Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-04-19
Yie.cs of 1lr. calnoun.-Li5erfy and

Hiescs Of 3fr. Caihoun.--Liberty and
.Democraey.-"People do not understand
liberty or majorities. The win OF ma
jority is the will of a rabblc Progress
siye democracy is incompatible with lib
erty. Those who study after this fash
ion are yet in the horn book, the a, b, C, of
governments. Democracy is levelling-
this is inconsistent with true liberty.
People will choose protection instead of
liberty. Anarchy is more to be dreaded
than despotic power. 1t is the worst
tyranny. The best government is that
which draws least from the people, and is
scarcely felt, except to execute justice,
and to protect the people from violation
Of law"
people will Learn wisdom only by
punishment, and in the case Of our Union
It win come"
Nation and National.-"Why use
that word nation and national as applied
to the federal Union. 1t is wrong. Pub
lie sentiment ought to be corrected
throughout the United States. 1t has
dangerous tendency. God knows we
are tending too rapidly to consolidation
already, and habituating the people to
nationality helps it along.
"Ours is federal Union-composed
of thirty distinct Statas Tho convention
secuted the word nation So did Gener
al Washington, in his public papers.
Many use the word nation, or nation
al, from ignarancc; others from habit and
with design. The United States are not
a nation. The federal Union of the
States the constitution or government
OF the United States are the only terms
employed to designate this confedcracy,
and which expresses its meaning clearly.
The United States, when used ge )graph
ically, means that portion of the continent
occupied by the States and Territories,
and socially speaking it means the thirty
States in one. AEcitizen must belong to
some one State. Ifso, he is, of course,
a citizen of the United States, but citi-
zen of the United States as the name of
a people, is an anomaly, without being
citizen ofany particular State. There
is no proper and correct word which de-
signates us as people. TO apply to us,
We should do as the French do, Use the
plural peoples The people of the State
pic of the United States has Mott ex-
presses what does not politically exist.
The peoples of the United States would
mean the people Of the thirty distinct
sStates-and would express correct
meaning. There is word wanting.
America is understood, but has no reali-
ty. A Mexican or Kamschatkian has as
much claim to the name of American as
ne have. A citizen is known as belong
ing to his own local sovereignty. He is
a Georgian, Kentuckia, or other State
name, but there are no United Stateians.
The country occupied by the States
might have been designated as Colum-
bia, or Alleghania and been used geo.
graphically and socially. The extent cf
the States, and the people of each State
would have been known under the gener-
al torn o. o'Columbian or Alleghanian. A
nation means people who are socially
and politically united as individuals. We
are not to be limited. Ours is federal
Union of States, and not of individuals.
Federal was the popular word in the old
convention. 1t was so popular that it
was adopted by political party, who
rendered it odious. National or nation
was very odious word in that convention
butt came into use in the place of feder
al Jefferson without thought of the
idea conveyed, allowed it to be used. A
paper was started in Washington with
that name"
Po,sers' Statue of 4Nr. C'alhoun.-Re-
cent letters from Hiram Powers inform
us that his statue ofMr. Calhoun, order
ed some time since for the city of Char
lesion, is finished. 1t is possible that it
will reach its destination in time to be in
augurated in connection with the funeral
solemnities with which Mr.. Calhoun's
death will probably be celebrated in tina,
city. There are many likenesses of Mr..
Calhoun, in marble and on canvass. The
bust by Mr.. Mills is faithful, but not
work Of genius. Cne of the best por-
traits we have seen is by Mr.. Kellogg, a
painter who enjoyed the personal friend
ship of the great Senator. Tine picture
in Brady & D'Avignon's Gallery, Gust