Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1849-06-23

complete within itself, can, entst as q sc,,o.
rate and distinct government, or con u5;te
nth other seeding States sea a con,poct
Jo% The common good Of all Hence it is
clear that in q government like ours n
secession by one or more of the parties to
the original compact, does not necesso,;l7,
work change in it's character. or the
characterof the seeding States, does not
amount to revolution--wili not nroduce
convulsion and disorder, unless indeed
might be substituted for qight. Such
substitution would doubtless work q
change, the odium and responsibility of
wnlch however would rest upon the
shoulders of those resorting to it--not
upon ours for the act of secession
But, sir, let us admit for a moment that
such change will be effected by secession.
on the part of the South, and still con,
tend we have full and ample justification
for the deed Justification full and am
pie, not in eight and transient causes"
butln "a long train of abuses and usur-
pations, pursuing invariably the same OBJ
Ject," and evincing ga design to reduce
us under an absolute despotism," which
have for the last thirty-fivo 1aars Boon
perpetratcd upon the South, in utter dis.
regard of all remonstrances against their
injustice and unconstitutional;ty on our
part. TO f'rouo hiS, let facts be submit
teal to a candid sesfSd.
&Y" We have been taxed for the last
thirty-five years at the average rate of
forty per cent per annum, to foster and
build up Northern interests and institu-
having paid, directly and Indirect
ly, during his period, not less thsn 81, !.
ooo,oo0,ooo a'vastly for this purpose.
BS BY the SO called Missouri Com
promise, we have been cheated of our
right to emigrate to any territory, the
common property of the whole Union,
north of SO, 80.
.EYr Our slaves have been forcibly
seized and taken from us, while passing
through or sojourning in the Northern
States by the citizens thereof in clear
violation of the spirit of the common
compact. and that comfy which should
ever exist, between sovereign, confeder-
atcd and friendly States.
BE Our right of property is no long
er acknowledged, and one,of its highest
safeguards has been virtually abroeated,
by the passage by Northern Legislatures,
OF acts forbidding the surrender, and the
refusal of their citizens to deliver up "fu-
gitivcs from labor and service" in express
and positive violation, of the Cd section
and 4th Article of the Constitution of the
United States.
EY- The freedom of the press has
there degenerated into the RIGHTEOUSNESS
OF abuse and fasehood, whereby and in
the person of cur Representative in Con
gress, we are daily and hourly insuIted in
the most shameful manner.
EY Our citizens whilst claiming their
property under the Constitution, have
been insulted and stoned by mobs of their
citizens, clergymen, professors and free
negroes; and the blood of ,one, inhuman-
ly butchered, (Mr. Kennedy, of Mary
land,) like "o brothers. blood crieh to as
from The ground"
GB- Our slaves have been kidnapped
and stolen by gangs, in sight Of the walls
OF the Capitol itself, and the felons have
ioulio synpathiSers and apologists, if not
abettors for the deed, in the persons of
Representatives from the North.
&D- The rights now claimed to ex-
clude usseom all territory acquired by
the blood and treasure of the South
chiefly thougha portion of it lies South
Of the Missouri Compromisa. line, a. d is
inc properly Of the South ass5tweli as inc
North. 'HH
GY- The rights now claimed and its
exercise has already been attempted, to
abolish the institution of slavery in the
district of Columbia, and in all other
places ouer which Congress claims and
to exercise exclusive jurisdiction.
* In fine, Tie great objects set forth
in the preamble of the Constitution, "ot
establishing justice, ensuring domestic
trdnqailitys promoting tie general s0slf lfa,c,
and securing the blessings of li6ertV to
ourselves and posterity," have ceased to
be The fruits of our confederaoy. 1ssF +
The foregoing Mr.. Editor, presents a
brief outline of the many grievances. -
Brief though they be, they are enough
IN all conscience to Justify the South IN
any measure of resistance, she may
choos8So adopt to relieve and save her