Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-03-16
, The cords that b,cd N. &C.. 80 I

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!. Ihe cords that bird the States toyeth.
ST arc not only many, but various in Sbar.
s,er. Some are spiritual or ecclesiasts-
sA' some political; others social. Some
sPpertain 70 the benefit conferred bv The
ss Union. , ana Others to the feeling of duty
she strongest of those of spiritual and
eeelesiastical nature, INSISTED in the un;.
o. the great religious denominations all
% winch originally emI raced the whole
Cnlon. All these denominations. with
the exception, perhaps. n the Catholics
s,o organized very ymnch upon the prin-
S,ple ot our political Institutions: begin
sning with smaller meetings, correspond
ing with the political divisions of the coun.
try; their organization terminated in one
great central assemblage, correspondins
very much with the character of CONGRESS
At these meetings the principal clerov.
men and lay members of the respective
denominations from all part of the Union
met, to transact business relating 10 thc;r
common concerns. 1t was not confined
10 what appcrtained to the doctrines and
aisciPllne OF the respective denominations.
ont extended to plans for Disseminating
the Bible, sending out missionaries. dis.
triouting tracts, and establishing presses
for the publication of tracts newsn,;iIi mi, as
and periodicals, with yiesf 80 SiiiF,,s;no1
religious iRtormatieh, aud Ter tIs q q, nnori
OF the doesl'ines nicreed OF the aereyni
nation q y these combined, Contributed
realty 10 stfts Siicn She bonds of the
e.. ge'Pb m ties witch held each
Union. ~ .vetogether formed strong
denomination Soyehole Union together;
cord to held the WI, OF ,Kere, they have
but, ms powerful as they nv a,oaiSe effect
not been able to resist the expios..,.. % -, :
OF the slavery agitation.
The FIRST Of these cords which snapped,
under its explosive force, WAS that of the
powerful Methodist Episcopal Church.
The numerous and strong ties which held
it together areali broke. and its unity
gone. They now form separate churches
and. instcal Of that feeling of attachmen,
and devotion to the interest Of the Who'll,
Church which was formerly felt, they
are now arrayed into two hostile bodie.
engaged in liti ration about what was for.
merly their common property.
The next cord that snapped was thai
Of the Baptsts. one Of the largest and
most respectable of the denominations
That of the Presbyterian is not entirely
snapped, hut some of its str,.nds have
given away. That of the Episcopal
Church is the only one ofthe four grca
Protestant denominations which remain.
unbroken and entire.
The strongest cord of a political char
ootor. Q INSISTS of tho nanny aud strong tie:
that have held together the two grea
parties which have, with some modi6ica
tons. existed from the beginning of til,
Government. They both extended t.
every portion of the Union, md strongl,
contributed to hold all its parts together
But this powerful cord has Jared no bet
ter than the spiritual. 1t resisted for
long time the explosive tendency of The
agitation, but has finally snapped under
its forcc--if not entirely, in great meas
ure. Nor is there one of the remaining
cords which have not been greatly weak
ened. To this extent the Union has al
ready been destroyed by agitation, in III,
only wayit can be, by swapping asunde
and weakening the cords which bind It to
gcther
1fthe agitation goes on, the same force
acting with increased intensity, as ha.
been shown, will finally snap every cord
when nothing will he left to hold tb'
: ~. that can, with no propriety of Ian
guage, he called Union, when the on1a
means by which the weaker is held con
nected with the stronger portion is force
II may, indeed, keep them connected
but the. connection will partakc mucl
more of the character Of subjugation, OF
the part Of the weaker tn the stronger
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