Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-05-15

nat Is admitting something" burst
out Fulton, who hddsat like a statue, watch
ing the little mans wolubility"
Blu" said UnclesBen, sail this talk
don t get me on my wayt to Boston That
!s my birth place. ! was thore for my last
time in l7G3, and.yuu know that according
to the provisions of my will, there is more
than four millions pounds sterling of my
money which has by this time been. dis
posed of by the State somehow.
Well declare !" calculated the little
lnan "that is a meeting About the leg
acy, Jncle Ben, of yours two millions
sterling has gone to buildthe Gutta Percha
Magnetic Telegraph line, connecting Bos-
ton to London and Paris, two of the largest
cities in the Eastern Republic of Europep'
Gutta Pereha magnetic telegraph
Republic of Europe p repeated all of them.
All built under water, and sustained
by buoys, continued the little man, "andit
works to charm-plan up stairs in room
2O4-qnd can be seen in a. moment;; and
as told you before, it writes the English
language as fast as my deputy"
Republic of EuropcW exclaimed JEFF
ferson again.
"Yes, Sir" exclaimed the little man,
"for more thana century. No more thrones
no more rulers by divine right no more
governments sustained by powder aud ball
nor lords nor mobiles; man is man not mere
ly one of a class of men, but individually
man, with rights as perfect and powers as
great as any other man. The epri,ciplcs Of
Jefferson, OF your Declaratios, which YOU
did ", create, but only asserted have pros.
tTatcd every arbitrary government on the
globe"
The little man chatted away, and de-
clared Chat Europe was divided into two
Hepubcs, the Eastern and Western; that
Constantinoplc was the capital of the We..
tern; that Africa and Asia were nlso,re
publican, until the three signcrS al ae,
Declaration, perfectly wrought up to, rr,r
zy of JOY, rose up from their seats. tool. -
their hats, and swinging them aound ,ptc.
three cheers for '76, and the old llrt,. at
the Revolution !" and 1 vcrily'bolieyc k,n
Gle Ben forgotyall about, the money, ond
about going to Boston, for he did not al
lude to it any more in my presence"
Great changes these !" continued the
little man, "from your days. But you must
not think, gentlemen, that we have forgot,
ten you or yohr services whilc,we have i'm
proved IN wisdom and strength Look
here gentlemen" and he motioned us away.
aud leading on, he conducted us to an oh,
seryatory on the top of the building. Such
a prospect | never before bcheld. Away
around on every side, stretched mighty
city, whose limits the eye could not reac!,.S
"SsTowers, temples, spires, and nasts,
succeeded towers, temples, spires and masts,
until they were lost in the distant haze. : :
Canals trayersed every street, and boats Of
merchandise were loading and unloading
their treights. Steam carriages were puff
ing along the roads that ran by the canal.
some filed with pleasure parties, and some
ladcned with goods. Turning my eve to
an elevation, saw fifty-six gigantic monu-
mcnts, whose peaks were nearly lost in the
spray, ranged in "a line, all alike in form
aud sculpture. "These, ssiid the little
man, ,"were erected to the signors of 5he
Declaration of Independence" and taking
ont his telescope, he handed it to Uncle
Ben, who read alond among the inscrip-,
tions the names, Franklin, Jefferson, Ad-
ans But let us knoy what this city is
called!' inquired Jefferson. "Tiis sir,
is called Columbiqna, it lies on the west
bank, of thc Mississippi, population five,
millions, according TO the last census."-
+" But what supports it'll The great Fast
India trade. That vessel down there is
direct from Canton, by ship canal across
the Isthmus. All Europe is secondary to
us now. No doubling capas, as was done
in your day. .Yonder stands the Capitol ).
and the whole North American continent
is annually represented there. The city of
San Francisco alohe;sends forty-four mem
bers." There, continued he, pointing his
finger ''that balloon rising slowly in the
sky, has just started. for" that place, and the
passengers viii tSke dinner there toner
row" ,.... ..S Il.
MJefersop. asked the little map, whether
the Federalists or Democrats were Ia now,
err" and / saw that. Adams walked .up
when he asked the question. "Don't know
any such division, replied he, "The
great measure of the day, upon which par
ties are divided, is the purchase ofthe South
american continent at five thousand mil |
'lionsSof dollars. II go for it; and before
another year the bargain will be cons,iin-
mated, We must have moro oterritoryr-svge
hayen't got half enough, Exteat,of.terri-
tory gives nation dignity and importance.:
The old thirteen Suites of your day, eentie4
men, weroa mere cabbage patch, and should
have been consolidated into one State. Ten
or twenty days sdil rap yoh plump into a
hostile port, and then You had demand !
for duty. Besides conflicting Interests ai- |
ways drewup dtRcplties, and then cosues