Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1851-04-12
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SgaNall NTevaI.

men. We do not mean small in sta.
ture, but small greatmen. We have
fallen upon poor times, and truly
great men no longer exist. a Our
statesmen are small men, onn(snx-
ernors are small men, our Judges arA
small men, our merchants arc small
men, our editors are small men,.
twenty Years ago one could 20 into
the halls Of Congress and poiIls aut
score of great men without moving
from the door. Here were Clay aud
Adams and Webster and ,Randolph
and Jackson, Calhoun, Crawford,
Crittenden, Tristram Burgess, Dew
Clinton, Southard, Silas Wright,
Hayne, Benton, and a host of others
who have gone to that bourne from
whence no traveller returns. flow
is it nowl Take out Clay and Wen
ster and Crittenden and Benton, and
what have you left2 Nothing--of
only those who are next to nothing.
Go into our courts. and we find
the same vacancy, the same want og
character, dignity and talent. Twen-
ty years ago our judges were men
whom every body delighted 10 honor.
Lawyers bowed in reverence 10
them, and their decisions were sd1Il-
mittedto as sound and substantial,
as based upon reason, Justice and
law. How is it now1 Why, when
a case is argued before one o! them.
the lawyers turn away and 20 out of
court with as much uncertainty now
the judge will decide the points of
law as how the jury will decide tip-
ON the evidence; and when they do
hear his decision, the defeated party
says he is fool, or has been bfibed.
and the victor asks him to 20 and
take drink. 80
Turn from the court to the Slate
house, and what have wetEor Goy'rss
Why the smallest of all small potslt
toes: Seward; Fish, Dorr, Ford and
others of like calibre. What have
tor State Senators and assemble
men! Don't mention 'ern- Thew
are now on a visit to the town. They
have just come from the rural dis
trlcts, and are going about to see
the cufiositfes'of the city. W. viii
not say much about them now, fos
they VIII, many Of them, be aeood
deal blgger or at least will feebsoI
after having been to New iYoFIr{
boys always do. vlj.7,
Look at the editors, and wbas
have WEI Pardoned convicts IRON
State prisons. philosophical bump
Elhs from Vermont, printers from
down east, cabinet makers arid
house ioiners from New York.
poet, Yankee schoolmaster, a few
fancy men, Thurlow Weed anJ
Ten thousand little Weeds, offshoofs
rom his office scattered all over the
state. These are the men who brine
forward the poodles and ours from
the pot houses and rural distrietsH
and make statesmen OF them. Thee
are the men who pull down and
build up. Pull down by slandeeinSS
lying and black-guarding; and MNtB
up by cheating, trickery and thinbIe
rigging.
4 We would 40 to the meFcbants
'ut there is notquite so much .dagans
'racy here, and as we have gof MI
ongso far and down SO low, Ne Soill
loot attempt it. If this is not the agss
y small men, what IL itf-e.ifFs. : p :;
Day Book
n Beau Brummel astosaes shs ss,st.
ag men.-A correspondents Of fhesi
sunday Courier thus describes nm
ccentrlc individual in New Orleans
T" we haye a man here bv ihal
anne oil Duncan who has almost sin.
lial, taste in regard TO clothing and
'welry. He weare an i.zS.saanss.s
hIte broad brimmee hat, and q nold
nbroIdered suit of clothes that sosfs
Paris, over $500. He has 4 0ojSIg
atch chain that would fasten AZ al-a
'hant; FIVE OF six pounds &c TiinSs4
zzle on his fingers, bis boots aF
cased IN silver coats Of mail, and
cafles cane bedizened svisl,a
lssive chunks of silver. sThere is
amlable. bearing about siha nssNa
U warrants nee ia considefiIa b
nost Singular fancy, and NOT s .br
~ as,,,l loye OF nootoriety. He is
aallys hard working stevedore, ana
!Es JeWeIry weir on his person is VaI0e3
oI,OOUs Which ne wears only on Ne
iuay'.t lbere is no dirty fIaisHRls
,py ABOUT him so often n,jsgs,lrsss
tr.le y democracy, but d l6s;ee.Sn
,lly y. !, .his odd fancy with some bFo
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