Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-08-30

All the measures of the Omnibus
Bill have passed the Senate, and it
only remains for the House to concur
when California will become a SOW
reign State, New Mexico will be
in great measure confirmed in her
open and shameless robbery and
Texas spoiled of her territory.
And now will abolitionism be sat-
isfied with these triumphs, and is this
to be the last Of Northern iniquities?
or, urged on by the madness of ambi-
ton and the madness of fanaticism
and restrained by no feelings OF bu-
manity and by no regard for order,
justice, or the constitution, is this
not rather the beginning of a new race
of unrighteousness which is to be
run out openly and boldly to the des-
perate end.
The past is a mirror in which the
wise see the future reflected, and
from the former cource and declara-
tons of men, we may reasonbly infer
what will be the character Of their fu-
ture actions; and reasoning from the
past as data, we are forced TO the
conclusion that nothing short of the
compleat degradation of the South
will satisfy the ambition of Northern
politicians or appease the wrath of
Northern fanaticism.
The aggravated circumstances con-
nected with the admission of Califor-
MIA, are of themselves, sufficient to
satisfy any reasonable mind that we
have nothing to expect from the jus
tice or forbearance of the North, but
that on the contrary, she is S overned
by fixed and unalterable determi-
nation to arrogate to herself all fed
eral power and to lord it as master
over the Southern States of the I'm
ion. ALI the late acts of the domi-
nant party show, not only the daring
and dangerous nature of the ends
which it proposes to itself to accom-
plish, but also to what unscrupuieus
means its leaders will resot for the
purpose of consumating them.
The first step taken to exclude the
South from the territories acquired
by the treaty of Gaudaloupe Hidalgo,
was the refusal to give to them gov
nrnments founded on fair and equita.
bic principles. During the Session of
lS4S, more than one effort was made
by the friends of constitutional right
to establish governments for New
Mexico and California, but the bills
introduced Cor this purpose were op-
posed by Northern influence, and f.
nally rejected by Northern votes, so
that at the close of that Session, the
territories were left unprovided for
Comcident with this was the promul-
CATION of that strangely absurd opin-
ion, held by nearly all the eminent
Northern lawyers and statesmen,
Mr.. Clay heading the list, that the
Mexican laws excluding slavery were
still of force in these territories and
paramount there to the constitution.
Here the first point had been gain
ed. The territories had been left and
would remain for considerable time
without governments, doubt had
been raised whether Southern prop
erty could go into them without be-
ing at once destroyed, this was am
ply sufficient TO restrain all Southern
property holders from emigrating,
and it was known that during this
species of interregnum Northern en-
igrants would flock to them in suffi-
cient numbers when united with the
native Mexico-Indian population
to give tone and character to their
constitutions and laws when they
should come to form state govern
ments. ~
The next step was TO hasten the
formation Of State Governments in
California and New Mexico, and in
this abolitionism was most admira-
bly, served by the wickedness or in
fatuation of the late Administration