Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-09-27

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respects our brethren Of the North.
The right is clear, the exercise OF the
right is d matter of expediency and
policy. 1t becomes not me, a mere
Representative of the people, to say
what they, in their sovereign capaci-
ty should dc-"wisdom dwelleth
with them" But as one of their am
pointed counsellors, ] may be allow
ed to say, that they have the right to
secede. They have the power 10 be-
come rich and mighty after. secession.
They have the ability to form we'll
knit confederacy, which can. with
stand world il arms. They have
the means in their own hands TO pro-
tect their institutionsGom aggression,
and transmit unimpaired their rich
heritage TO their aildren. Their
love and their loyalty to the Union
may argue against all this. A noble
sentiment may induce themto haz-
ard all that is in the future oftheir
own and their children's welfare,
rather than dissolve that Union which
their fathers framed-around which
cluster SO many glorious associations
which is at this moment great
among the nations, and radiant with
the triumphs of recent conflict. But
it cannot be disguised that the period
SO long prophesied o. has come, when
the entire power has passed over to
the North, and it is only left to the
South 10 choose. The die is cast.
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The Spirit cf76.-We are per-
mltted, says the Charleston Mercury,
to copy the brief extract below, from
private letter of a Lady, the daugh-
ter of one of the most distinguished
of South Cardinals Heroes in the
War of Independence. She is now
eighty years of age-heard the first
gun fred at the battle of Fort Moul-
trle, and has not forgotten the pat
riot thrill that answered to that sig
nal flash of the Revolutions:
"Wcll, all fears, hopes and delu-
s!ons are at an end, all dispelled by
the passage into law of every mea-
sure the South in convention protes-
ted would not be submitted to. We
are doomed; resistance or vassalage
are now before us. If there is one
man in your city who can hesitate
i'll his choice, for honor's sake, drive
him out, and make him feel his trea-
cherry and cowardice. Expel ene-
mics, and con6de only in those who
would brave and risk all for liberty
and equahty!"
A Company has lately been cstab-
llshed in France for the manufature
and sale of portable houses. They
are so constructed that any one who
can hire suitable spot of ground
can havea country establishment put
up within period of twenty four
hours, and all ready for habitation;
and it can be removed with the same
facility, when the season is over.
Il Shake &ory-The Charleston,
Va, Free Press Of yesterday, relates
the following singular circumstances:
"a negro in Dinwiddie county,
came to his death, short time since,
IN the following singular manner:-
AAN WOO SCiil iiltO a llciQ OH dIl eT-
rand and not returning as soon asex-
pected, search was made, and he was
found lying on the ground nearly
dead, his eyes stra ned from their
sockets, and exhibiting the appear
ance ofstrangulation. Onapproach-
ing nearer, it was diccovered that
a large snake had crawled down his
throat. They attempted to draw
out the snake by the tail, which ex-
tended a few inches out ofthe negro's
mouth, but it drew it in two, and the
negro died at the instant. 1t is sup
posed that he lay down on the ground |
and fell asleep, and the snake find
ing an entrance in the open mouth of
the negro, crawled down his throat,
thereby causing its own and the ne
gro's DEATH" S.t
The E9ect.--The Washington
correspondent of the Evening News
says: g9i
There is good deal of excite
mont in relation to the bill for abol-
ishing the slave trade, which passed
the Senate on Saturday. 1t is arr
gued that unless the bill be modifedII
in its terms, it will elfectually abolish
slavery in the District by the judicial
construction thereof-because anvil
attempt to substantiate a difference
between buying a slave for use and
buying one for sale cannot be sustain.
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