Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-11-30
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the greatness and prosperity OF the
South rest. So much for the causes
which have led to this agitation.
To show that the present efforts Of
the Abolltionis!s look farther than the
exclusion of slavery from the terrific
ries, we have only to glance for
moment at the acts and declarations
OF the party. In these we may clear
ly see the gathering elements of { @
storm, which IS one day to burst up
on us with powerful crash, quiet
and secure as we now deem our
selves. The Boston Journal, pub
lished in the very cradle OF abolition,
contains this declaration: I'VE can
look with pleasure to the admission
of California as a free State and to
the abolition of the odious slave trade
in the District of Columbia, as t,co
important strides towards UNIVERSAL
FREEDoM." The Cleaveland (Ohio)
Democratic says, THE North HAS
TIE POWER, as we have shown, to
limit SIareyy and begin the cork of
emGncipation." The Valparaiso, Ind,
Observer, speaking of the Compro-
mise Bills, says, "a good beginning
as made tO,Cdris RlDDING THE GOV
ERNMENT OF THAT INSTITUTION. -
David Wilmot, the author of the Pro-
viso, and who of course understands
the designs of his party, declares in
letter TO the people of his Congress
sional District, that "luE CONTEST
WILL NOT BE ENDED UNTIL ONE OR
TIE OTHER OF THE GREAT OPPOSING
PRINCIPLES OF FREEDoM OR SLAVE
RY SHALL BE OVERCOME" Seward,
a Senator from New York, and one
Of the heads of the party, speaking
upon the subject of slavery, declared
i'll the American Senate, that 'there
is q La,O aboue the CoNsrITUTIoN."--
lie also expressed himself pleased
with the anti-slavery bills ''as fw Us
they pent," and ''dcemed them THE
FIRST OF A SERIES Of measures IN
mhich he hal his heart set" The
Vermont Resolutions declared that
"rSIarely IS a crime q gaia@ humanty,"
and yet, MIR. Phelps, a Senator from
Vermont, who defended these Reso
lutions in a speech of two hours
length, when attacked by Messrs.
Clemens and Butler, was beaten not
two months ago in the Vermont Leg
islature, by Mr.. S. Foot, because, he,
the said Phelps, was not strong
enough an Abolitionist. The Cot
Resolution, which passed the House
by the entire vote of the North, de-
clares that "alooa'y is jn1amous." Do
such declarations as these need any
commenR With all this proof star
ing us in the face, (and much more
could be added) can we doubt that
the design of the abolition party is to
destroy, totally destroy an institution,
which they profess to regard as "a
crime against humanity" and 'infa-
mous!" Nay more, ihat they are so
bent upon the accomplishment ofthis
purpose that they will obey the die
tates of "higher Law" and tram
pie underfoot that Constitution which
they have sworn to "preserve, pro-
tect and defend" but as still farther
evidence of this settled enmity cfthe
North against the South, and of a
design TO ruin her by assaults upon
her property, hear what a merchant
OF high standing in Cincinnati, says
Can 1t be possible that the people of
the South really believe that with
this view of the nature of our Gov
ernment, uppermost in the minds of
the masses of the North, that then
are TO rest IN the quiet possession, of
trelr rrope2y-that they are to remain
IN the Union as equalsl HoU h1mcn-
tably acW they be mistaken" "a
Northern man and a friend of the
Union in letter 10 the Southern
Press, says, "the South has nothing to d.
expect from North, East or West"
When Troutman Of Kentucky fol-
lowed his slaves to Marshall in Mich
lgan, he was surrounded by a mob,
led by influential citizens, who de-
clared that, 'thoughthe la,o mas in his
fduOr, pub!ic sentiment mast and shoulI
supercede it," The lamented Ken
nedy Of Hagcrst wn acas al,udered
by Il NAB in the act OF bringing away
his slave peaceably, with his own
consent, and that mob was melted
by the Professor CT a college And
yet the Constitution provides that,
persons TO servic orlabor in one bound
State, escaping into another, shall be
delivered upon claim of the party to
whom such service or labor is due
Now can aDV sane man axnnrt that