Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-11-23
For the Daily South Carolinian.
THE SOUTHERN PATRIOT.

=" tHO huHy OOuH CuTOtnlun.
THE SOUTHERN PATRIOT.
Messrs. B. F. Perry and G.. J. FL
ford deem it proper to notice the sug-
gestion of the .CQroliniaR in regard TO
the apprehensions of the press, and
the rumors of the community, as to
the contemplated political course of
the Southern Patriot
They regret that the language &C
their prospectus, which they thought
clear and explicit, though necessarily
brief, should have been misunder-
stood, or require explanation. There
is surely nothing paradoxical or nov
ell in a newspaper defending the
rights of the South and the Federal
constitution as well as 'the integri-
ty Of the Union of States In the
opinion of the editors of the South
ern Patriot,.% the Rights of the South,
which they; are ready'to defend at
any and eoeiy ,hagqid, can only be
successfully defended by the Union
ghe Stu'h.-When great object
is accomplished, which, should occu-
py the thoughts of ever y patriot,
and the slaveholding States are uhi-
ted in council and in action, the Bat
tie will have been fought and the VIC
tory won, the rights Of the South 'se-
cured and the integrity of the Union
preserved. Whatever the whole
South may determine on, will carry
with. 1T a moral and physical force
which the Federal Government can
not resist. ="
The great political purpose of the
'Soglheerp y III Patriot will be to unite the
South. IN thesr resistance to tile az
gressions Of the N&rth. This may be
accomplished by a. Southern Con
gress, composed of members elected
by the people, under the authority of
the several States. If any ofthe
slaveholding States should refuse to-.
meet, let the others send amongst
them able and distinguished men;
whose duty it will be to urge on their
Legislatures and on the people this
unity ofaction. The people of South
Carolina have no right to suppose,
however, that the citizens of any of
the other Southern States are less
patriotic, less intelligent, or less dis
posed.to, defend, their rights than they
are themselves. ." u
Hany one despairs of uniting the
South in the maintenance Of their
rights, he had as well" give up all
hope of successful resistance. Sepa-
rate action on the part ofSSohtfl Gar
olina must be disastrous TO her, and
alike fatal to the rights'of the South
and the rights of the several States,
whereas the united action Of the
Southern States cannot fail of sue
cess.
The editors of the Southern Pat
riot are proud of being citizens ofthe
United States, afid VII Defend defend the The iii
tegrity of the Union as long as it can
be done consistently with the rights
of the South. But they are South
Caroiinians by birth, and deuotedly at
tachedto their natioe State. Her no
nor is their honor, and her interests
are their interests; and they are rea-
dy to defend the one and the other
even unto death. THeif willingness
now TO throw themselves in the bfeach
and stem thepopular current, which
is sweeping over the State, against
Southern congress, and in favor of
separate State action and immediate
disuni"n, is at least no evidence of
selfish or ambitious motives.
Messrs. Perry and Elford ask, as
a favor, of those editors who have
been SO prompt TO assail their pfos-
pectus, TO republish in their papers
this communication. Aid, lin conclu-
sion, they beg leave to state, that the
Southern Patriot is not to be excle-
,sively a political paper, but will be
chiefly devoted to commefce, ngricul-
ture. and literature. Nor is it the
purpose and design of,he Patriot, as
has been asserted by some of the ed,
itorial corps, 10 teach that 'subrnis-
sion is easier than manly resistance
Its teachings will be truth and patri-
otism, and it's motto, The Rights of
tho Souta and tho Tnin,n oftba Co.ffh