Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1851-04-12
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20 feistch the Signatures Of tie Gftzztsts
Of Pickens District are y-esyeotf;ilsy
sclicitedl 'S.ss
TO the Honorable The E SsaaiSeS a,,s
House Of Representatives.: 4. /. iaE9
The humble Petition of The under.
signed, citizens of Pickens Distriet.
showeth 10 your Honorable boriv.
that PIckens District (extendinp East
and West, or from the Saiuda 10 the
Iugaloo river, sixty miles, and North
and South, or from North Carolina
10 the Andersonline thirty.fivs miles)
embraces within its limits aIi'area Of
Territory much more extensive than
that which is usually contained with
in the limits Especially Of Judicial
District : Your Petitioners fiiftherteiv
to be permitted to show to your Hoii.
orable Body that this great extentcsf
territory occasions much and serip0s
Observation-Disclosures by thepe-
culiar geographical and Topographic
cal characteristics of the countryAto
a large majority of the people of tho
District, and to crave that you Will
take into consideration the propriety
of Dividing the same into Two Judi
cial Districts, to be called, the one
Calhoun, and the other Plckens, or
10 be called ~ any other names
which to your Honorable Body shall
seem most meet and proper.
Your Petitioners also desire to su9.
gest the Keowee River asa suitable
line of Division, and to submit that
the territories included between the
SaIuda and Keowee, and between
the Keowee and Tugaloo, being re-
spectively of an ,verage width Of
thirty miles, and in length varying
from thirty TO forty miles, and respec.
lively containing Twelve Hundred
Voters, are qri sufficient for the for.
nation of two Districts of convenient
and respectable size. VNFs ~ -.
The Observation-Disclosures arising
from IFS present unwieldy size, will
become apparent, when It is remem
bered that the eastern and western
borders are by far the most populous
parts of the District, and that persons
residing on either of these must pass
over twenty-five or thirty miles to
reach the Court House.
These difficulties and disadvanta-
ges are still further heightened by the
unfortunate location of The Court
House, which being situated in the
midst of a considerable extent Of
rough and barren country, is an.
proal:he4 from no one point>of, the
District with ease or convenience.
These, and many other disadvan.
tages, arising from the same cause,
ny preventing persons al q distance
from settling amongst us, and thus oc.
cupylng, reclaiming and bringing iii.
TO market the many thousand acres
of tillable lands, which now lie waste
and uncultivated around us, prevent
or delay the development of its re.
sources, and greatly retard the pres;
perlty OF the District, while the whole
State suffers proportionate loss;
IRON the langor and depression of
one ofits pGrts. These causes have
also contributed to drive many of our
best citizens tohunt new homes IN
the South and West, where their ir5iss
dastry would be trammeIled wItn1essSr
inconvenience; and thus, and fou
these causes, while their eharkf6sr
have lent additional impetus TO tina
rapid development of new States ana
Territories, pure drops have been
drained from the iifesbloodf of0isr
State, and she has lost forever t!Iigl
benefits Of their labors and counsAls
IN peace, and in war Of their strength
and activity. a9a' 3aI 500 f8HYffA
lt'wonldbe presumptuous were tho
undersigned even TO hint to yonr FIoIs-
orable Body what i. SO well under
stands, viz: likely to be placed
in hostile attitude 10 the General
Government, and surrounded BY cold
trends lfnot secret enemies -it is the.
true policy Of the State, by fcstefinRt
the peculiar interests of the vaEiolis
parts OF the community, to render herr.
sslE, as lar as may be, independent Of
all foreign aid or extrahe6us assis-
lance; and no where is the truth
more clearly comprehended than tisby
your honorable body, that one great
step towards this desired indepeu.
hence has been taken, when by wise E
and impartial legislation she PROSPER
lty OF the grain growing Districts has
been permanently secured, ~ as
Believing as they do, that bg
lcceding to their prayer you win great,
y ADVANCE the interests Of die people;