Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-05-08
From the South Carolinian.
Kansas Bill Passed


We are sure every one will rejoice at
the final disposition Of this Yexcd ques-
ton Wc-do not believe that any question
has ariscne that has .exerteda more powerful
influence upon parties than.this. 1t came
in like u tempest and swept from the polit-
ical arena many WHO had long fourished
there. 1t scattered. to the winds the old
Whig party. 1t gave new life to the Dem
ocratic party. 1t infected the american
party with,a slow, lingering disease, that
carries it every day nearer to final dissolu-
ton. 1t united the South. II uuited the
North under the great fusion of 1854, and
divided it again in the Presidential election.
1t has placed mc6at the pinnacle of politi-
cal position, and tossed down giants as
. though they were pigmies., However tire
some may have been the many phases
through which it has passed, the strong test
of party soundness that it has eyer made,
must not be overlooked 1t has done more
to test the nerves and principles of our pub
lie men than any issue that has ever been
presented. The last act IN the drama is
not the least III signifcane in this view
In Il, the great. issue made whether Con
grcss had any right to look beyond the mere
Legality and republieanism .an instrument
constituting Q State GoYqrnment-.h has
served, to expose many who had strong
claims upon our gratitude, and who would
doubtless have met with high reward.
Never before has an Administration had
such difficulties to encounter as This of Mr.,
EuehananS This Kansas issue, kept open
by Northern denmgogues and their South
ern auxiiaries. has been "a astumblipg block
in the way, ofits actiop.on any of the many
prominent public policies that now claim
the attention of the Government, Could
they have succeeded in keeping open this
issile, lit is evldont' the whole Adminisfra-
tion would have been most signal failure
1t would have retired in disgrace -rand the
South, upon whom il has had to look chief
ly for aid, would haye had her impoteney
hcrSldcd to the world Black Republican
ISM would have held the Administration
and the South both up to scorn-vthe cry
would have been, so degcnefated had the
South become, that even when it gained
power it could accomplish nothing. By
the troubles which the opposition would
have throwninthe way the Government,
its expenditures would lave been greatly
increased and from this again they would
have attempted to make party capital. The
struggle is now oVer--sthe Administration
is Triumphant, Black Republieahisfn, with
tts free-soiI Democratic allies,S and South
eYn &mericans, ali huGdie6 together, hhSe
been defeated, aud measures of Importance
will now engage the attention Of the Ad-.
mfnistretion. This much has been achieved
bx, Soutb asrt. x,t,itu, Lot a moral no do
dnced for futare action. ~ Z
Let the eSfreedom shriekers" howl Let
their Southern sympathizegs, such as Win.
tor Davis, Of MaFylaHd, talk about HStstes
Rights and aabandontasnt Of pfinciples, :,
as they please. The strong denunciations
they heap upon the bill, ard shcir united
opposition to II show shat It does not favor
their vicws Their attempts to prejudice
the South againgtiher osu nemhefe, mIile
they may decsiv6A few, will passuuheeded
by 4ho naaas of our peoplS-z4the9 viii not
go 10 their nReEhies to ieafa, Bat To- ths