Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1849-12-08
GOVERNORS MESSAGE
,s.,,oJ. EXEcurIyE DErARyMENr,
Nov. 27, 1910.
To the HoaoraI'G Mc Spra,Gr a., !
.UeDk5srs of ne JTjusn of Poo,

49, - q, o ~.
TO the Hoaorabie tie Speaker a},L
hfa7Pt.5' -hfs7Pt5ers Of ne House Of Reprcsiaialiosa;
GENrLEMEN: You are assembled un lcr cir
cn'nStancc' = in mlny rc 2peats, peculiarly flvora.
be to conSderntc and soun irr ;lation. Thn
year which is closing has been ,lis.ingnishclin in
very remarkable degree for the general
health OF our citizens. From the Destilcnc,
which has consigned to the tomb so man
thousands of the people of other parts of oiir
common country, South Carolina has been On
ttrriy exempt Even To t|,pse sections of The
State in which malarial diseases in s,lmmcrn
untrequcntlY occur, Providence hls oxtcnl lei
t!:eafHi ;if mercy For this ei.;iiti BE sing, so
widely ditfused, may we hope tn n deep AMI
abiding impression of gratitude 10 the Giver
Of qu good has already been made on the pub
lie mind.
Whilc't the earth has yielded an abunlant in.
crease, our commerce. il rapidly explnlint
manufactures and the ucchancayts have been
inpltiplcd and -extenled the boundary of
saicucc and leaping has been enlarged; the
credit of the State Is un shtkcn, anl the spirit
OF the poap!e, long depressed from various
canses, lsagain bonyant, and would quickly be
excited t9lts utmost energy, if every cause OF
dl'coRtent from external resources were per
mancntly renewed.
FEDERAL RELATIONS.
herewith transmit certain ro solution, of the
States of Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, and
MiSNouri, on the restriction of slavery in the
territories of the United States
The opinoa of South Carolina on the grave
matter at issue has been so repeatedly express.
ed, that, Mt its last session the LEGISLATURE
unanimously declared that the time for discus
sion by the slaveholding States had passed.
and Tint the General Assembly, reprcscntinr
the feelings f the State, was prepared to co,
operate with her sister States in resisting the
1tN,,l,n e .
ProviS"to the territory acquire from Mcxico.
at any AMI every hazard 1T Il convention,
also of delegates of the committees of safety,
held at this place in May, it was among other
things resolved that in the event of the ms
sage of the Wilmot Proyiso, or any couiya'en.
measure, t!.e Governor be raque stel to c,nvtne
the Legislature ii not in session, "to con i lcr
the mode and nea sure Of rc.lress"
Concurrng in the beliefof the IL ter rutiIitv
OF further argument, Shallnot aticmp, to de.
monstrate tue ialse position occupied by our
antagonists, and the danger to the Union and
themselves by their ngloriouslv per er>istine in
miintainmgit The enactment of any one of
tn" contemplated measure of hostility would
probably, il not certainly, result in serving tic
political ties that now unite uS, but which, in
such an event, would no longer serve The
elevated purpose for which they were design
ed t7lsf
Alrcadyltis known that the Legislatures of
Virginia, Mississippi and South Carolina the
former by authority of law and the latter in
obedience To the wish of their. constituents
VIII convene aSsoona rs il shall be officially an
nounced that sinister counscs had prevailed
an the Legislation of Congress To wlat spoci-
nc mode OF action the agricultural States will
resort, to arrest the career of federal misrule
time alone will dcvelope. To provide thatit
shall be such as the outraged rights of freemen
and sovereign communities demand the honor
ofthosc comnonwealthsisirre plcdgcd
Nor may conjecture be ndugcd concerning
the course OF contermous States. having with
them community of interest, oil affections,
ana OF fears. The same feeling only to great
cr extent, that would arouse the slumbcrin,
energies of the whole Union to crush f,reipn
intcrmeddlnS with the internal regulations of.
the nation, would call forth lnnniil,ity in fhe
South, to repel wahton attacsDn their do
mestic peace and security. Our associates
need not be reminded then that the success of
anattempt from whatever quarter, 10 tliSfran.
chlse any portion OF the citizens of this great
partnership Of coequal soveregnties. and arbi-
trarny to control the authorities created by
,heIp, may properly be classed among the DO
hticai lmpossblitics of the day.
III thc states We're, IN all respects indepen-
aeht powers the aggressions of the North con.
tihned and multiplied in dispite of fraternol
appeals TO Their justice, masnaninity and on
hgh4teued Patriotism,s wonld long since have
made them practically acquainted with var
andits attendant horrors, why lis it tbat Tho,
strongest legal safeguards agninst cncroaei
,nents on the rights of the foreign nations have
besp carefully provided by the Fetlefal GOV
ernmept with the assent oil every party, of in
PowerAwhilst TO overthrow tho constitutional
barriers, erected by a common ancestry, eto O..
tablisb Justice, insure domestic tranquility, and
secure the blessings OF liberty to ourselves and
ouripositerisyP tho moral influence of mat
very government, under the stress of sectional
and geographical combinations, is increasingly
anddnsuitingly exorted1 The true answer eS
go5ogoeuI .uE rtribf t