Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-12-21


tile to slavery. Cotton will grow,
whether under culture of the white
or black; and what lis far is far bet
ter; the cotton grown by the white
culturist will be manufacturedby the
white operator at his Southern facto-
rIes. What spectacle to hope for
What beautiful destiny for the
opening of the twentieth century!
The sixteen hundred millions dol
lars worth" of slaves would not, with
this prospect before them, be worth
sixteen hundred million pennies. The
alternative with the South is to re-
open the agitation of the past year. n
"A second feature in this calcula-
tion, presents itself in the dangerous
increase of the slave over the white,
as shown by the censns of 1890 and
and lS40. This increase, throughout
the South, average 81 per cent. to
% ofthe white; and at this rate the
slave doubles more than five times
while the former is doubling four.
The increase is not uniform, for i'm
some States, as i'm Maryland aud
Virginia, progression is greater, but
the white population also multiplies
at a greater ratio. The slaves of
Virginia already exceed the white
population: out of population of
100000 for South Carolina, $50, 900
are slaves; and IN Alabama and Geor
gla the same state Of things prevails.
Now, Let i &c observed, that none
but the ultra Southern States are thus
threatened with ultimate negro insur-
rection, and none but large Slave ow-
ners and interested merchants cry
out fol. Federal dissolution. They
dread the future; and in. the liberal
sentiments continually finding their
way to the South, through Northern
prints, &c, they think they see re-
bellion among siirir servants. ii III a
confederacy could be formed out of
the Southern States, such laws would
be passed as utterly to exclude the
doctrines of aboltionism, freesoiism,
and perhaps of human liberty itself.
Again, the ultra-South, having worn
out their 6S,000,900 ofacres of pos
sessory domain, and anticipating the
natural increase of the slave, yearn
for the l40,O00,OO0 acres which are
mjeopardy of alienation to the non
slaveholding and free soil indoctrina-
ted settlers whom such bill would
benefit, There has been systemat-
struggle for years 10 obtain repeat
ed grants for internal improvements ;
but of late this scheme like all others,
wearing a plausible aspect, has been
seen through. sa.
But l will not pursue the theme
further for the present. The reader,
by consulting and comparing these
facts, will readily arrive at legiti-
mate and correct conclusion. Ii is
useless, perhaps, to contest the point
with some at the South, but it is fair
that the impartial world should un-
derstand the matter and sum up their
verdict accordingly. VINDIoAToR.
The Savannah News mentions the arrival
in that place of Mr. Woodward, de-
formed man, who had travelled all the way
from Jefferson country, in Florida in small
but substatial wagon drawn by two goats.
A bale of cotton, recently sent from
Liverpool tothe aberdeen railway, was
found on being opened, to contain live
cat which, from, her emaclated appearance
was Judged TO have made The passage ac-
eress the Atlantic in that manner. She
must have lived Ikea bear, by sucking her
paws