Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-02-16

On the part of the North, the opposition
to slavery was sentiment of philanthro-
ply and humanity; and, when sentiments
of that kind are entertained with the vi ish
and disposition to make sacrifices to en-
force them, they are truly noble. But
when the sacrifices are not to be made
by you of the No.th but by those who
cannot sympathizc WIN you, it is not so.
On the one side, it is a sentiment without
any sacrifice or peril or danger or loss;
on the other, there must be vast and
incaculable sacrifice of property--wi
out you of the North being burdened
with any portion of it--a sacrifice of all
the social relations Of property, of life,
and of every thing dear.
Look at the storm now raging--upon
whom does its fury fall? You of the
North are safely housed, and feel none
of its force, but at the South how differ
cntl Look at that dwelling house wrapt
i'll flames; raGter after rafter cracking,
breaking, falling; look at those women
and children rushing wildly through the
flames, shrieking, in their calamities, for
help from Heaven.
Is this in the free States? No; but in
the slave States, and produced not inten-
tionally, but by the measures introduced
byyou, and carried further than you had
any intention they should proceed: On
the one side there was sentiment, senti-
ment, and sentiment alone. On the 9th
er, property, life, and the whole social
fabric, likely to be involved in ruin.
He had already stated more than he
had intended, but would detain the Sen
ate while he related an incident which
occurred this morning A man had come
INTO his room this morning, Che same per-
son who a few days ago had place in his
hands for presentation to the Senate a
petition that Congress would purchase
4uount Vernon and said to him. "Mr.
Clay, heard you make a remark the 9th
er day which induced me to suppose you
would be glad to possess relic of Wash
mgton Allow me to present you with
this, handing TO him at the same time a
fragment of the coffin of Washington
a fragment of that coffin in which rcposed
the sacred remain of Washington.
Was there anything in the incident?
Was it, as it had occurred to him. q sad
presagc of what is to become of that
great fabric which Washington reared?
lie then moved that the resolution be
made the special order of the day for
Hesa4Ey s Eya5Es: 5AEsAt. ruo notintcnd. an. Pros
ident, TO enter into this discussion. o..A L
rise simply for the purpose of saying dat
roeret os,trv"rvly that the distinguished
Senator from Kentucky, in his laudab,c
desire to settle a very troublesome ques-
ton now agitating the people Of the Uni
ted States, should have seen proper, rath-
er unccrcmoniouslv, as | think, to take
onc-half Of the territory of the State [
have the honor in part here to represent,
to make peace offering to spirit of en-
croachmcnt on the Institutional rights of
one half of this Union. / do not intend
to enter into any discussion of that grave
and important question, nor do intend,
when the discussion of these resolutions
shall arise, TO put myself in opposition to
the powers of oratory of the distinguish
ed Senator from Kentucky; but do pro-
mise now toprovc, when that discussion
shall arise, that the boundaries of Texas
are to the Rio Grandc; that no power at
all exists in Congress to take cognizancc
Of that question; and that the Congress
of United States cannot inte, ferc with the
boundaries of the State of Texas with
out intlicting deeper stain on the high
reputation of the Government of the
United States for justice, than would be
done by appropriating the entire amount
of territory which was acquired by all fol
the exclusive benefit of c-half of those
who acquired it.
Mr.. Footc. Mr.. President, wish i
were in my power to act in, accordance
with the request of the honorable Sena
tor from Kentucky, (Mr Clay,) VIII,
seems SO strongly to deprccate debate, a
the present moment, upon the resolution
introduced by him, and who has St
strongly urged lis to deliberate well an,
dispassionately upon these resolutions be
fore we take ground against them. Blu
indeed, sir feel it impossible to renal
altogether silent without more or les
subjecting myself to misconstruction, an
, exposing to serious danger principle