Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1851-01-25

orator; and of some Of the Odes of
Horace, in which we loose all admi-
ration for the genius of the poet, in
utter disgust of the pulling sycophant.
This letter begins with flattery foo
gross to be palatable, is full of pre-
tensionstoo glaring to be mistaken,
and closes with a compliment toofar~
fetched TO deserve even the praise of
elegance ege
The New YoRK UNIoN SAFETY
CoMmIPFEE.-This committee, com
| posed partly of men who have been
hitherto Freescil leaders, and of men
who have not been Freesoa leaders,
perhaps because they could not or
would not be leaders ofany,hing, APP
pear to be engaged in the agreeable
task Of writing letters TO the promi-
nent men throughout the South, in
which they are told, with much sim
piicity, that there are men IN the
country who wish to dissolve the
Union, and against the insidious and
traitorous designs OF such, The Com
mittee warn their correspondents,
urging upon them the terrible conse-
quences of the spread Of such fell
doctrines as secession and nulhfca-
tion, and beseeching them by every
consideration of prudence and patri-
otism, by all the recoIlections of ihe
past and the hopes of the future, to
form committees like unto their own
and to come speedily to the rescue of
the Union. The gentlemen TO whom
the Committee do the honor to write,
ale invited to join with it in its en-
deaVors to correct, develope, and
give to public opinion a ahealthy tone,
but above all things are they earnest
ly besought 10 teach their neighbors
to become a meek, submissive, and
"law abiding people," Prominent
Southern men are to instruct their
acqualntances TO pay no attention to
abolition agitation, to regard not
Northern aggression, for if they do
they will become excited and dis
solve the Union, In other words,
our leaders are to say 10 us: Fellow
citizens if the government presses
heavily upon any Of you, bear your
loads with humble submission. for
they were imposed upon you by the
majority, and should you murmur
perchance their weight may be in
creased-thus, should any of you de-
sire toremove with your families to
one Of the Territories, in which you
might find lands cheap and virgin, and
where industry would soon change
poverty into wealth, you must ban
ish all such thoughts from your minds
as vain imaginings, for our Northern
b Il y. . 4 l. . .
brethren have seen fit to appropriate
theterri'pries tothemselves, you have
no right to any part of them, they
have so decreed it, our Northern
brethren; they are powerful, you are
weak; they are The majority, you are
the minority; they make The laws,
you must obey them, and therefore
you must be content TO remain in this
crowded country; and after all pov-
ertyis not SO sore an affliction, if it be
borne with thankful resignation. Or,
shonld.a Yankee steal one of your
slaves, keep perfectly quiet about it,
verdream Of pursuing him, or ever
of talking of your wrongs TO your
neighbors, for this would only exas-
pevate him and you and them and
lead'to agitations andfurther aggres-
sions which would lead to disunion !;
and beyond ali things else, fellow
citizens, cultivate a boundless admi-
ration for the great extent and power
of your country; learn to look upon
Its glory as dependant upon the num-
ber of square miles contained within
its borders, and not upon the equali-
ty of It's laws orethe happiness of its
children; cherish a deep and abiding
reverence for the government, and