Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-08-08
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The Remedy.

The Charleston Mercauy and the Edge
field .Adcertiser have recently had some
discussion, on our political position The
following, from the latter paper, puts some
important considerations before the people:
Our cotemporary terminates the discus
sion by reyerting to the "yindictivc hostili-
ty.of the people of the North,1,' .the. e.decep-
tive lullabys sung by blind Union savers
Hthc focblencss and trepchery of the Gen
eral Governments" and ole deplofa6lo iig-
nordnce, "actliation, treacheyY and diris.
don tchich reigm. at The South.", And it
may be gathered from his article that some
thing must be done more than is now be-
ing done by any cxistant political organiza-
tion in the country, or that the South will
be converted into q ruined Northern depop-
dency. II,
Now, to end all this ,vagtc Reclamation
as to our grievances, these mo,trnful fore
bodings redistribution, VIC would respect
fully ask cur cotemporary, what specific
measure does he offer for our adoption?,
What direct issue doeShelnake up2 What
positive action docs he propose that the
South shall taksY ForlSthoSfitst time in
thirty years, we aresunited Heretofore,
when Struggling against real grievances and
the direct action Of the sGeyornnent, tile
difficulty was that when any portionSof tho
South proposed a romedy, divisions at once
sprung up aud prcyentcdasucccssful issue,
Now, the Influence of the Government Is at.
leasttspat against us: and hn nnnreeeGenfed
pnanimity prevails in Southern connsels.
Now, too, tho Northis becoming IN her turn
the subject of deGp and radical divisions,
those dangerous diYisions that sprinsSou of
the antagonisni. Of capital md labor and
which in the present condition Of Northern
society must continue to owiden. Welhaye
already averted to this fact, but It Is not but
J, of place here to speak of it littlenofe full
~. AS we before remarkcd5 the men of
property, North, begin now for the first
time 70 sec that if those who are waging a
I fanatical war upon the rights of property in
the South ever permanently obtain power,
sb1e next step would be war upon capital
and associated wealth in their own section
Thisis being seriously felt III < the great
State of New York this very day. The
corporate authorities Of the city of, New
York raised more than seyen millions in
revenue, byannual taxation within the city;
e and the majority in the State have, through
the Legislature, made an attempt to tllso
possession of the municipal poBcrs OF that
great metropolis, instigatcd to do 80 bysths
fact that the ciSy dared 10 differ with tho
majority in the State on, the politics of the
Union, Thtrights Of majorities are thus
brought to-a direct issue in t6eYery heart
gof the Empire tttSs s;s ssgg::e Nags and "a, e
result has been q riotous conflict of arms,
well celeulat6d tt< bring the full Fea'ization
of The great questions here involved to the
heart and understanding ef eycFy Northern
property holder Indeed, NCrthern socie.
tyr generally may be said to be ia 4 statc Of
!. commotion and uncertainty; and when the
movement shall be there made to restore
the Missouri Compromise OF any of its kin.
dred measllres, on 10; make war upon the
8 Supreme Court; as theyhaye alfeaty begun
to do, ibmnst end in disisioft ard distrac.
stion. Their strong meii Of property and
eapitas must feel that thais own safety de.
peuds upon "a storm eonsrgatige eonfseoal.
oulatA to preserve s:ss ;t6;;i sc the tl
aGonst tuition and It's sasrsd aliafantees 81
property, whether North or Seuths Iss ,sil
.gthib we'nay be Inisseken = yct tie slcxelop!
ments Of every succeeding itoAth 6re aab-