Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-09-18
Our Next Senator.


il. Manning, presented by the press in near
ly every quarter of our State We have
hitherto forebore presenting his name from
motives of delicacy, preferripg that his
nomination should come from others than
citizens of his native District, with whose
sentiments of admiration for his high char
actcr and distinguished talents arc mingled
the warm feelings of personal friendship
and partiality.
We cordially endorse all that the press
i'll other quarters has said of his fitness for
the high and responsible office for which
his name has bcen brought forward. He
IS no new or uutried man, nor are Lis po-
litical views matter of conjecture. Dur.
ing the whole of his political life, his course
has been one of dignifed consistency, from
which he has not turned aside to court pop
ular favor, or to avail himself of the advun-
tagcs OF being borne onward by the current
of an excited public sentiment Like a
wise and firm man, he withstood the cur
rent of public opinion when he believed it's
energies were wasting themselves in vain,
and by his honest and manly course won
for himself the respect aud esteem even of
those who differed from him the most wide
ly His zeal for the material progress and
advancement of his native State, has been
attcsed by acts of princcly munificence,
which have not only afforded direct adyan-
tagcs to the needy, but have by their force
OF example stimulated others to aid in the
noble work. The system of scholarships,
which he inaugurotcd in our College, points
to him as public bcuefactor, mindful, even
in private life, of the best interests of his
State.
We regard his election to the vacant
SenatorShip as peculiarly desirable at the
present jmcture. He is one of the most
consistent us well as the most fitting expo
nents of the present policy of the State--
All our hopes now depend upon the forma-
ton of Il strong Southern party, and the
concentration of public sentiment at She
South, that we may be prepared to present
an unbroken front to our enemies.
The time is approaching when, without
union of sentiment and action throughout
the South, we shall be able neither to de-
fend ourselves in the Union, nor to cstab-
lish for ourselves an Independent national
existence. Throughout t..N South and
West, the name of Governor Manning is a
household word. He possesses social and
political influence throughout the slaye-
holding States which no other man among
us can claim. He is able to exert great
CT influence in harmonizing Southern SEN
timcnt, andiu conducting to unity of action,
than any of our politicians He is intense
ly Southern i'll all his sentiments and views,
and has more than once turned away from
high and ilattcring federal honors which
were pressed upon his acceptance, that he
might devote himself entirely to the SER
vice of his State. Two generations of his
name sleep in the soil of the State, which
they served faithfully in the field and
in council. All his own public acts
have been dictated by Jealous regard
for the welfare of the State which has hon.
orcd him with its highest gifts and conf
denco, and to which he has devoted himself
with an affection almost flial in its charac-
ter No one could more gracefully or hon
orably wear the mantle of our late lament
cd Senator, or could bring to the discharge
of the duties of the Office qualifications ola
higher order. His ardent devotion to the
South, and especially to his own State-hs
carncstncss of purpose, sincerity of charac-
ter and wide extended inhucncc--comman
the confidence of all, and enable him to rem
der services to our common cnuse such as
no other man among us can render. He
has never sought for federal Office or honors.
One among the highest which the country
can bcstow, and which might have satisfied
the desires of the most ambitious, was with
in his grasp, and awaited only his acccp-
tance, but was declined from motives that
do him honor
Attention has been attracted in other
quarters of our section to the distinguished
abilities of Gov Manning, and Southern
Rights journals of other States than our
own, have singled him out from our public
men us Que whose experience, matured iudg-
mcnt and widespread influence, would not
only give his own State commanding In
fluence in our national councils, but further
the yet greater work of connecting the
South more firmly together and preparing
us more fully, az one man, to meet every is
sue which the future may force upon us.-
From leading Journal of the Southwest,
we transfer to our columns well-deserycd
tribute to the character and talents of Gov.
Manning, written few days after the death
OF our late Senator, Judge Evans. 1t is n
just tribute to an able man, who, placed in
whatever situation he may be, will bring to
tho service heart that has no higher as.
piratlon than to serve his State faithfully.
Clarendon Banner.
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