Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-01-05

P'NSPS,y '."S' Oiiiiee thc iecllngS OF It's
constitutional guardians, and command
their favorable consideration.
Our Government is one of limited now
crs, and its successful administration cm;.
nently depends on the confinement Of
each of its coordinate branches within its
own appropriate sphere. The first scc.
ton of the constitution ordains that "oll
legislative powers therein granted shall
be vested in a Congress of tile United
States, which shall consist of Senate
and House of Representatives. The
Executive has authority to recommend
(notd ctate) measure to Congress. Hav-
ing performed that duty, tic Executive
department of the government cannot
rightfully control the decision of Con.
gress on any subject of legislation. until
that decision shall have been Officially
submitted to the President for approval
The check provided by the constitution,
in the clause comforting the qualified We,
to, will never be exercised by me, exccpt
IN the cases contemplated by the fathers
of the Republic view it as an cxtrcm,
measure, to be rcsortcd to only in extra
ordinary cases-as where it may neccssa-
~ to defend the Executive against the
cncr, achmcnts of the Legislative powcr.
or to prevent hnsty and inconsidernte or
unconstitutional legislation. BY cautious
ly confining this remedy within the
sphere prescribed to it in the cotempora-
ncous eXpositions of the trainers of the
constitution, the will Of the people legiti-
mately expressed on all subjects of ofleg-
islation, through their constitutional Or
gans, the senators and representatives of
the United States, will have its full effect.
Aslndispensable to the preservation Of
our system of selfgovernmcnt the inde-
pendence OF the representatives of the
States and the people is guaranteed by the
constitution; and they owe no responsible
ty to any human power but their constit-
uents. BY holding the representative re
sponsibe only TO the people, and exempt
ing him from all other influences, we elc-
vate the character ofthe constituent and
quicken his sense of responsibility to his
country. It's under these circumstances
only Tint the elcctor can feel that, in the
choice OF the law-maker, he is himself
truly csmponcnt part of the sovereign
power of the nation. With equal care
we should defend the rights of the exec
utive and Judicial departments. Our
Government can only be preserved in its
purity by the entire elimination of everv
claim or tendency of one coordinate
branch to encrOachment upon another
With the strict observance of this rule and
other ihjunctons of the constitution: with
sedulous inculca.ion of that respect and
love TOR the Union of the States which
our fathers cherished and cnjoined upon
their children; and with the aid of that
overu'ing Providence which has SO long
and so kindly guarded our liberties and
institutions, we may reasonably expect to
transmit them with their innumerablc
oicSs'nSs 10 the remotcst posterity.
But attachment TO the United States
should he habitually fostcred in every
American heart For more ,,,an halfa
century during which kingdoms and en-
pres have fallen, this Union has stood I'm
shaken. The patriots who formed it
nave long since descended to the grave;
yet still it remains, the proudest monu-
'nent to their memory, and the object of
affection and admiration with every one
worthy to bear the American name. In
my judgement. its dissolution would be
the greatest of calumites, and to avert
which should he the study of every
Americen. Upon its preservation must
depend our own happiness and that of
countless generations to cone. What
ever dangers may threaten it, shall
stand by it and maintain il in its INTEGRITY
to the full extent of the obligat ons i'm
posed and the power conferred upon me
by the Constitution. Il. TAYLOR
Washington, December 4th ls40.
The South Carolina Conference closed
lis session at Camden on the oath ult
Bishop Andrew presided. Nine dele.
gates were elected to the Gcner j Confer.
cncc, to begin at st. Louis, the first of
May next, viz; w. M. Wightman. III. A.
@. Walker, A. H. Shipp, w. A. Game
well, j. Stacy, Whiteford Smith, G.
Belts, N. falley, and s. w. Capers.
The next session of the conference is
to be held at Wudesboro', North Carolina
The following are the appointments for
this District: "
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