Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-12-05
Federal Councils also, so long as those
principles are duly respectcdin practice.
KANSAS

NuV lrlciluS III NanSaS, VINO nave Strug-
gled manfully to sustain an UNEQUAL con
test, are cntitied to our sympathy-'tis all
we have a right to offer. Notwithstanding
the Vaccinations of designing men there,
and the perversions of power, whether in
divldual or conventional, due to notions
OF expediency, | trust that Just counses
will yet prevail and ultimately establish in
that devoted Territory system of Govern
mcnt conducive to their true interests and
the public welfare
MAINE AND CONNECTICUT.
l transmit certain resolutions from the
Strtcs of Maine and Connecticut, which
indicate the prevailing opinion of the Leg
lslaturcs from whica tney eminate--So to
tally at variance with our own. They pro
test against the late decision of the SUI
preme Court, in the case of Scott Us. Sand
ford. The political principles recognized
by the decision referred to, meet with the
sanction of the people of South Carolina,
who applaud the wisdom of the decree in
which thee are judciously embodied Ow-
ing to the prejudccs of birth, education
and association, men reared differently, will
diyerge in sentiment from each other
Especially is this the case in relation to
domestic slavery-an institution which
existed when the American Constitution
was adopted and was recognized thereby.
Let the law of charity prevail in judging
one another. In preserving and protect
ing the property of our fathers in negro
slaves we deem ourselves entitled to the
respect and aid of all good men aud wise
statesmen. Our ancestors, dealing with
gold and silver coin, bought the negro from
the capitalist of England and New Eng
land, whose scthriving trade, however abused
IN many instances was ovcrruled by the
Providence OF God, to convert the barbar-
an bushman of the African coast into the
orderly domestic, the Christian black la
borer of America. There are few results
more amazing in statistics, than those which
are produced by the fruits of this lbor-a
labor which could no more be dispensed
with by America now, than could tho COM
mercc and manufactures SO dependent on
its productions.
THE STATUE OF WASHINGTON.
One of the last letters which | received
from the late Senator Butler, related to a
copy, in bronze, Of loudons statue of
Washington, which he recommended should
be purchased by the State. 1t is pleasing
to rocur to the recollection of this great and
good man. 1t is boon to mankind when
the good God permits sometimes the wis.
dom of fovc associated with faith and hope.
TO be embodied in human form, whose
favor we may look upon and admire. 1t is
true that our debt Of gratitude to his mem
ory cannot thus be paid; but it is due to
ourselves that we should acknowledge it by
some visible token, and it is due to postcri.
ty to provide monument, to which the
young may be pointed when curious to re-
ali2c the idea of his manly proportions, or
when enjcined by their matrons to study
the character of Washington, and emulate
the virtues which adorn it, j propose that
4 statue be ordered and that provision be
made for its erection with the new State
Capitol.
STATE MAGAZINE.
In the month of February last, in ma
king visit to the Magazine in Charleston,
| discovered thatthe proprietor of the land
adjacent (Paync's Farm) had divided it
into lots, allowing sufficient room for streets
which the City Authorities had caused to
be traced. These lots, by squares in sue
cession, were sold by auction in the city
market. Conceving, forthwith, the in
convenience and danger to the property of
the State that would ensue from having
persons settle in dwellings of any SORT un,
der the very walls of the Magazine, and the
loss which the State would have to sub
init to hereafter, lesirous to dislodge
them when once in possession, did not
hesitate to assume the responsibility of in
structIng Mr. Yeadon to purchase for the
State all the lots, and parts Of lots, be-
tween the State lands and the line of the
North Eastern Railway. After some delay
this was at, length accomplished by the
assistance of the Attorney General, in the
month of May, at cost of IS ,435 so for
the land, and sl1 so for recording the ii.
ties, to which is.to be added the sum of
5S206 OF for enclosing the grounds. A
portion of this tract is low marsh, covered
by the tides, and at present vaucless, cx-
cept for privilege; but the convenience of
transportation by water on the East, and
by railway on the West, renders 1t practica-
bic to fill these portions whenever it may
be desirable. The probability is, that the
whole property win rather appreciate in
value than otherwise, in the course of years.
1t will be proper and safe to close the
streets of the city so far as they run through
this property. i recommend that this be
done by auth ity of law at your present
Session
CHARLESTON AND MEMPHIS.
The present year has been signalized by
the completion of the connected railway
communication between the Atlantic m