Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-11-30

plain reouisition of the Constitution.
Themost disgraceful riots have occur
ed a, Boston and Detroit endangering
the safety and insulting the persons
of fcitizcns of The South. Resolutions
have beenpassed throughout the land
by meetings of both churchmen and
laity, declaring their intention to
resist the law, and demanding lis re-
peal. Our citizens, who have gone nor
tn for fugitive slaves, which the Con
slItutlonoi the [ United States and the
act OF congress require 10 be restored
to them, have been hunted down like
ieions--iheir persons being described
by pla-cardS posted up in the streets
and they hav been arrested under the
most frivolous pretext, and required
IN strange land 10 give excessive
bail. " he act lnsteado of restoring us
our slaves, only demonstrates the fact
that this antl-slayery feeling at The
North is already stronger than the
law and the Constitution, The pas
sage Of the law was no evidence Of
Il returning sense of Justice on the
part OF the members from the North
crn States, because they did not vote
for it, having skulked from the House
and let ii pass by Southern votes, in
order TO curry favor for the od0us
compromise Bills, well knowing that
1t would meet with such opposition
in its cl forcement that It's repeal
would be inevitable. Add TO all this
the facts that the Northern vote upon
this question has always been uuani-
NOUS against us--that such men as
Seward, Hale, Giddings and others
OF the same stamp are returned as
members TO Congrcss--tlat anti
slavery sentiments arc q condition es-
scnlial TO success in elections at the
North. and the test OF qualification
for appointment TO Office by the Fed
eral E,Xccuive-and we have a show
ing Of deep and abiding hostility TO
the institution Of slavery, that will
make itself felt soon by those who
now close their eyes TO the feet and
supinely repose in fancicd security.
But we have something which
"speaks louder than words" to show
the designs of the puritanical North,
which Pharsee-liltc, would make
clean the outside of the cup and plat
ter, while their inward part is full of
ravcning and wickedness. During
the last session of Congress-, there
was not less than two thousand Abo-
llton petitions presented TO the two
Houses. This proves not only the
unanimity Of feeling among the llas-
ses at the North upon the question of
slavery, but it shows that that feeling
is being acted out. We all know
how much we have talked, and how
much we have felt here, and yet have
not acted. But our enemies have
passed the period Of talking, and hav-
ing embodied public sentiment are
bringing 1t 10 bear upon us III the
shape of ACTION. This shows that
the excitement in favor of Abolition
is far ahead of the excitement against
It, A bill passed the last Congress
abolishIng the slave trade in the Dis
trict of Columbia. That District is
now, TO all intcnts and purposes, Free
soil for the Bill declares that slave
taken into the District to be sold or
placed in depot there for sale eLsemhere
shall become "LIBERATED end FREE"
and we know how easy it will be,
where there is the will, to frame some
pretext which will emancipate every
slave entering the limits Of that Dis
trlct. This, too, was enough, and all
they wanted nor, to establish a pre-
cedent for future legislation upon the
subject-cnough as the Abolition pa
pers declare, ito assert the power Of
Congress TO reguidte on ABOLISH sLA-
VERY whcreoer 1t eri$ts 'cHhin its ju-
qimiction." The next step will be
The abolition of slavery in the Dis
trlct of Columbia. We know this,
because Senator Seward, of New
York, introduced an amendment TO
the pending Bill, at the last session,
TOR this very purpose, and because
many Of the prints of the North are
now cIamoring Cor IFS abolition, not
only in the District of Columbia, but
in all places over which Congress
has jurisdiction. Its abolition in the
States follows inevitably, as soon as
the Constitutional majority can be
obtained by the admission of free
States into the Union, if they wait
that long TO do what Mr.. Adams de-
clarcd could be done under half
dozen clauses of the Constitution
TO aIterthe Constitution requires that
the amendments should be proposed
bv a majority of tWo-thjrds i'm both