Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-08-09
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COMMUNICATED.
Mr. Editor:-I must be permitted
10 differ with you as TO The adyan!a-
ge, &c, ofthe Resolution offered at
the last meeting OF The Board ofCom
missioners of Free Schools, AMI no.
ticcd by yon in Your last issuc. Now,
have no doubt, if the entire world
were governed and influenced by the
preccPtS oi the D.ble, ani were true
followers of the meek and low.y
lamb, that The wilderness ere thi
would have buddel ami b!osaomed
as the rosc-tllut mankind in all their
acts would be governed by the go!-
den RUE, and that instead ofthc
wrctchedn2ss, woe, and misery which
meet us at every step, our eyes would
hc greeted with pure holiness and
unalloyed happiness, Such a state
of things is much to be desired, and
havcno doubt, butthat an oyerru-
ling Providence will in its own good
time bring il about; but until then.
IN our public capacity, we expect to
deal with men antltl,;ngs as tiiey
arcs and not as we would nave them.
Besides, | am not aware that the
Creator needs the assistance of the
pupy arm ofman to ACCOMPLISH his
ends.
have been taught from my youth
up to read the Bible, and reverence
holy things, and am perfectly salts
led that it would be better if every
body, and cve,y Ieucher especially
would pursue the same course, and
that it would be the best, # all were
Christians But have no opinion
OF crainm!ng the Bible, much less
newspapers down he tlroats of our
citizens, against Their viii. That
You and your readers then may ful-
~ understand the natufe of thc res
olntion, l here give you Il copy Oft.
.RcsOlced, That hereafter no School-
Teacher OF this District shall have a
school located unless they have IN
ihe;r house Bible and take d news
Iparer."
This, then, Mr.. Editor, is the reso-
luton which has been heralded 10
the world as ,J'rumps, every one of
them and with the question, What
say you TO this, gculenlen, is not
Pickens on rising ground!' 1 have
yet TO learn thatan in.ermeddling
with, and snpelvisionof tie private
affairs of Our citizens o. any portion
!. ofthem, by any Board or set of mcn,
places a District Oil rising ground
lhave yet to learnthat an act which
conflicts with the spirit of our, Con
stltuhon, (whic gaarantcess the free
exercise OF religions opinions and
worship TO allD deserves to,be char
acterised as an improvement have
! yet to learn that tyranny under any
form, even TO advance the pure and
holyreligion of our savior, Is an. mn
4 proyemcnt. What right have this
Board topass such Rcsolutions-
Can they find il in thc Acts creating
such bodiesl or rather have they not
takeninto their hands that which docs
not helongto them' If they have
the right TO require Teacher 10
have Bible and take q newspapers
they have right TO say he must
[ own so much real estate and 50 many
slaves, be a member Of the Presbyte-
rian, Baptist, or some other church
orhe shallbc a Son Of Temperance
ain Odd Fellow, or Masom and
either or oil Of these would come az
!. strictly within the scope other pow.
er as that which was proposed.
Believing thatfbe Commissioners
had no rightio passsuch resolution
| did oppose it, and expect to 10 so
not only from that cause, hnt also
because Iregardit as irnposiiie, and
adangerous precedent, You state
that but one Commissioner was op.
posed to It'll do moi profess 10 be