increasingly, that subject
is :':e ,a,1rscedEin the opening para
.arach, OF this article. ihere:is something
tel:iblx tv,.:hicg in the thought that a
p.aaJ !oser of bis country sheuld have
:cccie SO tiepressel by his disaproint-
.iln :. 80 ui:-s!v east down by lis MIS-
I: as, ;;...;,s rst.rcr than remain aud
d.: !.;.tc 20 .!p har w',st; rather Llian
ST.. : ,...an. t'c srceN lvls!s and s!1alyy
ag.,grs Of lis h,aic where he played as a
10 2.Gi. la!;o:el ASA man, and where
lo,a he's hallowed every association Of his
I;n.>; ra...,s1 ,an still lingcr and by strong
en:.eag.:, st,i"a to recraate tie exhausted
o.et9i2s q tiS,peop!e, he should, in an
!:cyr Of ra:..ii.,-s iripnlse, expatriate hiw-
S.. irnm lis mother land, and prepare to
!.ye r!Iaraaf:.r life without an object-a
ttmaa viii a..t a country" Such an ono
is ;i.:,,a n=..::r than descrter from his
carstM f.: i there ever was a time
wnca q. :iy-'hega man ought to be at
hsul4, q: (. l, w&.ciling the interest of his
paovle, aoairihnGaf 10 the pulsations of
tie erca' popular heart. earnest, ardent,
y;oriident, true and Grni, that time is now.
isssl ss se@ca Ct bE!-
les. . little, while o.~2SOne. strong word
liisgt carries Ri.h it a flow of influence now
is worth the charge of brigade. Mo:
r,.fFsio g,er is. in demand. LTt,Aasett::ts arc
weapons. .Triimc holds the scale of victo-
lF;y; apd Ht:,e people ofthe South will but
relnaip true to themselves, stay at home
fight what remains Of this contest at the
ballot box, cooperate as conservatives
with the conservatives of the North,
staEd shoulder to shoulder, unit-like,
brave, rnah&shed, aud persistent in lhe
assertion of right-riglt not because it is
right, bus as matter Of ezpediency-we
pledge tnc honor Of tlle na.ioE that lla12s
aan four years viii witness a change in
the political elements of the land even
more startling than that which, four
wears ago, plunged the country iato fra
1sicidal wa;-a change, too, tkat Will re-
feet its br;.,l:o-t lfa.o upon them, their
generation and their posterity. Wc re-
peat, therefore, the anticipativc exile
don't GO Stay where you are. The
t:u. lre tn Of the North ask it. Your own
.uphappy South demands it. Open some
ayenne Of labor: get into it,; dig, delve,
toll; let the manly sweat flow for a time
while you oarn Jour own aud your chil~
dren's daily bread; and when the proper
time comes you shall help to obtain and
thereafter enjoy all the rights and priyi-
legcs Of free American citizcn-Nsw
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