The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1870-10-13

cxcrescenccs upon all that is admirable
and lofty in the constitution of our
moral natures" lie deprecated luke.
warmness and apathy as tending seri-
ously to our political detiiuent, and
urged, (sugyesticeIy,) "lct US attend the
public meetings-let every man go to
the polls and deposit his ballotin behalf
Of Reform; nay, let him Go more than
this let him explain to the igaoyant-
awake the spirit of the apathetic-con.
vert the "free agent" and otherwise
,corL for. the success of this most right
eous cause"
2 Atrocious sentiments thsse! and
"rcvolting, alike, to sense and spiris," it
would SEEM. esT.e
Now, Mr. Editor, when in thus ex-
pressing his views, Carolina dipped
his pen,iuto patriotic ink and sought !.
with no desire or intent, to make is.
sues or personal illusions) to demon~
strate to his fellowrcitizens of Kershaw,
the necessity Of dction, prompt, ener-
getic aud united, as the only medium
through which could be attained, the
redemption Of our suffering and down
troddcn State, from the throttling hand
Of misrule and corruption, little did
he anticipate the violent 7out-pouriDg
upon his l.ckless head Of such 4phials
of wrath" from the sensitive and
vcngcful hands Of your contributor,
"Old Church" "Gar6lina did not
seek, nor does he now desire because
pregnant with harm) a public discus
sion upon differences of opinion, which
should not exist between our people,
! when the issue is simply betw wec,rH Hon
esty and Ref, rm ON one land, and
Fraud and Corruption On the 0thr, or
where f tn y..do exist, the true patriot
! (howeyer conscientious is his dissent, J
should deferto. public sentiment, rep
PRESENTED by the opinions of the Intel
ligent majority Butthe gauntlet has
been cast at lis feet and tsGafolina" is
reluctantly forced to accept the gage of
discussion in the spilit aid temper
in which it is tended. .t...
:" Carolina's article was not intend
cd to be iMti0iduat but ge,send in its
application, and 70 Hose my, acto are
/ not Refoimists; and why 'OIl Church,
and he,alone, should have taken the
structures to himself, he being a Re-
j. formist, (fur does he NOT say, ltstand
b ready 10 help" the champions Of Re-
form p "Carolina's" aiitellecf-l"sa-
ch nrof the situation1 thoughhe be-is
not sufficiently discei ming to perceive.
Gold Church" AT fsst ar.ncs on ifhc one
side, ard by IA most marvellous exhihi-
tion OF intellecrual acrobatism or "vaul.
+. ting ambition, "about Us intclliSiblc as
is the '.in! prrsto-passw- the con-
jurcr, suddenly transfers himself to the
othGt--the two positi"ns, IN the poor
Judgment of dciercntial "Garvlina,"
being in dir,ct antagouism! For, while
he says (in substance, HI am u Re
iurmist," does h not argue iii favor Of
him vino is not? CONSISTENCY! tt,ou
artu ;eweip' Men, Mr.. Editor, usu-
ally find enough to DO IN fighting their
own battles; but To have taken 'Ip the
cudsel or the pen, in tender considsra-
ton for tins who, pol;tica v, a,e his
enemies, (a> "OIl Church" has done,)
h.wevcr admirable, as specimen OF
high modern p! ;F.siil!lrory, is tit would
seem to US, to attempt the carrying
our Of very questionable the4ry or
policy 'ii- Iif', NOT ki,he,to% known to
or taught BY the phiIos ply Of ii.iS "t
any otter age Aud really, Ar. Edi-
tor, were 1t not f1f tl.a; saving clause,
81 stand really IL il'1l,," ene would
{. BE- 70 cod to lie cni ctisi'a,, from a pe-
rusala7f the preceding p,rtiqn Of lis
'ticIe that -"0l. Chuirir" had written
uad r the dtlu.ion tlat he was u eis'd-
uallj attacked b: "i 'ar0lina,o Ca j.
liua never lltdu.Itof him When e
} pcnnei his article and that his pro-
c ivities, it not riiJ.e of an opponent,
were decidedly uf tic senus "artket'
io." He has urged an attc;upt.d arsu-
mcnt in b,huIfof those uho are "ppo-
sed to tile discharge If g"cas pubic
duty; and this u'on tie sronnd that
men are t't'ree agents" and'are entitled
to a dc putic execution IF their ewn
opiniun-, no matter hw unwisc or frc.
iu licial to the public interest, and
opposed TO public sentiment. "A small
, tnlrg, 81 si."--as Tou hs'one saidto Aus
dre;-.but c~. ywu si! rr own"
As Mr. AliGshipnan Eay wou 4 say,
, '.wri. afgue the p,iht.p
. We undertake to ahirui, aye, and
will proue that Il mar, has mo', al@#gs,
e.rc;r&se jurisdiction over property he'll
! in .'lee simplc"-tic very highest es-
tlc known IN law.
;. But .ofi! mcti.inks we hear "Oid
, Church cxc'aim, in til" eloq"eut lan>
= nuage of the imnortal O'r,..% ger
| "l,id,, warts att pimpics, sir. do you
u, r,ean l.. sbni;t he, rcpostcicus pruro-
c sit;yp tn,ta ma caGnpt do as he will
o with his own?" "Prcc:scly 50, sir is
6 "Curoina's" reply, "huf as Eesty
would say. Stop ii lit le; hear NE out
1t is we'll settled in law tata aiau cannot
t establish nuisance upoa hi' premises,
t in dcrogation of the interests of his
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