Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1849-11-03
From tie Soat& Cdroiiniun.
A CONSTITUTIONAL PARTY.

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There are various indications in the pt5.
litical horizon that better times are at
hand, and tnat The government of tho
country may yet be transferred to those
who have higher aims and holicr purpo.
Scs than self advancement, or triumph of
party. The organization of Il genuine re-
publican party is needed by the country,
that the rcias of power may for once be tu-
ken from mere traders in politics, whose
chief objects seems to be nothing greater
than the appreciation of the spols OF office,
and to pursue a policy that will keep
them in power.
What is it that has made Free Soil the
test OF political rcctitudc at the North
Why is it that coalitions" have become
the ruling policy of both parties in that
latitude? What, in short, has bcgottcn
that sectional excitement which threatens
and which will, if succcssfql-cvcntu-
ally produce a disruption of the federal
Union? The basencss and dishonesty of
party politicans-thc malicious envy of
Martin Van Burcn--frst gave Free Soil
that distinctive character as Il political
organization, which now pollutcs both
parties at the North. Itwas the unright.
cous promptings ofambtion to grasp the
Presidency liz 1852, that induced Benton
and Clay to blindly throw themselves up
on the turbid waters OF Abolitionism and
it is this unhallowcd thirst for place and
power which, we feel assured, actuates
by far the larger portion of the polite ans
in the various phases they have prcscn-
ted to the country Tor the past few years.
What then is to be donc--what course
must the honest masses Of the people
pursue to rut an end to this dangerous
and degrading state of affairs? The New
York Sanduy Times indicates the true
course in the following blicf paragraph
Parties now ought 10 he dissolved and
take other forms. A constitutional party
should be established out all the Gle
nests, which would con'truc that great
character of our liberties us our rcyolu-
tionary patriots intended to construc It
The Union would then be frm--thc states
united in the bonds of brotherhood the
social relations, homes, and iiresidcs OF
the South would bc unmolestod, and free
from those frightful cncroachmcnts whicl,
are constantly assailng them. and the
agltators, dwindlcd down to small par
ty, will be distinctly seen, shunned, and
avoided, stripped of the power of doing
evil, and of the ability to raise the whirl-
wind and direct the storm"
This party could be established. There
arc thousands scattered throughout the
length and breadth of the land, who
would gladly rally round the standard
OF the Constitution and the Union, and
the crisis demands the formation of such
party.
In the South and Southwest, in the
North, yea, and even in the East, there
are men, patriotic and good men, wl.o
arc sick and tired Of party cant and spu-
rlous patriotism, and who would gladly
como to the rescue of republican prfnci-
pies; and sustasa tho leaders of such dc
sirablc political organization. The I'm
ION, equality Of rights, and the perpetual
ton of our national existence demand
such an organization. Party faction md
Jealousics must be suppressed at home
and united people presented to the
North, pledged TO the maintenance of the
Union and its Constitution, and the rights
of the people in every section of our coun-
Try.