Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-12-07

taws, 1T seems, own the same district of country;
while the former have expressed thci" Willingness
20 grant The request which has ben made, the
latter for unassigned reasons, iutcrpose objections
Since August no further Information onythc sub
ject has reached this Department. although
Cportshave been used to elicit il. 1t may there
lore be inf red that the objections of the ChoU-,
taws still exist as
Early in the winter, aconsidorable nnm-
Der the Catawba Indians retnfeed 10 this
State from HaywoodacoullE Noksh Caro-
lima, and very recently, tho 5esaa: :nder, eS
cept four adults and six children, have fol.
lowed their example. The headmen OF
chlcfs, according to the report of the In
dian agent, now express great repuguance'
TO the removal ofthe tribe to the west, and
prefer that n farm be bought for their flu
ture home in the northern partof Green
vile District--a region OF country which
they have examined, and of which they
highly approve. Good land might there
be obtained for from 81 so TO 50 pcracre.
An appropriation OF about $4,000, which /
recommend, will probably be sufficient for
The purchase of fam of suitable size, and
implements of industry, and for The con-
struction Of board houses. no furnish them
with food and clothing for the next year,
an additional appropriation of $1,000 will
be necessary. If the proposed project
meets the appreciation Of the Legislature,
it would be advisable to make provision for
the sale of the present nominal residence of
the Indiansi in York DisS,ict. .-G
The dictates ofhumanity, and an Iabidino,
sense of the devoteduess and sefSices Of
their ancestors TO South Carolina, deniantl
that another effort be made to bring to-
gether in this State these sons of the forest,
and by mental culture and instruction in
farming, to meliorate their condition, NOR
ally and physically.
again invite your serious attention to
the anomalous condition ofthe proprietors
of the Indian Lands, having paid in almost
every instance full equivalent for their
property, the Legislature, in 1910, directed
that an annual rent, now reduced to a half
cent per acre, should be levied on the
same, in order to reimburse the State for
the sum of $4,000, it had engaged to ex-
pend for The purchase ola tract OF land
Tor tho Catawba Indians, and for the pav-
ment OF that tribe ofi$25oO each year there
alter for the space Of nine years. BY this
enactment they are made TO occupy posi-
ton inferior to that in which their fellow
citizensmc placed They correctly affirm
that the appropriation by the State was to
accomplish public and not sectional pur
pose, and that TO the plan of executing The
agreement of Nation Ford, they were
not, in stlictness, an asserting party. l
therefore repeat the Recommendation in nv
last message of The last year, in the firm
conviction, that The facts and arguments
therein submitted, will be carefully and i'm
partially reviewed.
liz the present critical condition Of our
federal relations, the highest public consid-
erations require Of The constitutional au-
thorlties an investigation into the speediest
and best mode OF disclosing and improving
inc natural gifts which have been so boruti
fully bestowed upon South Carolina. -
Apart from her agricultural and CONNER
eial wealth, the advancement of manufac
tares in all their branches, is eninently
worthy of special attention Contrary to
early impressions, which had engendered
I.epinions inimical to privileged bodies of ey-
| cry description, a dispassionate examination
of the SUBJECT, IL connection with the prob
able result of passing events, has induced
me TO be favorably impressed with the
scheme of adopting a liberal policy towards
associated capital for manufacturing and
other enterprising projects. In The gram
ting OF charters ofincorporation, under pru-
dent and salutary restraints, will be found
apowefful instrumental fprtherance ofihat
object. X. 6s
The history Of the New England States,
but especially Of Massachusetts, and the re-
cent experieGce of Georgia, afford crafty
ing evidence on this subject.
a generous rivalry between the South
crn States in the business of manufacturing
having sprung up, it remains 10 be seen,
whether South Carolina, so highly favor
ed by nature, .shall occupy a conspicuous
iplace in the exciting contest. ALI that is
asked, on This head, Of the law-naking pow
err Is toerect no barriers against the free
dom Of enterprize, and to remove such as
check industry and divert capital from chan
nels it would otherwise seek.
Every raw material for supplying the
wants and promoting the comfort 6f tho
people IS procurable 10 our borders, and,
pelhaps, in every district there is large
portion of the white population, whose en-.
ergies ;s aroused by an Influence stronger
than thatwhioh profitless farming imparts,
Wculd tend materially to augment the pub
fl!c wealth. 1t is an error to suppose that
Swo are deficient 10 the pecuniary means SO
essential to The fplfiln1ent of our highest as
pirstions. Strictly speaking, there are no
capitalists among us. Men whose profes.
sion 1t is to deal inmonied securities. are