Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-10-26
EXTRACT FRoM a LETTER To THE
SOUTHERN Press BY "A NORTH
ERN MAN"


ERN MAN"
/ tell you, plainly, the South was
never before i'm such imminent dan
ger. 1t is now placed in q helpless,
hopeless minority, which will be for
ever perpetuated by the principle of
exclusion lately foisted into the Con-
sGtution by the despotisin Of the ma
lority. Besides this, the peculi po-
litical portion of the country has new
er before been so adverse to the pre-
Servation and maintenance of South
ern rights. Both the party in power,
and that out of power, are equally
arrayed against them and whichever
remains in the ascendency, their fate
will be The same. Both must equal
ly sacrifice ON the altar of fanati-
cism, where alone they can concili-
ate the gods who preside over their
detmies; and their most grateful of
ierlng is the rights, the property, the
existence of the South, which is thus
placed hetwixt a pair of shears, and
will be cut by both blades.
In addition to this, the Constitu-
fion, the only defence against the
despotism of numbers, has received a
mortal blow under which it is stag
gering. The rights of the States,
have also been stabbed to the heart,
not once, but twice, and received
two wounds either of which is NOR
tai: one in the complete overthrow of
the great principle of STATE equality;
The other in the declaration of Mr.
Fillmore, that he is determined TO
exercise power not given him by
the Constitution, but by simple act
OF Congress, and that only to pro-
tect the States-aga;nst the State
themselves. And here [ cannot for
bear avowing, that methinks it would
better have become a man who at
best only represents the people ofihe
United States at secondhand, and
who, had he been placed before them
as a candidate for the high office
which ne holds only by chance,
would have been signally defeated
1t better have ecome him to follow
the example of Washington in the
Kentucky case, than 10 make his ap-
pearance in his new character, like a
player-king, with flourish of trum-
pets, armed cap-a-pie, sword in hand
and viZor down, followed by a train
OF nnerccnary guards. Thus formi-
dabiy equipped, he comes before us,
mounted on stills, backed by his
trusty squire, who stakes no step
backwards" and manfulIy threatens
tokiil and eat all disunionists, trait
ors and seceders. He is the very
Qulxotte of 'strong government,
and fears neither lions nor w ndmiIIs.
= Still further than this: bribery by
wholesale, IN the shape of donations
of the public lands, all either specif-
cally or virtually pledged for the pay
ment OF the public debt, is now the
policy of every candidate for the
Presidency, and only the question is
who shall bid highest, and pay most
to brlbe the people with their own
property. The general fund is to be
vested tor purposes of individual am
bltlom and all those who have here
tofore paid for their lands, are 10 be
cheated of what emains to buy the
votes Of those who have no lands
themselves. Why, gentlemen, what
would we call man who, after hav-
ing borrowed money on pledge of
ms estate, were TO sell it, or give it
away to Tom, Dick and Harry! l
do not deal in harsh names, but |
know one that would suit him ex-
actly. Congress, however, like
corporation, has no soul, and no in
divldual responsibility. This politi-
cal land speculation will be another
blow to the South, which cannot
shares in these liberal beneiactions,
since, without doubt, whenever the
occasion presents itself, the Wilmot
Provlso will be sprnng upon her, and
we shall have another compromise in
which one party will waive or pre-
tend TO waive, its unconstitutional
pretensIons, The surrender its most
important constitutional rights. ''Fair
play is a jewell" as General Drum
mond said, when he exchanged Gen.
Browns dead aid-de-camp for his
own living one.
Another danger menacing the
South Is the extreme probability of
a large accession to the duties on inn
port. which will betu peculiarly hard
on that section. / believe that old
fashioned obsolete word ECONOMY
has not been whispered in either
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